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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Alma Adams (D-NC-12), Congressman French Hill (R-AR-02), Chairman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-03), and the Congressional Bipartisan HBCU Caucus celebrated the passage of H. Con. Res. 70, a resolution condemning threats of violence against historically Black colleges and universities ("HBCUs") and reaffirming support for HBCUs and their students.
The 113 House cosponsors of the resolution include Representatives Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer, James E. Clyburn, Joyce Beatty, Sylvia R. Garcia, Al Green.
Representative Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), a Texas delegate at the NWC in 1977. Dr. Judy Tzu-Chun Wu, who recently co-authored a biography on Congresswoman Patsy Takemoto Mink, the first woman of color in Congress and one of the sponsors of the federal legislation underwriting the NWC. Betsy Fischer Martin, Executive Director of the Women & Politics Institute at American University, and former producer of Meet the Press. Errin Haines, a leading MSNBC commentator and co-founder of the women's news service The 19th.
In House floor on Monday, Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D-TX) promotes the CROWN Act to combat hair discrimination.
As early images of Russian tanks and smoldering buildings emerged from Ukraine last week, the first thought that crossed Rep. Hakeem Jeffries' (D-N.Y.) mind concerned the safety of the Ukrainian people. His next thought was the first impeachment of former President Donald Trump.
When former Austin City Council Member Greg Casar stood before a crowd of cheering supporters Tuesday night, he portrayed his ascent from Workers Defense Project policy director to Democratic nominee for Congress as a sign that Republicans' stronghold on Texas masks a burgeoning progressive movement.
Several House Democrats are demanding the federal Bureau of Prisons make public an audit that examines reports of sexual assault at a federal women's prison in California where inmates say they've been subjected to rampant sexual abuse that has led to the arrests of four employees, including the former warden.
Rep. Sylvia Garcia spoke to KHOU 11's Daniel Gotera about the Congresswoman's virtual guest at the State of the Union address. She invited Sunny Bryant, an 8-year-old transgender girl.
(221) Rep. Sylvia Garcia speaks about her guest at the State of the Union address - YouTube
On the House floor, Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D-TX) praises President Biden's economic record.
SAN ANTONIO – The Texas Education Agency says no school districts in the state have applied for available funds that would help with protecting students in high crime areas who walk to and from school.
In 2016, Josue Flores was brutally stabbed while walking home from his middle school in the Houston area. The tragedy sparked a statewide effort to make roads safer for students who walk to school.
One of the virtual guests for last night's State of The Union address by President Biden was Sunny Bryant.
She's an 8-year-old trans girl from Houston who was invited as an honored guest of Texas Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia.
Sunny and her mom testified in Austin multiple times against a bill that forces student athletes to play on the sports teams for the genders that match their birth certificates.