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Casar takes his first drink of water after his nine-hour thirst strike at the U.S. Capitol
July 2, 2024

AUSTIN, Texas – Today, Congressman Greg Casar (D-Texas) celebrated the announcement of a new federal heat rule proposed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to protect workers from the extreme heat — as extreme weather becomes mor

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Congressman Greg Casar speaks at the launch of the Congressional Caucus on Global Migration
June 27, 2024

WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03), the Vice Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Committee, Congressman Greg Casar (TX-35), Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37), and 21 members of Congress launched a new congressional caucus which aims to find effective, long-term solutions to humanely address irregular and forced migration around the world.

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Congressman Greg Casar (D-Texas) holds up two children’s backpacks in front of the House Ag Committee room with Congressman Jim McGovern (D-Mass.). At the Seaboard Triumph facility in Sioux City, Iowa, federal investigators witnessed children “carrying glittered school backpacks” before starting their graveyard shift to clean kill-floor equipment. (Photo courtesy Office of Congressman Greg Casar)
June 26, 2024

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Greg Casar (D-Texas) releases the following statement after sitting in on the House Agriculture Committee Republicans’ closed-door, corporate-backed child labor roundtable with meat packing industry associates.

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Congressman Casar and Assistant Secretary of Labor Doug Parker with Texas workers
June 21, 2024

AUSTIN, Texas – On Thursday, Congressman Greg Casar (D-Texas) and Doug Parker, Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Occupational Safety and Health Administrati

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Letter: On World Refugee Day, Nearly 70 Members of Congress Urge the Administration to Consider Certain Palestinians Fleeing Gaza for Refugee Status
June 20, 2024

WASHINGTON – Today, on World Refugee Day, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S.

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Congressman Greg Casar holds a big check with San Marcos and Texas State University leaders.
June 18, 2024

SAN MARCOS, Texas – Today, Congressman Greg Casar (D-Texas) joined Texas State University and San Marcos community leaders to present a $500,000 check for Meadows Center research on climate change and water contamination.

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Portrait of Congressman Greg Casar in Austin, TX
June 18, 2024

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Greg Casar (D-Texas) released the following statement in response to President Joe Biden’s anticipated announcement

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Congressman Greg Casar speaks at the Asylum is a Right press conference
June 5, 2024

Casar confronts what few in Washington will talk about: How US policies contribute to the poverty and violence that push migrants to journey to our borders