Press Releases

The Coastal State Climate Preparedness Act would provide grants to states to help mitigate impacts of climate change and rising sea levels. The Ocean Acidification Research Partnership Act would promote ocean acidification research to better understand causes, impacts, and solutions Read more »

Congressman Salud Carbajal announced that he had secured over $4,000,000 in direct federal funding for community projects to benefit residents of San Luis Obispo County in the federal funding bills drafted and passed today by the U.S. House of Representatives. The funding bills, written to cover federal spending for the upcoming Fiscal Year 2023, provide funds to help construction of a… Read more »

At a hearing held by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today, Congressman Salud Carbajal urged Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg to approve funds from the landmark Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that he helped pass for planned improvements to the U.S. Highway 101 along the Central Coast. The planned improvements sought for the 101 have already seen more than… Read more »

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a bipartisan bill co-sponsored by Congressman Salud Carbajal to enshrine the marriage equality for same sex and interracial couples, repeal the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), and provide additional legal protections for marriage equality. In a vote of 267 to 157, the House today approved the Respect for Marriage Act to… Read more »

Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal voted to approve two bills in the U.S. House to affirm the Constitutional right to keep reproductive health care choices between a patient and a doctor: one to codify a nationwide right to abortion, and another to protect a patient’s right to travel nationally for reproductive health care without interference or fear of prosecution. “In the weeks since… Read more »

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives approved in a bipartisan vote its comprehensive defense policy bill for the upcoming fiscal year, a measure crafted in part by Congressman Salud Carbajal and amended in recent days to include multiple measures authored by Carbajal. The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23 NDAA) includes multiple provisions championed by… Read more »

Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal issued the following statement on the future of Diablo Canyon Power Plant (DCPP): “There is too much at stake for us to move backward in the fight to make California fully powered by clean energy in the face of climate change, rising fossil fuel prices, and record heat waves and drought. “But this isn’t just a matter of keeping the keys in the ignition… Read more »

Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal highlighted the new Inflation Action Plan crafted through his work with the New Democrat Coalition (NDC) in the U.S. House, emphasizing its policy solutions that will cut costs for Central Coast families, while also unveiling his new Central Coast Inflation Resource Guide. The multi-pronged action plan was created through collaboration of Rep. Carbajal… Read more »

Today, Congressman Carbajal applauded the Biden-Harris Administration’s announcement that it does not intend to sell new leases for offshore drilling on the California coast for the next five years, a priority he has pursued since his first days in Congress. “The Central Coast knows the devastation that oil spills can bring to our community, our wildlife, and our local economies. That’s… Read more »

Today, the five bipartisan Co-Chairs of the Cut Flower Caucus unveiled a revised version of the American Grown Act named in honor of the late Representative Don Young of Alaska that they will introduce later this week. On Friday, Representatives Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Jaime Lynn Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), and Chellie Pingree (D-ME) will officially… Read more »