WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Maxine Waters, D-California, issued the following statement on Sept. 19, 2023: * * * Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, released the following statement on the fight to defend voting rights and National Voter Registration Day "On this National Voter Registration Day, Democrats in the House of Representatives are renewing our commitment to safeguard the fundamental right of citizens to vote in this country  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- The Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus issued the following statement on Sept. 20, 2023: * * * Yesterday, the U.S. Senate voted 52-44 to confirm Rita F. Lin to serve as a United States District Judge for the Northern District of California. Rep. Judy Chu (CA-28), Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), issued the following statement: "I am thrilled that the Senate has voted to confirm Rita F. Lin to the U.S. District Court for the No  more

WALNUT CREEK, California, Sept. 21 (TNSres) -- Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, D-California, issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2023: Today, Congressman Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10) announced he will host the 2023 Congressional App Challenge (CAC), a coding competition for high school students. Middle and high school students who live or attend school in California's 10th Congressional District are invited to design and submit an original software application (app) for mobile, tablet, or other com  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. David Valadao, R-California, issued the following news release: Congressman David G. Valadao (CA-22) joined Representative Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) to introduce H.R. 5589, the Fresh Produce Procurement Reform Act. This bipartisan, bicameral bill establishes a new mechanism for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to purchase a wide variety of U.S.-grown fresh fruits and vegetables for distribution to those in need.  "We need to en  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Joshua Harder, D-California, issued the following news release: Representative Josh Harder just reintroduced his Securing Access for the Central Valley and Enhancing (SAVE) Water Resources Act. The bill provides a wraparound approach to addressing water issues facing the Central Valley by increasing storage opportunities, spurring innovation, and making long-overdue investments in our aging water infrastructure. Water is a crucial resource for San Joaquin County's a  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Rep. Joshua Harder, D-California, issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2023: Today, Representative Josh Harder (CA-9) and Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) introduced bicameral legislation to fight the lack of access to mental health care for farm workers amid the worsening mental health crisis affecting all Americans. About 50 million people in the US are suffering from a mental health condition, but the ratio of mental health providers to people is 350 to 1. Th  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-California, chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2023: On Wednesday, September 27, at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA), will hold a hearing titled "Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration." "A thriving American workforce can coexist with robust  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- The House Oversight and Accountability Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic issued the following testimony by Azadeh Khatibi, a physician in Southern California, involving a hearing on Sept. 14, 2023, entitled "Oh Doctor, Where Art Thou? Pandemic Erosion of the Doctor-Patient Relationship": * * * INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND My name is Azadeh Khatibi. I am a physician in Southern California. I graduated Phi Beta Kappa from UCLA with Highest Departmental Honor  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-California, issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2023: He is a former mayor, a retired U.S. Army Colonel, and a master presiding officer who has represented Arkansas in Congress for more than a decade -- without missing a single vote. This week, Rep. Steve Womack's (AR-03) official portrait as Chairman of the House Budget Committee was revealed to the public. "Throughout his time in Congress, Steve has been a leader in th  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Congressmen Jared Huffman (CA-02) and Sean Casten (IL-06) sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging his administration to ensure strong safeguards are in place for the use of carbon capture utilization and sequestration and hydrogen technology. "While we have a range of views regarding carbon capture utilization and sequestration (CCUS) and hydrogen technology, we agre  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Rep. Darrell E. Issa, R-California, issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2023: Today, Speaker Kevin McCarthy appointed Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-48) as a conferee on the House-Senate Conference Committee to resolve bicameral differences in the FY2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Rep. Issa will represent the House Judiciary Committee as a Senior Member for the negotiations alongside other House Republicans. "I thank Speaker McCarthy and look f  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Rep. Darrell E. Issa, R-California, issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2023: Today, Speaker Kevin McCarthy appointed Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-48) as a conferee on the House-Senate Conference Committee to resolve bicameral differences in the FY2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Rep. Issa will represent the House Judiciary Committee as a Senior Member for the negotiations alongside other House Republicans. "I thank Speaker McCarthy and look f  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-California, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, DC - Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37) joined Congressman Cory Mills (FL-07) in introducing the House companion to the United States Legal Gold and Mining Partnership Act, which was introduced in the Senate by Senators Rubio (R-FL) and Menendez (D-NJ), to reduce the negative environmental and social impacts of illicit gold mining in the Western Hemisphere.  "Illicit gold mi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-California, issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Representatives Zoe Lofgren (CA-18) and Doris Matsui (CA-07) introduced H.R. 5618, the Clean Energy Victory Bonds Act, bicameral legislation to give individuals the opportunity to buy Clean Energy Victory Bonds and help build America's clean-energy future. Modeled after the highly-successful victory bonds sold during World Wars I and II, which   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-California, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA-07), Ranking Member of the Communications and Technology Subcommittee, and Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH-05) Chair of the Communications and Technology Subcommittee,announced they have joined the Universal Service Fund (USF) Working Group, a bicameral effort led in the U.S. Senate by Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), and John Thune (R-S.D.), Chai  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-California, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07), and Reps. Deborah Ross (NC-02), Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Terri Sewell (AL-07), and Ruben Gallego (AZ-03) led 139 House Democrats in a letter to House and Appropriations Committee leadership requesting that they advance responsible appropriations legislation free of poison pill provisions and adequately fund non-defense discretionary programs  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-California, issued the following statement on Sept. 21, 2023: * * * Today, Congressman Kevin McCarthy, Representative of California's 20th Congressional District and Speaker of the House, introduced the Space Transformation And Reliability (STAR) Act. The STAR Act would continue to provide regulatory certainty by extending the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) learning period for regulating commercial human space flight through 2031. Extendi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) introduced legislation to help college students experiencing food insecurity more easily access Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. The bill is cosponsored by U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), John Fetterman (D-Pa.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.). Re  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Chair of the Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife, convened a hearing entitled "Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure in Tribal Communities." The hearing examined a range of water-related challenges for tribes in the United States, including a lack of access to infrastructure, poor water quality  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-California, issued the following news release: This week, Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24), Vice Chair for Outreach of the New Democrat Coalition, joined 97 Members of the Coalition urging House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to advance bipartisan government funding bills similar to those advanced by the Senate and consistent with the bipartisan debt ceiling agreement that Congress and the administration negotiated this May. "I'm doing everything in my   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. J. Luis Correa, D-California, issued the following statement: * * * In response to a deal struck by the majority party and the Freedom Caucus, and their reintroduction of a version of a flawed border security bill as part of their effort to increase the likelihood of a government shutdown, Representative Lou Correa (CA-46), Ranking Member of the House Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee, released the following statement: "Not only is this 'deal' unserious  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. J. Luis Correa, D-California, issued the following statement on Sept. 20, 2023: * * * In response to the Biden Administration announcing another series of actions to increase enforcement across the Southwest Border, accelerate processing of work authorizations, and the decision to redesignate and extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuela, Representative Lou Correa (CA-46), Ranking Member of the House Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee, release  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Rep. Mike Garcia, R-California, issued the following statement on Sept. 21, 2023: * * * Representative Mike Garcia (CA-27) released the following statement outlining conditional, common-sense requirements that must be met for his support of any more American tax dollars being sent to Ukraine. "The nation of Ukraine remains sovereign, and President Volodymyr Zelensky is alive and well, as a result of American taxpayer support over the last 20 months," said Rep. Garcia.   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-California, issued the following news release: United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), House Co-Chair of the America's Languages Caucus, introduced the World Language Education Assistance Program (or World LEAP) Act (H.R. 5603) to establish a first-of-its-kind world language and dual language education grants program for K-12 schools. Recently, higher education institutions have moved to eliminate world language offerings in addition to   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Jay Obernolte, R-California, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Jay Obernolte (R-Hesperia) questioned top leaders in the drug supply chain at a hearing of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce's Health Subcommittee to address the underlying economic drivers of generic drug shortages. The hearing follows Rep. Obernolte's recent meeting with his Health Advisory Committee where High Desert and Inland Empire health care prov  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Rep. Katie Porter, D-California, issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2023: Today, Reps. Katie Porter (D-CA), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), and Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ) introduced bipartisan legislation to increase transparency of mail-in ballots. The Vote By Mail Tracking Act would require ballots to include tracking barcodes and an official logo to cert  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Barbara Lee, D-California, issued the following news release: Washington, DC - Representatives Barbara Lee (D-CA-12) and Chip Roy (R-TX-21) today led a bipartisan group of members in a letter to Speaker McCarthy calling for a vote on legislation to repeal the Authorizations for the use of Military Force (AUMFs) by the end of the month. The lawmakers are joined by Reps. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07), Warren Davidson (R-OH-08), Nancy Mace (R-SC-01), and Jim McGovern (  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Barbara Lee, D-California, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Representatives Barbara Lee (D-CA-12) and Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) re-introduced bipartisan legislation to make it easier for low-income families to afford the diapers they need. The End Diaper Need Act of 2023 would help assist low-income families to address diaper need by providing targeted funding for states, territories and other eligible entities working on this issue. A compa  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Sara Jacobs, D-California, issued the following news release: Reps. Sara Jacobs (CA-51), Ilhan Omar (MN-05), and Brad Sherman (CA-32) called for the State Department and the United States Mission to the United Nations to renew the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia (ICHREE) at the current 54th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. In a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Gree  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Sara Jacobs, D-California, issued the following news release: Reps. Sara Jacobs (CA-51) and Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Co-Chairs of the Transgender Equality Task Force, and Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02), Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, led 155 total Democratic House Members in a push to remove anti-LGBTQ+ measures from the final version of the FY2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). In a letter to House and Senate Armed Services Committee leadership,   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Mark Takano, D-California, issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2023: Today, on the 12th anniversary of the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," Representative Mark Takano (CA-39), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs and Co-Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, Representative Sara Jacobs (CA-51), and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) reintroduced the Commission on Equity and Reconciliation in the Uniformed Services Act, a bill es  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee issued the following information for an executive business meeting at 10 a.m. on Sept. 28, 2023, at 216 Hart Senate Office Building: AGENDA I. Nominees * Richard E.N. Federico, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit * Joshua Paul Kolar, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit * Jeffrey M. Bryan, to be United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota * Eumi K. Lee, to be United States Distric  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2023: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today on the Senate floor requested unanimous consent (UC) to confirm the four U.S. Attorney nominations being held by U.S. Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH)--Todd Gee, nominated to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi; Tara K. McGra  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Adam B. Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release: Washington D.C. -- Today, Congressman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) joined MSNBC's Deadline: White House with Nicolle Wallace to react to House Republicans' attacking Attorney General Merrick Garland during today's Judiciary Committee hearing and using the committee for former President Donald Trump's legal defense. Watch the full interview here. Key Excerpts: On the fact-free arguments by the GOP in defe  more