WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Rep. Darrell E. Issa, R-California, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-48) applauded House passage of H.R. 8774, the Fiscal Year 2025 Department of Defense Appropriations Act. The bill, led by California Chairman Ken Calvert (CA-41), delivers on key national defense priorities including combating the Chinese Communist Party, modernizing the U.S. military to meet future needs, improving servicemember support, and continuing aid for clos  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Rep. Darrell E. Issa, R-California, issued the following statement on July 1, 2024: * * * Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-48) released the below statement following the Supreme Court's decision in Trump v. United States. "The Supreme Court today decisively applied decades of settled precedent and agreed upon interpretations of presidential immunity. "It was inevitable that the Democrat campaign of warp-speed warfare and weaponizing prosecutions was going to collide with t  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Rep. Scott Peters, D-California, issued the following statement on July 1, 2024: * * * Representative Scott Peters (CA-50) released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court's extreme decision in Trump v. United States today: "As we gear up to commemorate our nation's bold move away from the rule of a king, it is cruelly ironic that this court has moved us toward the rule of one person. The Supreme Court's decision excuses President Trump's corrupt use of   more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Rep. Linda T. Sanchez, D-California, issued the following statement on July 1, 2024: * * * Congresswoman Linda T. Sanchez (D-CA) released the following statement on the Supreme Court's 6-3 decision in Trump v. United States: "Today's decision by the conservative Supreme Court majority ignores a founding principle of our democracy - that no one is above the law. "We know that Donald Trump abused the office of the presidency to try to enlist multiple cabinet officials to   more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Rep. Adam B. Schiff, D-California, issued the following statement on July 1, 2024: * * * Today, Representative Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court's unprecedented and destructive ruling in Donald Trump v. United States: "Today's Supreme Court decision on Donald Trump's immunity claim is far worse than anything I imagined, effectively giving a president immunity for any crimes committed while in office as long as that p  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Rep. Adam B. Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release on July 1, 2024: Today, Representatives Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Jared Golden (D-Maine) along with 13 House colleagues urged Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to support Ukraine's request for 10 additional F-16 pilots to be trained this year as part of their ongoing fight against Russian aggression. "This request comes at a critical juncture in Ukraine's ongoing conflict with Russia, where the deploym  more