WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, issued the following news release: Trump's Project 2025 would revive zombie legislation, weaponizing Comstock Act to ban abortion nationwide Today, U.S. Representatives Jared Huffman (CA-02) and Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Freethought Caucus and Founders of the Stop Project 2025 Task Force, sent a letter to President Joe Biden to call attention to extreme MAGA Republican's attempts to resurrect a Victorian-era la  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Rep. Ted Lieu, D-California, issued the following news release: LOS ANGELES Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) joined Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Mayor Karen Bass, Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), and Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) to discuss how federal support for Los Angeles Metro's project to remove barriers to transportation will benefit Los Angeles County. The project received $139 million in federal fundin  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Rep. Nanette Barragan, D-California, issued the following news release on July 18, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Nanette Barragan (CA-44) led 15 Members of Congress in a letter to President Biden, urging his administration to issue an Executive Order to support the decarbonization of the maritime industry. Greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping are projected to increase, and it's critical that the federal government take action to reduce emissions and address t  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-California, issued the following news release: Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) is one of nearly 100 House Democrats co-sponsoring new legislation that would repeal an antiquated federal law that has been raised by conservative voices as the potential foundation for enacting a federal ban on abortion nationwide. The legislation introduced by Rep. Carbajal and his colleagues in recent weeks would preempt any attempt to use the 1873 Comstock Act fo  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Rep. Anna G. Eshoo, D-California, issued the following news release: Palo Alto, CA Palo Alto, CA U.S. Congresswoman Anna G. Eshoo (CA-16) issued the following statement in response to the Federal Communication Commission's vote to adopt the first nationwide Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG911) transition rules to expedite the nationwide transition to NG911: "I applaud the Federal Communication Commission's (FCC) decision to adopt rules to expedite the nationwide transition   more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Rep. Barbara Lee, D-California, issued the following news release: Today, eighty years after the devastating explosion at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in Concord, California on July 17, 1944, Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-12) joined with Congressman Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10) to commend the U.S. Navy's posthumous exoneration of the Port Chicago 50 African American sailors who were wrongfully and discriminately charged with mutiny after the incident. The harsh treatment   more

CAMBRIA, California, July 19 -- Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-California, issued the following news release: United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) joined the Cambria Community Health District, local leaders, and first responders to highlight new federal investment he secured for the replacement of the Cambria Ambulance Station and the importance of additional local investment in the project. Federal support was secured through the FY24 appropriations process. Rep. Panetta recently secured  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Rep. Mike Thompson, D-California, issued the following news release: Clarksburg, CA Yesterday, Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-04)presented a check for $432,291 to the Clarksburg Fire Protection District for the purchase of a new water tender. "I'm proud to have secured over $430,000 for the Clarksburg Fire Protection District to upgrade its equipment to better fight fires. With this new water tender, our community will be safer. Thank you to the Clarksburg Fire Protection Distr  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Rep. Judy Chu, D-California, issued the following news release: Today, Rep. Judy Chu (CA-28) introduced the Promoting a Strong Child Welfare Workforce Act, which would triple the amount of federal funding available to states to support and strengthen their child welfare workforce. The legislation would increase, from $20 million to $60 million, the set-aside funding within the Marylee Allen Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program (Title IV-B Part 2) that helps states   more