Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Salud Carbajal, Rep. Jimmy Panetta, and Sen. Jeff Merkley wrote to the Principal Deputy Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service expressing concern with the recent decision to forego listing the monarch butterfly under the Endangered Species Act and urging substantial investments in monarch conservation efforts so this crucial pollinator does not go… Read more »
Washington, DC – Last night, Congressman Salud Carbajal introduced H.Res 86, a resolution which expresses support for frontline workers of the COVID-19 pandemic and acknowledges the risk they have taken on in order to continue to provide essential services, ensure public safety, and keep America running.
Since the outbreak of this deadly virus, countless medical workers, emergency… Read more »
Santa Barbara, CA – This week, Congressman Salud Carbajal (D-CA) formally reintroduced HR 455, the California Clean Coast Act. The California Clean Coast Act was the first bill Congressman Carbajal introduced as a Member of Congress, demonstrating his longstanding commitment to protecting California’s coast from offshore drilling and the devastating impact of oil spills.
Yesterday,… Read more »
Santa Barbara, CA – Today, Rep. Salud Carbajal introduced the California Land Protection Act. The legislation would block new fracking or oil and gas drilling on federal lands on California’s central and southern coasts. The bill is a direct response to the Trump administration’s move last year to allow the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to pursue oil and gas leasing on over 1.2 million… Read more »
Today, Rep. Salud Carbajal attended the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris and issued the following statement following the ceremony:
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“Today was a great and historic day for our country. Where we… Read more »
Santa Barbara, CA – Today, Representatives Salud Carbajal (CA-24), Jimmy Panetta (CA-20), Jim Costa (CA-16), Dan Newhouse (WA-04), Doug LaMalfa (CA-01), and Fred Upton (MI-06) led 70 colleagues in a bipartisan letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) urging them to allocate specific funding to protect our nation’s essential agricultural workers as the Department works to… Read more »
Washington, DC -- Rep. Salud Carbajal issued the following statement after violent pro-Trump rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol:
“I want to thank you all for your concern. My wife, staff, and I remain safe within the Capitol complex. I am now being told that the Capitol has been secured and Congress will proceed with certifying the election later tonight.
“The outgoing President has… Read more »
Santa Barbara, CA -- Both the House and Senate have now successfully voted to override President Trump’s veto of the FY21 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report. This marks the first successful veto override of Trump’s presidency. The veto override passed in the House by a vote of 322 to 87 and in the Senate by a vote of 81 to 13.
“The President’s reckless veto put our… Read more »
Santa Barbara, CA – In an effort to head off last minute efforts by the Trump Administration to expand offshore oil and gas drilling along the California coast, Rep. Carbajal joined a letter with 21 House colleagues from the California Delegation in expressing their strong opposition to any expansion of oil and gas drilling off the coast of California.
In a letter to Department of… Read more »
Washington, DC – Carbajal issued the following statement after President Trump signed the bipartisan emergency COVID-19 relief package into law, days after threatening to veto the legislation:
"While I’m relieved President Trump dropped the political theater and signed the bipartisan emergency relief package into law, his stunt put critical relief in jeopardy and caused… Read more »
