WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representatives Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), Don Beyer (VA-08), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Judy Chu (CA-27), Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), and Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06) led 105 House Democrats urging President Biden to defend paid family and medical leave provisions in the ongoing negotiations over the Build Back Better Act. The signatories represent a broad… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representatives Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), Don Beyer (VA-08), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11), Cori Bush (MO-01), and Scott Peters (CA-52) announced the introduction of the Unemployment Insurance Improvement Act, H.R. 5507, legislation to strengthen the delivery of benefits to unemployed American workers. The bill would require states… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed Congressman Jimmy Gomez’s (CA-34) bipartisan resolution honoring the contributions of Korean and Korean American veterans who served in the Vietnam War as an amendment to the House version of the Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) joined Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and over three dozen colleagues in introducing the Keeping Renters Safe Act of 2021 to enact an urgently needed nationwide eviction moratorium.
In direct response to the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down President Biden’s initial eviction moratorium… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Following a days-long Committee on Ways and Means markup of the Build Back Better Act, a $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package that makes significant federal investments in our country’s human infrastructure, Racial Equity Initiative Co-Chair Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) issued the following statement:
“The COVID-19 pandemic has magnified how existing systemic… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Representatives Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) and Suzan DelBene (D-WA) introduced the Affordable Housing Equity Act, a bill that enhances the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) to directly incentivize the development of affordable housing for extremely low income (ELI) households.
The Affordable Housing Equity Act provides a basis boost of up to 50% for residential… Read more »
LOS ANGELES – In response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling striking down the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) most recent eviction moratorium, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), along with Representatives Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Cori Bush (MO-01), and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), sent a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer urging… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Representatives Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), Brendan Boyle (PA-02), and Don Beyer (VA-08) introduced the Choose Medicare Act, legislation that would give every individual and business the choice to enroll in Medicare. Earlier this year, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) introduced the Choose Medicare Act (S. 1180) in the U.S. Senate.
The… Read more »
WASHINGTON -- In response to today's White House announcement that new guidance will be issued to ban evictions in counties with high COVID-19 transmission rates, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, issued the following statement:
"Today, the Biden administration answered our call to provide a lifeline to millions of Americans at risk of… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), along with Representatives Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) Cori Bush (MO-01), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), Ilhan Omar (MN-05), Rashida Tlaib (MI-13), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and Jamaal Bowman (NY-16), sent a letter reiterating their ongoing calls for President Biden and Centers for… Read more »
