Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal announced that over $4,000,000 in direct federal funding for community projects that benefit residents of San Luis Obispo County is set to become law after passing both chamber of Congress this week.
Rep. Carbajal has been advocating for these federal funds since April 2022, and helped ensure they were included in the omnibus spending package crafted… Read more »
Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal announced that nearly $9,000,000 in direct federal funding for community projects that benefit residents of Ventura County is set to become law after passing both chamber of Congress this week.
Rep. Carbajal has been advocating for these federal funds since April 2022, and helped ensure they were included in the omnibus spending package crafted over the… Read more »
Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal joined local health officials to announce four new federal grants totaling $1,634,218 aimed at raising the number of Central Coast residents who have received the new bivalent COVID-19 booster, which is designed to combat more recent variants of the novel coronavirus.
“While we have made great strides at reducing COVID-19’s control over our lives on the… Read more »
Above: Congressman Carbajal (third from right) with Deputy Minister of Defense Rostyslav Zamlynskyi (center) and other members of Ukraine’s armed forces. Reps. Moulton (third from left), Jacobs (fifth from left), Gallego (fourth from right) and Wilson (second from right) all serve with Carbajal on the House Armed Services Committee.
Over the weekend, Congressman Salud Carbajal… Read more »
This week, Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) joined House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and eight other Members of Congress from California in a letter to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) outlining needed improvements to the decommissioning process for offshore oil and gas… Read more »
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to send a bipartisan bill co-sponsored by Congressman Salud Carbajal codifying marriage equality for same sex and interracial couples to President Biden’s desk.
In a vote of 258 to 169, the House today approved the Respect for Marriage Act to codify in federal law the right of marriage of equality guaranteed by Supreme Court decisions… Read more »
Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) celebrated the House’s approval of a measure he championed to update maritime liability laws to help victims of boating disasters, a reform inspired by the 2019 Conception boat fire.
The Small Passenger Vessel Liability Fairness Act, first proposed by Carbajal and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), changes an 1851 law that can prevent maritime… Read more »
Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal announced that his bipartisan bill to improve disability and retirement benefits for federal firefighters is included in the final negotiated version of this year’s defense policy bill, putting it on a path to becoming law by the end of this month.
The Federal Firefighters Fairness Act, which had already passed the House earlier this year on its… Read more »
Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal applauded the conclusion of an auction to sell three leases off the coast of Morro Bay to become the West Coast’s first offshore wind energy sites.
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management held the sale today for approximately 373,268 acres off the coasts of Northern and Central California with the potential to produce over 4.5 GW of offshore wind… Read more »
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the Protect Patriot Parents Act, a measure authored by Rep. Salud Carbajal that would make parents of U.S. military servicemembers eligible to adjust for Lawful Permanent Resident status, preventing potential deportations or separations of military families.
"The families of our servicemembers deserve our respect for their sacrifice, not… Read more »
