WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-California, issued the following news release: Today, New Democrat Coalition Immigration and Border Security Task Force Vice Chair Salud Carbajal (CA-24) and Chair Greg Stanton (AZ-04) released the following statement after Senate Republicans again blocked a vote on the bipartisan deal to secure the border and address the broken asylum process: "Over 100 days ago, Congressional Republicans walked away from the toughest, most comprehensive border sec  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-California, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37) and Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08), along with Congressman Raul M. Grijalva (AZ-07), Congressman Chuy Garcia (IL-04), Congressman Jonathan Jackson (IL-01), Congressman Greg Casar (TX-35), and Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03), issued a joint statement with Brazilian Parliamentarians led by Senator Eliziane Gama. The statement follows meetings  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-California, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) issued the following statement following the conclusion of the House Agriculture Committee's markup of the 2024 Farm Bill early this morning: "The Farm Bill is critical for the Central Coast - and because this legislation only happens twice every decade, I know that it is not just important to get this bill done. It is important that we get this bill done right.  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-California, issued the following news release on May 24, 2024: Today, U.S. Representatives Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), Anna Eshoo (CA-16), Ro Khanna (CA-17), and Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is reimbursing Santa Clara County for $65,142,877.75 for emergency health and safety expenditures incurred as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. "The COVID-19 pandemic impacted   more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Rep. Mike Levin, D-California, issued the following news release: Today, Reps. Mike Levin (CA-49) and Adam B. Schiff (CA-30), alongside Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), led a letter to the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) urging them to ensure comprehensive and transparent data collection to understand and address the impact of climate change on property insurance premiums. This letter urges FIO to use its subpoena   more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-California, issued the following news release on May 24, 2024: United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) announced a $6,000,000 federal grant awarded to the California State Coastal Conservancy for ongoing work on the Rancho Canada Floodplain Restoration Project. The grant was awarded through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Coastal Zone Management Program to help restore a one-mile section of the Carmel Riv  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-California, issued the following news release on May 24, 2024: Today, U.S. Representatives Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), Anna Eshoo (CA-16), and Ro Khanna (CA-17) announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is reimbursing Santa Clara County for $65,142,877.75 for emergency health and safety expenditures incurred as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. "The COVID-19 pandemic impacte  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Rep. Sara Jacobs, D-California, issued the following news release: After securing more than three dozen priorities to improve military child care and housing, strengthen access to reproductive health care, increase the guardrails on the use of automated weapon systems, and better align defense policies with foreign policy goals, Rep. Sara Jacobs (CA-51) voted to pass the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) through the House Armed Service Committee. Rep. Sara Jacobs   more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Rep. Adam B. Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release on May 23, 2024: Today, Representative Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) introduced the Clarifying E-Rate Act of 2024, which would expand Wi-Fi access to school buses by making them permanently eligible for E-Rate funding, a program that provides discounts to schools and libraries for affordable telecommunications and internet access. This initiative follows a declaratory ruling from the Federal Communications Commi  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- Rep. Adam B. Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release on May 24, 2024: Today, Representative Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and the House Court Reform Now Task Force sent the following letter to Justice Samuel Alito demanding that he recuse himself from any further participation in the case of Trump v. United States and other cases related to January 6 and the 2020 election. The letter comes in response to new reporting that yet another flag symbolizing support for   more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, D-California, issued the following news release on May 24, 2024: Today, Congressman Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10) along with Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-28), Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (CA-16), Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18), Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37), Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-12), Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), Congressman Adam Schiff (CA-30), Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03), and Congressman Eric Swalwell (CA-14) sent a let  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Rep. Anna G. Eshoo, D-California, issued the following news release: Representatives Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, and Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) led eight Members in sending a letter to Ambassador Bathsheba Nell Crocker, U.S. Permanent Representative  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Rep. David Valadao, R-California, issued the following news release: Congressman David G. Valadao (CA-22) led the entire California Republican congressional delegation in urging Governor Gavin Newsom to suspend the state's upcoming gas tax increase on July 1, 2024. According to Triple A, the national average price for a gallon of gas is $3.60, but in California, the average price is $5.13 per gallon. "Governor Newsom has failed to provide relief at the pump for hard-work  more