WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Barbara Lee, D-California, issued the following news release: Representative Barbara Lee (CA-12) voted to finalize $17,477,036 in community project funding that she secured for California's 12th District in the Fiscal Year 2024 spending bills. This funding was included in the first of two Appropriations Committee minibus bills and responds directly to some of the most pressing needs in the East Bay. "I recently voted to send over $17 million in Community Project Fu  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) announced the winner of the 2023 Congressional App Challenge for California's Second Congressional District: Jayden Patel, an 8th grader at Del Mar Middle School in Tiburon. Jayden's winning submission, Allergy Card, allows the user to create their own personal allergy card that can be translated into 15+ languages. Rep. Huffman stands with Jayden Patel a  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, issued the following news release: Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) and House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raul M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today sent a bipartisan letter signed by a total of 26 Members to President Joe Biden urging the administration to use its existing authorities, including the new authorities that Congress provided in the FY2023 National Defense Authorization  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-California, issued the following news release: CongresswomanDoris Matsui (D-CA-07) released the following statement after President Biden signed the 2024 government funding package into law. The legislation includes a key provision to establish a permanent definition of Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) services under the Medicaid program. Congresswoman Matsui has introduced legislation, co-led by Representative Larry Bucshon (R  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-California, issued the following news release: San Francisco - Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement marking three years since the American Rescue Plan Act was signed into law: "Three years ago, President Joe Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan, which pulled our nation from the depths of the pandemic and ignited the strongest economic recovery in the world. "Democrats' Rescue Plan got life-saving vaccines into arms  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Nanette Barragan, D-California, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Nanette Barragan secured $13,357,031 for 14 community projects that provide safe drinking water, improve infrastructure, support electric vehicle car share programs, and build supportive housing in communities throughout California's 44th Congressional District. The project funding was included in the government funding package signed into law this morning by President Joe Biden. House  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-California, issued the following news release: On Friday evening, President Joe Biden signed into law $13,446,901 in funding secured by Congressman Salud Carbajal for 14 Central Coast community projects in the 2024 government spending deal passed by Congress last week. More than $6.2 million of that funding is going to Santa Barbara County projects that Rep. Carbajal championed over the course of the past year's federal budget negotiations, rangin  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Rep. Kevin Mullin, D-California, issued the following statement: * * * A humanitarian crisis bordering on a famine is unfolding in Gaza as the Israel-Hamas war enters its fifth month, and I continue to be horrified by the devastating loss of life and suffering of innocent families and children. The unbearable conditions on the ground call for urgent relief and I strongly support the Biden-Harris Administration's work with regional partners to broker an immediate six-week  more

SHERMAN OAKS, California, March 9 -- Rep. Brad Sherman, D-California, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Brad Sherman (CA-32) announced that nearly $16 million in federal funds for projects in the San Fernando Valley and parts of the Westside of Los Angeles have been included in legislation signed into law by President Biden today. "These funds will address vital needs across our community including improvements to our environment, public parks and schools, as well as addit  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Laphonza Butler, D-California, issued the following news release on March 11, 2024: Today, U.S. Senators Laphonza Butler and Alex Padilla (both D-Calif.), alongside Representatives Zoe Lofgren (CA-18) and Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), 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 Bipart  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Mike Thompson, D-California, issued the following news release on March 11, 2024: Today, Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-04), Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), Rep. Ken Calvert (CA-41), and Rep. Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) sent a letter to the House Committee on Agriculture and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry urging the committees to include permanent disaster assistance for agricultural producers and communities in the upcoming Farm Bill. "Agriculture is t  more