WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Lawmakers from Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, California, Oregon, and Arizona Call on USDA to "Bring All Resources to Bear" to Address Long-Term Drought Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) joined Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and 29 Congressional colleagues in calling on the Biden administration to make further investments to address long-term drought caused by climate change. "Drought rem  more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, issued the following news release: Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA-02), U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), and Peter Welch (D-VT) today urged for a strong, binding international agreement to curb plastics after attending the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4) in Ottawa, Canada. "In Ottawa, we pressed U.S. negotiators to join with the high ambition nations seeking strong standards and accountabi  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: In case you missed it, the Associated Press recently highlighted Senator Alex Padilla's (D-Calif.), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety, resounding leadership on immigration at a critical time for immigrant communities across the nation. The piece details Padilla's efforts to oppose the provisions in the national security supplemental aid package that  more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-California, issued the following news release: San Francisco - Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi announced that Wu Yee Children's Services, a San Francisco non-profit organization established in 1976, will receive $9,676,763 from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. This new federal funding will support quality child care for families in San Francisco. "Wu Yee Children's Services is the biggest provider of Head Start in San Francisco: providin  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-California, issued the following news release: Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24), a member of the House Aviation Subcommittee, announced that his slate of bipartisan bills designed to help communities curb the threat of forever chemicals near airports is included in the bicameral aviation policy legislation released earlier today. Rep. Carbajal's bipartisan 'Clean Airport Agenda' includes his Pollution-Free Aviation Sites (PFAS) Act, which create  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Rep. Mike Garcia, R-California, issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: Today, Representative Mike Garcia's (CA-27) Fire Weather Development Act passed the House on a bipartisan basis. This legislation would improve our ability to forecast and detect wildfires and streamline communication during emergency events to better support communities vulnerable to wildfires. "Our community is all too familiar with the dangers that wildfires pose to our homes and liv  more

LAKESIDE, California, April 26 -- Rep. Darrell E. Issa, R-California, issued the following news release: Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-48) joined the community of Lakeside and all in attendance as he helped kick off "Family Night" at the opening of four days of festivities at the Lakeside Rodeo - the largest in Southern California. "The spirit of the West is truly alive here, and it is an honor and inspiration to see tradition, community, and heritage come together in Lakeside," said Rep. Issa.  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Rep. Adam B. Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: This Saturday, Representative Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) presented awards to the winners of the annual Congressional Art Competition for California's 30th Congressional District. "Every year, I am amazed by the artwork submitted by talented young artists from across our community. All the students who participated in this year's competition deserve recognition, and I hope they will conti  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Rep. Darrell E. Issa, R-California, issued the following news release: Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-48), Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet, has introduced H.R. 7803, new legislation to make substantive amendments to the U.S. patent code. Subcommittee Ranking Member Hank Johnson (GA-04) joined a cosponsor. "H.R. 7803 is a solid step towards advancing fairness in our patent system by adding a new flexibility to  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Rep. Juan Vargas, D-California, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Juan Vargas (CA-52), Sara Jacobs (CA-51), Mike Levin (CA-49), and Scott Peters (CA-50) wrote a letter thanking President Joe Biden for including significant funding for ongoing improvements to the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant in both his Fiscal Year 2024 and Fiscal Year 2025 Budget requests. The lawmakers also called for additional action to respond to the sewage  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee issued the following information for a hearing entitled "What Can Congress Do to Address the Severe Shortage of Minority Health Care Professionals and the Maternal Health Crisis?" at 10 a.m. on May 2, 2024, at 430 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Panel 1 * Hon. Laphonza Butler, United States Senator, California * Hon. Michael C. Burgess, MD, United States Congressman, Twenty Sixth Congressional District, Texas   more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news: Continuing their push to improve the quality of veterans' health care, Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) recently led a group of their colleagues in introducing bipartisan legislation to authorize several Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) construction projects across the nation. The Senators'   more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release: Continuing their push to improve the quality of veterans' health care, Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) recently led a group of their colleagues in introducing bipartisan legislation to authorize several Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) construction projects across the nation. The Senators' Fiscal Year 2024 Veterans Affairs Major Medi  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 (Rep.) -- The Congressional Western Caucus issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: Last week, the Western Caucus Foundation hosted a Field Tour and Policy Discussion in Lake Tahoe with four Congressional Western Caucus Members, congressional staff, and stakeholders. Members attending included Representatives Kevin Kiley (CA-03), Cliff Bentz (OR-02), Jerry Carl (AL-02), and Tom McClintock (CA-05). In total, 22 Congressional offices and committees participated.   more