Chuy Garcia

Federal transit formula dollars drive the engines of prosperity for metro areas all around the country.

I rise today to celebrate South Side native Mayda Del Valle, who has been named Chicago's next poet laureate. Mayda is a poet, educator, and interdisciplinary artist who will now serve as ambassador for our city's literary and creative…

I rise today to proudly honor the Chicago city champs, the members of the Farragut Career Academy 16-inch softball team from my district. At a time when ICE raids swept through our neighborhoods while DHS carried out Operation Midway…

Our voters do not want this either. We should not be distracted by political ploys when our constituents want us to stay focused and to deliver for them. I am going to finish my term with the same love and commitment that I brought to my…

I rise today to honor Brian Johnson, CEO of Equality Illinois, who will be ending his tenure at the end of this month. For nearly a decade, Brian has been a driving force behind the rapid growth and rise of Equality Illinois, turning it…

How does HSI continue to justify its immigration enforcement activities given those concerns?

These broad surveillance powers are of concerns to many of the communities represented in this room, certainly mine.

It is critical that Federal investments directly benefit working people and don't displace existing jobs.

Latino, Black, and Brown communities are still the same groups of people that will be harmed the most by further cuts to transit.

The proposed H.R. 1499, the Good Jobs for Good Airports Act, sponsored by my dear colleague and T&I Committee Member, Rep. Chuy Garcia, will set national wage and benefits levels at major airports that receive federal funding.

That's why I'm proud that at the Austin airport in my district we have set $20/hour as a bare minimum for workers.

Without our wheelchair attendants, elderly passengers and people with disabilities wouldn't be able to navigate the airport with dignity.

It will ensure that every airport job is a good job with a livable wage and benefits.

If we want a top-notch national air travel system, we need national wage and benefit standards for these taxpayer-funded airports.

Greed, corporate greed. Airline mergers continue to cause market concentration and promote monopolistic practices in the industry.

We have got to adjust the skyrocketing cost of airline tickets by preventing price gouging and unfair practices when they occur by corporate airlines.

One of my main priorities for aviation amongst workforce and safety is consumer protections. And do you know what doesn't protect consumers? Greed, corporate greed.

The future of banking is about the future of working-class neighborhoods like the ones I represent.

Will your bank commit to respecting treaty rights and protecting our climate by committing to stop funding Enbridge and the Line 3 pipeline?

Black and Latino communities suffer disproportionately from polluted air and dirty water, and we are barely consulted about issues and projects in our communities.

In neighborhoods like mine, it is very clear that environmental justice and racial justice are linked.

The effects of the pandemic on places like Puerto Rico, which are already devastated by inequality and historic hurricanes, have been disastrous.

Today, my colleague, Ayanna Pressley, and I introduced the Lead Abatement for Families Act.

I am proud of what we have done in Congress to keep people in their homes during this pandemic, but Black and Latino households are still more than twice as likely to fall behind on their rent, and working families in communities like mine…