WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Barbara Lee, D-California, issued the following news release: Oakland, CA Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-12) today applauded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) announcement of $322 million for the Port of Oakland to decarbonize Port activities by providing Port tenants and Port users the opportunity to transition to zero emission alternatives. This funding comes after Lee led a letter with her congressional colleagues to EPA Administrator Michael Regan i  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-California, issued the following news release: LOS ANGELES, CA Today, Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37) presented a $500,000 check to IKAR(link is external) to assist in the development of the new IKAR Center and Supportive Housing Project. This project is one of fifteen that Congresswoman Kamlager-Dove secured a total of $12.4 million for through Fiscal Year 2024 government funding legislation. This project will build at least 60 un  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-California, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37), Brazil Caucus Co-Chair, Representatives Gregory W. Meeks (NY-05), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Joaquin Castro (TX-20), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, released the following statement affirming the importance of accountability in the assassination of Marielle Franco, a Brazilian anti-racism and   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Rep. Ami Bera, D-California, issued the following news release: Today, Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06) announced that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) has officially begun its audit of mail theft mitigation in Sacramento County. This audit, launched in response to Congressman Bera's request, addresses the growing concern over mail theft across the Sacramento region. The USPS Office of Inspector General is expected to release a report  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Rep. Mike Garcia, R-California, issued the following news release: ANTELOPE VALLEY, CA - Representative Mike Garcia (CA-27) gathered veteran advocacy leaders from across the district to address the urgent challenges our veteran community faces daily. Leaders from veteran service organizations joined Rep. Garcia and Jon Clark, Staff Director for the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, at City of Hope for a roundtable on the issues impacting those who've sacrificed for ou  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, issued the following news release: Initiative will protect critical environmental component of Richardson Bay Sausalito, CA U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA-02) along with the Richardson Bay Regional Agency (RBRA) and federal, state, and local partners today celebrated the launch of a new Eelgrass Protection Zone, an area of the water off-limits to anchoring that will help restore and protect a critical ecological component of the  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Rep. Scott Peters, D-California, issued the following news release: SAN DIEGO, CA -- Representative Scott Peters (CA-50) delivered the following remarks at the groundbreaking for the rehabilitation and expansion of the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant (SBIWTP): "For years now, I've called this cross-border sewage crisis one of the most serious environmental disasters in the Western Hemisphere - one that threatens everything from tourism, surfing, nation  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Rep. Robert Garcia, D-California, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Robert Garcia (CA-42) sent a letter to the head of the Social Security Administration (SSA) urging a rule change to ensure that individuals who benefit from guaranteed income programs can still access full Social Security Insurance (SSI) benefits. This change would allow SSI beneficiaries to take part in state and local guaranteed income programs and cash assistance initiatives that he  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Rep. Robert Garcia, D-California, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Robert Garcia (CA-42) sent a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan urging support for adding Exide Technologies, Inc., in Vernon, California, to the National Priorities List (NPL) for a Superfund designation. The letter highlights the need for federal resources to facilitate a long-term comprehensive cleanup of the affected communities and  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Rep. Juan Vargas, D-California, issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: SAN DIEGO - Today, U.S. Representatives Juan Vargas (CA-52), Scott Peters (CA-50), and Sara Jacobs (CA-51) joined International Boundary and Water Commission officials, local leaders, and community members to mark the launch of a rehabilitation and expansion project at the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant. This project will put to use $400 million in federal funding tha  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Rep. Michelle Steel, R-California, issued the following news release: Ahead of a coming United Nations review of the human rights situation in North Korea, U.S. Rep. Michelle Steel is calling on the Biden-Harris Administration to hold Kim Jong-un's regime accountable for failing to respect human rights obligations under international law.Steel, a first-generation immigrant whose parents fled North Korea, wrote a letter(link is external) to Secretary of State Antony Blinke  more