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U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Los Angeles) said the relief money will prevent city leaders from seeking additional pay cuts from their workers. Those reductions would have had a ripple effect across the region, hitting workers who are “the backbone of the middle class,” he said. “Helping prevent those cuts keeps the dollars circulating, keeps them shopping and keeps them actually purchasing… Read more »

Rep. Jimmy Gomez, who represents California’s 34th District covering Historic Filipinotown and surrounding areas, attended Friday’s festivities, praising LADMC’s service to the community. “The LA Downtown Medical Center is a godsend for this area. This area, as well as the heart of Los Angeles, has been one of the most disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus pandemic when it comes… Read more »

Four of America's biggest healthcare companies are close to a $26 billion settlement for their role making and distributing highly addictive opioid medications. But critics in Congress say corporate tax breaks could slash the value of the deal by more than $4 billion. "If they get away with it, that means less money going into the treasury, less money for programs that would help deal… Read more »

Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) urged DeJoy to “take a harder look on what kind of fleet you’re going to be using,” and signaled a willingness to give USPS funding to purchase more electric vehicles. “I just want to be very clear that Congress is going to be supportive of trying to get electric vehicles in the Postal Service loop, and we also understand that it’s part infrastructure and… Read more »

On Friday, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform sent letters to the chief executives of Thomson Reuters and Equifax seeking documents and other information on how ICE has used the utility data in recent years. “We are concerned that Thomson Reuters’ commercialization of personal and use data of utility customers and sale of broad access to ICE is an abuse of privacy, and that… Read more »

The Biden administration has gone to great lengths to cement its ties with congressional Democrats who are influential on trade. In addition to Ms. Tai’s nomination, it has recruited key staff members for the trade representative’s office from both Mr. Wyden’s and Mr. Brown’s offices. It has also hired former employees of Democratic representatives like Suzan DelBene of… Read more »

Such numbers, even small, are significant in communities where the goal is to target neighborhoods where residents may lack wi-fi to make a vaccine appointment or a vehicle to get them to the clinic, said Rep. Jimmy Gomez, who represents the area. “This is just the beginning of the end when it comes to this pandemic. We still have a lot of work to do,” Gomez said. Full Article Read more »

Seven other California lawmakers joined Kim as original cosponsors on the bill, including Reps. Katie Porter, D-Irvine; Mark Takano, D-Riverside; Michelle Steel, R-Seal Beach; Brad Sherman, D-Sherman Oaks; Judy Chu, D-Pasadena; Jimmy Gomez, D-Los Angeles; and Scott Peters, D-San Diego. Los Angeles and Orange counties have the first and second largest populations of Korean Americans… Read more »

Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., who represents part of Los Angeles including its Chinatown, read aloud an email from an Asian American constituent who had recently been robbed during the Lunar New Year, and said "what happens to anybody in our community happens to the rest of us."  Full Article Read more »

The lawmakers on the news conference held by the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus called for public awareness campaigns in multiple languages to reach vulnerable communities. They also called for the passage of a bill called the No Hate Act to beef up federal hate crime statutes and reporting. Lee represented the Congressional Black Caucus and Los Angeles Rep. Jimmy… Read more »