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The public packed a town hall Monday hosted by Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-Santa Barbara, where he and a panel of experts addressed potential impacts of the repeal of the Affordable Care Act.  The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projected earlier in the day the action would cause 14 million people to lose health care coverage next year and grow to 24… Read more »

Access to preventive health care services for military members and their families could be expanded, under legislation introduced Thursday by Rep. Salud Carbajal. Under the Strengthening Preventive Health Care for Service Members Act, the Department of Defense could provide immediate access to preventive screening services for military personnel and their families. … Read more »

The Marine Corps is working to create more sizes of body armor, but has not yet incorporated features used by the Army to make protection better fitting for female service members. One lawmaker said that signals a broader problem within the institution, which was recently rocked by a scandal that saw Marines posting nude photos of female Marines on social media without their… Read more »

Today, Rep. Salud Carbajal (CA-24), member of the House Armed Services Committee, introduced the Strengthening Preventive Health Care for Service Members Act. Legislation that would allow the Department of Defense (DoD), through TRICARE, to immediately expand preventive health care services for military service members and families. The bill would address the gap between our civilian and… Read more »

Today, Rep. Salud Carbajal (CA-24) released the following statement in honor of International Women’s Day: “On International Women’s Day, we celebrate the innumerable contributions of women and girls around the world. As we honor the achievements of women today, this year we have been moved to greater collective action as we strive for equality. I am proud to wear red… Read more »

Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24), member of the House Budget Committee, released the following statement on the Republican plan to repeal health care for the American people. Per reconciliation procedures, if Republicans pass the bills out of the Energy & Commerce and Ways & Means committees, the bills would return to the Budget committee to be combined. “The… Read more »

This Women’s History Month, Rep. Carbajal announced his first ‘Women of the Year Award,’ recognizing women throughout the 24th District who have made a positive impact in our communities. Rep. Carbajal invites nominations from anyone residing in the District, which includes San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County and the northern portion of Ventura County. … Read more »

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 »