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Next up, another Golden State Democrat, Rep. Jimmy Gomez, who, unlike the GOP committee members, asked questions about Trump’s tax returns that Cohen could not answer. Full Article Read more »

Testifying before the House oversight committee on Wednesday, however, Cohen offered a very different explanation. He told Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) that he had asked Trump for copies of the audit to help him talk to reporters about it, but was never able to get them. “Can you give us any insight into the real reason the president has refused to release his tax returns?” Gomez… Read more »

If Cohen was the undisputed star of the blockbuster hearing, Californians played important supporting roles. The more than 40-member committee also includes Bay Area Democrats Mark DeSaulnier and Ro Khanna as well as Southern Californians Jimmy Gomez and Harley Rouda. Full Article Read more »

Cohen also described how Trump repeatedly devalued his business holdings — such as his golf courses — by millions of dollars in order to pay less tax on them. He also said that the reason Trump has refused to turn over his financial records, as all presidents have before him, was because he didn't want "think-tanks that are tax experts" to go through them and "start ripping them to… Read more »

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“This is a perfect issue for our committee to look into,” California Rep. Jimmy Gomez, who also sits on the oversight committee, told BuzzFeed News in an interview. “We have a long list of issues, but this one is at the intersection of privacy, civil liberties, oversight, and the scope of this committee.” Four members of Congress on the House Oversight Committee that BuzzFeed News… Read more »

González fears for the safety of the surviving boy. “The kidnappers threatened to kill him if he spoke. He just wants to get the hell out of Mexico, but cannot until they have closed the case,” he said. Local authorities say Lázaro will have to testify, but after that there is no guarantee the boy will be granted asylum in the US. On Monday 17 December, two Californian congress members,… Read more »

Amazon’s unsatisfying response prompted yet another inquiry in November. Spearheaded by Markey, this effort was joined by seven other lawmakers including Congressman Jimmy Gomez, a California Democrat. “We haven’t received much information and it seems like [for] somebody who’s very confident of their product it’s surprising that they won’t answer those… Read more »

The ACLU researchers raised concerns over Rekognition, Amazon’s facial recognition software suite, this past summer when they discovered what the researchers characterized as significant flaws in the product. This prompted an inquiry from lawmakers including Senators Ron Wyden, Chris Coons, and Ed Markey. Amazon’s unsatisfying response prompted yet… Read more »

Bonnie Watson Coleman and Jimmy Gomez brought immigrants in the USA illegally who spoke out about their employment at Trump's resort in Bedminster, NJ. What will we do with this moment? On foreign policy, Trump announced that he will meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un later this month in Vietnam to, in his words, "continue our historic push for peace on the Korean… Read more »