Joining him in the sweltering sun on the hottest day of the L.A. winter were Gov. Gavin Newsom, L.A. City Council President Nury Martinez, Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Los Angeles), L.A. Councilman Gil Cedillo, State Sen. Steven Bradford (D-Gardena) and other officials. Actor Sean Penn, who founded CORE Response, an organization providing workers at the site, sat in the audience.
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Democrats in the House, who have frequently clashed with the Trump administration over census operations, said Wednesday they were pleased the work stopped.
“Even in his last days in office — during impeachment proceedings — Trump is still trying to pull a fast one on the American people by defying the Constitution, corrupting the #2020Census, and using it for the GOP’s political… Read more »
One Southern California Representative, Jimmy Gomez, D-Los Angeles, who has been a staunch supporter of removing Trump from office, explained that this week has been mentally draining. Just one week ago, he was in the same chambers, texting his wife while pro-Trump mobs tried to break in.
"I said, 'It's going crazy here. Someone breached the Capitol building. We're on lockdown,'" Gomez… Read more »
Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) and Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), the chairwoman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, have reintroduced a bill to reduce the influence of lobbyists and to close the so-called revolving door.
The bill, the Executive Branch Conflict of Interest Act, was first introduced by the late Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) in 2019. The bill… Read more »
US Congressman Jimmy Gomez District 34, who oversees the Koreantown of Los Angeles, in collaboration with Rep. Young Kim and Judy Chu...a resolution commemorating the 'Korean American Day' has been proposed.
Congressman Jimmy Gomez today (13th): Every year, all of the Korean American contributions to the United States are recognized throughout the country.
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With only nine days left in President Trump's term, House Democrats are mobilizing to remove him from office by drafting new articles of impeachment, and calling on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th amendment. Congressman Jimmy Gomez has been a vocal supporter of these new efforts to remove Trump. He joins KPCC's A Martínez to discuss his experience during the Capitol siege and… Read more »
Twitter initially banned Trump’s account for 12 hours following the riot as Congress met to certify Joe Biden’s election win, allowing Trump to unknowingly send out what would be his final tweets on Thursday and Friday.
“To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th,” he announced in his last tweet.
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Several suggested that Trump be prosecuted for a crime or even removed under the Constitution’s 25th Amendment, which seemed unlikely two weeks from when his term expires.
“I think Donald Trump probably should be brought up on treason for something like this,” Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., told reporters. “This is how a coup is started. And this is how democracy dies.”
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Democratic Illinois Rep. Mike Quigley was also in the balcony. “It’s not good to be around terrified colleagues, with guns drawn toward people who have a barricade ... people crying. Not what you want to see,” he said.
“This is how a coup is started,” said Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif. “This is how democracy dies.”
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Members of the Los Angeles area congressional delegation found themselves barricaded in their offices and other locations today as supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol as Congress prepared to certify the results of the Nov. 3 election.
"I have been safely evacuated from the Capitol to a secure location and am sheltering in place," Rep. Jimmy… Read more »
