WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) voted to pass the Emergency Coronavirus Relief in the Omnibus spending bill, to provide more direct COVID-19 relief to the American people. In response, Congressman Gomez issued the following statement:
“Californians, like many Americans, are desperate and need help now. Despite being far from perfect, the bipartisan… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) joined Congressmen Dan Kildee (MI-05), Danny K. Davis (IL-07), and 74 other Members of Congress to send a letter to President Donald J. Trump urging his administration to extend federal unemployment insurance benefits, which are set to expire at the end of December without action by the White House and U.S. Senate.
Federal… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) joined dozens of his House colleagues in asking Congressional leadership to include more direct cash assistance to the American people in any forthcoming COVID-19 relief package. While legislation is currently being negotiated, no proposed plans include another round of Economic Impact Payments (EIP) – or stimulus checks which were… Read more »
WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) voted to pass H.R. 3884, the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act of 2020. The House passage of this bill, which decriminalizes marijuana at the federal level, is a historic step in addressing the damage caused by the so-called “War on Drugs,” especially in Black and Brown communities.
“Legislation… Read more »
LOS ANGELES – Today, Representatives Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) joined Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) in leading a push to demand the Trump administration halt any and all plans to deport the dozens of women who have come forward to report unnecessary and non-consensual medical… Read more »
Los Angeles – Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) sent a letter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) requesting an investigation into former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen for perjury to Congress. A new report released by the DHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) indicates that Secretary Nielsen lied to the House… Read more »
Los Angeles – As the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Tampa Bay Rays prepare to face-off in Game 2 of the Major League Baseball World Series tonight, Los Angeles area representatives Jimmy Gomez (D-Los Angeles), Adam Schiff (D-Burbank), and Linda Sánchez (D-CA) made a friendly wager with Tampa and St. Petersburg representatives Kathy Castor (D-FL) and Charlie… Read more »
Los Angeles – Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez announced his office has helped individual constituents through casework recover more than $1.17 million from the federal government. Since coming to Congress in 2017, Congressman Gomez’s office has handled nearly 2,000 constituent requests and recovered over $1.17 million for CA-34 residents.
In 2020, Congressman Gomez’s office has handled… Read more »
Los Angeles – Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40), and members of California’s Democratic congressional delegation sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler expressing their strong opposition to the proposed consent decree and bankruptcy… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez, Vice Chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education sent a letter to Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia… Read more »
