Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) delivered remarks on the floor of the House of Representatives this morning to celebrate the 100th birthday of Arroyo Grande resident, Ruth Weakley. Ruth was among the first women to drive a rural postal route beginning in 1943 during World War II. A link to the video can be found here and his remarks as drafted are below: Mr. Speaker, I rise today, during Women’s History Month, to recognize Ruth Weakley of Arroyo Grande on her 100th birthday. During World War ...
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Santa Barbara - Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24), member of the House Armed Services Committee, announced today that his office was selected to participate in the House of Representatives' Wounded Warrior Fellowship Program. Carbajal’s office is now accepting applications from wounded warriors for a two-year paid fellowship out of his Santa Barbara office. The wounded warrior will work with Central Coast constituents to handle veteran-related casework, serve as a community outreach liaison, an...
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Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) released the following statement while on a bipartisan pilgrimage led by Congressman John Lewis commemorating the series of marches in Selma, Alabama that garnered support for the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965: “History came alive this weekend in a powerful, annual tribute to the brave men and women who marched from Selma to Montgomery for racial justice. It was an honor to walk alongside Civil Rights Movement heroes like my colleague, Mr. Joh...
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Today, Rep. Salud Carbajal (CA-24), Vice Chair of the Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee, chaired the Committee’s first climate change-focused hearing of the 116th Congress titled: “Examining How Federal Infrastructure Policy Could Help Mitigate and Adapt to Climate Change.” The hearing explored the transportation sector’s role in climate change and engaged individuals in the public and private sectors who have demonstrated pragmatic solutions for reducing carbon emissions and bui...
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Tomorrow, one year after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, Reps. Salud Carbajal (CA-24), Ted Deutch (FL-22), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) and Don Beyer (VA-08) will introduce the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act. The bipartisan bill encourages states to allow family members or law enforcement officials to petition a judge to temporarily remove firearms from an individual in crisis. Through establishing a new grant program, the bill would help ensure that law enforcement or family ...
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Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24), reintroduced the Corporate Political Disclosure Act of 2019, H.R. 1053. This legislation requires publicly traded corporations to disclose political expenditures through the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to their shareholders and the general public. Bill Ostrander, Director of Citizen’s Congress, co-authored the bill. “Shareholders deserve to know exactly where their money is going when they choose to invest in a company,” said Carbajal. “For...
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Today, Rep. Salud Carbajal (CA-24) announced that Foodbank of Santa Barbara County CEO, Erik Talkin, will attend the President’s State of the Union Address on Tuesday, February 5th, 2019 as his guest. During the longest government shutdown in history that ended last week, the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County distributed over 21,296 pounds of food to 458 families of unpaid and furloughed federal workers on the Central Coast. “For over a month, 800,000 federal workers across the country didn’t kno...
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Today, Rep. Salud Carbajal (CA-24) requested additional information from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regarding funding available for oversight and safe decommissioning of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Powerplant after the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), California’s largest utility company, filed for bankruptcy. Carbajal sought additional assurance from the NRC that the utility company’s financial circumstances would not impact their compliance with decommissioning funding assur...
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Today, Rep. Salud Carbajal (CA-24) announced the reintroduction of his first piece of legislation in Congress, H.R. 279, the California Clean Coast Act of 2019. The California Clean Coast Act permanently bans future offshore oil and gas leasing in areas of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) off the coast of California. The announcement coincides with 50th the anniversary of the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill, in which 100,000 barrels of crude oil were spilled into the waters off California's Centr...
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Today, Rep. Salud Carbajal (CA-24) was elected unanimously to serve as Vice Chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in the 116th Congress, a leadership position reserved for an active member of the Committee who has been in Congress for less than five years. “The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has a long history of working in a bipartisan way to get things done for the American people, and as Vice Chair, Rep. Carbajal is ready to help continue that legacy,” sa...
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