Four New Members Join the Congressional Dads Caucus

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), Brad Sherman (CA-32),  Steven Horsford (NV-04) and Timothy Kennedy (NY-26) are now members of the Congressional Dads Caucus, a group of 38 parents in Congress who fight for family friendly policies, including affordable child care, paid family leave and the enhanced Child Tax Credit. The caucus is led by Rep. Jimmy…

Gomez Bill Passes Senate Committee, Poised to Rename Post Office After Korean American Activist

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs passed Congressman Jimmy Gomez’s (CA-34) legislation to redesignate a local post office in his district after Korean independence activist Dosan Ahn Chang Ho yesterday. The bill passed the House in February of this year and now heads to the Senate floor for a final vote. “As the representative…

Gomez Calls on Netanyahu to Resign, Reiterates Support for Ceasefire

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WASHINGTON, D.C. –  U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) released the following statement after hearing Benjamin Netanyahu’s joint address to Congress and meeting with the families of Israeli hostages today. Gomez was within the first 40 members of the U.S. House to call for a ceasefire: “Netanyahu’s speech to Congress falls short, as have his actions since taking office, and I’m calling…

Gomez Statement on Biden Withdrawing from 2024 Presidential Race

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LOS ANGELES – Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) released the following statement regarding President Joe Biden’s announcement that he will no longer seek the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination “in the best interest of [the] party and country” and in order to “focus solely on fulfilling [his] duties” as president for the remainder of his term: “As he has done throughout his…

New Gomez Bill Will Revitalize America’s Downtowns While Boosting Affordable Housing

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WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Today, Representatives Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) and Mike Carey (OH-15) announced the introduction of the bipartisan, bicameral Revitalizing Downtowns and Main Streets Act, an expanded version of Representative Gomez's original Revitalizing Downtowns Act introduced in 2021. This bill encourages the conversion of vacant and underutilized commercial properties into…

LA Board of Supervisors & AG Bonta Formally Support Gomez Bill to Name LA Courthouse after Civil Rights Icons

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LOS ANGELES, CA – Yesterday the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to formally support U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez’s (CA-34) bipartisan legislation to name the Los Angeles U.S. Courthouse after Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez, American civil rights icons, who along with the Guzman, Palomino, Estrada and Ramirez families challenged segregation in California schools and set…

Dads Caucus Chair Gomez Urges CNN to Highlight Child Care at Presidential Debate

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Chair of the Congressional Dads Caucus, Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), released the following statement urging CNN to ask presidential candidates about affordable child care at tonight’s debate: “Our broken child care system costs families over a quarter of their monthly income, is one of the most significant drags on our economy and weighs heavily on the minds of…

Rep. Gomez Statement on Executive Actions to Keep Immigrant Families Together and Strengthen Economy

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LOS ANGELES, CA – Today U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) released the following statement on President Joe Biden’s two Executive Actions that will keep families together and further protect immigrants, including Dreamers: “I grew up in a large family of immigrants who came to the U.S. to find a better life. Thanks to these executive actions today, more families like mine from across my…

House Passes Gomez Bill to Name Los Angeles U.S. Courthouse After Civil Rights Icons

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Watch Gomez’s floor speech HERE. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez’s (CA-34) bipartisan legislation to name the Los Angeles U.S. Courthouse after Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez, American civil rights icons. The Mendez’s activism to stop racial discrimination in California schools, alongside the Ramirez, Estrada, Guzman and Palomino…

Gomez, Merkley, Murphy, Beyer Lead Bicameral Action to Let Every American Choose Medicare

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Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34), U.S. Representative Donald Beyer (D-VA-8), Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, and Connecticut’s U.S. Senator Christopher Murphy today led their colleagues in introducing the Choose Medicare Act. This legislation opens up Medicare to all Americans with a new ‘Part E’ and builds on the system we have today. By allowing Medicare…