Press Releases
AUSTIN, Texas – On Friday, Congressman Greg Casar (D-Texas) joined community leaders and elected officials to present the City of Austin with a $3,150,000 check to build Austin’s first public All Abilities Playground at Onion Creek Metropolitan Park.
WASHINGTON – Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) on Thursday introduced the Home Team Act, which would require owners of professional sports teams to give local communities the chance to buy teams before relocating them.
The bill would protect fans from losing teams and protect taxpayers from being extorted for huge subsidies by the threat of relocation. It:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Monday, Congressman Robert Garcia and Congressman Greg Casar demanded an independent investigation into the death of Ruben Ray Martinez, a 23-year-old U.S. Citizen shot and killed by ICE agents in South Padre Island, Texas.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Today, Congressman Greg Casar (D-Texas) announced a $1 million federal investment into the National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders (NALCAB) to build a new headquarters in San Antonio’s Historic Market Square.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Monday, Congressman Greg Casar announced he has hired Amy Emerick Clerkin to be his next Chief of Staff.
For more than 20 years, Emerick Clerkin has served in Congress, including 16 years as Chief of Staff to the late Rep. Raúl Grijalva. She served as Grijalva’s Chief while he led the Congressional Progressive Caucus, which Casar now chairs. Emerick Clerkin holds a Bachelors of Arts from Lafayette College, and a Masters of Business Administration from the Yale School of Management.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – On Tuesday, Congressman Greg Casar (D-Texas) joined veterans, community leaders, and elected officials to present the City of San Antonio with a $2 million check to renovate the VFW Post 76.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Greg Casar (TX-35) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (MA) led 80 members of Congress demanding that Any Lucía Lopez Belloza be allowed to return to the United States after the Trump administration admitted her deportation was a “mistake.”
Washington, D.C. – On Monday, Congressman Greg Casar (D-TX) and Congressman Joe Neguse (D-CO) demanded that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem reverse new cuts to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Greg Casar (D-Texas), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts), Congressman Jake Auchincloss (D-Massachusetts), and Senator Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts) sent a letter demanding the Trump administration allow the return of Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, a college student from Austin who was wrongfully deported to Honduras while traveling home for Thanksgiving.