WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-California, issued the following news release: Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi announced that more than $12 million in new federal funding is headed to San Francisco to support vital community projects. These investments - which will support neighborhood-serving organizations that are helping meet the needs of Bay Area families - were included in the government funding package expected to be signed into law today by President Joe Biden. "The significant  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-California, issued the following news release: Today, Rep. Pete Aguilar announced that Jodi Hicks, the CEO and President of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, will be his guest to President Joe Biden's State of the Union Address on March 7. After a year of MAGA Republicans' relentless attacks on reproductive freedom, Jodi Hicks' attendance at the State of Union Address serves as a reminder of the importance and urgency of defending reproduct  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, D-California, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10) announced that he secured over $15.2 million for community projects across Contra Costa and Alameda Counties in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (H.R. 4366), which passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 339-to-85. The bill is expected to be passed by the Senate and signed into law by President Biden shortly. This funding will go to 15 p  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. John Garamendi, D-California, issued the following statement on March 8, 2024: * * * Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA) issued the following statement after attending President Joe Biden's State of the Union Address: "Tonight, President Biden spoke directly to the American people and laid out the progress we have made in the three years of his presidency, and described his vision for the future," Garamendi said. "Since he took office three years ago, President Bide  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Kevin Kiley, R-California, issued the following statement on March 7, 2024: * * * Representative Kevin Kiley (R-CA) issued the following statement in response to President Joe Biden's State of the Union: "Since President Biden took office three years ago, Americans have suffered from skyrocketing inflation, surging violent crime, an open border bringing in drugs to our country, and a dangerously weakened national security. "The American people are tired of hearin  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-California, issued the following news release on March 8, 2024: Today, U.S. Representatives Zoe Lofgren (CA-18) and Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), along with U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Laphonza Butler (D-CA), are calling on the White House and Army Corps of Engineers to support additional funding for the Pajaro River Flood Risk Management Project in the President's FY25 budget request. The lawmakers previously secured $149 million from the Bipartis  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Laphonza Butler, D-California, issued the following news release on March 8, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.) announced billions in federal funding to help address California's most pressing needs. The first six appropriations bills for fiscal year 2024 include major investments in efforts to tackle our state's homelessness crisis, bolster wildfire suppression and preparedness, support firefighters, and much more. These appropriations make signifi  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Laphonza Butler, D-California, issued the following news release on March 8, 2024: U.S. Senator Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.) joined Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) this week to introduce the Transformational AI To Modernize The Economy (TAME) Against Extreme Weather Act, legislation aimed at promoting the adoption and implementation of artificial intelligence to better predict and respond to extreme weather. Each year, extreme  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Rep. Norma J. Torres, D-California, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Norma Torres (CA-35) - a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, member of the Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, and Co-Chair of the Congressional Central American Caucus - issued the following statement following the conviction of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez: "The people of Honduras deserve justice and a country free of corrupt, authoritaria  more