WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) introduced the Jeanette Acosta Invest in Women’s Health Act of 2021, legislation that would increase availability of preventive, life-saving cancer screenings at safety net and reproductive health care providers like Planned Parenthood. Additionally, the bill would… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), along with Congressmen Josh Harder (CA-10) and Jimmy Panetta (CA-20), introduced legislation to address the growing crisis of food insecurity among college students. H.R. 1919, the Enhance Access to SNAP Act (or EATS Act) would permanently expand Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) eligibility to millions of college… Read more »
LOS ANGELES – Today, the White House announced a list of health centers in California’s 34th Congressional District (CA-34) that have been selected to join the next phase of the Health Center COVID-19 Vaccine Program run by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This program, established by President… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) voted to pass H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, implementing President Joe Biden's urgently needed COVID-19 relief package to address this unprecedented health and economic crisis. Upon passage, Congressman Gomez issued the following statement:
"Nearly one year after the pandemic first gripped our country,… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) announced the creation of the Committee’s Racial Equity Initiative (REI) and appointed, Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07), and Rep. Steven Horsford (NV-04) to lead the working group. The REI represents the next phase of the Committee’s work to address the role of… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced the opening of a vaccination site at the California State University, Los Angeles campus. The FEMA vaccination site will support the COVID-19 response efforts in Los Angeles County through the deployment of federal personnel and fast distribution of financial assistance and federal equipment. In response to… Read more »
LOS ANGELES – Today, Representatives Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) and Mark Pocan (WI-02) wrote a letter today to Mark Zuckerberg, Chairman and CEO of Facebook, demanding information as to why anti-vaccination activists that shut down Dodger Stadium—one of the largest COVID-19 vaccination centers in the nation—were allowed to organize and spread misinformation about COVID-19 on Facebook… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20) and 92 House Members sent a letter to President Biden and the Acting Secretary of Health and Human Services urging them to expand ACA benefits to DACA recipients. Specifically, the letter asks HHS to repeal it’s rule excluding DACA recipients from the definition of lawfully present, a definition… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representatives Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), Lauren Underwood (IL-14), and Tom O’Halleran (AZ-01) introduced the Health Care Affordability Act of 2021. The legislation – endorsed by Families USA – would lower health insurance premiums and out-of-pocket costs by making tax credits for Health Insurance Marketplace plans more generous and available to more Americans. The… Read more »
When the pandemic hit in March, Congress recognized the urgent need for paid leave and quickly passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, granting workers two weeks of emergency paid sick leave at their full rate of pay or two weeks of paid leave at two-thirds their regular rate of pay for the purposes of caregiving and up to an additional 10 weeks of emergency paid childcare… Read more »
