WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. J. Luis Correa, D-California, issued the following news release on June 10, 2024: On Friday, Representatives Lou Correa (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee, and Ilhan Omar (D-MN) introduced the Child Status Fairness and Modernization Act, a bill aimed at fixing a flaw in our immigration system that separates families. Reps. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) are co-sponsors. The bill targets a specifi  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA-02), Ranking Member of the Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries, and Representative John Curtis (R-UT-03) announced they will be re-introducing legislation to amend federal tax law so that homeowners would not need to pay income tax when they receive rebates from water utilities for water conservation and water runoff management i  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), as well as Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.-06) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.-12), applauded the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) efforts to update the standards for race and ethnicity data collection and use. Additionally, they urged Secretary Xavier Becerra to fully  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Darrell E. Issa, R-California, issued the following news release: On Friday, June 7, Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-48) and a bipartisan delegation of veterans serving in Congress conducted a parachute jump over Normandy, France from a WWII-era plane to commemorate the 80thanniversary of D-Day. "Eighty years ago, freedom faced its great challenge on the beaches of Normandy - and through immense bravery and sacrifice, Allied forces fought and won a pivotal victory. Tho  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 (TNScapv) -- Rep. Juan Vargas, D-California, issued the following news release on June 10, 2024: U.S. Representative Juan Vargas (CA-52) joined 65 of his colleagues in a letter expressing support for the U.S. Department of Education's efforts to improve the rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form. The lawmakers also urged the Department of Education to expeditiously resolve remaining barriers to completing the FAFSA form and encouraged the De  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- The Senate Budget Committee released the following written testimony by Adel Hagekhalil, general manager and CEO of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, from a hearing dated May 22, 2024, entitled "Droughts, Dollars, and Decisions: Water Scarcity in a Changing Climate": * * * Chair Whitehouse, Ranking Member Grassley, I appreciate the opportunity to testify today regarding Metropolitan's management of California's recent droughts, its fiscal impacts, a  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Young Kim, R-California, issued the following news release: Representative Young Kim (CA-40) received the Geothermal Champion Award from Geothermal Rising for her work to expand domestic geothermal energy production and promote clean energy solutions. In February, Rep. Kim introduced the Harnessing Energy at Thermal Sources (HEATS) Act (H.R. 7409), a bipartisan bill to boost clean, renewable, and reliable geothermal energy by streamlining geothermal energy infrastru  more