WASHINGTON, May 14 (Rep.) -- The Congressional Western Caucus issued the following news release on May 13, 2024: Last week, Members of the Western Caucus and their staff attended an agriculture and water field tour in Bakersfield, California. The field tour was hosted by Rep. David Valadao (CA-22), with participation from Vice Chair Jay Obernolte (CA-23) and Reps. Burgess Owens (UT-04), Russ Fulcher (ID-01), and John Duarte (CA-13). Congressional Western Caucus Members participated in a workin  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: LOS ANGELES, CA -- U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Representatives Judy Chu (D-Calif.-28) and Grace Napolitano (D-Calif.-31) joined local government officials and community leaders to celebrate President Biden's recent expansion of the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument. The proclamation adds over 105,000 acres of protected land to the south and west of the previously-designated Monument, whi  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-California, issued the following news release: D.C. - Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi announced that San Francisco will receive $1,645,787 in new federal funding from the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program to reduce HIV infections. "In my first speech on the Floor of the House as a Representative of San Francisco, I told my colleagues that the Congress must take leadership to fight the HIV/AIDS crisis," Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi said. "In those dark days of   more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. John Garamendi, D-California, issued the following news release on May 13, 2024: Today, U.S. Representative John Garamendi (D-CA), top Democrat on the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness, and U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), senior member of Senate Democratic Leadership, sent a letter to White House Made in America Office's Director Livia Shmavonian urging her to ensure that the U.S. Department of Defense's (DOD) trade agreements--formerly called recipr  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Grace Napolitano, D-California, issued the following news release on May 13, 2024: On Wednesday, May 8, 2024, House Mental Health Caucus Co-Chairs Reps. Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA-31), Don Beyer (D-VA-08), and Andrea Salinas (D-OR-06) and Senate Mental Health Caucus Co-Chair Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) held a roundtable with current and former professional athletes, focusing on the role of lived experiences in mental health and how to overcome stigma. Participating in   more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-California, issued the following news release on May 13, 2024: Today, Reps. Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) and Rudy Yakym (IN-02), along with Reps Jack Bergman (MI-01) and Congressman Scott Peters (CA-50) introduced bipartisan legislation to strengthen transparency and accuracy in improper payment reporting. H.R. 8342, the Improper Payments Transparency Act, would correct existing gaps in improper payment reporting requirements by directing the President's bu  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Adam B. Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release: In case you missed it, Representative Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) recently joined with Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), as well as Representatives Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and Katie Porter (D-Calif.) in sending a letter to the Judicial Conference ("the Conference") expressing profound concern with a Fifth Circuit judge's continued participation in a case cha  more