Press Releases
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– Today the House advanced a plan from Reps. Jesús "Chuy" García (D-IL), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Joaquin Castro (D-TX) to curtail the ability of federal law enforcement officers to intervene in constitutionally protected protests across the country.
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Jesús "Chuy" García (IL-04) issued the following statement in response to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) memo announcing it will no longer process new applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and will limit renewals to only one year, while a review takes place:
Washington, DC. - Representatives Jesús "Chuy" García (IL-04), Gwen Moore (WI-04), Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), and Mark Takano (CA-41) led 106 Members of Congress in urging Congressional leadership to support public transportation agencies, including their workers, in the next relief package addressing the COVID-19 public health emergency.
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.
Washington, DC- In response to President Donald Trump's executive order to exclude undocumented immigrants from the Census count, Congressman Jesús "Chuy" García (IL-04) joined Rep. Steve Horsford (NV-04) and 24 Members to introduce H.R. 7291, to Nullify the Effect of Trump's Executive Order Act. The legislation would stop the Trump administration's efforts to require federal agencies to share citizenship data for political and discriminatory purposes.
Washington, DC- Representative Jesús "Chuy" García issued the following statement after voting against H.R. 6395, the House version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA):
"The House of Representatives should not approve $740.5 billion for military programs while working families face a global pandemic and a devastating economic downturn.
Washington, DC- Representative Jesús "Chuy" García issued the following statement following reports that President Trump plans to deploy federal agents in Chicago:
Chicago, IL- Congressman Jesús "Chuy" Garcia issued the following statement on the passing of civil rights hero John Lewis:
"Last night we lost a hero, a legend, a fighter. John Lewis was an extraordinary man who exemplified the persistence of those who know the fight for justice is, as he said, not the fight of one day, but the struggle of a lifetime.