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Washington, DC - Today the House voted on a year-end agreement consisting of two legislative packages to fund the government through 2021 and provide additional COVID-19 relief. Congressman Jesús "Chuy" García (IL-04) voted for Part II of H.R.
Washington, DC- In a speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, Congressman Jesús "Chuy" García (IL-04) today called on negotiators to include direct assistance, in the form of stimulus checks, for immigrant and mixed-status families in any COVID-19 emergency relief package. These are his remarks as delivered:
The video of the speech can be found here.
Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Jesús "Chuy" García (IL-4), Assistant Speaker-elect Katherine Clark (MA-5), and 91 other House members wrote a letter to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert Redfield demanding that the agency release more robust data on disproportionate racial mortality rates from their recent report on excess deaths in 2020.
Washington, DC - Congressman Jesús "Chuy" García (IL-04) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) led a bicameral letter signed by 73 Members of Congress to Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo requesting the issuance of a worldwide temporary general license to allow coronavirus-related humanitarian trade to flow to U.S. sanctioned countries. Previous Administrations, both Republican and Democrat, have issued similar licenses to address humanitarian crises as need arose around the world.
Chicago, IL - Representatives Jesús "Chuy" García (Il-04), Sylvia Garcia (TX-29), Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), and Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) joined by 36 Members of Congress introduced the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for Safe Schools Act to provide $17 billion to school districts to pay for PPE, cleaning supplies, technical training, and additional staff support needed to keep students, educators, and communities safe.
Washington, DC - Congressman Jesús "Chuy" García (IL-04) voted to advance H.R 925, the revised HEROES Act, which passed the House of Representatives 214-207. The legislation would provide more than $2 trillion dollars in comprehensive relief to families, small businesses, and state, local, and tribal governments.
Por el Rep. Jesús "Chuy" García (IL-04) y Janet Murguía*.
Nos han dicho que el coronavirus es una enfermedad que no discrimina, ya que todos están en riesgo de adquirir el virus y las dificultades asociadas con detener su propagación se comparten por igual. Pero los números cuentan una historia muy diferente. Estos muestran que las comunidades afroamericanas y latinas no tienen el mismo acceso a atención médica asequible y de calidad que el resto de la sociedad.
Washington, DC. - Representative Jesús "Chuy" García (IL-04) and the Congressional Tri-Caucus Chairs – which includes the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), and Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) – urged Congressional leadership to include several provisions of H.R. 6637, Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2020 (HEAA) in the upcoming COVID-19 relief package.
Washington, DC - Representatives Jesús "Chuy" García (IL-04) and Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), along with 41 of their colleagues led a letter to House and Senate leadership today urging them to include $100 billion for emergency rental assistance in the next stimulus package to help people stay in their homes. This provision passed the House as part of the HEROES Act, but was not included in the Senate's HEALS Act.