KCAL: ‘Our City Mourns The Loss Of This Legend’: Local Leaders React To Death Of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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“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…

KABC: Local lawmakers call for full investigation into mail dumping caught on camera in Glendale parking lot

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Two local lawmakers are calling for a full investigation into an incident involving bags of unopened mail being dumped in Glendale. Congressmen Adam Schiff and Jimmy Gomez on Wednesday sent a letter to Patricia Armstrong, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service's inspector in charge of the Los Angeles Division, calling for the investigation.   Surveillance footage shows multiple bags…

KCAL: ‘Grave Importance’: Reps. Adam Schiff, Jimmy Gomez Want Updates On Investigation Into Mail Dumped At Glendale Spa

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Lawmakers are demanding an investigation into two incidents of bags of mail being dumped in the parking lot of a Glendale spa. Rep. Adam Schiff and Jimmy Gomez sent a letter to the U.S. Postal Inspection Service’s inspector in charge to call for a full investigation into the mail dumping incident last week. The incident has been reported to the U.S. Postal Inspection Service…

Asian Journal: Historic Filipinotown event encourages community to respond to 2020 Census, get tested for COVID-19

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“It’s been a constant battle to make sure that people who are undocumented fill it out. Here’s the thing: they don’t ask the citizenship question. They don’t ask your status. Fill it out. It’s completely confidential, secure and they don’t need to worry about their safety,” said Rep. Jimmy Gomez, who represents the state’s 34th congressional district, which covers Historic…

Bloomberg: DeJoy Has a Plan for the USPS, and the Election Got In the Way

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At any rate, the postmaster general told the House oversight committee, he couldn’t be blamed for everything that went wrong at the USPS. “I’m not the COO,” he said. “I’m the CEO of the organization.” Republicans were understanding, but Democrats proclaimed astonishment. “You’re supposed to be a logistics expert, right?” asked Democratic U.S. Representative Jimmy Gomez of California. “I…

Forbes: Return To Sender: 56% Want USPS Postmaster DeJoy To Resign

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Democrats have pointed to DeJoy’s financial ties and support for Trump to justify his resignation from the agency, as well as his apparent inability to actually get the mail delivered on time. “I think it’s time for you to resign, not because necessarily there is this grand political conspiracy, but just the incompetence that we’ve seen when it comes to the Postal Service,” Rep. Jimmy…

Los Angeles Times: House subcommittee seeks federal probe of ‘criminal gangs’ among L.A. County deputies

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A congressional subcommittee has requested that the Department of Justice investigate allegations of systemic abuses by “criminal gangs” that employ aggressive policing tactics within the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. “The allegations of abusive behavior by these criminal gangs within the LASD are deeply disturbing,” Reps. Jimmy Gomez (D-Los Angeles) and Jamie Raskin…

Bloomberg Government: The Post Office Can Handle the Vote But Still Faces a Reckoning

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At any rate, the postmaster general told the House oversight committee, he couldn’t be blamed for everything that went wrong at the USPS. “I’m not the COO,” he said. “I’m the CEO of the organization.” Republicans were understanding, but Democrats proclaimed astonishment. “You’re supposed to be a logistics expert, right?” asked Democratic U.S. Representative Jimmy Gomez of…

Mother Jones: Congressional Dems Call On the IRS to Investigate the NRA

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Last month, New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a groundbreaking lawsuit against the National Rifle Association, charging the nation’s oldest gun rights group with decades of illegal financial dealings and misconduct and seeking to dissolve the organization. But that might not be the end of the NRA’s legal woes. Now, a coalition of Democratic members of the House Ways…

The Hill: Democrats call for IRS to review tax-exempt status of NRA

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House Ways and Means Committee Democrats on Tuesday called on the IRS to review the tax-exempt status of the National Rifle Association (NRA) and NRA Foundation. The members, led by Reps. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) and Brad Schneider (D-Ill.), wrote a letter to IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig following the lawsuit from the New York attorney general seeking to dissolve…

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