Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) announced his co-sponsorship of the Marketplace Certainty Act H.R. 3258, legislation to permanently fund and expand access to Cost Sharing Reduction (CSR) subsidies. Senate Republicans’ latest ACA repeal effort was halted last night and reports indicate that they now plan to repeal this legislation without any replacement plan. “Senate Republicans are faltering in their misguided attempt to work only within their own party to repeal the Affordable Care A...
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Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24), member of the House Armed Services Committee, successfully included multiple amendments to the FY18 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which passed in the U.S. House of Representatives today. “As a Marine Corps veteran, I am honored to serve on the House Armed Services Committee and support our service members protecting our national security interests, while balancing our domestic priorities,” said Carbajal. “I’m pleased that this year’s defense spend...
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Today, Rep. Salud Carbajal (CA-24) announced that UC Santa Barbara’s (UCSB) Earth Research Institute has been awarded a $1.5 million National Science Foundation (NSF) program grant to evaluate urban wildfire patterns and resilience strategies. Yesterday, Rep. Carbajal addressed a full chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives to urge them to provide badly needed resources for federal land management agencies to fight wildfires and implement prevention programs. Watch his full remarks here. “...
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Today, Rep. Salud Carbajal (CA-24) introduced bipartisan legislation to designate July as American Grown Flower Month, to celebrate the economic and cultural impact of America’s cut flower and greens farmers and demonstrate Congress’ commitment to support our local farmers and growers. Additionally, Rep. Carbajal spoke from the House Floor introducing the legislation in support of an American Grown Flower Month. This legislation was cosponsored by Rep. Duncan Hunter (CA-50), Rep. Jimmy Panetta ...
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It’s been a long road for a man who grew up as the son of a farmworker in Ventura County to become a Santa Barbara County Supervisor, and now, a member of Congress. Making the jump from local to national politics is always a big one, but there’s no question it’s been a particularly different one for Democrat Salud Carbajal. The 24th District Congressman took office in January, starting at the same time as the new Trump Administration. Carbajal sat down with KCLU's Lance Orozco in his Washington,...
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Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) released the following statement on the Senate health care bill: “For weeks, Senate Republicans shut the public out of writing their healthcare repeal legislation, and if passed, American families will be shut out of affordable health care, too. The Senate finally released their backroom deal today, which leaves millions without access to health care coverage and increases out-of-pocket and premium costs – all in order to fund large tax breaks for the we...
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Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) honored Megan Pollon of San Luis Obispo and Kai Fisher of Santa Barbara for earning the Congressional Award Gold Medal. Megan and Kai received this award for their 400 hours of community service on the Central Coast, and for setting challenging goals for their own development and personal growth. To earn the Congressional Award Gold Medal, Megan spent hundreds of hours delivering food from grocery stores to the God's Storehouse, a Food Pantry overseen b...
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Santa Barbara – Today, Rep. Salud Carbajal (CA-24) announced that the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) will receive $4.4 million in funding from the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Project Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program, which provides funding to breakthrough technologies that have the potential to develop into new industries. The funds will be disbursed to UCSB’s Intelligent Reduction of Energy through Photonic Integration for Datacenters (INTREPID). The program works to ...
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Congressman Salud Carbajal today announced that the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) fully funded his first grant request, totaling $975,000 to Santa Barbara County. The funds will support the Veterans Treatment Court (VTC), which specializes in the treatment of military veterans in the criminal justice system. Read Carbajal’s full grant request letter to SAMHSA here. “Our veterans are often unfortunately at greater risk of mental illness and substance abuse up...
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Today, Rep. Salud Carbajal (CA-24) sent a letter to Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke, expressing deep concern over the President’s recent Executive Order to review 22 national monuments nationwide, including the Carrizo Plain on the Central Coast, and urging him to keep the current boundaries intact. President Theodore Roosevelt signed the Antiquities Act into law 111 years ago today, giving presidents the authority to designate national monuments to preserve our unique American landscapes f...
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