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HOUSTON (CW39) – Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) is participating in a food distribution drive at the M.O. Campbell Educational Center as part of Speaker Nancy Pelosi's National Day of Action focused on the continued impact of COVID-19 on children across the country and the importance of passing the HEROES Act.
The Act would provide relief to families, increase food assistance for children, and provide funding for education to local school districts.
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. The goal of the visit is to assess whether or not changes have been made to the center that will impact USPS services, especially as it relates to the influx of mail-in-ballots leading up to the November election.
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 modifications to COVID-19 testing guidelines that suggest not all those exposed to COVID-19 need to be tested.
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. Government Accountability Office's (GAO) decisions that President Trump violated federal law when he installed Chad Wolf as the Acting Secretary and Ken Cuccinelli as the Acting Deputy Secretary:
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. This bill would require the Postal Service to return to the Postal Service operations and levels of service that were in place on January 1, 2020, throughout the duration of the coronavirus public health emergency and requires all election mail to be treated as First-Class mail.
Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana announced Thursday that he has tested positive for the coronavirus.
The 62-year-old physician from Baton Rouge was experiencing "mild symptoms that began this morning," his spokesperson Cole Avery said.
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 pandemic. Dr. Esmaeil Porsa, CEO of Harris Health, and Dr. Glorimar Medina, Executive Vice President for Ambulatory Services will be present to receive the N95 masks.
HOUSTON — EDITOR'S NOTE: The video above is from a report on an Humble man who ran out of his heart medication after his package was delayed by USPS.
Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia hosted a today along with other local labor leaders on crisis involving the United States Postal Service.
HOUSTON – The U.S. Postmaster General announced Tuesday he will halt operational changes at the United States Postal Service until after the 2020 election.
Some Texas congressional members called for legislation to prevent the postmaster from doing another about-face.
Embattled Postmaster General Louis DeJoy announced Tuesday that he'll wait until after the November election to make operational changes at the USPS. DeJoy said retail hours won't change, mail processing equipment and collection boxes will stay where they are and overtime for employees will be restored.
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.
Mail delays caused by the pandemic have reportedly worsened across the country since President Donald Trump appointed DeJoy, a new postmaster general with no previous experience in the field.