Sylvia Garcia
The Public Record
Sylvia Rodriguez Garcia is a U.S. Representative for Texas's 29th congressional district, serving since January 3, 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she has a background in law and public service, which informs her legislative priorities. Garcia has focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and economic development, advocating for the needs of her constituents in Houston and surrounding areas. Her work emphasizes support for marginalized communities and women's rights.
We know discrimination exists. It is sometimes just more subtle and maybe a little more quiet.
We need to make sure that discrimination impacts do not get incorporated into new ways of banking.
Blatant and obvious discrimination in redlining mostly doesn't occur, but it continues under the guise of gentrification.
Our diversity is one of our strengths, and it is one that should make us all very proud.
Just have more hearings and meetings and let it be brought to the table, the specific needs of the women.
I just don't see where that gets us, and quite frankly, I don't like hardly any of these at all.
Your presence here today is a strong indicator of your concerns and your sentiments on this issue.
I am talking about what I call--some of the things that a lot of cities are doing to target the homeless to, 'get them off the street and not be seen,' especially in downtown areas.
if you lost your job today and lost your house and lost everything and became homeless, would this be the way you would want to be treated, to get a ticket because you were sleeping in a car?





