Wednesday March 20th, Rep. Salud Carbajal (CA-24) will host a tax season informational workshop with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) representatives to discuss 2019 tax planning. Topics covered in the session will include:
Overview of Tax Law Changes
Volunteer Tax Assistance
Refunds and What-to-do-if-you-Owe
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Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24), Vice Chair of the Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee, participated yesterday in an infrastructure panel hosted by Politico and the National League of Cities where they discussed the path forward for an infrastructure investment package in Congress this year.
With broad support from both Congress and the President for a robust… Read more »
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,
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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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
