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After another summer of unusually scorching weather, some Texas Democrats say it's time for the government to protect workers toiling in extreme heat.
One congressman is pushing for national standards to safeguard people who work in extreme heat, even after the state passed a law to block city and county ordinances mandating water breaks for construction workers in sweltering weather.
WASHINGTON — Austin Democratic U.S. Rep. Greg Casar joined acting Labor Secretary Julie Su on a video news call Thursday to push for a federal heat standard to ensure outdoor workers get periodic breaks for water and rest.
The call to action was prompted by a new Texas law, the so-called Death Star bill, that was set to take effect Friday but was struck down two days earlier by a district judge in Travis County, declaring it unconstitutional.
A progressive congressional delegation has just returned from a historic trip to Latin America, where they met with three recently elected left-wing administrations in Brazil, Chile, and Colombia. Organized by the Center for Economic and Policy Research, and led by Rep.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Greg Casar (D-Texas) announced he is actively drafting federal legislation to require Texas’s electrical grid, operated by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), to connect to the national grids.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressmen Greg Casar (TX-35) and Lloyd Doggett (TX-37), together with the entire Texas Democratic delegation, urged the Biden Administrat
A congressional delegation of progressives will visit Latin America next week for what they stress is a “different” kind of visit — one focused on shared challenges, ideological kinship and transnational movements.
SAN ANTONIO — According to a bipartisan group of Texas U.S. representatives, letter carriers in San Antonio are working during the state’s blistering heat wave without the bottled water they used to receive.
SAN ANTONIO – Today, San Antonio Representatives Greg Casar (TX-35), Joaquin Castro (TX-20),
WASHINGTON – Today, Representatives Greg Casar (TX-35), Earl Blumenauer (OR-03), and
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Greg Casar (D-Texas), who recently was on an all-day thirst strike on the U.S.