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President Donald Trump spoke at the joint session of Congress in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, discussing his first weeks as president and moving forward as a united nation. Izeah Garcia, a fourth-year history of public policy major, was at the heart of it all. Congressman Salud Carbajal invited Garcia to the session due to Garcia’s work for the Democratic Party and student… Read more »

When U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara) walked into his Feb. 22 town hall meeting in Arroyo Grande, the crowd erupted into a standing ovation. The cheers from the crowd of about 400, many of whom stood along the walls and sat on the floor after all the available seats filled up, continued over the next two hours as Carbajal vowed to continue pushing back against much of… Read more »

In the audience facing President Donald Trump tonight during his first speech to a joint session of Congress will be at least four DREAMers, undocumented immigrants whose futures he will be deciding soon. The four, all guests of Democratic members of Congress, were brought to the U.S. illegally as children but have been allowed to stay under an Obama administration program… Read more »

Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) announced that he has invited Izeah Garcia – a University of California, Santa Barbara student and first-generation Mexican-American – to President Trump’s first address to a Joint Session of Congress on Tuesday. Izeah is the son of Mexican immigrants and the first person in his family to attend college. He belongs to a… Read more »

Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal announced two public meetings to be held for constituents during the Congressional recess. Both events are opportunities for Rep. Carbajal to meet with constituents, hear their concerns about current issues, and share ways in which the Congressional office can be of assistance with federal agencies. Sidewalk Office Hours in Carpinteria WHO:… Read more »

“Grave questions remain” about the Russian government’s relationship with the Trump administration, Rep. Salud Carbajal said as he announced his co-sponsorship of the Protecting Our Democracy Act. The bill would create an independent commission to investigate Russia’s influence on the 2016 election and its potential influence in President Donald… Read more »

Today, Rep. Salud Carbajal (CA-24) released the following statement after the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals voted unanimously against reinstating President Trump's Executive Order indiscriminately banning immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries: "Today's ruling by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, denying the reinstatement of the President's unconstitutional ban, is… Read more »

Less than a month after he was sworn in as a United States Congressman, Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara) introduced his first piece of legislation. It was a bill to ban future leases for oil and gas drilling operations in federal waters off California’s coast. It’s an issue close to the heart of many of the constituents in Carbajal’s district, which includes… Read more »

Today, Rep. Salud Carbajal (CA-24) announced he has joined the bipartisan Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus in the 115th Congress.  The Caucus is Co-Chaired by the six openly LGBT members of the House of Representatives:  Jared Polis (CO-02), David N. Cicilline (RI-01), Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-18), Mark Pocan (WI-02), Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-09), and Mark Takano (CA-41). … Read more »

Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal (D-CA) co-sponsored the “Statute of Liberty Values Act” (SOLVe) introduced by Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-CA). The SOLVe Act nullifies and blocks the use of any federal funds to implement or enforce President Trump’s Executive Order to ban immigration from seven predominantly Muslim nations and to halt the U.S. Refugee Admissions… Read more »