LOS ANGELES, CA – Today, U.S. Representative Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) rallied with health care providers from across Los Angeles to demand that Republicans in Washington join Democrats in extending cost-saving Affordable Care Act tax credits that help working families afford health care premiums. If Republicans let ACA tax credits expire, 4.2 million people across the country will lose their health in... Read More »
Watch full video here. Democrats are warning that if those federal subsidies expire, people covered by ACA plans could see their premiums increase. One of those democrats is California Representative Jimmy Gomez, who was on the show just earlier this week. Gomez warned of rising costs at a clinic in Highland Park today. Read More »
MQ-9 Predator drones were deployed over Los Angeles to monitor anti-ICE protests in June. Rights groups warn drones threaten civil liberties and 1st Amendment rights. The L.A. City Council endorsed a bill by Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Los Angeles) to ban military drones over demonstrators. FT. HUACHUCA, Ariz. — When MQ-9 Predator drones flew over anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles this summer, it was the ... Read More »
Watch full interview here Rep. Jimmy Gomez and Amrit Singh Discuss Jimmy Kimmel Suspension, Government Shutdown, and Prop. 50 in California. Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC – Representatives Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), Linda T. Sánchez (CA-38), Mike Kelly (PA-16.), and Blake Moore (UT-01) today introduced the bipartisan Fair Housing for Disabled Veterans Act, a bill to ensure that veterans’ service-related disability benefits are not used to deny veterans access to affordable housing. Currently, these disability benefits are considered income in calculations ... Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, during National Diaper Need Awareness Week, Congressmen Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) and Rob Menendez (D-NJ), joined by Representatives Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA), and Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), introduced the bipartisan Family-Friendly Facilities Tax Credit Act, which incentivizes small businesses nationwide to install diaper changing stations in family restrooms. Too often, families wit... Read More »
Watch full interview here Developing Story surmising the concerns over the potential Government shut down and keep doors open past September 30th. Republicans have presented a stopgap plan that would last until just before Thanksgiving. It does seem that democrats might be digging in for a fight with. Congressman Gomez: “Well, I think that leadership is really focused on one thing stopping the ec... Read More »
Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D–CA 34th), who represents Los Angeles’ Koreatown, has formally protested the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) over a recent immigration raid on Korean workers at the Hyundai–LG Energy Solution electric vehicle and battery plant construction site in Georgia. In a September 11 letter to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, Gomez demanded transparency on the legal basis of the operation... Read More »
Watch full interview here An emergency ruling by the Supreme Court is allowing ICE patrols to use broad descriptions, like speaking Spanish, to initiate operations in Los Angeles. Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) joins Alex Witt to discuss the chilling effect this has on Latin communities in the LA area, a looming government shutdown, and more. Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressmen Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) and Steven Horsford (NV-04) led Congressional Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee in a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Acting Commissioner, Scott Bessent, demanding the agency publicly affirm that the Energy Efficient Home Improvement Credit (Sec. 25C) remains available despite a Republican effort to end the program as part of t... Read More »
Rami Othmane was driving to the supermarket to pick up ingredients to make dinner when he noticed a car following closely behind… He was brought to the downtown Los Angeles ICE facility known as B-18, or “the basement,” a temporary immigration processing center. According to the Pasadena-based Barcena Law Offices, “this is where people go to be detained for less than 12 hours ... [and] are either ... Read More »
More than six months after wind-whipped flames tore through parts of Los Angeles, two Republican senators are opening an investigation into the Palisades Fire that killed 12 people and damaged or destroyed thousands of homes. “You can’t stop what happened — but you can learn from what happened,” said Senator Rick Scott, R-Fla. in an interview with Spectrum News on Tuesday. Scott, along with Sen. R... Read More »
A split U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to lift restrictions on indiscriminate immigration stops and arrests in Los Angeles also divided Southern California lawmakers and activists Monday, leaving some to decry the order as greenlighting racial profiling and others cheering what they say will be increased safety in the area... Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Los Angeles: “Once again, speaking Spanish or simply ... Read More »
Watch full interview here Rep. Jimmy Gomez on the Supreme Court decision of temporary relief for immigration raids in Los Angeles. “Jimmy Gomez called the decision by the court a slap in the face of the immigrant community, the 500,000 undocumented Europeans and Canadians living in the United States. I haven't seen them pulling over random white people just for the sake of it and asking them for ... Read More »
Watch full video here During a press conference on Wednesday, Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) spoke about the housing affordability crisis's impact on people's perception of the American dream. Read More »
