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Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) joined Reps. Dan Newhouse (WA-04), Jake Ellzey (R-TX-06), and Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-02) to introduce the Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act to improve our nation’s aerial firefighting capabilities through expanded use of excess military aircrafts and parts. The bipartisan legislation reauthorizes the sale of military aircraft for use in aerial firefighting operatio... Read More »

Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) helped introduce legislation alongside Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) and Senator Richard Blumenthal (CT) that would restore and codify longstanding guardrails on federal immigration enforcement activities to protect immigrant communities at sensitive locations amid the increased targeting of immigrant communities. Since 2011, the Department of Homeland... Read More »

Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee Ranking Member Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) published an open letter to members of the United States Coast Guard, decrying the recent spate of policy changes in the service and the firing and eviction of the branch’s Commandant. “Where is the Executive Order addressing military pay and housing allowances in high cost-of-living locations?..... Read More »

As local communities evaluate the impacts of the Trump Administration’s recent flurry of executive orders and memorandum pausing the delivery of all federal financial assistance, U.S. Representatives Salud Carbajal (CA-24), Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), and Julia Brownley (CA-26) are calling on the Administration to clarify its actions and disclose a full list of programs and initiat... Read More »

In direct response to the so-called Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) invasion of Americans’ privacy, Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) joined House Democrats to introduce the Taxpayer Data Protection Act. The new legislation will stop people with conflicts of interest or without a security clearance from accessing the highly sensitive Treasury Department payment system – which is resp... Read More »

Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24), a Vice Chair of the New Democrat Coalition, joined his New Dem colleagues on the House Floor this week, highlighting inaction as Congress prepares to adjourn for the week without passing legislation to protect data privacy, lower costs of living, or reaffirm Congress’ power of the purse by negating the President’s ongoing seizure and freeze of critical federal f... Read More »

At the first hearing of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee, Ranking Member Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) called out a bizarre new Department of Transportation (DOT) memo instructing departmental employees to “give preference to communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average.” “I'm having trouble understanding how birth and marriage rates cont... Read More »

U.S. Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) demanded a full accounting from the Treasury Department of Elon Musk and his allies’ access to the federal government’s payments system. Carbajal, Congressman Sean Casten of Illinois, and more than 150 other House Democrats demanded answers to a wide array of questions in the next two weeks, raising the alarm on access to sensitive personal data of U.S. citi... Read More »

After the U.S. Department of the Treasury confirmed to Congressional Democrats yesterday that individuals associated with the so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) have access to sensitive data and government payment systems, Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) issued the following statement: “Unelected billionaires and unvetted right-wing activists should not have access to sensit... Read More »

After it was confirmed that President Donald Trump will delay his new 25% tariffs on all imported goods from Canada and Mexico, Congressman Salud Carbajal issued the following statement: “For nearly a decade, President Donald Trump has campaigned on the idea that his reckless tariff agenda will be paid for by other nations. But the response today across business groups, financial markets, and indi... Read More »

In the wake of President Donald Trump’s freeze of Congressionally-approved funding across a wide range of federal programs, Congressman Salud Carbajal issued the following statement: "The Central Coast received more than $1.4 billion in grants and other federal aid last year alone. Halting federal assistance – even temporarily – has the potential to harm every single Central Coast community. “This... Read More »

Congressman Salud Carbajal issued the following statement on enforcement activity by ICE on the Central Coast this weekend: “While my team and I are still awaiting more details on ICE’s enforcement activity on the Central Coast this weekend, I have deep concerns given President Trump’s months of extremist rhetoric on mass deportations and its potential impact on our region. “Instilling fear in our... Read More »

Congressman Salud Carbajal visited Goleta last week to highlight a new $11,156,330 investment from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to help construct a new underpass to connect residents to Old Town Goleta. The full press conference can be viewed here. The funding comes from the Reconnecting Communities Pilot Grant Program, created by the infrastructure law to help reduce environmental harm and i... Read More »

Today, bipartisan legislation to reduce wildfire risks written by Congressman Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24) was advanced by the U.S. House of Representatives. The vote comes as firefighters are battling wildfires across Southern California, including a new fire less than 50 miles from Rep. Carbajal’s district. Rep. Carbajal’s Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act would reduce procedural steps for removing... Read More »

Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) issued the following statement on President Donald Trump’s pardon of participants in the insurrection on January 6, 2021, including those responsible for attacking and injuring more than 140 law enforcement officers. “America watched Donald Trump’s mob attack Capitol Police officers on live television. We watched them use bats, poles, pepper spray, stun gu... Read More »