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Santa Barbara, CA – Today, Rep. Salud Carbajal introduced the California Land Protection Act. The legislation would block new fracking or oil and gas drilling on federal lands on California’s central and southern coasts. The bill is a direct response to the Trump administration’s move last year to allow the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to pursue oil and gas leasing on over 1.2 million… Read more »

Today, Rep. Salud Carbajal attended the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris and issued the following statement following the ceremony:  Click to view or download full video Captioned video available here Transcript: “Today was a great and historic day for our country. Where we… Read more »

Santa Barbara, CA – Today, Representatives Salud Carbajal (CA-24), Jimmy Panetta (CA-20), Jim Costa (CA-16), Dan Newhouse (WA-04), Doug LaMalfa (CA-01), and Fred Upton (MI-06) led 70 colleagues in a bipartisan letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) urging them to allocate specific funding to protect our nation’s essential agricultural workers as the Department works to… Read more »

Washington, DC -- Rep. Salud Carbajal issued the following statement after violent pro-Trump rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol: “I want to thank you all for your concern. My wife, staff, and I remain safe within the Capitol complex. I am now being told that the Capitol has been secured and Congress will proceed with certifying the election later tonight. “The outgoing President has… Read more »

Santa Barbara, CA -- Both the House and Senate have now successfully voted to override President Trump’s veto of the FY21 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report. This marks the first successful veto override of Trump’s presidency. The veto override passed in the House by a vote of 322 to 87 and in the Senate by a vote of 81 to 13. “The President’s reckless veto put our… Read more »

Santa Barbara, CA – In an effort to head off last minute efforts by the Trump Administration to expand offshore oil and gas drilling along the California coast, Rep. Carbajal joined a letter with 21 House colleagues from the California Delegation in expressing their strong opposition to any expansion of oil and gas drilling off the coast of California. In a letter to Department of… Read more »

Washington, DC – Carbajal issued the following statement after President Trump signed the bipartisan emergency COVID-19 relief package into law, days after threatening to veto the legislation: "While I’m relieved President Trump dropped the political theater and signed the bipartisan emergency relief package into law, his stunt put critical relief in jeopardy and caused… Read more »

Washington, DC -- Rep. Salud Carbajal issued the following statement after Governor Gavin Newsom appointed California Secretary of State Alex Padilla to replace Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris in the Senate: “Congratulations to my dear friend Alex Padilla! I've known Alex since we were both young staffers and, in the years since, he has proven himself to be a dedicated and effective… Read more »

Washington, DC -- Today, Rep. Salud Carbajal voted to pass a bipartisan COVID-19 relief package. The relief package passed as part of the FY21 Appropriations Package, which funds the government through October 2021. The bill passed the House by a vote of 359 to 53. “Each day, more businesses on the Central Coast and across the country are forced to close and lay off their workers.… Read more »

Washington, DC — Senator Dianne Feinstein and Representative Salud Carbajal (both D-Calif.) today sent a letter to the secretary of the Air Force asking for clarification on the selection process for the future location of Space Command headquarters. The process ultimately excluded Vandenberg Air Force Base from the list of finalists after initially including it as one of three… Read more »