Congressman Jimmy Gomez Remarks at American Affordability Act Press Conference

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I really want to just appreciate the work that my colleagues have done.  The question about affordability, I don't need statistics to tell me that people are struggling.  Because I grew up in a family of immigrant parents for my siblings were born in Mexico.  And they came here to work hard and to develop a better life for themselves and their kids.  And they were…

Rep. Gomez, Colleagues Win Court Ruling Preventing Trump-Vance Administration From Blocking Oversight of Immigration Detention Facilities

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Just now, a federal court temporarily stopped the Trump-Vance administration’s policy blocking Members of Congress from unannounced oversight visits to federal immigration detention facilities today. The decision restores Congress’s ability to conduct real-time oversight of how the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement…

Rep. Gomez Votes to Check Trump’s Unauthorized Military Escalation

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Tonight, Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) released the following statement after voting in favor of two War Powers resolutions to prohibit the President from unauthorized U.S. military action in Venezuela and the Western Hemisphere.   “Tonight, I voted for both War Powers resolutions because no president gets to drag this country toward war…

New York Post | Lawmakers mull action on ‘dynamic’ AI-powered pricing in wake of ‘shocking’ Instacart report

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By Lisa Fickenscher Lawmakers are aiming to crack down on so-called “dynamic pricing” in the wake of a jaw-dropping report showing that grocery delivery app Instacart charged shoppers different prices for the same items at the same stores without telling them, The Post has learned. ...In the House of Representatives, lawmakers are exploring ways to curb dynamic pricing, which…

Newsmax | Rep. Gomez Seeks to Redirect $175B From ICE, CBP to Housing

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By James Morley III Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., introduced legislation Wednesday to redirect $175 billion set aside for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection under President Donald Trump's "big beautiful bill" to affordable-housing programs.  Gomez called the funding an "anti-immigrant slush fund" and said the Make Housing Affordable…

Rep. Gomez Introduces the Make Housing Affordable and Defend Democracy Act

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — As working families continue to face skyrocketing housing costs and a deepening affordability crisis, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) today introduced the Make Housing Affordable and Defend Democracy Act, landmark legislation that redirects the $175 billion ICE and CBP slush fund Donald Trump created in his “Big Beautiful Bill,” and reinvests those billions directly…