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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 »

Watch Gomez’s floor speech HERE. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed 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. The Mendez’s activism to stop racial discrimination in California schools, alongside the Ramirez, Estrada, Guzman and Palomino families, cul... Read More »

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34), U.S. Representative Donald Beyer (D-VA-8), Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, and Connecticut’s U.S. Senator Christopher Murphy today led their colleagues in introducing the Choose Medicare Act. This legislation opens up Medicare to all Americans with a new ‘Part E’ and builds on the system we have today. By allowing Medicare to compet... Read More »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) released the following statement on new Republican guidelines for Fiscal Year 2025 appropriations legislation that bars nonprofit organizations from qualifying for most community project funding: “This short-sighted decision to prohibit nonprofits from receiving federal funds through this important process is wrong and will make it harder for ... Read More »

Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) released the following statement on the ceasefire-hostage release proposal that was newly reported on as tensions continue to escalate in Rafah: “I was one of the first members of the House to call for a ceasefire that secures the release of hostages and helps achieve enduring peace in the region. There is a proposal on the table that does just that and it should be accept... Read More »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Gomez released the following statement after voting to send humanitarian aid to Gaza and Ukraine and to deliver a clear message to Iran: “Our country has a duty to promote peace and stability around the world, and that includes providing humanitarian assistance to the people of Gaza, pushing for a ceasefire that lets Palestinians and Israelis peacefully coexist, and using every ... Read More »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – After reports of lead-tainted applesauce and Lunchables being served to children across the country, U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), chair and founder of the Congressional Dads Caucus, led 30 members of the Dads Caucus today in demanding answers from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Gomez and the members are pressing FDA leaders to explain how lead-tainted children’s food ... Read More »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) launched a new Student Resource Hub through his official website today, pulling together important resources and information to assist students and borrowers as they prepare to go to school or start paying back their loans after graduating. A portion of the information included comes directly from the Department of Education following a letter that ... Read More »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), Chair and Founder of the Congressional Renters Caucus, along with housing advocates and members of the Renters Caucus, unveiled the first-ever Renters Agenda. The Renters Agenda is a sweeping set of policy pillars with corresponding bills to protect and uplift America's 44 million renters. Read the Renters Agenda HERE. Watch the press conference l... Read More »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), who represents Koreatown in Los Angeles in the U.S. House of Representatives, hosted Hyundong Cho, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the United States, to watch the Los Angeles Dodgers play the San Diego Padres in their season kick-off series in Seoul, South Korea. Joined by San Diego's Rep. Scott Peters, they gathered in Gomez’s Washington, ... Read More »