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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) voted to pass legislation extending enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits for three years, helping protect millions of Americans from sharp health insurance premium increases.  The bill passed after House Democrats forced a vote through a discharge petition, a rare procedural move used only after House… Read more »

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) released the following statement after the Trump administration's overnight military operation in Venezuela: "This military action is illegal without congressional authorization. That is why I supported War Powers resolutions last month to prevent exactly this kind of unchecked use of force, resolutions that House Republicans… Read more »

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By Jon Regardie U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez, whose district includes most of the Eastside, inspected an immigration detention center Downtown on Friday. He said detainees were sleeping on the floor in "tanks" holding up to around 40 people. Though the facility was not over capacity, it "isn’t set up to hold people for over 12 hours," Gomez said. LAist Read full article here Read more »

The Department of Justice released additional files related to its investigations into Jeffrey Epstein Saturday as Democrats questioned whether the Justice Department removed an image of President Donald Trump from the files released Friday. The files released Saturday include transcripts of interviews with witnesses and investigators conducted as part of the agency’s probes into… Read more »

A federal judge has temporarily blocked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from enforcing rules that restrict congressional visits to immigration detention facilities. This deals a setback to the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) effort to regulate oversight visits during a period of intensified immigration enforcement... In a ruling issued Wednesday, U.S. District… Read more »

LOS ANGELES, CA — After successfully suing the Trump administration and winning a federal court ruling restoring individual Congressmembers' right to conduct unannounced inspections, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) today carried out an oversight inspection of the Roybal Allard Federal Detention Facility (B-18) in Downtown Los Angeles.  Rep. Gomez was a plaintiff in the… Read more »

By Jordan Rynning U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez of Los Angeles inspected the B-18 immigration detention center in downtown Friday unannounced and called the visit a “first step” in transparency from the Trump administration. Gomez said there were more than 100 people being held inside, many of whom looked "exhausted." What he saw: Detainees sleep on the floor in “tanks” holding up to around… Read more »