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The program has come under scrutiny from some Democrats. Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) wrote to IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig in January to question how the “flawed” program goes after low-income taxpayers. Paul Hartwick, a Navient… Read more »

Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.), a member of the Oversight and Reform panel, is developing legislation he plans to introduce before the year’s end, Eric Harris, Gomez’s communications director, said in an email. The measure would set a moratorium on the technology until a national standard and certification process is established, Harris said. Democratic bills (H.R.… Read more »

Lawmakers are also objecting to the quick timeline for approval. DOJ provided just an eight-day public comment period, ending Tuesday, after it announced the proposed settlement Sept. 22. A letter from Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) and 21 other California House Democrats asks to extend the public comment period by 60 days. "Why do you want to rush it?" asked… Read more »

He argued that Mallinckrodt had invested $660 million in improving manufacturing of the drug and in seeking evidence that Acthar works for many other uses that the FDA permits. Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-California, said Trudeau’s answer misled the committee and he owed Maloney an apology. “Replacing one term with another term, ‘cash cow’ with ‘profit maximizer,’ doesn’t change the… Read more »

He argued that Mallinckrodt had invested $660 million in improving manufacturing of the drug and in seeking evidence that Acthar works for many other uses that the FDA permits. Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) said Trudeau’s answer misled the committee and he owed Maloney an apology. “Replacing one term with another term, ‘cash cow’ with ‘profit maximizer,’ doesn’t change the intent of your… Read more »

Congressman Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) joins Ayman Mohyeldin as the White House and Republicans continue to push back on the New York Times reporting surrounding President Trump's tax returns. Gomez says Trump's evasion of paying taxes means he was allowed to "profit off the backs of the American people." Watch Read more »

Congressional representatives from Southern California plan to visit on Saturday an immigration detention facility in Georgia to investigate reports of abuse, including allegations that some detainees were subjected to unwanted hysterectomies. Reps. Nanette Diaz Barragán, D-San Pedro, Lou Correa, D-Santa Ana, and Jimmy Gomez, D-Los Angeles, will join fellow Congressional Hispanic… Read more »

The wildfires in California, and around major cities like Los Angeles, add another twist to the state’s homeless problem, as thousands of people have been temporarily displaced. Census takers have headed to Red Cross shelters to count people who did not fill out their forms earlier. “The question for me ... is if they are counted at all,” said U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez, a Democrat from Los… Read more »

Rep. Jimmy Gomez, a Democrat from Los Angeles, said the recent disasters are another reason the deadline for ending the 2020 census should be extended by a month. Because of the pandemic, the Census Bureau pushed back the deadline for finishing the count from the end of July to the end of October. Then the agency announced last month that the deadline would be changed to the end of… Read more »

“From gender equality to gay rights, Justice Ginsburg played a pivotal role in some of our nation’s most important civil rights victories,” Congressman Jimmy Gomez, D-CA 34th District, said. “Yes, she was a trailblazer and an icon to millions of Americans, but she was also a monument to our ongoing fight to secure justice for all. I have no doubt her legacy will serve as a guiding light… Read more »