Greg Casar

D.C. residents also have no vote in the Senate, where military leadership is confirmed.

But here in D.C. there are over 30,000 veterans, who, while they have a powerful voice here in Congress with Ms. Holmes Norton, they are not given an equal vote.

I am the son of immigrants and proud to represent the heart of Texas here in the United States Congress. For generations, my family has moved back and forth between Texas and Mexico, Mexico and Texas. People immigrate. Sometimes they are…

The Cuban Government bears responsibility, but we also know the crisis has been made worse by U.S. sanctions and the embargo against Cuba.

I think it is entirely appropriate for the Democrats in the hearing here today to be raising that massive cuts to programs like FEMA will make addressing flood insurance harder.

Our colleague here, Congressman Jimmy Gomez, recently introduced the 99.5 Percent Act, which would close loopholes on the estate tax and end benefits for those billionaires that continue to avoid paying their fair share every single year.

I think it would be great for us to talk about repealing the last of the Trump tax scam, which we know benefited the top one percent of one percent.

I think if anything should be on the High-Risk List, that probably No. 1 would be if this Congress, led by the Republican majority, forces default for the first time ever against the American people by this Congress not paying our bills.

Fortunately, the Biden Administration is taking historic steps to tackle this crisis by investing billions in drought mitigation, renewable energy, and climate-friendly agriculture practices.

The climate crisis threatens the stability of our farms and our food system.

If we want a top-notch air travel system for this country, we need national wage and benefit standards for our airports.

Without wheelchair attendants, elderly passengers wouldn't be able to navigate our airports with dignity.

Every person working in these airports deserves a living wage with benefits, a safe workplace, and paid time off to spend with their families.

The proposed H.R. 1499, the Good Jobs for Good Airports Act, authored by my mentor and friend and T&I Committee member, Congressman Chuy Garcia, will set national wage and benefit levels at major airports that receive Federal funding and…

I am Greg Casar, and I represent the heart of Texas. I rise today to sound the alarm. Extremist Republicans are using the Texas legislature as a testing ground for their most extreme policies that they plan to spread across the country…

I urge that we vote 'no' against this bill.

What we got today in testimony is that because of the Police Association's tactics, people that were convicted of crime had to come back and be allowed to work back on the force.

Why would we be supporting a measure that allows it so that people criminally convicted for assault on the job could get back onto the force?

Why would we take away transparency on body-worn cameras?

I believe, having done oversight and accountability in prior jobs and now here on this committee, that publicly available body camera footage is a good thing.

I believe that we would be, by moving this forward, repealing important protections for people that should, frankly, have bipartisan support.

We appreciate your consideration of the immense positive impact SNAP has on the lives of millions of Americans as well as its beneficial impact on the national economy and our nation's long-term financial sustainability.

Let's make sure that even on a sometimes uneven playing field of corporate concentration, that they can still make it.

I appreciate how at the beginning of your remarks today you laid out how in the past there has been this view of get big or get out that has really hurt our consumers and our small farmers and small ranchers.

I appreciate that, and we will be--I am brand new to the Congress but have seen excellent work from Abigail Spanberger and Ro Khanna and Mark Pocan and others on trying to figure out how we can support both the DOJ's work but also USDA's…