Gomez, Murray, Sanders, Clark, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Extend Vital Child Care Funding and Save Millions of Families’ Child Care Spots as Funding Cliff Looms

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Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), Chair and Founder of the Congressional Dads Caucus, along with Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA-05), Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03), and other colleagues introduced the Child Care Stabilization Act to extend vital federal child care stabilization funding—which is...

Gomez, Chair of Dads Caucus, Reiterates Need for Child Tax Credit Amid Historic Child Poverty Rate

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), Chair and Founder of the Congressional Dads Caucus, issued a statement following the release of new statistics from the Census Bureau showing a significant increase in child poverty as a result of the expiration of the enhanced child tax credit: “Child poverty more than doubled after the GOP allowed the enhanced child tax credit to expire, ...

Rep. Gomez Secures Nearly $2 Million in Federal Funding for Workforce Development for Formerly Incarcerated Angelenos

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LOS ANGELES, CA — Today at a press conference, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) announced nearly $2 million in federal funding for Homeboy Industries. This funding will help the program hire formerly incarcerated individuals and enroll participants into culinary and hospitality career pathways. Homeboy Industries is a local non-profit youth rehabilitation program and the largest gang-intervention, ...

Rep. Gomez Leads Colleagues in Opposing GOP Funding Cuts to Critical Immigration Service

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) led 25 of his colleagues on a letter to House leadership urging continued support for funding for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Citizenship and Integration Grant Program (CIGP). CIGP is a critical program for supporting the integration of immigrants into the social, cultural, economic, and civic life of the United Sta...

Rep. Gomez Leads Letter Calling on California State Leaders to Expand Paid Sick Days

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LOS ANGELES, CA – Today Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), founder and chair of the Congressional Dads Caucus, led 16 members of the California congressional delegation on a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom, State Senate President Pro Tempore Toni Atkins, and California State Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas urging support for SB 616 to increase the number of paid sick days that employees can earn and u...

Rep. Gomez Urges Feds to Turn Empty Commercial Real Estate into Affordable Housing

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LOS ANGELES, CA – Today Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), Chair and Founder of the first-ever Congressional Renters Caucus, led nine other members of Congress on a letter to federal banking regulators urging action to incentivize turning empty commercial real estate (CRE) into affordable housing, rather than allowing these properties to remain unused and burden the financial system. “As our cities ...

Rep. Gomez Statement on Trump’s Third Criminal Indictment

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today U.S. Representatives Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) released the following statement on former President Donald Trump's third criminal indictment: “Donald Trump led a treasonous conspiracy to overturn the results of a free and fair election that he lost. It’s about damn time he joins the over 1,000 domestic terrorists who have been charged for participating in the January 6th insurre...

Congressional Dads Caucus Announces Working Groups on Mental Health & Gun Violence Prevention

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), Founder and Chair of the Congressional Dads Caucus, announced that U.S. Rep. Rob Menendez (NJ-08) will chair the new Dads Caucus Family Mental Health Working Group and U.S. Rep. Dan Goldman (NY-10) will chair the new Dads Caucus Gun Violence Prevention Working Group. The taskforces will convene subject matter experts to educate members on pre...

Rep. Gomez Leads 36 Members of CA Delegation Calling on SAG-AFTRA & AMPTP to Respect Collective Bargaining Rights

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), a former labor organizer, led 36 members of the California congressional delegation on a letter to Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) President Fran Drescher and Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers (AMPTP) President Carol Lombardini urging both groups to respect and affirm the c...

Reps. Gomez & Frost Introduce Pro Renters Bill to End Junk Fees

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) and Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (FL-10), along with housing advocates, unveiled the End Junk Fees for Renters Act, a bill aimed at putting an end to the growing number of excessive and dishonest junk fees renters face when looking for and securing housing. “I’m thrilled that only a month after launching the first ever Congressional ...

Rep. Gomez, Chair of Renters Caucus, Applauds President Biden’s Crackdown on Rental Junk Fees

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), Chair of the first ever Congressional Renters Caucus, applauded President Biden’s announcement at a quarterly meeting of his Competition Council that the administration is cracking down on rental junk fees. “Rental housing fees are a serious burden on renters, who are often already paying exorbitant housing costs. I welcome this step from P...

Reps. Gomez & Aguilar Announce Legislation to Help Minority- & Women-Owned Businesses Secure Infrastructure Funding

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today U.S. Representatives Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) and Pete Aguilar (CA-33) announced a package of legislation to help minority- and women-owned businesses compete for contracts to develop and build federal infrastructure projects. As billions of dollars in funding is distributed through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, these bills would help federal agencies accomplish President ...

Rep. Gomez Votes NO on Inflated & Discriminatory Defense Bill

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) released the following statement after voting against the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA): “House Republicans are going to extreme lengths to peddle their hard-right agenda, including using the defense budget to take fundamental liberties away from servicemembers. By banning basic reproductive care for women in uniform, discriminat...

Dads Caucus Statement on Rep. Gallego Taking Parental Leave

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the Congressional Dads Caucus, led by Congressman Jimmy Gomez, released the following statement after Dads Caucus member Ruben Gallego (AZ-03) announced he will take parental leave following the birth of his daughter, Isla: “We’re proud to extend a warm congratulations to Congressman Gallego and his family on the birth of their daughter, Isla. By taking parental leave, Gal...

ICYMI: Rep. Gomez Announces $1.5 Million for 248 Units of Affordable Housing in Little Tokyo

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) held a press conference to announce $1.5 million in federal funding for the development of 248 units of permanent affordable housing in Little Tokyo. The funding will go to Little Tokyo Service Center Community Development Corporation for redevelopment costs to build the “First Street North Apartments” project, which will provide affordable an...

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