Happy Pride Month

Floor Speech

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Ms. GARCIA of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to wish everyone a joyful and proud Pride Month.

In Houston, pride runs deep. We hosted one of the first nighttime parades in the country, and today it is the fourth largest in the Nation. It is not just a parade.

Groups like Fundacion Latinoamericana De Accion Social, Legacy Community Health, and the Montrose Center are doing the work every day making sure that our LGBTQIA+ neighbors have care, housing, community, and support. That is what we should be focused on. There is so much good that we can be doing.

Instead, my Republican colleagues are using their power to bully and target trans kids, children who just want to be safe, make friends, and be themselves. Those kids show more bravery than many of my colleagues here in this Chamber. We should all learn from them.

Every young person watching should know I see them, I hear them, and I will fight for them today and every day because in Texas when we say ``all,'' that means all.

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