WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Darrell E. Issa, R-California, issued the following statement on July 31, 2024: * * * Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-48), a senior Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and a founder of the U.S.-Philippine Friendship Caucus, released the following statement: "The announcement of critically needed additional security assistance for the Philippines underscores and reinforces the enduring partnership between our two nations and our mutual commitment to the defens  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02), founder of the Stop Project 2025 Task Force, released the following statement regarding the news that Heritage Foundation's Presidential Transition Project Director Paul Dans has resigned, and related reports that Donald Trump and his campaign are desperately trying to distance themselves from Project 2025: "This personnel shell game is not fooling anyon  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-California, issued the following news release: CongresswomanDoris Matsui (D-CA) and Congressman Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) and Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Roger Wicker (R-MS), co-chairs of the bipartisan Rare Disease Congressional Caucus (RDCC), applauded the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on their announcement of the creation of a Rare Disease Innovation Hub. The Rare Disease Innovation Hub will serve as a single point of connection and engag  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-California, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA), Co-Chair of the Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) and U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) led a letterto Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Rostin Behnam, expressing strong support for CFTC's proposed guidance for voluntary carbon markets(link is external) and urging the Commission to implement the   more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-California, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA), co-author of the Creating Helpful Incentives for the Production of Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act, and Reps. Blake Moore (R-UT), Michael McCaul (R-TX), and Suzan DelBene (D-WA) introduced the Semiconductor Technology Advancement and Research (STAR) Act, a bipartisan piece of legislation that will advance U.S. semiconductor research and development initi  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Anna G. Eshoo, D-California, issued the following news release: Palo Alto, CA U.S. Representative Anna G. Eshoo (CA-16) and U. S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) today introduced legislation to allow the National Park Service to acquire the 896-acre Scarper Ridge property in San Mateo County adjacent to Rancho Corral De Tierra, a 3,858 acre site which is already managed by the Park Service. "Corridors and connecting trails in the park are important for wildlife and peop  more

FAIRFIELD, California, Aug. 1 -- Rep. John Garamendi, D-California, issued the following news release on July 31, 2024: Today, U.S. Representative John Garamendi (D-CA08) sent a letter to the San Joaquin Joint Powers Authority's Board of Directors opposing the proposed closure of the Amtrak Station in Antioch. Garamendi sent this letter at the request of his constituents, Mayor Lamar Hernandez-Thorpe and concerned residents of Antioch and Contra Costa County. "Residents of Antioch and elsewher  more

SAN JOSE, California, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-California, issued the following news release on July 31, 2024: Today, U.S. Representatives Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), Anna Eshoo (CA-16), Ro Khanna (CA-17), and Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is reimbursing Santa Clara County for an additional $45,185,047.39 for emergency health and safety expenditures incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic. "The COVID-19 pa  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Mike Levin, D-California, issued the following news release: Encinitas, CA Today, Rep. Mike Levin (CA-49) announced Gerry Sova as his July 2024 Constituent of the Month. Mr. Sova is an Encinitas resident and community leader best known for founding the local restaurant Captain Keno's. As the oldest restaurant in Encinitas, Captain Keno's is a neighborhood staple and has served the community in various ways, from providing underserved communities with free meals duri  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-California, issued the following news release on July 31, 2024: United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) and the Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority (Authority), a 30-year-old regional public land conservation agency that protects open space and connects people to nature, today announced $800,000 in community project funding for accessibility improvements to the Heart's Delight Trail and other facilities at Coyote Valley Open Space Prese  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Adam B. Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release on July 31, 2024: Today, Representatives Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), and Donald Beyer (D-Va.) alongside Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), wrote a letter to President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging the U.S. government to call on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to release all wrongfully detained human rights advocates. "Five years after the grisly murder and dismemberment of  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-California, issued the following news release on July 31, 2024: Today, U.S. Representatives Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), Anna Eshoo (CA-16), and Ro Khanna (CA-17) announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is reimbursing Santa Clara County for an additional $45,185,047.39 for emergency health and safety expenditures incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic. "The COVID-19 pandemic p  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) announced that the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation advanced three bills introduced by Padilla to reduce earthquake hazards, combat extreme heat health risks, and strengthen cybersecurity and telecommunications on U.S. oceanographic research vessels. The legislation voted out of committee today includes his bipartisan National Earthquak  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., the highest-ranking Republican on the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, led his colleagues in a hearing examining a report from a group of congressionally-appointed defense experts studying U.S. deterrence and military power. The report suggests substantial increases in defense spending are necessary and notes that the United States faces the most serious set of threat  more