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- https://juliabrownley.house.gov/oxnard-va-clinic-moving-right-direction/...The VA, with 1,500 hospitals and clinics across the nation, has been under a microscope since it was discovered in 2014 that as many as 40 veterans had died while waiting for appointments in Phoenix and that VA employees there had kept secret waiting lists hiding the long delays. That same year, delays in mental health care for Ventura County veterans led to a 2014 House subcommittee hearing in Camarillo. ...
- https://lindasanchez.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/lindasanchez.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/no-glory-for-hate-bill-text.pdf...FEDERAL FUNDS RESTRICTION ON COMMEMO-6 RATING CERTAIN FORMER PRESIDENTS. 7 Notwithstanding section 3102 of title 40, United 8 States Code, no Federal funds may be used to— 9 VerDate Nov 24 2008 12:36 Aug 09, 2023 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\XGSARMIENTO\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\SANC August 9, 2023 (12:36 p.m.) ...
- https://mikethompson.house.gov/issues/education...IDEA Congress must honor promised investments under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). When IDEA passed in 1975, the federal government committed to spending 40 percent of the average per student cost on special education. However, that level has never been achieved and current funding stands at just 14.7 percent. I'm proud to support legislation that would require regular increases in IDEA spending until we finally hit the 40 percent target. ...
- Congressman Neguse Introduces Bill to Complete the Continental Divide Trail | Congressman Joe Negusehttps://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-neguse-introduces-bill-complete-continental-divide-trail...“The Continental Divide National Scenic Trail has been under construction for more than 40 years and it’s long past time to finish this project so that the full trail can be enjoyed by all. I want to thank Rep. Neguse for his efforts to bring this project to fruition.” ...
- Summer Lee Decimates Oversight Republicans’ Hearing on Judicial Ethics in Defense of CEOs but not Amhttps://summerlee.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/summer-lee-decimates-oversight-republicans-hearing-on-judicial-ethics-in-defense-of-ceos-but-not-american-judiciary-captured-by-dark-money-networks...Singer also gifted a luxury fishing trip to Alaska on a private jet to Supreme Court Justice Alito, who went on to decide the case blocking student loan relief for 40 million Americans including me. So to sum all this up, back in 2009, as the Supreme Court prepared to decide Citizens United, one Nazi-obsessed vacation-funding billionaire named Harlan Crow began funding Federalist Society leader Leonard Leo's scheme with Justice Thomas' wife to exploit the anticipated outcome of her husband's ruling. ...
- https://watsoncoleman.house.gov/imo/media/doc/letter_to_hhs_sec_on_omh_closure.pdf...Obesity increases the risk of developing deadly health conditions such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and certain types of cancers.3 1 https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/hhs-kennedy-cuts-cms-minority-health-offices/743966/ 2 https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/ending-radical-and-wasteful-government-dei-programs-and-preferencing/ 3 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10107750/ Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States.4 Black Americans are 30% more likely to die from heart disease than White Americans. 5 o Heart disease is the number one killer of women; one in three women will die of heart disease, which is more than from all forms of cancer combined.6 Black and African American people have higher death rates than all other racial/ethnic groups for most cancers.7 o Black and African American women are more likely than White women to die of breast cancer.8 o Black and African American men are more likely than white men likely to die of prostate cancer.9 Despite Asian Americans having a 40% lower overall cancer death rate than the White population, liver cancer mortality is nearly 40% higher, and stomach cancer mortality is twice as high.10 o Certain ethnic populations such as persons of Korean, Japanese, Chinese, and Vietnamese descent, stomach cancer rates can be up to 5 tomes higher. 11 o Breast cancer diagnoses for Asian American and Pacific Islander women under 50 have increased by 50% since 2000.12 Asian Americans comprise about 7% of the U.S. population but suffer 58% of chronic hepatitis B cases.13 Black adults are nearly twice as likely as White adults to develop type 2 diabetes.14 o Black and Hispanic diabetics are four times more likely to get an amputation than other groups.15 o Hispanic and Latinos are 50% more likely to die from diabetes or liver disease.16 Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) adults are more than two times as likely to die from diabetes than White adults.17 4 https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db521.htm 5 https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/forefront/heart-and-vascular-articles/heart-disease-and-racial-disparities 6 Id. 7 https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/understanding/disparities 8 Id. 9 Id. 10 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11268783/ 11 https://cancerprogressreport.aacr.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/AACR_CDPR_2022.pdf 12 https://www.cancer.org/content/dam/cancer-org/research/cancer-facts-and-statistics/breast-cancer-facts-and-figures/2024/breast-cancer-facts- and-figures-2024.pdf 13 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/asian-americans-hepatitis-b-cases-rcna151128 14 https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/factors-contributing-higher-incidence-diabetes-black-americans 15 https://abcnews.go.com/Health/medical-experts-sound-alarm-growing-diabetic-amputations-black/story?...
- Torres, Aguilar Announce Nearly $87M for West Valley Connector Project | U.S. Congresswoman Norma Tohttps://torres.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/torres-aguilar-announce-nearly-87m-west-valley-connector-project...El proyecto financiará la construcción de 21 nuevas estaciones de autobuses y la adquisición de autobuses de 40 pies con cero emisiones. También ayudará a mejorar las conexiones clave para los viajeros en toda la región, incluido el Aeropuerto Internacional de Ontario (ONT), dos líneas de Metrolink (San Bernardino y Riverside), así como numerosos centros de actividades, incluidos Ontario Mills y Victoria Gardens. ...
- https://watsoncoleman.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/reps-watson-coleman-gallego-introduce-the-shade-act-to-combat-rising-temperatures-in-cities...The SHADE Act will: Create a grant program under the Department of Housing and Urban Development to plant trees in formerly redlined areas graded “hazardous” and “definitely declining” by the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation Make funds available to overburdened areas that either 35% or more households qualify as low income, 40% or more of residents identify as minority or as members of a tribal community, or 40% or more of households are limited English proficiency Appropriate $50,000,000 per fiscal year from 2024 through 2034 for the design, planting, monitoring, and maintenance of the trees The SHADE Act is cosponsored by Reps. ...
- https://youngkim.house.gov/2025/05/09/us-senators-reintroduce-bill-to-support-taiwan/...Young Kim Highlights PACE Act, Payments Modernization at House Financial Services Hearing Jun 24, 2026 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Young Kim (CA-40), a member of the House Financial Services... Rep. Young Kim Introduces REG Act to Rein in SEC Overregulation Jun 24, 2026 Washington D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Young Kim (CA-40), member of the House Financial Services... ...
- https://emmer.house.gov/_cache/files/d/6/d6f841eb-e444-485a-8a0f-4cbe9e7c1ef0/35BD11A4DB348DABB7C19B4C9FA55771.dlarson---emmer.pdf...People struggling with mental health and substance use disorder have increasingly relapsed over the last year, further increasing the demand for our services, making the timing for this investment critical. For over the past 40 years Vinland has served Minnesotans from all over the state and has an extensive list of state, local and private sector advocates. I fully support this investment and your championship of this Community Project Funding request will help Minnesotans struggling with substance use disorder and brain injuries recover and transition back into our post-pandemic society. ...