Defense & Military Families

Rep. Carbajal spoke on the House floor earlier today highlighting the important missions undertaken by the Coast Guard and the improvements included in the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2024. Today, the U.S. House of Representatives approved in a bipartisan vote legislation crafted by Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee Ranking Member Salud Carbajal (CA-24),… Read more »

Congressman Salud Carbajal, a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee and a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, is urging President Biden to enforce U.S. law and policy amid evidence and reports that Israel has restricted the flow of U.S. aid to Gaza – where over one million Palestinians are experiencing catastrophic levels of starvation. In a letter to President Biden, Congressman… Read more »

On Sunday night, Congressman Salud Carbajal joined a bipartisan group of 91 Members of Congress imploring Speaker of the House Mike Johnson to allow a vote on the bipartisan national security funding package, which passed the Senate in February, in order to provide critical aid to Ukraine and Israel as well as deliver much-needed humanitarian aid to Palestinian civilians in Gaza. “The… Read more »

“Every single day, the Coast Guard goes to work on the broad range of missions that keep our nation and its citizens safe. They mind the safety of our seas and the security of our waters, protect our seafarers and our beachgoers, and reinforce our national defense,” said Ranking Member Carbajal. “As a veteran and the top Democrat on the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee, I’m proud to build on our previous actions taken to protect our servicemembers doing these critical missions by advancing bipartisan legislation aimed at holding the Coast Guard accountable for reforms needed to eliminate sexual assault and sexual harassments from its ranks.” Read more »

Congressman Salud Carbajal, representative for the U.S. Western Range at Vandenberg Space Force Base and senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, joined Representatives Ted Lieu (D-CA-36) and Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-18) to lead a bipartisan call by nearly the entirety of California’s Congressional delegation today urging Governor Gavin Newsom to prioritize investments in… Read more »

Last week, Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) and Congressman Neal Dunn, M.D. (FL-02) joined Senator Marco Rubio (FL) and Senator Ben Ray Luján (NM) to introduce bicameral and bipartisan legislation to designate spaceports like Vandenberg Space Force Base eligible for tax-exempt municipal revenue bonds to incentivize investment in spaceport infrastructure. Projects such as airports and… Read more »

Carbajal just returned from a five-day trip to the region with five other congressional Democrats. Read more »

Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) joined Congressmen Brad Schneider (IL-10) and Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) and 26 colleagues in voicing support for President Joe Biden’s efforts to reach an agreement between Israel and Hamas to bring hostages home and provide a pause in the fighting in Gaza. Israel has agreed to the framework of such a pause but Hamas has so far rejected it. In a letter sent… Read more »

Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) along with Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Mark Takano (CA-39), Madeleine Dean (PA-04), Sean Casten (IL-06), and Becca Balint (VT-AL), released a statement on their recent trip to Israel and the Palestinian Territories and outlining changes for future U.S. policy: “What happened in Israel on October 7th was horrifying. On our… Read more »

Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) is urging House Republican leadership to immediately bring the Senate-passed bipartisan national security supplemental aid bill to the floor for a vote, emphasizing its potential to meet the nation’s security challenges and help save lives in the short and long term. Yesterday, Rep. Carbajal – a Marine veteran and senior member of the House Armed… Read more »