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Today, Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee Ranking Member Salud Carbajal (CA-24) and Chair Mike Ezell (MS-04) introduced the bipartisan “American Cargo for American Ships Act” to strengthen U.S. Cargo preference laws and promote American economic growth. The legislation aims to reduce the ongoing decline of U.S. flagged ships. In 2022, the Maritime Administration (MARAD) testified... Read More »

Today, Congressman Carbajal voted against the House Republican continuing resolution that will extend government funding through September 2025 while leaving critical funding for Veterans benefits, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and affordable housing in the hands of President Trump and Elon Musk. Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) issued the following statement: “To put it simply, under no ... Read More »

Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) and Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) wrote to Governor Newsom raising concerns about the potential restart of offshore oil drilling operations along California’s Gaviota Coast by Sable Offshore Corp. Despite the devastating environmental and economic impacts of past oil spills, Sable Offshore Corp. is seeking approval to restart drilling using the same corrosion-prone ... Read More »

Congressmen Salud Carbajal (CA-24) and Mike Lawler (NY-17) along with U.S. Senators Katie Britt (R-AL) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) today introduced the Child Care Availability and Affordability Act and the Child Care Workforce Act—bipartisan, bicameral legislation that together form a bold proposal to make child care more affordable and accessible by strengthening existing tax credits to lower child care... Read More »

Tonight, Congressman Carbajal invited Charlie Martinez to President Trump’s address to a Joint Session of Congress. Charlie is a former fire Captain at Vandenberg Space Force Base and is a member of the International Association of Fire Fighters, representing federal firefighters. CA-24 is home to nearly 8,000 federal employees, who are dedicated public servants who provide essential support to ou... Read More »

Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) joined his Congressional Hispanic Caucus colleagues on the House Floor to call out the House Republican budget that betrays the American people by slashing vital funding to critical programs so they can give tax breaks to billionaires and big corporations. The Congressman’s full remarks can be found here. In CA-24, 236,208 people on Medicaid are at risk of losing... Read More »

Last week, Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) was reappointed by his Democratic colleagues to the House Agriculture Committee. As a member, he will continue playing a direct role in crafting policy that supports farmers and farmworkers, agriculture production, and critical food and nutrition programs on the Central Coast. “The Central Coast is one of our nation’s agricultural powerhouses, growing ... Read More »

Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) voted against the harmful Republican tax plan that would gut funding for Medicare, the Affordable Care Act, and SNAP–one of the nation’s largest anti-hunger programs. All this to bankroll tax cuts for billionaires at the expense of working families on the Central Coast. In CA-24, 236,208 people who rely on Medicaid are at risk of losing their health care u... Read More »

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 »