Garcia, Sylvia, 1950-

Sylvia Rodriguez Garcia (born September 6, 1950) is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she has served as the U.S. Representative for Texas's 29th congressional district since 2019.

Born in San Diego, Texas and raised in Palito Blanco, she graduated from Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco High School before earning a B.A. from Texas Woman's University and a J.D. from Texas Southern University's Thurgood Marshall School of Law. In the early 1980s, Houston Mayor Kathryn Whitmire appointed Garcia as presiding judge of the Houston Municipal System. She served for an unprecedented five terms under two mayors. In 1998, Garcia became Houston city controller. Garcia was elected to the Harris County Commissioner's Court in 2002. In 2013, Garcia won a special election runoff to win a seat in the Texas Senate.

In 2018, Garcia was elected to Congress from Texas's 29th congressional district. During her first year in Congress, she played a critical role in the impeachment investigation against President Donald Trump. On January 15, 2020, she was selected as one of seven impeachment managers tasked with making the case to the American people and the Senate for the removal of Donald Trump as President of the United States. She is the first Hispanic and one of the first three women to ever serve as an impeachment manager in a presidential impeachment trial.