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The House soldiered on through hundreds of amendments to the annual defense policy bill Thursday, but major issues — including authorization to use force and military involvement on the southern border — remain unresolved, as does the ultimate fate of the bill.
Lawmakers plan to vote on some of the most controversial amendments, as well as final passage of the measure Friday morning. Republicans and progressives alike voiced deep reservations this week about the typically bipartisan measure, and it is unclear that the last two days of debate assuaged their concerns.
Artificial intelligence (AI) may be playing into stereotypes that adversely affect women and minorities in financial decisions, according to two experts.
The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing entitled: "Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence: Where We Are and the Next Frontier in Financial Services."
Tuesday is the last day for public comment on a proposal that could evict or even separate thousands of families with mixed-citizenship status who receive housing assistance in Texas.
A year after heavy rains flooded Harris County and forced the cancellation of many events, including Houston's Freedom Over Texas, the area's Fourth of July celebrations stayed dry Thursday.
More than a thousand people lined S. Rice Boulevard in Bellaire for the city's parade, which included the usual smorgasbord of fire trucks, elected officials, antique cars, civic groups, political parties and a marching band.
A group of lawmakers visited two border facilities in Clint and El Paso, Texas, on Monday, and they made sure everyone knew about the poor living conditions they saw by sharing graphic details of their trip via Twitter.
A delegation of U.S. Congress members and Texas legislators is in El Paso and Clint, Texas, Monday to investigate several facilities used to detain migrants.
Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16) and Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20) are leading the delegation.
After leaving the facility in northeast El Paso, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14) said "there is abuse in these facilities."
Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4) said in a tweet that women were sleeping in a small concrete cell with no running water and have gone weeks without showers.
On Thursday, the House of Representatives approved the Senate GOP's version of the border supplemental by a vote of 305-102.
The plan appropriates $4.5 billion in a bid to solve the myriad of problems occurring at America's southern border.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Garcia (TX-29) and 33 Democratic cosponsors introduced the Stop Shackling and Detaining Pregnant Women Act. The bill will protect the health and safety of pregnant women and youth in immigration detention by reinstituting their presumption of release, prohibit the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from shackling pregnant women in its custody, and set new standards of care and transparency for the treatment of pregnant women and youth.
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Sylvia R. Garcia (TX-29) issued the following statement in reaction to the Supreme Court's ruling on the 2020 Census:
"The United States Supreme Court has agreed the Trump Administration does not want to ask about the citizenship status of US resident for any legitimate purpose. This is a huge step to a complete and accurate count of every person living in the United States. But the hard work is ahead of us. We must all do what we can to make sure every person counts."
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