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When Donald Trump announced his candidacy for presidency back in June 2015, he did so by calling Mexicans criminals and rapists and promising a Great Wall.
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE to truly make an informed judgment or assessment about how HOUSE DEMOCRATS' JUDICIARY hearing with COREY LEWANDOWSKI went Tuesday. Because no one has any idea what the party's end goal is.
YOU HAVE ONE CAMP OF PEOPLE -- the Democratic leadership -- holding out against impeachment, saying that the party would pay a political price for proceedings to remove the president, almost no matter what the evidence shows. And another camp -- House Judiciary Chairman JERRY NADLER (D-N.Y.) chief among them -- that believes the committee and the public have the information they need to begin the process of getting rid of President DONALD TRUMP.
For Part Two of BELatina's Hispanic Heritage Month series "Know Your Latina Congresswomen," we're highlighting a few of the Latinas who are helming "majority-minority" communities, all of which happen to be located in Southern California.
Latinx elected officials usually end up representing districts that are heavily Latino, unless they play down their Hispanic heritage. Well, these mujeres are unapologetically Latina, proudly representing Congressional districts with a Hispanic majority of constituents — all of whom have been the first woman to have ever held their posts in their district.
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard
WASHINGTON, DC — La Congresista Sylvia García (TX-29) emitío la siguiente declaración del Mes de la Herencia Hispana.
"El mes de la Herencia Hispana es un tiempo para compartir las historias de los latinos e inmigrantes a través del país. Celebramos todas las contribuciones importantes que hemos hecho para los Estados Unidos. Somos abogados, empresarios, maestros, doctores e incluso congresistas."
WASHINGTON, DC —Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) issued the following statement in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month.
"Hispanic Heritage Month is time to share the stories of Latinos and immigrants across the country. We celebrate the important contributions we have made to the United States. We are lawyers, entrepreneurs, teachers, doctors, and even members of Congress."
Texas is increasingly becoming a "battleground state" as Democrats are hopeful of winning statewide offices and even Texas' 38 electoral votes in the next presidential election.
On Friday, Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez joined local Hispanic Democrats for an outreach event at Talento Bilingüe in Houston's East End, called "Cafecito con Politics."
It also included U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, state Sen. Carol Alvarado and state Rep. Christina Morales.
Perez said his party needs Latino votes to turn Texas blue.
"Beto lost by 200,000 votes," he said, referring to Beto O'Rourke's 2018 U.S. Senate race against Republican incumbent Ted Cruz. "There were 3.5 million voters – Latinos – who did not vote and could have voted."
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.
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.
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."
"We have all of these awesome things that we are doing, the millions of events that we're doing in September alone, we're working on 12 different activities," she added. "All of those is to build up our volunteer army to make sure we win in November."