[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 122 (Wednesday, July 16, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H3330]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          REDRAWING CONGRESSIONAL MAPS AN ATTACK ON DEMOCRACY

  (Ms. GARCIA of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. GARCIA of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to call attention to a 
robbery being planned by a felon.
  In the first 6 months of this administration, Republicans have lost 
the battle of ideas. Now set on making sure that they don't lose power, 
they lie and cheat in order to steal the midterm elections.
  Governor Abbott bent a knee to the felon in the White House, calling 
an emergency session to redraw congressional maps in Texas. These are 
maps that he himself approved in 2021.
  While Texas Hill Country is still reeling in grief and trying to 
recover from devastating floods, Republicans prove that it is always 
the right time to do the wrong thing.
  Texans are struggling and deserve so much better than what Abbott has 
cooked up for them. This is an attack on democracy and nothing more 
than a power grab.
  We must fight them with everything we have because, in this country, 
the voters choose who they elect and not the other way around.

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