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Margarita Torres held her chin high and gaze solemn through a three-hour ceremony to honor her son, but when the rifles saluted and "Silver Taps" notes played Saturday, her face began to soft.
The 87-year-old's eyes couldn't hold back tears anymore as she watched the unveiling of a tall marker in memory of her son, José "Joe" Campos Torres, just days shy of the 45th anniversary of his brutal death at the hands of Houston Police officers.
Mayor Turner, other Houston-area leaders, and activists are holding a public ceremony at Buffalo Bayou to unveil a historic plaza honoring the memory of Joe Campos Torres, a Vietnam-war veteran who was beaten to death by HPD officers.
A live audience interviews Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia of Texas, a former judge, who served as a "manager" during President Trump's first impeachment—which happened after he withheld defensive weapons from Ukraine, in order to pressure President Zelensky into helping him stay in power in the United States.
Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (TX) reintroduces the PCAOB whistleblower protection bill[Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia] "The PCAOB Whistleblower Bill of 2022 strengthens the transparency of our Nation's public markets by protecting whistleblowers who have reliable information for law enforcement," said Congresswoman Garcia.
"Esta mañana he dado positivo en la prueba de COVID-19. Afortunadamente, estoy totalmente vacunada y reforzada, por lo que mis síntomas son leves. Seguiré las instrucciones de la CDC y espero una recuperación completa.
Estaré en cuarentena y me centraré en recuperar la salud. Trabajaré virtualmente, y mi oficina permanecerá abierta y dispuesta a atenderles."
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"This morning I tested positive for COVID-19. Fortunately, I'm fully vaccinated and boosted – so my symptoms are mild. I'll follow CDC guidelines and I expect a full recovery.
I'll be quarantining and focusing on getting healthy. I will work virtually, and my office will remain open and ready to serve you!"
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Congresswoman Sylvia R. Garcia was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in November 2018, becoming the first Latina ever to represent the Texas 29th Congressional District. She serves on both the House Judiciary and Financial Services Committees.
Following pressure from civil liberties groups and members of President Biden's own party, the CDC will reportedly soon do away with Title 42, the Covid-era restriction that allows instant expulsions of migrants at the Southern border.
A bill that proposes to create a whistleblower program for the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has been reintroduced to the House after failing to be acted upon by the Senate in 2019.
"The PCAOB Whistleblower Bill of 2022 (H.R.7245), introduced Monday by Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D-Texas), is identical to a bill (H.R.3625) that was passed by the House in 2019 but never acted upon in the Senate."
Baylor College of Medicine hosted U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) for a check presentation from the Congressional Community Project Funding program that will support Baylor and Harris Health's long-COVID care clinics. The funding is part of the Bipartisan Omnibus Appropriations Bill.
The bill allocated $10.2 million for Community Project Funding, of which $1.1 million was awarded to Baylor to support long-COVID care facilities, which will be expanding to Harris Health's Strawberry Clinic located in East Harris County in the 29th Congressional District.
I spent much of this week watching Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearing, which will likely result in her becoming the first Black woman and the sixth woman overall to join the Supreme Court in the institution's 232-year existence.
But I also started the week thinking about a time before any woman had served on the high court — 1977, specifically, when Congress funded the first and ultimately only National Women's Conference, designed to address that and other glaring omissions from American democracy.