WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) led a letter with 98 of his House Colleagues urging the Biden administration to immediately designate 18 months of Temporary Protected Status (TPS), Deferred Enforced Departure (DED), and Special Student Relief (SSR) for Ukraine. Russian military aggression in Ukraine has led to a humanitarian crisis, which continues to worsen. The… Read more »
WASHINGTON – This week, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) joins Representatives David N. Cicilline (RI-01), Barbara Lee (CA-13), Anna G. Eshoo (CA-18), Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-18), and 142 of their colleagues in urging the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to end the blanket three-month blood donation deferral period for men who have sex with men (MSM) and transition to an individual… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) and Maxine Waters (CA-43), Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, co-led a letter with 36 Members of California’s Congressional delegation to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urging the Department of the Treasury to reallocate unused Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERA) funds to states with the highest need for… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) urged House and Senate leaders to replenish and reauthorize programs that have served as a lifeline to millions of small businesses.
“Small businesses are a vital part of our communities and the economy but have struggled to keep their doors open through nearly two years of a public health crisis,” wrote Congressman Gomez… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) joined 129 House Democratic colleagues in cosponsoring H.Res 915, Recognizing Congressional Workers’ Right to Organize introduced by Congressman Andy Levin (MI-9).
Following the passage of the Congressional Accountability Act in 1995, the Office of Compliance and Workplace Rights ruled in 1996 that passage of this resolution… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), Vice Chair of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, sent a letter to the Department of Justice renewing their request that the Department conduct a full investigation into violent contingents of deputies within the Los Angeles… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) announced that the Los Angeles River Ecosystem Restoration Project will receive $28 million in new federal funding under the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act. The community-embraced project will restore hundreds of acres of habitat along the river, add trails to connect people with nature and the river, and support equity,… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34)—a former labor organizer— joined Congressman Andy Levin (MI-09) and 44 additional House of Representatives colleagues in a letter to Doug Phelps, President and Executive Director of The Public Interest Network, to emphasize the centrality of good-faith negotiations in the unionization process.
In their letter, the lawmakers… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-27), and Congresswoman Young Kim (CA-39) introduced a resolution commemorating Korean American Day, the 119th anniversary of the arrival of the first Korean immigrants to the United States on January 13, 1903.
“Since the arrival of the first Korean immigrants to the United States… Read more »
This week, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) released the following statement after testing positive with a breakthrough case of COVID-19:
“I recently received a positive COVID-19 test, which I took in preparation for my return to Washington, DC, for the one-year anniversary of the Capitol Insurrection. Since receiving this positive test result, I have cancelled my trip and I am… Read more »
