WASHINGTON, May 31 -- Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-California, issued the following news release: Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) traveled to Santa Maria Public Airport to celebrate the passage of his 'Clean Airport Agenda' aimed at helping curb the threat of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) chemicals in communities near regional airports. The 'Clean Airport Agenda' includes Rep. Carbajal's Pollution-Free Aviation Sites (PFAS) Act, which establishes a grant program to support airports as  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- Rep. Julia Brownley, D-California, issued the following news release on May 30, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-CA) introduced the Federal Disaster Assistance Act and the Disaster Loan Forgiveness Act to improve and expand federal disaster loan programs that provide critical resources and assistance to communities significantly impacted by natural disasters and other emergencies. More specifically, the Federal Disaster Assistance Act would improve Federal Emer  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- Rep. Kevin Mullin, D-California, issued the following news release on May 30, 2024: Lawmakers are urging the Department of Housing and Urban Development to strengthen efforts to combat housing discrimination by translating housing discrimination reporting resources into Tagalog and Ilocano. U.S. Reps. Kevin Mullin, CA-15, and Robert "Bobby" Scott, VA-03, co-lead the effort as many cases of housing discrimination go unreported as violations can be difficult to identify or   more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: WATCH: Padilla applauds co-stewardship agreement and protection of the entirety of Molok Luyuk BROOKS, CA -- Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Representative Mike Thompson (D-Calif.-04), the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, Kletsel Dehe Wintun Nation, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Tracy Stone-Manning, and community leaders celebrated President Biden's recent expansion of the Berryessa Snow   more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 31 -- Rep. Nanette Barragan, D-California, issued the following statement on May 30, 2024: * * * Today, Congresswoman Nanette Barragan (CA-44) released the following statement after former President Donald Trump was found guilty on all counts in the New York hush money trial. "Today, our justice system worked as intended: a jury of 12 citizens of New York reviewed the evidence before them, applied the law as instructed, and came to a unanimous verdict. This is a p  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-California, issued the following news release: Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) issued a statement following the conviction of former President of the United States Donald Trump on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records: "Today is reminder and proof that in the United States of America, no one is above the law. "Over the past few weeks, our nation's independent judiciary - a bedrock of our democracy - has been under immense strain. But i  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Rep. Judy Chu, D-California, issued the following news release: Today, The Department of Treasury (Treasury) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that Direct File will be a permanent, free tax filing option and invited all 50 states and the District of Columbia to join in Filing Season 2025. Rep. Judy Chu (CA-28) is a Member of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee and asked Secretary Janet Yellen about a potential expansion of Direct File in April. Rep.  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, issued the following news release: I'm the only open non-believer in Congress, and I appreciate the right-wing Supreme Court justice inadvertently showing Americans the threat of Christian nationalism. As the only open non-believer in Congress, I want to thank Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito. Not for repeatedly revealing himself as an unethical political partisan who poisons the credibility of the court--I'm disgusted with that, and ag  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Rep. Jim Costa, D-California, issued the following news release: FRESNO, Calif. - Congressman Jim Costa released the following statement:"In America, throughout our nation's history, we have always taken pride in a fair independent judiciary, whether or not we agree with the verdict. Today's decision was determined by a jury of former President Trump's peers. We are reminded that no one is above the law in our judicial system. Sadly, in the divided nation that we live in t  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 (TNSfact) -- Rep. Scott Peters, D-California, issued the following one pager on May 31, 2024: * * * San Diego Military Funding Wins * * * Servicemember and Family Wellbeing Pay: * Invests in servicemembers with a robust 5.2 percent pay raise--the largest in decades. * Includes an average 5.4 percent increase to their Basic Allowance for Housing so that servicemember salaries can keep up with rising housing prices. Healthcare: * Provides $103 million to renovate and co  more

SAN DIEGO, California, May 31 (TNSresL) -- Rep. Scott Peters, D-California, issued the following news release: Today Representative Scott Peters (CA-50) was joined by Representative Sara Jacobs (CA-51), Adm. Paul Pearigen, USN (Ret.), interim president and CEO, San Diego Military Advisory Council, and Lt. Cdr. Tracy A. Owens, USN (Ret.) from Support the Enlisted Project to announce military funding wins for servicemembers and San Diego in the recently passed federal budget. This year's governme  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- Rep. Juan Vargas, D-California, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Juan Vargas (CA-52), Joaquin Castro (TX-20), Sara Jacobs (CA-51), and Scott Peters (CA-50) called for answers on "Shadow Units" or "Critical Incident Teams" within U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) following a new report (https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-24-106148.pdf) from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). The GAO report confirms that these units were widespread - u  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Rep. Mike Thompson, D-California, issued the following news release: Brooks, CA - Today, Representative Mike Thompson (CA-04), U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, Kletsel Dehe Wintun Nation, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Tracy Stone-Manning, and community leaders celebrated President Biden's recent expansion of the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument (Monument) to protect the entirety of the sacred land that is now officially kn  more