Rep. Gomez Launches Student Resource Hub, Gets Answers from Department of Education

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) launched a new Student Resource Hub through his official website today, pulling together important resources and information to assist students and borrowers as they prepare to go to school or start paying back their loans after graduating. A portion of the information included comes directly…

Rep. Gomez and Korean Ambassador Watch Dodgers Seoul Series Together

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), who represents Koreatown in Los Angeles in the U.S. House of Representatives, hosted Hyundong Cho, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the United States, to watch the Los Angeles Dodgers play the San Diego Padres in their season kick-off series in Seoul, South Korea. Joined by San Diego's Rep. Scott Peters, they gathered in Gomez’s…

Gomez Announces Over $151 Million to Los Angeles for Key Transportation and Green Space Projects

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LOS ANGELES, CA – Today U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) announced over $151 million in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for four projects in California’s 34th District to improve roads and highways, build a critical pedestrian and bicycle crossing connecting communities in East LA, make public transportation more efficient, and expand and improve parks and…

Rep. Gomez Invites SAG-AFTRA Leader to State of the Union to Highlight Historic Progress Made by Unions

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), former labor organizer, is bringing Linda Powell, Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) Executive Vice President, as his State of the Union guest. Powell was a key negotiator amid the union’s record-breaking strike last summer, and helped secure union-backed provisions that got the…

Rep. Gomez Secures Over $11 Million for 15 Los Angeles Community Projects

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) secured $11,184,031 in federal funding for 15 Los Angeles community projects in the government funding packages that passed the House today. The community projects respond directly to some of the most pressing needs in Los Angeles, including affordable housing projects, education hubs, recreation centers and green spaces. “I came to…

Gomez Rejoins Ways and Means Committee to Advance Policies on Housing Crisis and Cutting Costs

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) is poised to rejoin the influential Ways and Means Committee after a unanimous vote in the Democratic Caucus supporting his reappointment. As a member of Ways and Means, Rep. Gomez will be tasked with issues of tax and trade, particularly related to housing and families. “Over the last year, I never stopped working to cut costs for…

Gomez Bill Passes House, Poised to Rename Post Office After Korean American Activist

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a unanimous vote today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed Congressman Jimmy Gomez’s (CA-34) legislation to redesignate a local post office in his district after Korean independence activist Dosan Ahn Chang Ho. The bill now moves to the Senate. View Rep. Gomez’s floor speech on the bill HERE. Ahn Chang Ho, also known by his pen…

Congressman Gomez Leads 88 Colleagues in Honoring Korean American Day

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today U.S. Reps. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) and Young Kim (CA-40) introduced a bipartisan resolution celebrating January 13 as Korean American Day, which this year marks the 121st anniversary of the arrival of the first Korean immigrants to the United States on January 13, 1903.  The full resolution is available here.  A video clip of Gomez’s…

Gomez Statement on GOP Sham Impeachment Inquiry

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) released the following statement after voting NO on House Republicans’ sham impeachment inquiry that is based on zero evidence: “I’ve served on many iterations of the Oversight Committee and this sham impeachment inquiry is by far the lowest Republicans on this committee have gone. Chairman Comer is doing the bidding of Marjorie…

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