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Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24), a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, joined a bipartisan majority of the U.S. House of Representatives in voting to advance reauthorization of federal aviation programs with key improvements for aviation safety and consumer protections for America’s air travelers. Many of the measures included in the… Read more »

Landmark infrastructure law was crafted and passed by Carbajal through his role on House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Read more »

 Juana Flores and granddaughter Andrea spoke at Congressional Hispanic Caucus event today highlighting Rep. Carbajal’s Protect Patriot Parents Act. Back row (right to left): Rep. Darren Soto, inspiration for Soto’s Protect Patriot Spouses Act Alejandra Juarez, Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, Alejandra’s daughter Estela Juarez, and Reps. Lou… Read more »

Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24) and Congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR-05) unveiled new bipartisan child care affordability legislation aimed at lowering the cost of child care for middle class families and creating new pathways to creating child care providers for small businesses. The bill would improve a tax credit aimed at helping employers provide child care options… Read more »

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a measure sponsored by Congressmen Salud Carbajal (CA-24) and Glenn “GT” Thompson (PA-15) to improve military families’ ability to compare housing options and identify subpar living conditions.   The Military Housing Transparency and Accountability Act, which was introduced by the lawmakers in May, passed as part of the National… Read more »

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a measure introduced by Congressman Salud Carbajal and Stephanie Bice (R-OK) to direct increased 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 crisis and disrupt drug cartel and trafficking activity. The Disrupt Fentanyl… Read more »

The co-chairs of the Congressional Cut Flower Caucus highlighted the U.S. House of Representatives approval today of one of the group’s legislative priorities: the Don Young American Grown Act. The bipartisan bill, which was added as an amendment to the House’s annual defense policy bill earlier this week, requires that any cut flowers or cut green officially on display in public areas… Read more »

Congressman Salud Carbajal is proud to amplify a recent announcement by the National Science Foundation (NSF) that is bringing $18 million over 6 years to UC Santa Barbara’s Materials Research Laboratory (MRL). UC Santa Barbara’s Materials Research Laboratory has been deemed one of the top five materials research facilities in the world, and this funding will go towards supporting this… Read more »

Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) announced a new $500,000 grant from the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP) to fund the planning and surveying phase of expanded high-speed internet access for the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians. This is the first grant from the $3 billion program to be awarded on the Central Coast. “Whether it’s a small business needing to bring… Read more »

Earlier this morning, the House Armed Services Committee approved a measure proposed by Congressmen Salud Carbajal (CA-24), Don Bacon (NE-02) and Mike Gallagher (WI-08) to strengthen the cybersecurity practices for the United States’ nuclear weapons system. The bipartisan proposal was advanced to the House Floor as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year… Read more »