U.S. Representative Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24) released the following statement after the Trump Administration announced it is backing down from its plans to close several California-based U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) offices. The announcement comes on the heels of Senator Adam Schiff’s (D-CA) letter, which was co-led by Carbajal, to the Administration urging them to reverse their… Read more »
U.S. Representative Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24) released the statement below following the House Agriculture Committee markup of the Republican-led budget bill. The bill would decimate the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and take food assistance away from millions of seniors, children, veterans, and families.
“At a time when families are struggling to put food on the table,… Read more »
Last week, Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) was reappointed by his Democratic colleagues to the House Agriculture Committee. As a member, he will continue playing a direct role in crafting policy that supports farmers and farmworkers, agriculture production, and critical food and nutrition programs on the Central Coast.
“The Central Coast is one of our nation’s agricultural… Read more »
Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) is encouraging Central Coast families to take advantage of the expanded suite of federal nutrition programs available this summer for kids across California, including a new direct benefit he helped create through legislation passed in 2022.
The new suite of programs launched by the U.S. Department of Agriculture give families more choices and… Read more »
Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) issued the following statement following the conclusion of the House Agriculture Committee’s markup of the 2024 Farm Bill early this morning:
“The Farm Bill is critical for the Central Coast – and because this legislation only happens twice every decade, I know that it is not just important to get this bill done. It is important that we get this… Read more »
Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal is highlighting that the bipartisan federal funding deal he helped send to President Joe Biden’s desk for approval last week included a provision to fully fund a key nutrition program that was nearing a devastating benefits cliff: the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, otherwise known as WIC.
Starting last… Read more »
Representative Salud Carbajal (D-Calif.) joined his House Agriculture Committee colleagues Doug LaMalfa (R-Calif.), Max Miller (R-Ohio), and Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) to lead 30 Members of Congress in an effort urging Agriculture Committee leaders to prioritize federal support and financial resources for specialty crop mechanization research and development in the 2024 Farm Bill.
In a… Read more »
The White House has joined California Representatives Salud Carbajal (CA-24), Julia Brownley (CA-26), Jim Costa (CA-21), Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), and Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) in asking Congress to approve disaster relief funds for California farmers and growers and others impacted by recent natural disasters.
The White House requested $2.8 billion in disaster aid for farmers and ranchers… Read more »
Today, California Representatives Salud Carbajal (CA-24), Julia Brownley (CA-26), Jim Costa (CA-21), Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), and Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) are calling on the White House to include disaster relief funds for California farmers and growers in their forthcoming supplemental request for domestic priorities.
The lawmakers represent a region of California that was battered by storms… Read more »
A bill led by Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) to promote mechanization research and development in U.S. agriculture is being recommended for passage by the New Democrat Coalition’s (NDC) Farm Bill Task Force.
The NDC Farm Bill Task Force recently endorsed 44 pieces of legislation for inclusion in the 2023 Farm Bill; including Carbajal’s Advancing Automation Research and Development in… Read more »
