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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 southernborder.
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.
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Sylvia R. Garcia (TX-29) issued the following statement in reaction to the Supreme Court's ruling on the 2020 Census:
The House Financial Services Committee continued to focus on workforce diversity.
That committee held a hearing entitled "Diversity in the Boardroom: Examining Proposals to Increase the Diversity of America's Boards."
This is the second hearing on diversity in this committee this session. The first in February was entitled "An Overview of Diversity Trends in the Financial Services Industry."
Later this month, the committee will hold another hearing on diversity entitled: "Diverse Asset Managers: Challenges, Solutions and Opportunities for Inclusion."
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Garcia (TX-29) issued the following statement in reaction to reports of horrific conditions for children held by Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Hundreds of thousand of people descended upon downtown Houston on Saturday to celebrate annual Pride Festival and parade — a day to display acceptance of often marginalized groups.
The slogans displayed on posters and rainbow-themed attire reiterated those messages: "Love is love," one hat read. "This Isn't a Phase," read another.
The event, expected to draw some 700,00 people, was especially poignant this year, the 50th anniversary of the now-famous Stonewall Riots in New York City that were in many ways a catalyst for the modern gay rights movement.
Presidential contender Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) introduced legislation to block the Department of Housing and Urban Development from implementing a rule barring undocumented immigrants from subsidized housing.
"This proposed HUD rule is another example of the Trump administration's clear and relentless attacks against immigrant families across this country," Gillibrand said in a statement to POLITICO.