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Texas members of Congress urge committee to protect minority opportunity districts, warn of service disruption
Summary
Several Democratic members of Congress who represent Texas districts targeted in the DOJ letter told the House select committee they oppose mid‑decade redistricting and warned that changing district lines now would disrupt constituent services and fragment communities.
Three U.S. representatives and other lawmakers and witnesses told a Texas House select committee on July 24 that redrawing congressional lines now would harm constituents and community ties.
Rep. Greg Casar (D‑TX) said his district was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court as a Latino opportunity district following earlier litigation and urged the state to preserve the Voting Rights Act promise. “We should be focusing on rebuilding and relief for the people of the Texas Hill Country who have suffered from these floods, not on radical and ridiculous redistricting,” Casar said.
Rep. Sylvia…
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