Press Releases

U.S. Representative Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24) released the statement below following reports of ICE tackling and injuring a U.S. citizen student from Santa Maria High School. “I'm deeply disturbed and outraged to learn of yet another ICE detainment in Santa Maria — this time, ICE agents violently detained a student with disabilities while they were walking to school. The student is a… Read more »

On Friday October 16, U.S. Representative Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24) hosted former Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra and California State Senate President pro Tempore Monique Limón in Santa Barbara for his annual “Cafecito Con El Congresista” event. The event featured remarks from Becerra, Limón, and Carbajal followed by a Q&A session with… Read more »

U.S. Representative Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24), Top Democrat of the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin raising concerns over the department's administration and oversight of Jones Act waivers. Carbajal’s inquiry follows recent reports indicating that foreign-flagged vessels have… Read more »

U.S. Representative Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24), U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Adam Schiff (D-CA), and House Natural Resources Committee top Democrat Jared Huffman (D-CA-02), led 30 of their colleagues in calling on House and Senate Armed Services Committee leaders to reject the Hunt Amendment’s provision (Section 2835) in the Fiscal Year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act… Read more »

U.S. Representative Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24) and U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) introduced the Ocean Protection and DDT Reduction Act, new legislation aimed at addressing the toxic industrial waste and pesticide pollution dumped off the Southern California coast.   For decades, industrial waste — including the pesticide DDT — was disposed of in ocean dump sites off California’s… Read more »

U.S. Representative Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24) announced the House of Representatives passed a bipartisan bill containing more than $66 million for Central Coast water projects. The Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2026 will now need to be considered by the Senate for final passage.  Click here for legislative text and here for a summary of WRDA 2026. “Climate change and… Read more »

U.S. Representative Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24), along with Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Top Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Adam Schiff (D-CA), led 14 of their colleagues in filing an amicus brief in California v. Wright, pending in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, to challenge the Trump… Read more »

On Friday, August 21, U.S. Representative Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24) hosted a press conference at UC Santa Barbara’s (UCSB) OASIS Facility to highlight a $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The NSF grant will go towards UCSB’s COAST PCL, one of 20 facilities in a new national network of programmable cloud laboratories. Carbajal was joined by Dr. Rachel Segalman,… Read more »

 U.S. Representative Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24), a senior member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, announced $4,609,282.00 in new federal funding for the San Luis Obispo County Airport for a range of infrastructure upgrades. Specifically, the funding will go towards modernizing Runway 11/29’s safety system, upgrading Taxiway A, and creating a plan to identify… Read more »

U.S. Representative Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24) released the statement below following the Department of Energy’s (DOE) decision to distribute $271 million in Civil Nuclear Credit Program funds to help support Diablo Canyon Power Plant’s extended operations. This federal funding comes after the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s determination that the plant can continue to operate… Read more »