Members of Congress / Kika de la Garza

Biographical Information

de la GARZA, Eligio, II (Kika), a Representative from Texas; born in Mercedes, Hidalgo County, Tex., September 22, 1927; educated at Mission (Tex.) High School, Edinburgh (Tex.) Junior College, and St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, Tex., LL.B., 1952; at age 17 enlisted in the United States Navy and served from 1945 to 1946; served as an officer in the United States Army, Thirty-seventh Division Artillery, 1950-1952; graduated as a second lieutenant, St. Mary’s ROTC, in 1951 and from the Artillery School, Fort Sill, Okla., in 1952; was admitted to the bar in 1952 and began practice in Mission, Tex.; member of the State house of representatives 1952-1964; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth and to the fifteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1965-January 3, 1997); chairman, Committee on Agriculture (Ninety-seventh through One Hundred Third Congresses); was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fifth Congress. (Source.)

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Roles in Congress

· 104th Congress: Representative, Texas (Dist. 15), Democratic. Jan. 3, 1995, to Jan. 3, 1997.
· 103rd Congress: Representative, Texas (Dist. 15), Democratic. Jan. 3, 1993, to Jan. 3, 1995.
· 102nd Congress: Representative, Texas (Dist. 15), Democratic. Jan. 3, 1991, to Jan. 3, 1993.

Last Votes

Date	Vote	Position	GOP opinion	DEM opinion
9/28/96	Vote 455: H R 3610: Department of Defense Appropriations for F.Y. 1997	Yes	Yes	Yes
9/28/96	Vote 454: H RES 546: Consideration of Sine Die Resolutions	No	Yes	No
9/28/96	Vote 453: H R 4236: Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act	Yes	Yes	Yes
9/28/96	Vote 452: H R 3163: State Authority Tax Compensation Act	No	Yes	No
9/28/96	Vote 451: H R 1332: Omnibus Insular Areas Act of 1996	Yes	Yes	Yes
9/27/96	Vote 450: S 1505: Accountable Pipline Safety and Partnership Act of 1996	Yes	Yes	No
9/27/96	Vote 449: H R 4000: Reestablish Pow/Mia Procedures	Yes	Yes	Yes
9/27/96	Vote 448: S 39: Sustainable Fisheries Act	Yes	Yes	Yes
9/27/96	Vote 447: H R 4073: National Underground Railroad Freedom Center	Yes	Yes	No
9/27/96	Vote 446: H R 3539: Federal Aviation Authorization Act of 1996	No	Yes	No
9/27/96	Vote 445: H RES 540: Waiving Points of Order Against the Conference Report on H.R. 3539	No	Yes	No
9/26/96	Vote 444: H R 3841: Civil Service Reform Act	No	Yes	No
9/26/96	Vote 443: H R 4011: Congressional Pension Forfeiture Act	Yes	Yes	Yes
9/26/96	Vote 442: H R 3752: American Land Sovereignty Protection Act	Yes	Yes	No
9/26/96	Vote 441: H CON RES 189: U.S. Membership in South Pacific Organizations	Yes	Yes	Yes
9/26/96	Vote 440: H CON RES 145: Remove Russian Forces From Moldova	Yes	Yes	Yes
9/26/96	Vote 439: H R 3497: Snoqualmie National Forest Boundary Adjustment	Yes	Yes	Yes
9/26/96	Vote 438: H RES 535: Government Accountability Act	Yes	Yes	Yes
9/26/96	Vote 437: H R 2092: Private Security Officer Quality Assurance Act	Yes	Yes	Yes
9/26/96	Vote 436: H R 3456: Sexual Offender Tracking and Identification Act	Yes	Yes	Yes

Full list of votes by Kika de la Garza