WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Rep. Jim Costa, D-California, issued the following news release: FRESNO, Calif. - Congressman Jim Costa (CA-21) and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced $15 million to install solar panels over the Delta-Mendota Canal as part of an initiative to study the water efficiency gains and the amount of clean energy produced for future larger-scale implementation. "Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, we are making groundbreaking investments to advance the integration of r  more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Rep. Nanette Barragan, D-California, issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Nanette Barragan celebrated $500,000 in federal funding from the Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Future Grants Program that will be used to create an electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure workforce training and placement program in Los Angeles. The program will draw participants from high-need communities around Los Angeles to bring equity and diversity to the fi  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, issued the following news release: Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02) announced $19.5 million from President Biden's Investing in America Agenda to install solar panels in irrigation canals as part of an initiative to study the water efficiency gains and amount of clean energy produced for future larger scale implementation. $15 million of this funding has been awarded to the San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority for the Delta-Mendot  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Rep. Jim Costa, D-California, issued the following news release: FRESNO, Calif. - Congressman Jim Costa (CA-21) released the following statement: "For months, many of us have called for a ceasefire and the return of all the hostages. This week, we saw the horrific attacks against aid workers of the World Central Kitchen, who lost their lives, and I mourn their loss. The status quo must change. Notwithstanding Hamas' brutal attacks on October 7th, we have to achieve an i  more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Rep. Brad Sherman, D-California, issued the following statement on Israel avoiding casualties, on April 4, 2024: * * * "President Biden is working tirelessly to persuade the House of Representatives to pass the Senate bill, which would provide aid to Ukraine and Taiwan, and also provide $14.1 billion military aid to Israel. I expect that if this bill passes, the President will carry it out according to its terms, and Israel will get the military aid that it needs and des  more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Sen. Laphonza Butler, D-California, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Laphonza Butler (D-CA), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined Committee Chair and Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), and other Senators in sending a letter to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director (USCIS), Ur M. Jaddou, calling for USCIS to protect Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients and process renewal applications in a timely manner.  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Rep. Mark Takano, D-California, issued the following news release: The passing of Sakaye Aratani coincides with an ever-dwindling number of adult Japanese Americans who endured the injustice of being forcibly removed from their homes and imprisoned in WWII internment camps. She and her late husband, George Aratani, made a remarkably successful post-war journey in business and became important philanthropic figures within the Japanese American community and beyond. Many h  more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Rep. Juan Vargas, D-California, issued the following statement on April 5, 2024: * * * U.S. Representatives Juan Vargas (CA-52) and Sean Casten (IL-06), co-chairs of the Congressional Sustainable Investment Caucus, released the following statement on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) announcement that it will pause the implementation of its new climate disclosure rule pending the results of a legal challenge: "It's no secret that corporations believe c  more