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Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (D-TX 29) held a press conference Sept. 23 to address post-Imelda recovery efforts, standing across the street from the damaged post office on Aldine Bender Road in north Houston.
On Thursday, Sept. 19, the post office building's flat roof collapsed during Tropical Storm Imelda, causing three people to have minor injuries according to Garcia. The post office, located in Garcia's district, is still working to analyze the damage completely before opening it to a tour by Garcia or the media.
La depresión tropical sorprendió a muchas personas que apenas estaban superando la devastación del potente huracán Harvey, y ahora aseguran que nuevamente se encuentran en situación de emergencia. Lina Hidalgo, juez del condado Harris, dice que se están utilizando fondos locales para atender a los afectados y que se espera la recolección de donaciones para la asistencia. La funcionaria pide a los damnificados solicitar la ayuda, sin importar el estatus migratorio.
There are two political roadblocks that have powered the slowly building push to impeach President Trump among House Democrats. One is starkly political — the recognition that the Senate under Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) would never vote to remove Trump from office. The other is … also starkly political, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) declining to embrace an impeachment effort, certainly in part out of concern that it would cost her party its hard-won majority in her chamber.
The United States Postal Service has temporarily suspended activity at multiple Houston-area facilities until further notice due to the impact of Tropical Storm Imelda.
Despite damage experienced at the north Houston mail processing facility, USPS says it is "working daily to return to full operations, as soon as we can safely do so."
USPS released the following statement Monday:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – La congresista Sylvia García (TX-29) se unió a sus colegas en la Cámara de Representantes para aprobar la ley bipartidista FAIR (por sus siglas en inglés), que pondría fin al uso forzado del arbitraje en los conflictos de consumidores, trabajadores, derechos civiles, y antimonopolio. Actualmente, más de 60 millones de trabajadores no pueden demandar a su empleador en un tribunal público si han sido despedidos o se enfrentan a un acoso ilegal.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) joined her colleagues in the House of Representatives to pass the bipartisan FAIR Act, which would end the use of forced arbitration in consumer, worker, civil rights, and antitrust disputes. Currently more than 60 million workers are unable to sue their employer in public court if they have been terminated or faced unlawful harassment. Forced arbitration has permitted employers and corporations to create a privatized justice system where the constitution's protections are manipulated in their favor.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Hoy, la congresista Sylvia García del distrito 29 de Texas se unió a sus colegas en la Cámara de Representantes para aprobar su proyecto de ley, la Ley de Protección de Informantes de PCAOB de 2019.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) was joined by her colleagues in the House of Representatives to pass her bill, the PCAOB Whistleblower Protection Act of 2019. This is Congresswoman Garcia's first bill to pass the House of Representatives, and it would establish a whistleblower protection program at the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), like a program at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing Sept. 18 on oversight of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), examining specifically whether to reauthorize four provisions of the act set to expire in December. One could be forgiven for missing the hearing amidst the deluge of news this week.