+ − Contact Information
Phone: (202) 225-1688
Office Address:
1620 Longworth House Office Building
+ − Biography
GARCIA, Sylvia R., a Representative from Texas; born in San Diego, Duval County, Tex.,
September 6, 1950; graduated from Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco High School, Ben Bolt,
Tex.; B.S., Texas Womens University, Denton, Tex., 1972; J.D., Texas Southern
University, Houston, Tex., 1978; lawyer; social worker; director and presiding
judge, Houston, Tex., municipal court system, 1983-1998; Houston, Tex., Houston
city controller, 1998-2003; member of the Harris County, Tex., commissioners
court, 2003-2010; member of the Texas state senate, 2013-2018; unsuccessful
candidate for nomination to the One Hundred Third Congress in 1992; elected as
a Democrat to the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress (January 3,
2019-present).