Spectrum: President Biden Travels to Educate People About the American Rescue Plan

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It was a perfect moment for the president to come before the American people, said Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Los Angeles, adding the president reached out to all people, no matter their politics. "How we're all in this together," Gomez said. "How we have to help the less fortunate, the ones that are being disproportionately impacted by COVID-19." The timing of the speech capitalized on the…

Fox News: Child tax credit is universal basic income for kids, progressive congressman says

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Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., likened the child tax credit included in President Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, to a form of universal basic income on Thursday as progressive lawmakers called for the passage of additional financial assistance programs. Gomez, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and several other progressive lawmakers have cosponsored the “Rent…

Los Angeles Times: L.A. expects to receive $1.35 billion from the relief bill. Garcetti is ‘ecstatic’

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U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Los Angeles) said the relief money will prevent city leaders from seeking additional pay cuts from their workers. Those reductions would have had a ripple effect across the region, hitting workers who are “the backbone of the middle class,” he said. “Helping prevent those cuts keeps the dollars circulating, keeps them shopping and keeps them actually purchasing…

Asian Journal: 5-Star Rated LA Downtown Medical Center Celebrates 2nd Anniversary

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Rep. Jimmy Gomez, who represents California’s 34th District covering Historic Filipinotown and surrounding areas, attended Friday’s festivities, praising LADMC’s service to the community. “The LA Downtown Medical Center is a godsend for this area. This area, as well as the heart of Los Angeles, has been one of the most disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus pandemic when it comes…

NPR: Drug Companies Plan Tax Breaks To Offset $26 Billion Opioid Settlement

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Four of America's biggest healthcare companies are close to a $26 billion settlement for their role making and distributing highly addictive opioid medications. But critics in Congress say corporate tax breaks could slash the value of the deal by more than $4 billion. "If they get away with it, that means less money going into the treasury, less money for programs that would help deal…

Federal News Network: House bill gives USPS $6B to invest heavily in next-generation electric vehicles

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Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) urged DeJoy to “take a harder look on what kind of fleet you’re going to be using,” and signaled a willingness to give USPS funding to purchase more electric vehicles. “I just want to be very clear that Congress is going to be supportive of trying to get electric vehicles in the Postal Service loop, and we also understand that it’s part infrastructure and…

Washington Post: ICE investigators used a private utility database covering millions to pursue immigration violations

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On Friday, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform sent letters to the chief executives of Thomson Reuters and Equifax seeking documents and other information on how ICE has used the utility data in recent years. “We are concerned that Thomson Reuters’ commercialization of personal and use data of utility customers and sale of broad access to ICE is an abuse of privacy, and that…

New York Times: Biden Looks to a Consensus Builder to Heal a Democratic Rift on Trade

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The Biden administration has gone to great lengths to cement its ties with congressional Democrats who are influential on trade. In addition to Ms. Tai’s nomination, it has recruited key staff members for the trade representative’s office from both Mr. Wyden’s and Mr. Brown’s offices. It has also hired former employees of Democratic representatives like Suzan DelBene of…

Long Beach Press-Telegram: Newsom touts new Southern California vaccine pop-ups as counties transition to Blue Shield network

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Such numbers, even small, are significant in communities where the goal is to target neighborhoods where residents may lack wi-fi to make a vaccine appointment or a vehicle to get them to the clinic, said Rep. Jimmy Gomez, who represents the area. “This is just the beginning of the end when it comes to this pandemic. We still have a lot of work to do,” Gomez said. Full Article

Orange County Register: Revived bill could help Korean Americans reunite with North Korean relatives for first time since the war

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Seven other California lawmakers joined Kim as original cosponsors on the bill, including Reps. Katie Porter, D-Irvine; Mark Takano, D-Riverside; Michelle Steel, R-Seal Beach; Brad Sherman, D-Sherman Oaks; Judy Chu, D-Pasadena; Jimmy Gomez, D-Los Angeles; and Scott Peters, D-San Diego. Los Angeles and Orange counties have the first and second largest populations of Korean Americans…

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