Los Angeles – As the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Tampa Bay Rays prepare to face-off in Game 2 of the Major League Baseball World Series tonight, Los Angeles area representatives Jimmy Gomez (D-Los Angeles), Adam Schiff (D-Burbank), and Linda Sánchez (D-CA) made a friendly wager with Tampa and St. Petersburg representatives Kathy Castor (D-FL) and Charlie Crist (D-FL) on the outcome of the World Se... Read more »
Los Angeles – Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez announced his office has helped individual constituents through casework recover more than $1.17 million from the federal government. Since coming to Congress in 2017, Congressman Gomez’s office has handled nearly 2,000 constituent requests and recovered over $1.17 million for CA-34 residents. In 2020, Congressman Gomez’s office has handled over 800 con... Read more »
Los Angeles – Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40), and members of California’s Democratic congressional delegation sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler expressing their strong opposition to the proposed consent decree and bankruptcy settlement with Exide Holdings, Inc., ... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez, Vice Chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education sent a letter to Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia requesting informati... Read more »
Los Angeles – In response to the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) issued the following statement: “Words alone cannot express the grief and profound sense of loss we all feel about the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. From gender equality to gay rights, Justice Ginsburg played a pivotal role in some of our nation’s most impo... Read more »
Los Angeles – Today, Representatives Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) and Adam Schiff (CA-28) sent a letter to United States Postal Service Inspector Patricia Armstrong, the Inspector in Charge for the Los Angeles Division at U.S. Postal Inspection Service, urging a full investigation into two separate incidences of unopened USPS mail and packages being improperly discarded in a parking lot and alleyway in Gle... Read more »
Los Angeles, CA — Congressman Jimmy Gomez, Senator Dianne Feinstein, and Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (all D-Calif.) today led the California congressional delegation in calling on the Census Bureau to provide details on how an accurate count will be conducted given the many obstacles and shortened timeline, as dictated by the administration. “In California, nearly 15 percent of our residents remain ... Read more »
Los Angeles, CA —Today, Reps. Jimmy Gomez and Brad Schneider led members of the Ways & Means and Oversight & Reform Committees in formally calling on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to review the tax-exempt status of both the National Rifle Association (NRA) and the NRA Foundation. In light of the recent reports of the NRA’s self-dealing and abuse of its tax status by the New York Attorney Gene... Read more »
Los Angeles – Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez announced his support for the Emergency Money for the People Act, legislation to provide reoccurring cash payments for hard-working Americans who have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Emergency Money for the People Act expands relief to more Americans and includes a $2,000 monthly payment to those who qualify until employment returns to pre-C... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) announced that the Paycheck Protection Program has disbursed 11,755 loans and helped retain over 140,000 jobs across California’s 34th Congressional District. This data is from the Small Business Administration’s data on the PPP’s impact on small businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. “The COVID-19 crisis demanded a strong and immedi... Read more »
