Los Angeles public schools are opening Thursday for the new academic year confronting an intense and historically unique moment: They will be operating in opposition to the federal government’s immigration raids and have set in motion aggressive moves to protect children and their immigrant parents...Trump administration policy is that no location — including a school — is off limits for enforceme... Read More »
Watch full video here Rep. Jimmy Gomez talks with Jen Psaki about his surprise when he was finally given access to a busy ICE detention facility only to find almost no one inside after prisoners and staff had been moved out on the day members of Congress came for an oversight visit. Read More »
On Monday, the Congress members got their first look at the basement facility known as B-18. But Reps. Brad Sherman, Judy Chu and Jimmy Gomez said that they were left with more questions than answers — and accused the government of sanitizing the center. “They wanted to show us nothing,” said Gomez, whose district includes downtown L.A. “It was nothing, it was like no one was there. It was deliber... Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) alongside a dozen individual members of the U.S. House of Representatives, filed the first lawsuit by members of the House of Representatives against the Trump-Vance administration, challenging its unlawful obstruction of congressional oversight into federal immigration detention facilities, where both Americans and noncitizens have been detained wi... Read More »
Watch full video here Congressman Jimmy Gomez joins CNN to speak about the effects of Trump’s tariffs, the possibility of Ghislaine Maxwell testifying, and the possibility of California and other majority Democratic states redrawing their districts as a form of retaliation to the Texas redistricting. Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), along with Reps. Josh Harder (CA-10), Jimmy Panetta (CA-20), Alma Adams (NC-12), Jim Costa (CA-21), and 130 other Members of Congress reintroduced the Enhance Access to SNAP (EATS) Act, which would expand Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) eligibility to all college students attending 2- and 4-year universities who meet tradit... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), Chair of the Congressional Dads Caucus, led fellow members in unveiling a new six-bill legislative package as part of their Babies Over Billionaires agenda, a push to lower costs for working families by eliminating harmful tariffs on essential baby products. Each bill in the package, introduced by a different member of the Dads Caucus, ta... Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC – Tonight, Representative Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) voted to protect federal funding for public broadcasting, including NPR and PBS. “This bill is a handout to billionaires and a punch in the gut to working families and children. “When I was growing up, my family couldn’t afford cable, so we relied on public broadcasting for education, news, weather forecasts, public safety announcements,... Read More »
Watch full video here Rep. Gomez joined Spectrum News 1’s The Rush Hour with Giselle Fernandez to discuss the fierce showdown between the Trump White House and California. Read More »
Watch full video here Representative Jimmy Gomez joins CNN's Jessica Dean to discuss the outrage in Los Angeles after dozens of federal immigration agents in tactical gear and accompanied by National Guard troops, swarmed McArthur Park. They appeared to arrive in armored vehicles, by horseback and also on foot yesterday. MacArthur Park is in a largely immigrant neighborhood. Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC – Representative Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) released the following statement after House Republicans passed their tax bill: “Through the dead of night, I stood side by side with House Democrats at the Capitol fighting Trump’s all-out assault on the American people. I am proud to have just voted NO on his disastrous Big Billionaire Bill, written to steal from working families, shower trill... Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representative Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) led a group of House Democrats in opposing President Trump’s Budget Reconciliation Bill, condemning its massive giveaways to the ultra-wealthy. In a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson, the lawmakers called for legislation that ensures billionaires and large corporations finally start paying their fair share in taxes, rather than shifting the ... Read More »
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