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AUSTIN, Texas – As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the City of Austin will receive from the Climate Pollution Reduction Grant to implement community-driven solutions that tackle the climate crisis, reduce air pollution, advance environmental justice, and accelerate America’s clean energy transition.
ELROY, Texas – Today, Congressman Greg Casar (D-Texas) presented Travis County with a $1,000,000 check for the Eastern Travis County Water Main Improvements Project, which will help bring water service to residents in the Elroy area.
KYLE, Texas – Today, Congressman Greg Casar (D-Texas) joined Kyle and Hays County community leaders to present a $959,752 check for the City’s Reclaimed Water Master Plan, addressing the area’s rapid growth and need for water conservation.
As former U.S. President Donald Trump's new running mate and a union leader's speech spark discussions about the Republican Party and organized labor, one Democratic congressman on Tuesday suggested a test to see who is actually pro-worker.
Rep. Greg Casar, a Texas Democrat with a history of advocating for workers, called for holding a vote on the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act when his colleagues in Congress return to Capitol Hill next week.
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
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.
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.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Greg Casar (D-Texas) led 21 other Members of Congress on a letter
AUSTIN, Texas – On Thursday, Congressman Greg Casar (D-Texas) and Doug Parker, Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Occupational Safety and Health Administrati
Austin and Washington, D.C., share many things in common. They both have stellar drag entertainers and queer nightlife, but they’re also home to the worst drag shows I’ve ever seen: The Texas Legislature and the Republican-led Congress. In the halls of power, right-wingers put on their worst government-style drag, and attack queer and trans Americans in an attempt to distract people from the rest of their agenda: tax breaks for billionaires, gutting the civil rights and power of working people, and undermining our very democracy.