Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) was joined by Rep. Norma Torres (CA-35) and Rep. Jim McGovern (MA-2) in leading a letter signed by 53 Members to Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, urging her to renew Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Honduras before the renewal decision date on May 5, 2018. “In 1998, the people of Honduras faced a series of natural disasters… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today, Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) joined Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chairwoman Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM-1) and Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (IL-4) in leading a CHC letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions urging him to scrap the Department of Justice’s plan to impose quotas and case completion deadlines on federal immigration judges’ performance evaluations. “We… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D – Los Angeles) issued the following statement today on voting “no” on the Republicans’ balanced budget constitutional amendment: “Republicans in Congress preach fiscal responsibility, but they sure have a knack for not following through. Their recently passed tax law will explode the deficit by a tune of $2 trillion—yet now, all of a sudden,… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Congressman Jimmy Gomez D-Los Angeles), a member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), led his colleagues from the Hispanic Caucus in a letter to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to request an urgent meeting regarding his decision to include a citizenship question on the 2020 Census. “The decision to add a… Read more »

LOS ANGELES, CA. – Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), a member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, called on Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy to begin holding immediate hearings over the Trump administration’s decision to include a question about citizenship in the 2020 Census. “Despite the significant role played by the census, recent actions by the Trump… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Jimmy Gomez (D – Los Angeles) issued the following statement after voting “no” on the FY2018 Omnibus Appropriations Act: “I voted against this spending bill because it forks over $1.5 billion to kickstart Donald Trump’s border wall and mass deportation force while DREAMers and their families get nothing. Although there are provisions in the FY18 Omnibus… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), Rep. Adam Schiff (CA-28), and Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) were joined by 10 colleagues from the Los Angeles Area Congressional Delegation in sending a letter urging the House Appropriations Committee to provide at least $121 million to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Fiscal Year 2019 for preconstruction engineering… Read more »

Whether you’re in East LA in 1968 or Parkland, FL in 2018, you will be heard, you will be remembered, and you will become the change we all seek. Read more »

I wish all those celebrating Holi a joyous and colorful festival! Read more »

Happy Lunar New Year to the families celebrating in California and around the world! Read more »