WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 24, 2021: Rep. Susie Lee (NV-03) and Reps. Grace F. Napolitano (CA-32), Raul Grijalva (AZ-03), and Jared Huffman (CA-02) introduced H.R. 4099, the Large Scale Water Recycling Project Investment Act, to create a water recycling grant program for large-scale projects in California and the other sixteen western states. "Southern Nevada - and the entire desert southwest - is facing a water crisis, and solvin  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Ted Lieu, D-California, issued the following news release: Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County), Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Senator Corey Booker (D-NJ) introduced the "Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 2021", which bans for-profit conversion therapy. The practice fraudulently seeks to change an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity based on bunk science and has been recognized by the national community of professionals in education, soci  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Julia Brownley, D-California, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-CA) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act (H.R. 239), legislation to provide women veterans access to access to contraceptive care without co-pays, which civilian and active-duty women already receive. "Choosing when, or if, to have a family, is essential to women's health and to thei  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Anna G. Eshoo, D-California, issued the following news release: This week, U.S. Representatives Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), Adam Kinzinger (IL-16), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Marc Veasey (D-TX), and Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) introduced the American Cybersecurity Literacy Act. This bipartisan legislation would require the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to establish a cybersecurity literacy campaign to increase knowledge and awareness of cybersecu  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Mike Garcia, R-California, issued the following news release: Representative Mike Garcia (CA-25) called for the continued investment in U.S. space exploration during a House Science, Space, and Technology hearing on the FY22 Budget Proposal for NASA with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. During the hearing, Garcia stressed how funding U.S. space exploration is critical when it comes to remaining competitive on a global scale. He specifically called for the need to fun  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Sara Jacobs, D-California, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Sara Jacobs (CA-53) has secured $1 million in federal funding for the County of San Diego Child Care Expansion Fund in the Fiscal Year 2022 Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) Subcommittee Appropriations bill. Jacobs' Community Project Funding request was the largest project advanced in the bill and is currently the only request advanced within San Diego County. The $1 million i  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Mike Levin, D-California, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Mike Levin (D-CA) announced plans to host the Congressional App Challenge (CAC), an app competition for students in middle and high school. The CAC encourages students to learn how to code through creating their own applications. The CAC was created because Congress recognized that STEM and computer-based skills are essential for economic growth and innovation and that the U.S. has been   more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Alan Lowenthal, D-California, issued the following news release on June 24, 2021: Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47), today, joined with 12 of his House colleagues to reintroduce the Billie Jean King Gold Medal Act, legislation which would award King the Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of her extensive accomplishments and contributions to athletics, women's equality, the LGBTQ community, and American culture. "The word icon is simply not enough to describe t  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-California, issued the following news release on June 24, 2021: Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA), Rep. David McKinley (R-WV) and Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Mark Warner (D-VA), and Tim Kaine (D-VA) introduced the Minor League Baseball Relief Act, legislation to provide emergency assistance to Minor League Baseball (MiLB) clubs who have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancel  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Jay Obernolte, R-California, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Jay Obernolte (R-Hesperia) questioned U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland during a hearing of the U.S. House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee on Wednesday, requesting the secretary take action to address deferred maintenance backlogs at Joshua Tree National Park and the Mojave National Preserve. REP. OBERNOLTE: Among the facilities that I represent are the Mojave Na  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Raul Ruiz, D-California, issued the following news release: The House Energy and Commerce Committee passed an amendment by Congressman Raul Ruiz, M.D. (CA-36) that could make over $50 million in additional funding available nationally to improve clean water access for underserved communities like those in the Eastern Coachella Valley. In an Energy and Commerce Committee markup of H.R. 3291, the Assistance, Quality, and Affordability (AQUA) Act of 2021, Ruiz successfu  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Raul Ruiz, D-California, issued the following news release: Congressman Raul Ruiz, M.D. (CA-36) advanced his priorities to get veterans who have been exposed to burn pits and toxic exposures the benefits and care they have earned and deserve in today's House Veterans' Affairs Committee markup of H.R. 3967, the Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2021, or the Honoring our PACT Act. This comprehensive legislation seeks to address the full gamut   more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Michelle Steel, R-California, issued the following news release on June 24, 2021: Rep. Michelle Steel (CA-48) today questioned the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ("Army Corps") Lieutenant General Scott Spellmon about the growing need for sand replenishment along the Orange County coastline. Rep. Steel raised the issue of erosion along the coastal communities due to years of neglect and abandonment from the federal government and the Army Corps. "This issue has a long   more

POMONA, California, June 25 -- Rep. Norma J. Torres, D-California, issued the following news release on June 24, 2021: Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (CA-35) announced today an award of $27,151,749 in federal relief funding for Ontario International Airport, a regional transportation hub in the Inland Empire. The funds, championed by Torres for inclusion in the American Rescue Plan of 2021, are allocated to help airports overcome the financial toll of the coronavirus pandemic. This allotment is  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Maxine Waters, D-California, chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on June 24, 2021: This week, the House Financial Services Committee passed four bills focused on establishing protections across the financial system, including codifying the Minority Development Agency to ensure minority-owned companies have the necessary resources, requiring reporting from U.S. Global Systemically Important Banks (G-SIBs) to the Fede  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on June 24, 2021: Yesterday Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas), along with Reps. Danny Davis (D-Illinois), Darin LaHood (R-Illinois), Jackie Walorski (R-Indiana), Ann Wagner (R-Missouri), William Timmons (R-South Carolina), Ralph Norman (R-South Carolina), Ron Kind (D-Wisconsin), Bill Pascrell (D-New Jersey), Don Beyer (D-Virginia), John Larson (D-Connecticut), Jimmy Panetta (D-California) and Steven Horsford (D-Nevada),   more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, issued the following news release: Reps. Jared Huffman (CA-02), Grace F. Napolitano (CA-32), Raul M. Grijalva (AZ-03), and Susie Lee (NV-03) introduced H.R. 4099, the Large Scale Water Recycling Project Investment Act, to create a water recycling grant program for large-scale projects in California and the other sixteen western states. "Severe drought is becoming the new normal for folks in California, and we can't allow band-aids and on  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Barbara Lee, D-California, issued the following news release on June 24, 2021: Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-13) joined with Alma Adams (NC-12) and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) to announce the introduction of the Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2021, transformative legislation that expands and strengthens Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for vulnerable community members who struggle to make ends meet. With food banks experiencing skyroc  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-California, issued the following news release on June 23, 2021: Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) and Representatives David Price (D-NC), Tom Cole (R-OK), and Mike Waltz (R-FL) introduced the Cultivating Opportunity and Recovery from the Pandemic through Service (CORPS) Act - a bipartisan and bicameral bill expanding national service positions to provide Americans with meaningful opportunities while supporting the needs of local communities and eco  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Grace Napolitano, D-California, issued the following news release: Reps. Grace F. Napolitano (CA-32), Raul M. Grijalva (AZ-03), Jared Huffman (CA-02), and Susie Lee (NV-03) introduced H.R. 4099, the Large Scale Water Recycling Project Investment Act, to create a water recycling grant program for large-scale projects in California and the other sixteen western states. "The Title XVI grant program's successes have shown us how water recycling projects not only create   more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California, issued the following news release on June 24, 2021: Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) today introduced the Community Wood Facilities Assistance Act, a bipartisan bill that would make it easier to develop sustainable wood products and energy from biomass made from small-diameter timber left over from forest thinning projects, including projects that reduce the  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California, issued the following news release: Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and House Democratic Women's Caucus co-Chairs Jackie Speier (D-Calif.), Brenda Lawrence (D-Mich.) and Lois Frankel (D-Fla.) and Vice Chairs Veronica Escobar (D-Texas) and Sylvia Garcia (D-Texas), today introduced the Even Playing Field Act to ensure equal pay, investment and working conditions for U.S national team athletes, coaches and o  more