MONTEREY, California, Feb. 24 -- Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-California, issued the following news release: The Co-Chairs of the Agriculture Trade Caucus,United States Representatives Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), Adrian Smith (NE-03), Jim Costa (CA-21), and Dusty Johnson (SD-AL) led 24 of their colleagues in the House urging the Biden Administration to make agriculture a priority in its trade agenda by reducing tariff and non-tariff barriers for American agricultural exports. The Members encourage the U.  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-California, issued the following news release: Los Angeles -- This week, Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37) hosted a reproductive justice roundtable with Kindred Space LA, Black Women for Wellness, Planned Parenthood LA, and California Latinas for Reproductive Justice, to discuss their continued efforts to support Black and Brown women, mothers, and mothers-to-be post the repeal of Roe v. Wade. "I thank each of the women, mothers, and  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Alex Padilla, Chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife, and Laphonza Butler (both D-Calif.) announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded over $510 million to California for drinking water and clean water infrastructure. The funding comes from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law as part of a $5.8 billion inve  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- Rep. Adam B. Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release on Feb. 22, 2024: Today, Representative Adam Schiff (D-Calif) and Laurence Tribe, Harvard University Carl M. Loeb University Professor Emeritus, penned a joint op-ed calling on the Biden Administration to use seized Russian assets to aid Ukraine. Since Russia launched its unprovoked assault on Ukraine, Schiff has been leading the effort to urge monetary transfers of this nature. Tribe, the American cons  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- Rep. Mike Garcia, R-California, issued the following news release on Feb. 22, 2024: Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found the Chiquita Canyon Landfill to present imminent and substantial endangerment to nearby communities. The EPA subsequently ordered Chiquita Canyon LLC to take immediate steps to protect human health and the environment at its landfill in Castaic, California. "This order is a step in the right direction, but there are still many questio  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-California, issued the following news release: United States Representatives Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) and Mike Thompson (CA-04), along with 13 other Members of the California delegation led a letter to California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) President Alice Bushing Reynolds urging CPUC to reject AT&T's petition to end access to landline services. AT&T has requested to be relieved of its Carrier of Last Resort (COLR) obligations in certain areas o  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- Rep. Sara Jacobs, D-California, issued the following news release: Rep. Sara Jacobs (CA-51) led the San Diego congressional delegation, including Reps. Juan Vargas (CA-52), Mike Levin (CA-49), and Scott Peters (CA-50), in urging the IRS Commissioner to extend the federal tax deadline from April 15th to June 17th for San Diego County residents, who are continuing to recover from the severe storms and devastating floods in late January. The lawmakers wrote: "We write to b  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- Rep. Adam B. Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release on Feb. 23, 2024: Yesterday, Representative Adam Schiff (D-Calif) joined the Democratic Women's Caucus and 150+ of his House and Senate colleagues in a letter urging health insurers to fully comply with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) contraception coverage requirement. The letter urges insurers to adopt a "therapeutic equivalence standard" which would ensure coverage without cost sharing of every FDA-appr  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, raised serious concerns over the use of federal taxpayer dollars to fund "Woke Kindergarten" at an elementary school in California, with failing test scores in crucial subjects like math and reading. Ear  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Rep. David Valadao, R-California, issued the following news release: Congressman David G. Valadao (CA-22) joined Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) to introduce the Rural Partnership and Prosperity Act. This legislation aims to direct more resources to rural communities through the creation of new flexible federal grant programs specifically for rural areas to support economic and community development. "Many of our rural communities across the Central Valley have hist  more