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Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Salud Carbajal (CA-24) and Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) requested that the Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) provide an explanation as to why the agency has failed to enact several long overdue gas and hazardous liquid pipeline safety improvements. The Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Inspector General found that as of October… Read more »

Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Salud Carbajal (CA-24) testified before the House Veterans Affairs Committee (HVAC) highlighting significant issues with the phone system for local Veterans Affairs (VA) Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs), that provide the most common outpatient services, including health and wellness visits.  He also highlighted the limited transportation… Read more »

Washington, DC – Today, an amendment authored by Representative Salud Carbajal (CA-24) to strengthen water sustainability and operations readiness on American military installations, was adopted unanimously by the House Armed Services Committee (HASC). The amendment directs the Secretary of Defense to report on innovative ways to reduce water use across installations and to identify… Read more »

Santa Barbara, CA – Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) announced that Madison Ly from Earnest Righetti High School is the winner of the 2018 Congressional Art Competition. Madison’s winning piece, entitled “The American Dream,” will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol for the next year. Additionally, Carbajal announced that Paso Robles High School’s Sarai Del Valle’s painting… Read more »

Shining a light on corporate spending in our elections https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/politics/386705-shining-a-light-on-corporate-spending-in-our-elections By: Rep. Salud Carbajal | 5/8/2018 The Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizen’s United v FEC opened the door for unrestricted campaign spending by corporations, institutionalizing the influence that special interests have on… Read more »

WATCH: Representatives Carbajal and Bacon discuss bipartisan exchange visit to Omaha The Congressmen visited various locations throughout the Second Congressional District of Nebraska engaging in discussions on transportation, agriculture, and national defense. These visits reflect the Members commitment to civility in Congress when working together on areas of common interest. "When I… Read more »

San Luis Obispo, CA – Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) and co-author Bill Ostrander, Director of Citizen’s Congress, introduced H.R. 5670 the Corporate Political Disclosure Act of 2018. This legislation requires publicly traded corporations to disclose political expenditures through the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to their shareholders and the… Read more »

Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Salud Carbajal (CA-24) commended the passage of the Disaster Recovery Reform Act (DRRA) as part of H.R. 4, the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018. The DRRA reforms the Stafford Act by ensuring that a percentage of FEMA assistance funding provided in the wake of disasters is invested in predisaster hazard mitigation to better prepare for future disasters. The bill… Read more »

Santa Barbara, CA – Tomorrow, April 21st, Rep. Carbajal (CA-24) will announce the introduction of the Climate Change is Real Act at the Community Environmental Council’s Earth Day Festival. The bill requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reinstate information about climate change or global warming that was removed from, or redacted on, the agency’s… Read more »

Santa Barbara, CA – On Monday, April 23rd, Rep. Carbajal (CA-24) will announce the introduction of the bipartisan Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability (WIRSA) Act. The bill establishes an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grant program for communities to improve the resiliency and adaptability of their water-related infrastructure. Competitive grants will spur… Read more »