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"Emily Scott is a Job Corps student in Los Angeles who is also a caretaker for her disabled mother. She is four months away from graduating from the Job Corps program as a licensed nurse.  Andrea Watts of Las Vegas was homeless before finding her way to a Job Corps center in L.A. for an opportunity to obtain her high school diploma and eventually become a pharmacy… Read more »

"EAST HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- In East Hollywood Wednesday morning, more than 40 community health centers rallied to protect Medicaid and demand the preservation of Medi-Cal. Community health centers serve 1 in 5 Californians. "We're going to lose something like 10 to 20 billion dollars in revenue every single year to support the work that we're doing. This is massive. It… Read more »

"Three Democratic U.S. representatives for California visited the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on Friday to voice their concerns after President Trump told reporters that the slowdown of activity at the ports was "a good thing." Trump has argued that tariffs are needed to boost manufacturing jobs in the U.S. and that the slowdown in port activity "means we lose less money." But… Read more »

"A senior White House official confirmed to NBC News that the administration is encouraging people to have babies, saying, “That’s what we talked about during the campaign.” Asked at a White House event about the proposed "baby bonus," Trump told reporters that it “sounds like a good idea to me." Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, a co-chair of the bipartisan House Paid Family Leave… Read more »

"The Southern California lawmakers who represent the Eaton and Palisades fire zones introduced a bill in Congress on Thursday that would give homeowners affected by natural disasters nationwide a break on mortgage payments for almost a year. The bill, introduced by U.S. Reps. Judy Chu (D-Monterey Park) and Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks), would require lenders to grant a six-month pause… Read more »

Tapper: Lead lawmakers today grilled Trump's top trade official Jamieson Greer on Capitol Hill. Democrats especially demanding answers on the tariff whiplash that we've been experiencing from the Trump administration. Democratic Congressman Jimmy Gomez from California joins us now. And Congressman, obviously, you… Read more »

  Rep. Gomez: “It’s Time For Hegseth To Go” In Case You Missed It, Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) joined MSNBC’s Jen Psaki and CNN’s John Berman to discuss the Signalgate scandal, where top Trump intelligence officials used an unsecured Signal chat to coordinate military operations. NSA Director Mike Waltz accidentally added a journalist to the chat, who then published screenshots… Read more »

Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-LA, wants to change that with his legislation called the Enhanced Access to SNAP Act, or the EATS Act. This would expand eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, so that rather than having to work on top of school work, students would be eligible simply through college enrollment — as long they meet other SNAP income and eligibility… Read more »

U.S. Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a visit to Los Angeles Thursday, the same day that checks began to go out to millions of families nationwide as part of the federal child tax credit. Pelosi joined Rep. Jimmy Gomez at the Barrio Action Youth & Family Center in El Sereno, where she addressed the scope and the reach of the CTC. “Let’s just think about this for a minute,… Read more »

“This is a very special day. A day of promises fulfilled,” Pelosi said, flanked by Reps. Jimmy Gomez, D-Los Angeles, Judy Chu, D-Monterey Park, and Karen Bass, D-Los Angeles, plus a group of community advocates, inside a gymnasium full of supporters and media at Barrio Action Youth and Family Center. “This is a story about how we can honor our commitment to our children. Our children. Our… Read more »