Today, Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the appointment of Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) to the U.S.-Mexico Interparliamentary Group for the 116th Congress:
“I’d like to the thank Speaker Pelosi for appointing me to the U.S.-Mexico Interparliamentary Group,” said Congressman Carbajal. “As a Mexican-American, I am committed to strengthening our alliance with our southern… Read more »
Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.) and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Congressman Salud Carbajal (D-Calif.) today introduced a bipartisan resolution designating July as “American Grown Flower Month” and encouraging consumers to buy “Certified American Grown”… Read more »
Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acting Secretary Kevin McAleenan and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar regarding recently unearthed documentation detailing the Administration’s willful deception of Members of Congress and the American people on their… Read more »
Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) announced that Olivia Dong from San Luis Obispo High School was awarded first place in the 2019 Congressional Art Competition. Olivia’s winning piece, titled “A Portrait of Youth,” will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol for the next year.
Additionally, Carbajal announced that Dos Pueblos High School’s Jasmine Wada’s painting, “Untitled” and… Read more »
Today, Rep. Salud Carbajal (CA-24) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) announced its decision to rollback 68 offshore oil drilling safety requirements imposed after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, including weakening standards for well blowout preventers and reducing real-time well monitoring requirements:
“Time and time again we’ve seen oil… Read more »
Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal released the following statement after Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) Administrator Howard R. “Skip” Elliott testified that the agency plans to enact rules to ensure oil and gas pipeline safety, including automatic shutoff valves, by the end of this year:
“I am encouraged by Administrator Elliot’s testimony today,… Read more »
Today, Rep. Carbajal (CA-24) released the following statement regarding the Trump administration’s Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), analyzing proposals for hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, to increase oil and gas development on California’s public lands:
“The Central Coast is already facing grave impacts from climate change, including rising sea… Read more »
Tomorrow, Rep. Salud Carbajal (CA-24) will hold a press conference announcing the introduction of H.R. 1174, the Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2019, his bipartisan bill to ensure that federal firefighters receive the same access to job-related disability and retirement benefits as state, county, and municipal firefighters.
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Today, Rep. Salud Carbajal released the following statement ahead of the 20th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting, which will be marked tomorrow, on Saturday, April 20th:
“Since 12 people were senselessly murdered at Columbine High School 20 years ago, more than 226,000 American students have experienced gun violence while in school. No student should feel unsafe in their… Read more »
Today, Rep. Salud Carbajal (CA-24) and Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) reintroduced H.R. 2199, the Central Coast Heritage Protection Act, which would designate nearly 250,000 acres of public land in the Los Padres National Forest and Carrizo Plain National Monument as wilderness. The legislation also establishes a 400-mile long Condor National Recreation trail, stretching from Los… Read more »
