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ADELANTO, CA – Today, Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) returned to the Adelanto Detention Center to meet with detainees on a hunger strike protesting conditions inside the facility. Watch full video here … Read more »

ADELANTO, CA – Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) today conducted an unannounced congressional oversight visit at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center, where he inspected the facility's medical unit, dining hall, kitchen, library, and housing areas as part of his ongoing oversight of immigration detention facilities and federal ICE and CBP enforcement operations. The visit comes as Rep.… Read more »

By Ben Levine Downtown Los Angeles is set to put a major piece of civil rights history right on its front steps. On Wednesday, the federal courthouse at 350 W. First Street will be formally named for trailblazing parents and plaintiffs Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez. Officials plan a ribbon-cutting at 2:30 p.m., followed by a 4 p.m. naming ceremony in the building’s ceremonial… Read more »

LOS ANGELES, CA – Today, U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) spoke at the Federal Courthouse for the newly renamed Felicitas and Gonzalo Méndez U.S. Courthouse in Downtown Los Angeles, honoring the legacy of the Méndez family and their fight for school desegregation. In 2024, Rep. Gomez secured passage of legislation renaming the federal courthouse after Felicitas and Gonzalo Méndez, whose… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez, Chair of the Congressional Dads Caucus, and Congressman Rob Menendez, who serves as Chair of the Congressional Dads Caucus Mental Health Working Group led a roundtable on building a more pro-family mental health system for families across America. Gomez and Menendez hosted experts and advocates in the mental health field to discuss the… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Jimmy Gomez, founder and chair of the Congressional Renters Caucus, released the following statement after voting to pass the ROAD to Housing Act:  “Congress is finally treating housing affordability with the urgency it deserves, but this cannot be where the work ends. For too many families, buying a home feels further out of reach every year, and… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Jimmy Gomez released the following statement after voting for the third time for a War Powers Resolution to force an end to President Trump’s unauthorized war with Iran.  “I voted once again to end Trump’s reckless war with Iran,” said Congressman Gomez. This was the third time I voted to stop Trump from taking us even further down this disastrous… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Jimmy Gomez warns that President Trump’s war with Iran is driving up inflation, raising costs for working families, and making it harder for Americans to afford basic necessities as gas prices and supply chain costs continue to climb. Watch full video here Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Representatives Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) and Dan Goldman (NY-10), founding members of the Congressional Dads Caucus, introduced the Afterschool for All Act, new legislation that would provide $10 billion in federal funding annually for 10 years after school and summer learning programming. The programming would be fully paid for by a 1% increase in the… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Jimmy Gomez joined more than 250 House and Senate Democrats in filing an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to overturn a Fifth Circuit decision that threatens access to mifepristone, undermines women’s health care, and weakens the FDA’s long-established scientific approval process. The brief follows emergency appeals from mifepristone manufacturers… Read more »