Washington, DC – Today, in response to the tragic shooting killing seventeen students and educators at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, Representatives Salud Carbajal (CA-24), Elizabeth Esty (CT-05), and Don Beyer (VA-08) urged passage of H.R. 2598, the Gun Violence Restraining Order Act (GVRO). The bill would allow family members or law enforcement officials to… Read more »
Today, Rep. Salud Carbajal (CA-24), member of the House Budget Committee, questioned Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Mick Mulvaney on the White House Budget’s elimination of funds for Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grants.
“Upgrading our transportation infrastructure is especially vital to economic growth on the Central Coast, but the… Read more »
Lompoc, CA – Ahead of the release of President Trump’s budget, Rep. Salud Carbajal (CA-24), member of the House Budget Committee, urged the Administration to reconsider proposed cuts to the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) budget.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons plans to cut more than 6,000 positions nationwide this year and Lompoc Federal Corrections Institution (FCI) could… Read more »
Washington, DC – This week, Rep. Carbajal (CA-24) joined forty-eight members of the evenly divided, bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus calling on Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, to allow an open debate on a bill to protect Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients and to bring legislation to the floor for a vote.
“As time runs out for the nearly 700,000 dreamers protected… Read more »
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) urged the Department of Interior (DOI) Secretary Ryan Zinke to exempt the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) off the California Coast from new oil and gas development, adhering to the current 2017-2022 leasing program.
In the letter to Secretary Zinke, the Congressman cited concerns of the impacts to California’s coastal counties’… Read more »
Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) released the following statement in response to the Federal Communications Commission’s decision to implement improvements to the nation’s Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system:
“After the Central Coast experienced unnecessary increased confusion and anxiety as a result of overly broad alerts, the enhancements to our emergency alerts system is a… Read more »
San Luis Obispo, CA – Today, Rep. Salud Carbajal, member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), requested a briefing from the U.S. Navy on wind exclusion areas off the Central and Southern Coast of California. The Navy recently released a map designating roughly 36,000 square miles of ocean on the Outer Continental Shelf, as incompatible with Navy operational activities. Included… Read more »
Santa Maria, CA – This Thursday, Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) and House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson (MN-7), will host an agriculture listening session at the Santa Maria Fairpark with local stakeholders. The Congressmen will hear the concerns and priorities of Central Coast agriculture producers, farm workers, and nutrition organizations, regarding… Read more »
Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Carbajal (CA-24) announced that Dawn Addis, a founder of the Women's March San Luis Obispo (WMSLO), will attend the President’s annual State of the Union Address on January 30, 2018. Each year, Members of Congress are permitted one guest to attend the address.
“Dawn has been a force of nature when it comes to civic engagement on the Central Coast,… Read more »
Santa Barbara, CA – Today, Representative Salud Carbajal (CA-24) released a Thomas Fire and California Storm recovery guide to help those affected by the Thomas fire, the largest fire in California’s history, and subsequent Montecito mudslides find and apply for the federal resources for recovery made available to them under the Stafford Act to help them recover.
Federal Emergency… Read more »
