SAN MATEO, California, July 3 -- Rep. Kevin Mullin, D-California, issued the following news release on July 2, 2024: U.S. Representative Kevin Mullin and City officials came together today to celebrate $850,000 in federal funding for rehabilitation work on the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center. With Rep. Mullin's support, this Community Project Funding was allocated to support the City in engaging the community and developing designs to upgrade the King Center, ensuring that existing recr  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Rep. Judy Chu, D-California, issued the following news release: Reps. Judy Chu (CA-28) and Dan Goldman (NY-10) this week led(link is external) 54 members of Congress in pressing Walmart, Safeway, Kroger, Costco, and Healthmart to undergo the certification process to dispense the medication abortion drug, Mifepristone. In January of last year, the FDA created a pathway for patients with certified prescriptions to obtain mifepristone through a certified retail pharmacy. Af  more

WASHINGTON, July 4 -- Rep. Troy E. Nehls, R-Texas, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, issued the following news release: Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee Chairman Troy E. Nehls (R-TX) announced that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing to discuss the California Air Resource Board's (CARB) proposal to establish new emissions standards, procedures, financial assessments, and reporting req  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-California, issued the following news release: LOS ANGELES, CA - U.S. Congresswomen Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37) and Young Kim (CA-40) represented the United States Congress at the Parliament (P20)(link is external) 1st Meeting of Women Parliamentarians in Maceio, Brazil from July 1-2, 2024, as the designees of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08) and House Speaker Mike Johnson (LA-04). Reps. Kamlager-Dove and Kim both serve on the Ho  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: MADISONVILLE, La. - Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) joined Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and colleagues in a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan urging the agency to reject a California request that would impose high costs on the rest of the country. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is seeking a waiver from the EPA because the agency is attempting to enforce a ban on th  more

SAN JOSE, California, July 3 -- Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-California, issued the following statement: * * * The U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision in Trump v. United States on Monday, July 1, 2024 providing broad presidential immunity, and U.S. Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (CA-18) issued the following statement reacting to the ruling: "Since Monday's Supreme Court ruling on Presidential immunity, legal scholars have examined the potential risk the decision posed to the rule of law. The Court dec  more

WASHINGTON, July 4 -- Rep. Juan Vargas, D-California, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Juan Vargas (CA-52) joined U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Patty Murray (D-WA), Jack Reed (D-RI), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and U.S. Representatives Mark Pocan (WI-02) and Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) in introducing the Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act of 2024, bicameral legislation that would nearly double the Pell Grant maximum award, index the maximum award for i  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Rep. Young Kim, R-California, issued the following news release: Last week, U.S. Representatives Young Kim (CA-40) and Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) introduced the Improving VA Training for Military Sexual Trauma Claims Act (H.R. 8879). Currently, contracted disability compensation examiners (CDCEs) are only required to do online sensitivity training before handling military sexual trauma (MST) claims. The Improving VA Training for Military Sexual Trauma Claims Act: Requires   more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Rep. Young Kim, R-California, issued the following news release: Anaheim, CA - U.S. Congresswomen Young Kim (CA-40) and Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37) represented the United States Congress at the Parliament (P20) 1st Meeting of Women Parliamentarians in Maceio, Brazil from July 1-2, 2024, as the designees of House Speaker Mike Johnson (LA-04) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08). Reps. Kim and Kamlager-Dove both serve on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Re  more