This week, Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) joined House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and eight other Members of Congress from California in a letter to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) outlining needed improvements to the decommissioning process for offshore oil and gas… Read more »
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to send a bipartisan bill co-sponsored by Congressman Salud Carbajal codifying marriage equality for same sex and interracial couples to President Biden’s desk.
In a vote of 258 to 169, the House today approved the Respect for Marriage Act to codify in federal law the right of marriage of equality guaranteed by Supreme Court decisions… Read more »
Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) celebrated the House’s approval of a measure he championed to update maritime liability laws to help victims of boating disasters, a reform inspired by the 2019 Conception boat fire.
The Small Passenger Vessel Liability Fairness Act, first proposed by Carbajal and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), changes an 1851 law that can prevent maritime… Read more »
Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal announced that his bipartisan bill to improve disability and retirement benefits for federal firefighters is included in the final negotiated version of this year’s defense policy bill, putting it on a path to becoming law by the end of this month.
The Federal Firefighters Fairness Act, which had already passed the House earlier this year on its… Read more »
Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal applauded the conclusion of an auction to sell three leases off the coast of Morro Bay to become the West Coast’s first offshore wind energy sites.
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management held the sale today for approximately 373,268 acres off the coasts of Northern and Central California with the potential to produce over 4.5 GW of offshore wind… Read more »
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the Protect Patriot Parents Act, a measure authored by Rep. Salud Carbajal that would make parents of U.S. military servicemembers eligible to adjust for Lawful Permanent Resident status, preventing potential deportations or separations of military families.
"The families of our servicemembers deserve our respect for their sacrifice, not… Read more »
La Cámara de Representantes votó hoy y aprobó un proyecto de ley del Congresista Salud Carbajal, el representante de la Costa Central de California, que evitaría la deportación de padres de soldados y la separación de familias militares.
La propuesta, titulada “La Ley de Protección de Padres Patriotas” (Protect Patriot Parents Act), haría que los padres de miembros militares de EE. UU.… Read more »
Today, U.S. Representatives Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Jim Baird (R-IN) and Jahana Hayes (D-CT) concluded their bipartisan congressional delegation trip to Cuba as representatives of the United States and the House Agriculture Committee.
The four-day trip included meetings with Cuban farmers, agricultural business operators, and local officials to discuss the current state of agriculture in… Read more »
Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) and the Biden-Harris Administration, through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), announced the conditional selection of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant, located near Avila Beach, California, to receive the first round of funding from the Civil Nuclear Credit (CNC) Program.
“In the face of record heat waves and a deepening climate crisis, there is… Read more »
Beginning today, Congressman Salud Carbajal (D-CA) is leading a bipartisan House Agriculture Committee delegation of Rep. Jim Baird (R-IN) and Rep. Jahana Hayes (D-CT) to Cuba.
“As members of the House Agriculture Committee, we work every week in Washington to track the impact that U.S. agriculture and agricultural trade is having in nations around the globe. And as the United States is… Read more »
