La Cámara de Representantes Aprueba La Medida del Congresista Carbajal Sobre Prevenir la Deportación de Padres de Soldados

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La Cámara de Representantes votó hoy y aprobó un proyecto de ley del Congresista Salud Carbajal, el representante de la Costa Central de California, que evitaría la deportación de padres de soldados y la separación de familias militares. La propuesta, titulada “La Ley de Protección de Padres Patriotas” (Protect Patriot Parents Act), haría que los padres de miembros militares de EE. UU.…

Reps. Carbajal, Baird, Hayes Conclude Bipartisan Agriculture Committee Delegation Trip to Cuba

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Today, U.S. Representatives Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Jim Baird (R-IN) and Jahana Hayes (D-CT) concluded their bipartisan congressional delegation trip to Cuba as representatives of the United States and the House Agriculture Committee. The four-day trip included meetings with Cuban farmers, agricultural business operators, and local officials to discuss the current state of agriculture in…

Rep. Carbajal, Biden-Harris Administration Announce Investment in Diablo Canyon Power Plant from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

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Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) and the Biden-Harris Administration, through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), announced the conditional selection of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant, located near Avila Beach, California, to receive the first round of funding from the Civil Nuclear Credit (CNC) Program. “In the face of record heat waves and a deepening climate crisis, there is…

Reps. Carbajal, Baird, Hayes Lead Bipartisan Agriculture Committee Delegation to Cuba

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Beginning today, Congressman Salud Carbajal (D-CA) is leading a bipartisan House Agriculture Committee delegation of Rep. Jim Baird (R-IN) and Rep. Jahana Hayes (D-CT) to Cuba. “As members of the House Agriculture Committee, we work every week in Washington to track the impact that U.S. agriculture and agricultural trade is having in nations around the globe. And as the United States is…

Chairman Carbajal to Maritime Administration: More Must be Done to Ensure Cargo Preference Compliance

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Yesterday, Congressman Salud Carbajal (D-CA), the Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, pushed the Maritime Administration (MARAD) to do more to encourage compliance with U.S. cargo preference laws. “We share a mutual goal of growing the United States-flag fleet and that begins with ensuring government compliance with existing cargo preference…

Carbajal, Speier, Chu, Bass, Obernolte, and Weber Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Address Pervasive BOP Prison Understaffing

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Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal (D-CA) joined Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-CA), Congresswoman Judy Chu (D-CA), Congresswoman Karen Bass (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…

Congressman Carbajal Announces New $159,000 School Safety Grant for Guadalupe Union School District

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Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal announced a new $159,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice for the Guadalupe Union School District to improve school safety and protect Central Coast students. The federal funding allocated from the Justice Department’s School Violence Prevention Program will support construction of a new entryway at Kermit McKenzie Intermediate School, the…

Carbajal Applauds Scheduling of First-Ever Offshore Wind Lease Sale in the Pacific

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Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal applauded the U.S. Department of the Interior’s announcement that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold an offshore wind energy lease sale on Dec. 6, 2022 for areas off the coast of California including Morro Bay. BOEM will offer five lease areas in California that total approximately 373,268 acres with the potential to produce over 4.5…

Rep. Carbajal: Over $5 Billion Headed to California to Strengthen Roads, Bridges through Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

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Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal announced that California will receive over $5,000,000,000 from programs funded by the historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) to strengthen roads and bridges and build out a statewide network of electric vehicle charging stations. “Through my work on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, I helped craft the largest investment in fixing…

Inspired by Central Coast Veteran, Reps. Carbajal and Bacon Introduce New Bipartisan Bill to Support Veteran Survivors of Sexual Assault

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Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24) and Congressman Don Bacon (R-NE-02) introduced bipartisan legislation to support U.S. veterans who experienced sexual trauma during their service by updating how the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) calculates benefits related to those injuries. The Veteran Restitution and Justice Act would change the effective date of a veteran’s claim to…