Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) announced today nearly $1,000,000 in grants funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to prevent roadway deaths and protect pedestrians in Santa Barbara County.
Grants from the Safe Streets and Roads for All Grant Program, which was created by Rep. Carbajal through his work on the 2021 infrastructure law, is delivering funds to both the City and… Read more »
Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) is highlighting the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s approval this week of a bill to upgrade federal protections for Central Coast public lands, the first-ever action taken by the U.S. Senate on his legislation.
The Central Coast Heritage Protection Act, which Carbajal reintroduced earlier this year while hiking the superblooms he’s… Read more »
Legislation written by House Armed Services Committee member Salud Carbajal (D-CA) and Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-OK) to combat fentanyl trafficking is on the verge of becoming law after passing the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate this week.
The Disrupt Fentanyl Trafficking Act, originally introduced by the lawmakers along with Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) in… Read more »
Congressional Youth ChalleNGe Caucus Co-Chairs Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24), Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA-31), Carol Miller (R-WV-01), and Brett Guthrie (R-KY-02) introduced with 15 of their colleagues H.Res.921 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program (NGYCP).
"For the past thirty years, the National Guard Youth Challenge Program has supported the… Read more »
Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal announced two new federal grants that will support housing and homelessness assistance programs on the Central Coast.
Ventura County is receiving $159,047 and San Luis Obispo County is receiving $107,949 in federal funding from the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) program, funded approved through Rep. Carbajal’s work in Congress on the most recent federal… Read more »
Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal (D-CA) joined Congresswoman Judy Chu (D-CA), Congressman Jay Obernolte (R-CA), and Congressman Randy Weber (R-TX) to introduce bipartisan legislation to address pervasive understaffing in federal prisons.
The bipartisan Prison Staffing Reform Act directs the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to conduct a review of understaffing, devise a 3-year plan to… Read more »
Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) announced $1,000,000 in investments from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to support improved passenger rail options for Central Coast residents through a federal rail program created by his work on the landmark 2021 law.
The federal investments will support efforts to expand and improve the Pacific Surfliner corridor through the Central Coast down to… Read more »
House Armed Services Committee member Salud Carbajal (D-CA) and Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-OK) are highlighting that the final agreement announced today on this year’s annual defense policy legislation includes their bill to increase federal attention to fentanyl trafficking by utilizing the tools of the Department of Defense (DoD) and involving Mexico as an active partner to combat this… Read more »
Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) joined his colleagues U.S. Reps. Garret Graves, Adam Smith, Mark Green, Michael Guest, and Dina Titus to introduce bipartisan legislation, the Transportation Security Screening Modernization Act, to eliminate the redundant fees and background checks for essential transportation workers.
The bill cuts through red tape to allow workers to apply existing… Read more »
Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) re-introduced the bipartisan MARKET CHOICE Act.
By eliminating the gas tax in exchange for implementing a tax on greenhouse gas emissions, this initiative would diminish the detrimental impacts of such emissions while making critical investments in American infrastructure.
The bill… Read more »
