WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-California, issued the following news release: LOS ANGELES, CA - Today, American Airlines and West Los Angeles College (WLAC) hosted Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37) at the WLAC campus to learn more about the new American Airlines-WLAC partnership to train future aviation maintenance professionals. Rep. Kamlager-Dove joined a roundtable discussion with senior leaders from WLAC and American Airlines before touring the classroom space a  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: New funding through U.S. Army Corps Work Plan includes $3.8 million for Salton Sea Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Chair of the Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife, announced that the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach (San Pedro Ports) will receive more than $112 million through the FY 2024 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Work Plan for critical construct  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety, Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) led 15 Senators in calling on Senate Appropriations Committee leadership to provide no less than $3 billion in FY 2025 funding for the Federal Emergency Management  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-California, issued the following news release on May 14, 2024: Today, U.S. Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), the elected chair of the California Democratic Congressional Delegation (CDCD), announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHA) will distribute $63,702,988 to the California Department of Transportation to repair and replace electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure. "Climate change poses a seriou  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Mike Levin, D-California, issued the following news release: Encinitas, CA- Today, Rep. Mike Levin (CA-49), joined by leaders of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the cities of Encinitas and Solana Beach, announced the completion of the sand replenishment and storm damage reduction project for both cities. The project involved pumping 340,000 cubic yards of sand along 7,800 feet of beach in Encinitas and 700,000 cubic yards of sand along 7,200 feet of beach in Sola  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-California, issued the following news release: United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) announced the winners of the annual Congressional Art Competition held for local high school students. Selina Ge from Leland High School in South San Jose was named first place winner for her piece titled, "Say Cheese." Selina's artwork will be displayed in the United States Capitol alongside winners from throughout the country. This year, 39 students fr  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Scott Peters, D-California, issued the following statement on May 13, 2024: * * * Today, in response to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) finalizing new rules for how America plans, permits, and builds electrical transmission lines, Representative Scott Peters (CA-50), Chair of the New Democrat Coalition Climate Change and Clean Energy Task Force, released the following statement: "For too long, our clean energy buildout has been hampered by the snail'  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Laphonza Butler, D-California, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.) joined a group of senators from disaster-impacted states in a letter to President Biden urging the administration to reevaluate and resubmit its request for supplemental disaster funding. In addition to Butler, the letter was led by U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) and co-signed by Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.),  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Juan Vargas, D-California, issued the following news release: Congressman Juan Vargas (CA-52), Congressman Sean Casten (IL-06), Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI), and Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) led 17 colleagues in a letter urging the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to finalize its ESG Funds Disclosure Rulemaking. "We recommend the final ESG Disclosures Rule include several key elements the SEC proposed: 1) only allowing funds for which ESG factors are a significan  more