Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C.— El Congresista Jesús “Chuy” García emitió la siguiente declaración sobre la decisión de la Corte Suprema de socavar aún más la Ley de Derecho al Voto:
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García issued the following statement on the decision by the Supreme Court to further destroy the Voting Rights Act:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, days before the largest May Day mobilizations in years and hours before the King of England’s congressional address, Congressmembers Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04), Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03), Lateefah Simon (CA-12) and Analilia Mejia (NJ-11) stood with labor, civil rights, and economic justice leaders from across the country to introduce the Living Wage for All Act.
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) led 23 Members in sending a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche urging the U.S. government to conduct a thorough, credible, and independent investigation into the killing of Khamis Ayyad, a U.S. citizen who was killed during Israeli settler raids in the West Bank last summer.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Hoy, el congresista Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) se unió a las congresistas Rashida Tlaib (MI-12) y Delia Ramirez (IL-03), junto con otros 12 miembros del Congreso, para presentar la Ley de Prohibición de la Detención en Almacenes (*Ban Warehouse Detention Act*). Esta legislación prohibiría al Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS) —incluyendo al Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE)— establecer, operar, ampliar, convertir o renovar cualquier almacén, o edificio o estructura similar, con el propósito de detener a personas.
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today on the floor of the House of Representatives, Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García led his Progressive Caucus colleagues in a series of speeches to highlight the many ways President Trump’s 2027 Budget Request will make life harder for their constituents, and how he is funding a war of choice over the people’s needs and priorities.
Video of the Congressman’s speech can be found here.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) led 30 of his colleagues in a letter to Education Secretary Linda McMahon and current Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Student Loan Ombudsman Geoffrey Gradler demanding transparency regarding recent findings that a federally required student loan oversight report was substantially altered prior to publication.