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WASHINGTON, DC — Today in the House Committee on the Judiciary, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) chaired a Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship hearing on "The Current State of the United States Refugee Program." The hearing examined the impact of the administration's efforts to effectively weaken the U.S. refugee resettlement program and make it more difficult for migrants to present asylum claims. Congress has a responsibility to ensure that the U.S.
HOUSTON, TX – Yesterday, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) hosted a roundtable discussion with business, labor, and community leaders at the Port of Houston. They spoke about the House Democrats' new bold Moving Forward infrastructure proposal and how it would help address some of the country's most urgent infrastructure needs, from the massive maintenance backlog, to designing safer streets, to putting the U.S. on a path toward economic growth that also promotes environmental sustainability and increased resiliency planning.
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday said she sees potential for Republican support on parts of Congressional Democrats' $760 billion infrastructure package related to flood control and speeding up Army Corps of Engineers projects.
Rep. Sylvia Garcia of Texas endorsed Joe Biden on Wednesday, giving the former vice president his sixth supporter from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
Garcia, who served as one of the House's seven impeachment managers during the Senate's trial last month, represents a majority-Hispanic district that covers parts of Houston.
(link to video: Meet the Impeachment Managers | Full Frontal on TBS)
Sensing despair in the face of overwhelming odds is natural. Succumbing to disillusionment when the deck is a stacked against you is understandable. Samantha Bee gets that.
WASHINGTON, DC — Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) condemns the Administration's reckless and unlawful plan to transfer $3.8 billion from important defense accounts for border wall construction. For the second year in a row, Trump will raid the Department of Defense's resources for money for the U.S.-Mexico border wall. Congresswoman Garcia and several lawmakers have fiercely opposed such transfers and will continue to denounce this Administration's thoughtless actions.
Washington, DC - Today, in the House Judiciary Committee, Representative Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) delivered the following remarks during the markup of H.R. 2214, the National Origin-Based Antidiscrimination for Nonimmigrants (NO BAN) Act:
"Mr. Chairman I move to strike the last word.
WASHINGTON, DC — Congresswoman Sylvia R. Garcia (TX-29) released a statement expressing her opposition to President Donald Trump's FY2021 Budget.
Statement from Congresswoman Garcia:
"The President's FY2021 Budget has shown once again that he is not interested in protecting the economic interests and health of the vast majority of Americans. His demand for Congress to slash funding for a wide array of critical departments and life-saving programs is heartless and cruel," said Congresswoman Garcia.
Anna Alvarez is a working mom and grandmother — one of my constituents from the Texas 29th Congressional District. She is an example of working-class Americans who are struggling to make ends meet and are urging Congress to enact legislation to increase the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour and strengthen the country's labor laws to ensure a worker's right to start and join a labor union.
Read her story below: