WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, issued the following news release: If the federal Department of Education closed its doors, funding would be the most immediate impact. Especially for the most vulnerable students. President-elect Donald Trump's vow to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education would have a devastating effect on low-income students, undocumented students and students with disabilities, local education authorities say. Sonoma County education leaders say  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: This week, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and California Governor Gavin Newsom met with senior Biden-Harris Administration officials to advocate for critical clean air and water safeguards, disaster relief funding, and public land protections in the final two months of Biden's presidency. Padilla and Newsom met today with Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland where they urged the Biden Administratio  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Rep. Raul Ruiz, D-California, issued the following statement on Nov. 14, 2024: * * * CABAZON, CA - Today, Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz (CA-25) released the following statement on the stoppage of Union Pacific trains in the Pass Area: "There is yet another stoppage of Union Pacific trains in the Pass area, this time in Cabazon, blocking traffic. I'm outraged that this keeps happening. It puts my constituents at risk with delays in first responder calls and costs our communi  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Rep. Young Kim, R-California, issued the following news release: Today, the House passed the Harnessing Energy At Thermal Sources (HEATS) Act (H.R. 7409), a bipartisan bill led by U.S. Representative Young Kim (CA-40) to streamline geothermal energy development and production and lower energy costs. Geothermal energy is a clean energy source that can be used to generate electricity, heat homes, and power industrial processes. Reps. John Duarte (CA-13) and Mary Peltola   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Rep. Young Kim, R-California, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Representative Young Kim (CA-40) spoke on the House floor in support of her bipartisan bill, the Harnessing Energy at Thermal Sources (HEATS) Act (H.R. 7409), which would streamline geothermal energy development and production and lower energy costs. The HEATS Act would expedite geothermal energy production by clarifying that geothermal operators do not need a federal drilling permit for wells t  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Rep. Ted Lieu, D-California, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County), along with Reps. Nannette Diaz Barragan (D-CA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA) and Salud Carbajal (D-CA), urged the Biden-Harris Administration to take action to mitigate dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) contamination in the waters along southern California's coast. In a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services, the Environm  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Rep. Anna G. Eshoo, D-California, issued the following news release: Reps. Anna G. Eshoo (CA-16) and Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) today celebrated the Bureau of Land Management's approval of a trailhead and parking lot at Cotoni-Coast Dairies which is part of the California Coastal National Monument near Davenport in Santa Cruz County. This approval was the final step necessary to open the Cotoni-Coast Dairies to the public. "Opening Cotoni-Coast Dairies to the public is a win   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), a senior member and former chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined national advocates who are shining a light on the disparities in menopausal care and women's mid-life health. Senator Murray spoke with Denise Pines and Tamsen Fadal--both are Executive Producers of the documentary, "The M Factor: Shredding the Silence on Menopause,"   more