Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) introduced the Greenland Sovereignty Protection Act, legislation that would prohibit federal funds from facilitating the invasion, annexation, or any other form of acquisition of Greenland by the United States.  The bill comes amid President Donald Trump suggesting the United States could seek to assert control over Greenland, a… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Twelve Members of Congress have returned to federal court after the Trump-Vance administration secretly re-imposed a policy that blocks unannounced congressional oversight of federal immigration detention facilities. The Members filed a motion urgently asking the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to order the administration to explain how this new policy… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) voted to pass legislation extending enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits for three years, helping protect millions of Americans from sharp health insurance premium increases.  The bill passed after House Democrats forced a vote through a discharge petition, a rare procedural move used only after House… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) released the following statement after the Trump administration's overnight military operation in Venezuela: "This military action is illegal without congressional authorization. That is why I supported War Powers resolutions last month to prevent exactly this kind of unchecked use of force, resolutions that House Republicans… Read more »

LOS ANGELES, CA — After successfully suing the Trump administration and winning a federal court ruling restoring individual Congressmembers' right to conduct unannounced inspections, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) today carried out an oversight inspection of the Roybal Allard Federal Detention Facility (B-18) in Downtown Los Angeles.  Rep. Gomez was a plaintiff in the… Read more »

I really want to just appreciate the work that my colleagues have done.  The question about affordability, I don't need statistics to tell me that people are struggling.  Because I grew up in a family of immigrant parents for my siblings were born in Mexico.  And they came here to work hard and to develop a better life for themselves and their kids.  And they were… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Just now, a federal court temporarily stopped the Trump-Vance administration’s policy blocking Members of Congress from unannounced oversight visits to federal immigration detention facilities today. The decision restores Congress’s ability to conduct real-time oversight of how the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Tonight, Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) released the following statement after voting in favor of two War Powers resolutions to prohibit the President from unauthorized U.S. military action in Venezuela and the Western Hemisphere.   “Tonight, I voted for both War Powers resolutions because no president gets to drag this country toward war… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — As working families continue to face skyrocketing housing costs and a deepening affordability crisis, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) today introduced the Make Housing Affordable and Defend Democracy Act, landmark legislation that redirects the $175 billion ICE and CBP slush fund Donald Trump created in his “Big Beautiful Bill,” and reinvests those billions directly… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, during floor debate on releasing the full Epstein files, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) delivered a parliamentary inquiry calling out Republicans for naming a children’s savings account program after President Donald Trump, a man whose name appears repeatedly in documents connected to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.     The inquiry,… Read more »