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 »
Congressman Jimmy Gomez took a tour of the Ramona Gardens Boys & Girls Club Thursday where he spoke about the upcoming Child Tax Credit and the importance of getting children 12 and older vaccinated.
The tour, which was put together by the Boys & Girls club of East San Gabriel Valley, included stops at several locations in Boyle Heights and East Los Angeles. It included… Read more »
Local politicians, including Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Los Angeles, L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti and L.A. City Councilman Kevin de León, attended the event alongside an array of labor leaders. The event took place in a gymnasium run by the Barrio Action Youth and Family Center, an organization that serves at-risk youth, young adults and their families. According to Newsom, every attendee… Read more »
Congressman Jimmy Gomez and other officials held a rally Saturday in Hollenbeck Park to raise awareness about the child tax credit, which beginning Thursday will give families with children 17-years-old and younger $300 per child, per month.
The program is a part of the Biden Administration’s plan to lift children out of poverty.
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It’s rare for the California delegation to speak with one voice on any issue, considering the wide variety in their constituencies. Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.), whose district touches eastern Los Angeles and is not a member of the House Judiciary Committee, said he’s planning to look at how the bills impact “not only the firms across the board but the people who work at them.” His… Read more »
But more sustainable funding may be on the way. On April 29, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) reintroduced the Transit to Trails Act, which if passed would fund approved transit projects with federal dollars up to 80 percent of their total cost for routes within 175 miles of the service area.
That injection of funding would allow places around the… Read more »
The letter, spearheaded by Democratic Representatives Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, Jimmy Gomez of California and Cori Bush of Missouri, called for an unspecified extension to allow the emergency rental assistance included in the American Rescue Plan to get into the hands of tenants.
Ending the assistance too abruptly, they said, would disproportionately hurt some of the minority… Read more »
