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Students concerned with the costs of higher education are encouraged to join Congressman Salud Carbajal at Cal Poly on Wednesday for a roundtable discussion on college affordability. The free discussion will be held in conference room 212A from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. and is open to the public. The event comes after Carbajal co-authored the Middle-Class CHANCE Act, which would increase the… Read more »

After the House voted Thursday to narrowly approve a Republican-drafted bill that would eliminate many of the provisions of the Affordable Care Act, KQED collected statements made by California’s members of Congress explaining why they voted the way they did. We gathered comments made via social media and on the floor of the House, as well as from press… Read more »

All of the representatives for local residents in Congress are members of the Democratic party.  All have vowed to resist the GOP effort to repeal and replace Obamacare. Their reactions: Rep. Salud Carbajal (D): “In order to get their harmful legislation passed, the House Majority took a bill that leaves 24 million Americans without health insurance – and made… Read more »

House passage of the GOP's American Health Care Act on Thursday drew criticism locally from major health care providers, though most said the best plan is to stay calm and see what happens. Bob Freeman, CEO of CenCal Health, a nonprofit community-based health care organization that contracts with the state to administer Medi-Cal benefits through local care providers in Santa Barbara and… Read more »

Congressman Salud Carbajal introduced a bill to increase the maximum award amount for Pell Grants to the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday. As of now, the maximum award amount the federal college grant offers is $5,920. Carbajal’s bill, named  the Middle Class Creating Higher Education Affordability Necessary to Compete Economically (C.H.A.N.C.E.) Act, aims to increase… Read more »

President Donald Trump’s April 28 executive order seeking new offshore oil and gas drilling leases in the Outer Continental Shelf omitted waters in the Pacific region—at least, for now. The order, called the America-First Offshore Energy Strategy, directs Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke to review and consider revising the current five-year moratorium on new drilling… Read more »

Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) and Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM) introduced the Middle Class Creating Higher Education Affordability Necessary to Compete Economically (CHANCE) Act H.R. 2260, to increase the maximum award amount for Pell Grants and to restore year-round Pell Grant access. The CHANCE Act would make college more affordable and accessible for people of all… Read more »

Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal (D-CA) announced he is joining the bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus with fellow Marine, Congressman Mike Gallagher (R-WI). The Caucus, which is kept evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats, serves as a working group dedicated to advancing proposals that will mitigate and reduce climate change while at the same time encouraging economic… Read more »

The U.S. military's top Pacific chief was in the hot seat Wednesday at a House hearing and took the blame for apparent miscommunication over the USS Carl Vinson carrier's movements amid the rising tensions with North Korea. Earlier this month, President Donald Trump said in an interview the military was sending "an armada" to the Korean Peninsula and reports at the time… Read more »

The Pentagon’s top commander in the Pacific accepted full responsibility on Wednesday for a bewildering chain of events this month that mistakenly left the impression that the aircraft carrier Carl Vinson was rushing to confront an increasingly belligerent North Korea, when it was not. “That’s my fault for the confusion,” the officer, Adm. Harry B. Harris… Read more »