WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Norma J. Torres, D-California, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (CA-35) - a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, announced today the delivery of $2 million in federal grant funding to the City of Fontana for the development of technological advancements to improve transportation safety and efficiency. The funding will be allocated to the Leveraging Advanced Adaptive Signal Timing for Freight to Improve Safety, Climate,  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Ami Bera, D-California, issued the following news release: Yesterday, Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06) hosted Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 Administrator Martha Guzman for a roundtable discussion with regional stakeholders and toured Lion Electric's all-electric truck, bus, and minibus manufacturing facility in Sacramento County. They were joined by Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg, Sacramento County District 2 Supervisor Patrick Kennedy, S  more

SAN PEDRO, California, March 20 -- Rep. Nanette Barragan, D-California, issued the following news release on March 18, 2024: Today Congresswoman Nanette Barragan (CA-44) joined Doug Guthrie, President/CEO of the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA), Michelle Kinman, Senior VP of Market Transformation for the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator, representatives from Envoy, and residents of Rancho San Pedro public housing to celebrate $235,000 in federal funding she secured for expans  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Rep. Darrell E. Issa, R-California, issued the following news release on March 19, 2024: Today, Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-48) sent a letter to U.S. Capitol Police, requesting that all charges be dropped against Gold Star father Steve Nikoui. Mr. Nikoui was arrested by Capitol Police after speaking out about his fallen son, LCpl Kareem M. Nikoui, during President Biden's State of the Union Speech on March 7. Nikoui's outburst was in response to the lack of answers an  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Rep. Nanette Barragan, D-California, issued the following news release on March 19, 2024: Yesterday,Reps. Nanette Barragan (D-CA), Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), and Darin LaHood (R-IL) introduced the Accelerating Access to Dementia and Alzheimer's Provider Training (AADAPT) Act, a bill that would provide Alzheimer's and dementia education and training to more primary care providers, to improve detection, diagnosis, and treatment of Alzheimer's and oth  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Mike Levin, D-California, issued the following news release: Today, Reps. Mike Levin (CA-49) and Nick LaLota (NY-01) reintroduced the bipartisan Uncheck the Box Act, to prevent political campaigns from using prechecked boxes to solicit recurring contributions. Political campaigns on both sides of the aisle have used "pre-checked boxes" to solicit recurring contributions, forcing Americans to contribute thousands of dollars to campaigns without providing affirmative  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-California, issued the following news release on March 19, 2024: U.S. Representatives Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Glenn "GT" Thompson (R-PA), Mark Alford (R-MO), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), and Katie Porter (D-CA) today, in honor of National Agriculture Day, introduced the Growing Opportunities in Agriculture (GO Ag)Act to improve agriculture education opportunities in our schools. The GO Ag Act would create a $5 million grant program to help high schools cove  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Arizona, issued the following news release: Sinema-secured funds will conserve at least 3 million-acre-feet of water in the Colorado River Basin through the end of 2026 Arizona senior Senator Kyrsten Sinema applauded new steps taken to ensure the short-term stability of the Colorado River up to 2026, thanks to funding the Senator secured in the 2022 energy and climate law. Fueled by the more than $4 billion Sinema secured for Western water infr  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on March 19, 2024: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) Chancellor Dr. Carol T. Christ, President Michael V. Drake, and Board of Regents Chair Richard Leib requesting documents and information regarding UC Berkeley's response to numer  more