May 5, 2025
Dear John xxxxxx,

In a little over 100 days, the Trump administration has canceled or frozen more than $430 billion in federal funding already approved by Congress–money that was supposed to go to your schools, your community programs, and your pocket. These are not hypothetical dollars. They are real, fully funded investments, and families in TX-29 are being left behind because of the Trump administration's actions. 

Here's just some of what's been cancelled or delayed:

• Disaster readiness and recovery funding that Houston depends on to prepare for natural disasters, just in time for Hurricane season ($3.83 billion)
• Critical Head Start funding that keeps preschool classrooms open and gives young kids the early learning support they need ($943 million)
• Emergency food assistance, cutting off support for the Houston Food Bank which provides food to children, seniors, and families across our communities ($500 million)
• Medical research dollars to fight cancer, Alzheimer’s, and diabetes at our world-renowned Texas Medical Center ($1 billion)
• Public safety grants, including those that help all our local police departments and protect victims of domestic violence ($3.8 billion)
• Home energy assistance during extreme temperatures to keep families safe in their homes ($400 million) 
• Support for women’s health and cancer screenings ($66 million)

These cancellations and delays are part of a broader policy that shifts resources away from working families while prioritizing tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy. 

For example, $500 million in emergency food assistance through the U.S. Department of Agriculture has been canceled, leaving food banks with fewer resources and hurting Texas farmers who supply them. Nearly $4 billion from FEMA’s Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program — funding that helps our communities prepare for natural disasters — has been canceled. That’s especially concerning for areas like ours along the Gulf Coast.

And nearly $1 billion in Head Start funding is being slow-walked. That means fewer kids in classrooms and more parents scrambling to find affordable childcare.

These choices don’t just hurt people in need — they hurt all of us. They raise costs, delay recovery, and make life harder for working Americans at a time when we should be investing in our communities.

That’s why I’m speaking out and pushing to release this funding. Congress did its job; now, the administration must do its. I’ll keep fighting until these resources reach the families, workers, and neighborhoods they were meant to serve.

Click here to see the $430+ billion in funding President Trump is blocking.

Sincerely,

Sylvia R. Garcia
Member of Congress

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