Press Releases

  U.S. Representative Jimmy Gomez, his wife Mary Hodge, and his son Hodge with Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries    WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Representative Jimmy Gomez… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) reintroduced the Jeanette Acosta Invest in Women’s Health Act of 2024, legislation that would increase the availability of preventive, life-saving cancer screenings at safety net health care providers like Planned Parenthood. The bill would create new grant and pilot programs to expand access to… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. —Representative Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) introduced a resolution to congratulate the Los Angeles Dodgers on winning the 2024 Major League Baseball World Series Championship—their eighth championship in franchise history and first since 2020.  The Senate version of the resolution, introduced by California U.S. Senators Alex Padilla and Laphonza Butler, passed… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. —Yesterday, Congressman Jimmy Gomez’s (CA-34) legislation to redesignate a local post office in his district after famed Korean independence activist Dosan Ahn Chang Ho was signed into law by President Joseph R. Biden.  The bill, H.R. 599, passed the House of Representatives unanimously in January of this year and unanimously passed the… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. —Yesterday, the U.S. Senate passed Congressman Jimmy Gomez’s (CA-34) legislation to redesignate a local post office in his district after famed Korean independence activist Dosan Ahn Chang Ho.  The bill passed the House of Representatives unanimously in January of this year and now heads to President Biden’s desk to be signed into law.  “As the… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. —Representative Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) today introduced the American Homeownership Opportunity Act, a landmark piece of legislation aimed at addressing America’s growing housing crisis. This bill provides up to $50,000 in downpayment assistance for first-time homebuyers to help them enter the housing and creates the first-ever tax incentive specifically designed to… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Representative Jimmy Gomez, along with Reps. Linda Sánchez, Brad Sherman, Salud Carbajal, Mark Takano, Mike Levin and Ted Lieu (all D-CA) introduced the Fair Housing for Disabled Veterans Act, a bill to ensure Veterans Affairs (VA) disability benefits are not used against veterans to deny them access to affordable housing.  Since VA… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. House of Representatives just passed bipartisan legislation introduced by Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) and Rep. Michelle Steel (CA-45) to improve health care access for patients with limited English proficiency. The Supporting Patient Education and Knowledge (SPEAK) Act requires the Department of Health and Human Services to work to remove language… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Chair of the Congressional Dads Caucus Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), joined Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5), Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and congressional Democrats to reintroduce a bill to increase access to on-campus child care for the more than 4 million parenting students currently enrolled in postsecondary education programs. Despite the growing number of… Read more »

Los Angeles, CA – U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) announced today that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is heeding his call for $21.8 million in federal assistance to help house and provide services to new migrants throughout Los Angeles, including migrant children living on Skid Row. Just weeks after Gomez led members of the LA delegation to formally request FEMA grant… Read more »