Press Releases

LOS ANGELES, CA – Today, U.S. Representative Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) rallied with health care providers from across Los Angeles to demand that Republicans in Washington join Democrats in extending cost-saving Affordable Care Act tax credits that help working families afford health care premiums.   If… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – Representatives Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), Linda T. Sánchez (CA-38), Mike Kelly (PA-16.), and Blake Moore (UT-01) today introduced the bipartisan Fair Housing for Disabled Veterans Act, a bill to ensure that veterans’ service-related disability benefits are not used to deny veterans access to affordable housing. Currently, these disability benefits are considered income in… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, during National Diaper Need Awareness Week, Congressmen Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) and Rob Menendez (D-NJ), joined by Representatives Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA), and Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), introduced the bipartisan Family-Friendly Facilities Tax Credit Act, which incentivizes small businesses nationwide to install diaper changing stations in family restrooms. Too often,… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressmen Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) and Steven Horsford (NV-04) led Congressional Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee in a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Acting Commissioner, Scott Bessent, demanding the agency publicly affirm that the Energy Efficient Home Improvement Credit (Sec. 25C) remains available despite a Republican effort to end the… Read more »

Gomez: “America needs a new housing boom: one that prioritizes affordability, fairness, and accessibility.” … Read more »

LOS ANGELES, CA – Today, Representative Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) released the following statement on a federal judge’s ruling regarding President Trump's deployment of National Guard and Marines in Los Angeles:  “A federal judge just confirmed what we’ve known all along: Trump’s deployment of the National Guard and Marines in Los Angeles is illegal. Trump turned our city… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) alongside a dozen individual members of the U.S. House of Representatives, filed the first lawsuit by members of the House of Representatives against the Trump-Vance administration, challenging its unlawful obstruction of congressional oversight into federal immigration detention facilities, where both Americans and noncitizens have… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), along with Reps. Josh Harder (CA-10), Jimmy Panetta (CA-20), Alma Adams (NC-12), Jim Costa (CA-21), and 130 other Members of Congress reintroduced the Enhance Access to SNAP (EATS) Act, which would expand Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) eligibility to all college students attending 2- and 4-year… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) introduced the Ban Military Drones Spying on Civilians Act (H.R. 4759), legislation that prohibits federal agencies from deploying military-grade unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to conduct surveillance of Americans participating in protests, demonstrations, or other acts of civil disobedience. The bill responds to reports that the… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – Tonight, Representative Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) voted to protect federal funding for public broadcasting, including NPR and PBS.  “This bill is a handout to billionaires and a punch in the gut to working families and children.  “When I was growing up, my family couldn’t afford cable, so we relied on public broadcasting for education, news, weather… Read more »