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September 12, 2019

WASHINGTON, DC — El Comité Judicial de la Cámara de Representantes ha estado investigando a el presidente Donald Trump por obstrucción de justicia, corrupción y abuso de poder. Esta mañana, el Comité Judicial votó para definir un conjunto de procedimientos, consistentes con las reglas de la Cámara, para una investigación de juicio político del presidente Trump y para determinar si debería recomendar artículos de juicio político.


September 12, 2019

WASHINGTON, DC — The House Judiciary Committee has been investigating President Trump for obstruction of justice, corruption, and abuse of power during the spring. Earlier today, the House Judiciary Committee voted to define a set of procedures, consistent with House Rules, for an impeachment investigation of President Trump and to determine whether it should recommend articles of impeachment.


September 12, 2019

HOUSTON — With the Democratic presidential debate just days away, there was excitement in the air at the Harris County Democratic Party's Monday morning staff meeting. But Chairwoman Lillie Schechter urged her troops to keep their eyes on the prize: November 2020.

"Everyone's goal here is to turn Harris County darker blue and that we elect a Democrat to the White House," she said. "I just want to remind everyone that our focus is the November election in 2020."


September 12, 2019

HOUSTON — With the Democratic presidential debate just days away, there was excitement in the air at the Harris County Democratic Party's Monday morning staff meeting. But Chairwoman Lillie Schechter urged her troops to keep their eyes on the prize: November 2020.

"Everyone's goal here is to turn Harris County darker blue and that we elect a Democrat to the White House," she said. "I just want to remind everyone that our focus is the November election in 2020."


September 8, 2019

A Houston community organizer was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Thursday after inviting the agency to a community event where he had planned to discuss worries about President Trump's immigration raids.


September 6, 2019

WASHINGTON, DCMañana, el viernes 6 de septiembre del 2019, el Subcomité de Inmigración y Ciudadanía del Comité Jurídico tendrá una audiencia pública en El Paso, TX. La congresista Sylvia Garcia esta agradecida que el subcomité, bajo el liderazgo de la congresista Zoe Lofgren, llevará a cabo una importante supervisión y consideración de las políticas fronterizas de la administración de Trump y la relación entre la retórica antiinmigrante y el terrorismo doméstico.


September 6, 2019

WASHINGTON, DC — Tomorrow, Friday, September 6th, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship will hold a field hearing in El Paso, TX, Chaired by Rep. Zoe Lofgren. Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia is grateful that the subcommittee, under Chairwoman Lofgren's leadership, will be conducting important oversight of the Trump Administration's border policies and the relationship between anti-immigrant rhetoric and domestic terrorism.


September 6, 2019

WASHINGTON, DC — Tomorrow, Wednesday, September 4th, 2019, the House Financial Services Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a field hearing in Houston, TX, Chaired by Rep. Al Green. Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia is grateful that the subcommittee, under Chairman Green's leadership, is looking into how discrimination continues to be a barrier for homeownership and consumer credit. House Democrats are committed to continuing to dismantle barriers that have historically kept certain communities from thriving.


September 6, 2019

HOUSTON, TX — Earlier today, the Trump Administration unveiled a new regulation that will replace the Flores Agreement, a court-ordered consent decree that limits how long migrant children can be detained in detention facilities. This new regulation will fundamentally allow the U.S. government to indefinitely detain migrant children caught crossing the border. A lot is yet unknown about how this new regulation will be implemented and enforced, and how it will exacerbate the Trump Administration's poor treatment of migrants.