Press Releases

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – On Wednesday, Congressman Greg Casar (D-TX) met with leaders from Latin America and around the world to discuss strategies for challenging right-wing authoritarianism and lifting up working people around the world.

WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, Congressman Greg Casar (D-Texas) and Congressman Joe Neguse (D-Colorado) introduced new legislation to reverse Donald Trump’s dangerous cuts to emergency preparedness and disaster response agencies.

WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, Congressman Greg Casar (D-Texas) led 87 members of Congress calling on Donald Trump to reverse his partisan firing of a top government official in charge of collecting data on U.S. jobs. They warn that Trump’s firing could “harm the creation of jobs and reduce investment in America” by undermining businesses’ ability to rely on crucial government data used to plan investments.

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Greg Casar (D-Texas), joined by Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan), introduced the Stop AI Price Gouging and Wage Fixing Act, the first federal proposal to ban companies from using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to set prices or wages based on Americans’ personal data.

The bill would prohibit practices like an airline raising prices for an individual after seeing her search for a family obituary or a ride share app paying a driver less after seeing that she visited a pawn shop.

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Greg Casar (D-Texas) led a letter alongside Congressman Gabe Amo (D-Rhode Island), Senator Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut), and 30 other members of Congress calling on the Acting Inspector General for the Department of State to review potential corruption illegally benefiting Elon Musk in the State Department’s handling of trade deal negotiations.

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Greg Casar (D-Texas) led a letter alongside Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) and 40 other members of Congress calling on the Office of the Inspector General at the Department of Defense to review the process for awarding the “Golden Dome” missile defense shield contract, including any involvement by Elon Musk.

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Greg Casar (TX-35) alongside Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) and Congressman Jonathan Jackson (IL-1) led 14 members of Congress in a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio calling for him to support a free and fair electoral process in Ecuador.

Ecuador’s runoff election will take place April 13th. 

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressmen Greg Casar (TX-35), Joaquin Castro (TX-20),  and Lloyd Doggett (TX-37) released a letter urging the Trump Administration to reinstate staff at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The letter warns that large cuts proposed by the administration could increase wait times at VA hospitals and reduce access to critical care.