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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today following the release of the Mueller Report to Congress, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia, a member of the House Judiciary Committee, called for a clean version without redactions to be provided to Congress and for renewed investigations into allegations of obstruction of justice and corruption against President Donald Trump.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia rebuffed Attorney General Barr's recent policy reversal to withhold bail from asylum seekers. Barr, in a written decision, ordered immigration judges to stop granting immigrants who established "a credible fear of persecution or torture" in their home country from posting bail, condemning most asylum seekers to indefinite detainment while they await the completion proceedings.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia released the following statement on yesterday's death of Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vasquez, a 16 year-old Guatemalan migrant, in CBP custody.
HOUSTON — Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia was called to jury duty today and released this statement:
"Public service isn't just about running for office or working to help run the government. Its purest forms are often found in our civic duties, such as voting, paying taxes, and yes, even jury duty," said Congresswoman Garcia. "I am proud to be summoned to jury selection with a panel of my peers today and be a part of a democratic system that calls its citizens to help enforce the law. It's a further reminder of the honor and privilege it is to be an American."
Sylvia Garcia has been in the public eye for decades, but rarely has the first-term congresswoman from Houston displayed the kind of raw emotion that viewers around the country observed when a video of her testimony at a committee hearing went viral.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Colin Allred (TX-32) and Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30) led a bipartisan letter with Texas members of the U.S. House to the U.S. Surface Transportation Board urging support for Texas Central's Dallas to Houston high-speed rail project.
HOMESTEAD, Fla. - Three South Florida congresswomen have been denied access to a shelter for migrant children in Homestead just days after the Trump administration announced plans to expand the facility.
The Homestead facility houses about 2,000 migrant children who arrived in the United States without parents or legal guardians, mostly from Central America countries. In recent weeks, the number of migrants seeking asylum at the southern border has surged, prompting the federal officials to expand the facility to house about 3,000 children.
WASHINGTON—House Democrats' effort to prevent domestic abusers from possessing guns has roiled debate over a landmark domestic-violence bill that typically secures bipartisan support.
The Democratic-led House on Thursday passed its own version of the Violence Against Women Act, a law enacted in 1994 to provide funding for battered-women's shelters and other programs to prevent domestic violence and bolster its prosecution. A group of 33 House Republicans voted with all but one Democrat to pass it in the 263-158 vote.
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — The Senate voted Tuesday to move forward on a $13.5 billion disaster relief bill for those affected by hurricanes, wildfires and flooding — funding that was hung up by partisan disputes over Puerto Rico and additional aid for farmers.
Georgia Republican Senator David Perdue says millions of Americans are currently waiting for billions in disaster assistance from the federal government.
Latino Victory Fund, a national advocacy group that began in San Antonio, is putting more pressure on U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro to leap into the Senate race against Texas GOP Sen. John Cornyn.
On Friday, Latino Victory put up a Run, Joaquin, Run website urging Castro, D-San Antonio, to seek the Democrats' 2020 nomination to challenge Cornyn, a three-term Senate veteran.
Backing the drive were four Texans in Congress, Reps. Veronica Escobar of El Paso, Sylvia Garcia of Houston, Filemon Vela of Brownsville and Vincente Gonzalez of McAllen.