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WASHINGTON, D.C. —Representative Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) today introduced the American Homeownership Opportunity Act, a landmark piece of legislation aimed at addressing America’s growing housing crisis. This bill provides up to $50,000 in downpayment assistance for first-time homebuyers to help them enter the housing and creates the first-ever tax incentive specifically designed to increase the const... Read More »

WASHINGTON, D.C.—This week, the Congressional Dads Caucus, led by Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), officially endorsed two bills, Rep. Seth Magainzer’s (RI-02) Protected Time Off (PTO) Act and Rep. Kevin Mullin’s (CA-15) Poverty Line Act. The PTO Act would protect and expand paid time off for millions of workers. and the Poverty Line Act would recalculate the federal poverty line to reflect today’s cost... Read More »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Representative Jimmy Gomez, along with Reps. Linda Sánchez, Brad Sherman, Salud Carbajal, Mark Takano, Mike Levin and Ted Lieu (all D-CA) introduced the Fair Housing for Disabled Veterans Act, a bill to ensure Veterans Affairs (VA) disability benefits are not used against veterans to deny them access to affordable housing. Since VA service-connected disability and pension... Read More »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. House of Representatives just passed bipartisan legislation introduced by Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) and Rep. Michelle Steel (CA-45) to improve health care access for patients with limited English proficiency. The Supporting Patient Education and Knowledge (SPEAK) Act requires the Department of Health and Human Services to work to remove language barriers to telehealth se... Read More »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Chair of the Congressional Dads Caucus Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), joined Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5), Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and congressional Democrats to reintroduce a bill to increase access to on-campus child care for the more than 4 million parenting students currently enrolled in postsecondary education programs. Despite the growing number of parents in schoo... Read More »

Los Angeles, CA – U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) announced today that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is heeding his call for $21.8 million in federal assistance to help house and provide services to new migrants throughout Los Angeles, including migrant children living on Skid Row. Just weeks after Gomez led members of the LA delegation to formally request FEMA grant these critical ... Read More »

Los Angeles, CA – U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) announced he is introducing legislation to provide the first-ever tax incentive to build new starter homes and a tax credit for first-time homebuyers. The announcement follows Vice President Harris' speech outlining an economic plan that includes these policies. Rep. Gomez released the following statement: “As chair of the Renters Caucus, I’m answeri... Read More »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), Brad Sherman (CA-32), Steven Horsford (NV-04) and Timothy Kennedy (NY-26) are now members of the Congressional Dads Caucus, a group of 38 parents in Congress who fight for family friendly policies, including affordable child care, paid family leave and the enhanced Child Tax Credit. The caucus is led by Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34). “I’m proud to we... Read More »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs passed Congressman Jimmy Gomez’s (CA-34) legislation to redesignate a local post office in his district after Korean independence activist Dosan Ahn Chang Ho yesterday. The bill passed the House in February of this year and now heads to the Senate floor for a final vote. “As the representative for LA’s Korea... Read More »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) released the following statement after hearing Benjamin Netanyahu’s joint address to Congress and meeting with the families of Israeli hostages today. Gomez was within the first 40 members of the U.S. House to call for a ceasefire: “Netanyahu’s speech to Congress falls short, as have his actions since taking office, and I’m calling on him to resign ... Read More »

LOS ANGELES – Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) released the following statement regarding President Joe Biden’s announcement that he will no longer seek the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination “in the best interest of [the] party and country” and in order to “focus solely on fulfilling [his] duties” as president for the remainder of his term: “As he has done throughout his public service career, Presi... Read More »

WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Today, Representatives Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) and Mike Carey (OH-15) announced the introduction of the bipartisan, bicameral Revitalizing Downtowns and Main Streets Act, an expanded version of Representative Gomez's original Revitalizing Downtowns Act introduced in 2021. This bill encourages the conversion of vacant and underutilized commercial properties into housing. A one-pager ... Read More »

LOS ANGELES, CA – Yesterday the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to formally support U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez’s (CA-34) bipartisan legislation to name the Los Angeles U.S. Courthouse after Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez, American civil rights icons, who along with the Guzman, Palomino, Estrada and Ramirez families challenged segregation in California schools and set the stage for school de... Read More »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Chair of the Congressional Dads Caucus, Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), released the following statement urging CNN to ask presidential candidates about affordable child care at tonight’s debate: “Our broken child care system costs families over a quarter of their monthly income, is one of the most significant drags on our economy and weighs heavily on the minds of American fami... Read More »

LOS ANGELES, CA – Today U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) released the following statement on President Joe Biden’s two Executive Actions that will keep families together and further protect immigrants, including Dreamers: “I grew up in a large family of immigrants who came to the U.S. to find a better life. Thanks to these executive actions today, more families like mine from across my district will ... Read More »