WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Adam B. Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release on June 3, 2024: Today, the House passed Representative Adam Schiff's (D-Calif.) bill to name a Glendale post office after former U.S. Navy Secretary Paul Ignatius, the son of one of the first Armenian families to settle in Glendale, California, and the highest-ranking Armenian-American in the U.S. government. Schiff's bill, which was passed via unanimous voice vote, now heads to the U.S. Senate. If pass  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-California, issued the following news release: United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) recently was a part of a bipartisan Congressional delegation that visited Taiwan to meet its newly inaugurated administration. The Members met Taiwanese authorities to discuss regional security, trade, and investment to explore new areas of collaboration between the United States and Taiwan. The bipartisan delegation was led by House Foreign Affairs Commi  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-California, issued the following news release on June 3, 2024: Today, U.S. Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (CA-18) announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will distribute $793,856 to the City of Greenfield to make roads safer and improve community connectivity. "As cities in the Salinas Valley become more sought-out places to live, work, and do business, road safety, connectivity, and congestion reduction are increasingly important. In Gre  more

PASO ROBLES, California, June 4 -- Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-California, issued the following news release: United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) announced $1.4 million in rebate funding for Atascadero Unified School District to purchase over seven clean school buses. The funding, passed through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, is critical to tackling harmful air pollution, replacing older, diesel-fueled school buses linked to student and community health issues.   more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Mark Takano, D-California, issued the following news release: June 03, 2024 Rep. Takano's Statement on Mexican Presidential Election Following Mexico's election of Claudia Sheinbaum as its first woman president, Congressman Mark Takano (CA-39) released the following statement: "I congratulate Mexico on a historic first: electing their first woman president. This is an important milestone and an opportunity for the U.S. to reaffirm our commitment to this critical bi  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee released the following testimony by Sen. Laphonza Butler, D-California, from a hearing dated May 2, 2024, entitled "What Can Congress Do to Address the Severe Shortage of Minority Health Care Professionals and the Maternal Health Crisis?": * * * Thank you, Chairman Sanders and Ranking Member Cassidy, for inviting me to today's important hearing. It is an honor to sit before the Committee today, to bring critical a  more