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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."
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."
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.
WASHINGTON, DC — Mañana, 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.
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.
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.
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.
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) announced that Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is awarding nearly $16 million for continued Hurricane Harvey recovery efforts.
These awards were granted through FEMA's Public Assistance Grants Programs, which funds the repair, reconstruction or replacement of a public facility or infrastructure damaged or destroyed by a natural disaster.
The grantees include:
WASHINGTON, DC — Hoy, la congresista Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) anunció que el Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos (HHS en inglés) otorgó casi $400,000 para programas de salud comunitarios en el distrito 29 de Texas en el Congreso.