Rep. Carbajal Helps Protect Affordable Food Access for 1 Million California Moms and Children with Deal to Fully Fund WIC Nutrition Program

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Rep Carbajal Touts WIC Win

  Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal is highlighting that the bipartisan federal funding deal he helped send to President Joe Biden’s desk for approval last week included a provision to fully fund a key nutrition program that was nearing a devastating benefits cliff: the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, otherwise known as WIC. Starting last…

Rep. Carbajal Explains Vote to Protect American’s Data Privacy, Force Foreign Divestment from U.S. Social Media Applications

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Earlier today, Congressman Salud Carbajal joined an overwhelming bipartisan majority of the U.S. House of Representatives in voting to advance the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, legislation aimed at severing the access that foreign governments have to American’s data via applications. At the completion of the vote, Rep. Carbajal released a…

Rep. Carbajal Delivers $26 Million for Central Coast Harbors and Ports

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The federal funding deal signed into law by President Joe Biden last Friday includes nearly $26 million set aside for Central Coast harbors and ports to fund dredging and other upkeep work. The funding was sought by Congressman Salud Carbajal over the past year of negotiations over the federal budget for Fiscal Year 2024. “The Central Coast’s harbors and ports are central to our…

Rep. Carbajal Delivers $6,200,000+ for Santa Barbara County Projects in 2024 Funding Deal Signed into Law

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On Friday evening, President Joe Biden signed into law $13,446,901 in funding secured by Congressman Salud Carbajal for 14 Central Coast community projects in the 2024 government spending deal passed by Congress last week. More than $6.2 million of that funding is going to Santa Barbara County projects that Rep. Carbajal championed over the course of the past year’s federal budget…

Rep. Carbajal Delivers $4,000,000+ for San Luis Obispo County Projects in 2024 Funding Deal Signed into Law

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On Friday evening, President Joe Biden signed into law more than $4,000,000 in funding for San Luis Obispo community projects secured by Congressman Salud Carbajal in the 2024 government spending deal approved by Congress last week. The funding is part of $13,446,901 secured by Carbajal for 14 Central Coast projects which Rep. Carbajal championed over the course of the past year’s…

Rep. Carbajal Delivers $3,100,000+ for Ventura County Projects in 2024 Funding Deal Signed into Law

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On Friday evening, President Joe Biden signed into law $3,100,000 in funding for Ventura County community projects secured by Congressman Salud Carbajal in the 2024 government spending deal approved by Congress last week. The funding is part of $13,446,901 included for 14 Central Coast projects that Carbajal championed over the course of the past year’s federal budget negotiations. The…

Carbajal, Dunn, Rubio, Luján Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Keep U.S. Competitive & Secure Leadership in Space

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Last week, Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) and Congressman Neal Dunn, M.D. (FL-02) joined Senator Marco Rubio (FL) and Senator Ben Ray Luján (NM) to introduce bicameral and bipartisan legislation to designate spaceports like Vandenberg Space Force Base eligible for tax-exempt municipal revenue bonds to incentivize investment in spaceport infrastructure. Projects such as airports and…

Rep. Carbajal Delivers $13,400,000 for Central Coast Projects in 2024 Funding Deal

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CPF Projects Map 2024

Representative Carbajal voted today to finalize $13,446,901 in funding he secured for Central Coast community projects in the 2024 government spending deal advanced by the U.S. House of Representatives. The funding, which Rep. Carbajal championed over the course of the past year’s federal budget negotiations, will go towards 14 projects ranging from affordable housing construction and…

Rep. Carbajal Leads 15 Hispanic Lawmakers Urging Biden Administration to Reverse Course on Cancellation of U.S.-Mexico Aviation Cooperation Agreement

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Representative Salud Carbajal (D-Calif.) led a call with 14 other Hispanic members of the U.S. House of Representatives today urging the Biden Administration to reverse course on a proposal that could significantly reduce air service between the United States and Mexico. In January, the U.S. Department of Transportation proposed canceling the Joint Cooperation Agreement (JCA) between…

Rep. Carbajal Joins Colleagues to Voice Support for Biden Efforts to Free Hostages and Pause Fighting in Gaza

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Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) joined Congressmen Brad Schneider (IL-10) and Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) and 26 colleagues in voicing support for President Joe Biden’s efforts to reach an agreement between Israel and Hamas to bring hostages home and provide a pause in the fighting in Gaza. Israel has agreed to the framework of such a pause but Hamas has so far rejected it. In a letter sent…