The richest billionaire in the world can now take all of our taxpayer money and data and is getting richer off of it.
Greg Casar
The Public Record
Greg Eduardo Casar is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Texas's 35th congressional district since January 3, 2023. Born on May 4, 1989, Casar has been an advocate for labor rights, immigration reform, and affordable housing. He previously served on the Austin City Council, where he focused on progressive policies and community engagement.
This fight isn’t just about USAID or the Department of Education, it’s about whether the people and their elected representatives should govern, or whether the richest man in the world gets to call all the shots.
The Democratic Party in the past has been able to hold people together across cultural divides because, at the end of the day, the Democratic Party was for the everyday person.
I think that message, that kind of message, is what the Democratic Party has needed for the last few years.
If corporate elements of the Democratic Party... had listened to progressives and had passed the bills... that substantively would have helped a lot in this election.
Democrats need to rebrand and reform our party to much more clearly communicate to working people that we’re in it for them.
The core of the Republican Party is about helping Wall Street and billionaires.
I've fought back against extremist, egocentric autocrats in Texas for my entire adult life.
The members of the Progressive Caucus know how to fight billionaires, grifters, and Republican frauds in Congress.
It is so important for the American people to understand and hear that this idea of a citizenship question would undercount people, would result in fewer Federal resources come into places like Texas.
What I do not get is in the Federal Government's nearly $1 trillion in assistance... why my Republican colleagues would want states like Texas to get less help because of adding an unnecessary question.
I could not disagree more with this really kind-of wild Republican idea of the so-called 'Equal Representation Act,' which would only count certain in this country in complete violation of the Fourteenth Amendment.
I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas will be postponed. Amendment No. 2 Offered by Ms. Pettersen The Acting CHAIR. It is…
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 68, line 11, strike ``$75,000,000'' and insert ``$5,000,000''. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House…
I think that the vast majority of Texans would agree that grid connection and fixing the grid should overcome those sort of smaller level politics.
I would argue that this is not just a Texas issue, in that neighboring states badly need the power.
I want to start off by thanking you and the Department of Energy for putting millions of dollars toward electric reliability in Texas.
We need experienced professionals in government, not professional bootlickers.
We already hear of backlogs, of trouble hiring up, and why would we, when we already have vacancies in these key agencies, purposefully create thousands of more vacancies?
If this Schedule F plan goes into effect and thousands of people have to be replaced every administration, then we will continue to see and hear from officials complaining about why it is that agencies cannot accomplish their goals.
When people hear 'government,' they usually think of people like us in this room, politicians who run in elections and work on policy...
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