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HOUSTON, TX – Today, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) introduced The Elder Abuse Prevention Act, which would direct the Attorney General to establish the Elder Justice Initiative within the Department of Justice Criminal Division.
Houston, TX – Today, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) will be participating in a food distribution drive at the M.O.
HOUSTON, TX – Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) joined Legacy Community Health and Galena Park ISD in celebrating the opening of two school clinics. Legacy Community Health (Legacy), the largest federally qualified health center in Texas, has opened two clinics, one in each of two Galena Park I.S.D.
Houston, TX – Today, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) and Congressman Al Green (TX-09) will visit the North Houston USPS Distribution and Processing (D&P) Center located at 4600 Aldine Bender Road to conduct congressional oversight of the U.S. Postal Service.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Representatives Sylvia Garcia (TX-29), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Deb Haaland (NM-01), Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02), and Betty McCollum (MN-04) led 86 Members of Congress in sending a letter to Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Doctor Robert Redfield condemning, urging the immediate halt of, and demanding an explanation for the recent modif
HOUSTON, TX – Today, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) issued a statement in response to Trump’s announcement that he will be nominating Chad Wolf, the Acting Homeland Security Secretary, to be the permanent head of the agency following the U.S.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) joined 256 Democratic and Republican colleagues to pass the Delivering for America Act, which would address the Trump administration's assault on the U.S. Postal Service.
HOUSTON, TX – Today, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) will be donating 10,000 N95 masks to Harris Health’s Strawberry Health Center, this is a part of her ongoing efforts to ensure everyone in the Texas 29th Congressional District and the greater Houston region has access to the protective equipment they need to stay healthy and safe during this ongoing pand
Houston, TX – Today, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (TX-29), Al Davison (President of APWU Local 185), Rickey Dueboay (Vice-President of NALC Local 283), Pat Claiborne (Financial Secretary of NALC Local 283), and Linda Morales (Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation) will host a press conference across the street from the USPS Processing Center located at 4600 Ald
HOUSTON, TX — Tomorrow, Congresswoman Sylvia R. Garcia (TX-29) will be donating 3,000 N95 masks to El Centro de Corazon Clinic as part of her efforts to ensure that everyone in the Houston region has access to the critical resources they need to remain healthy and safe during this ongoing health crisis.
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Following days of mounting public pressure, U.S. Postmaster Louis DeJoy said Tuesday he would halt all operational changes he’s made to the postal service in recent months, including major cutbacks, until after the November election.
HOUSTON — Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia hosted a today along with other local labor leaders on crisis involving the United States Postal Service.
Texas Democrats are not used to having such a small role during a Democratic National Convention.
No party should take for granted the votes of any group tied together by race, ethnicity, gender or religion. And yet for all the focus they’ve put on diversity in recent years, Democrats appear to be doing just that as they gather virtually beginning tonight for the party’s four-day online convention.
HOUSTON, Texas -- After an emotional public memorial celebrating Vanessa Guillen, she was remembered in a private funeral service.
Guests stood outside Holy Name Catholic Church, where American flags lined the street.
HOUSTON — Flags from the U.S., Texas and Mexico flew at half staff Friday as a white, horse-drawn carriage embellished with white flowers brought in the custom green casket that carried the remains of a slain soldier.
As President Donald Trump rails against the idea of expanding mail-in voting, resists new funding for the U.S.
Vanessa Guillén and her family were failed.
On July 5, investigators identified Guillén’s remains a full two months after she disappeared from Fort Hood, Texas.
Houston native Vanessa Guillén’s public memorial service is underway today at Cesar Chavez High School, Guillén’s alma mater. Guillén’s family and friends were joined by their fellow Houstonians to mourn the loss of the 20-year-old Army soldier, who was killed on her base at Fort Hood in April.
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