colleagues, when Donald Trump returned to the White House a few months ago, there were a whole lot of people throughout California and beyond that knew that California had a target on its back. For more than half a century, we have been…

I rise to introduce the bipartisan RESEARCHER Act. This legislation would require Federal research Agencies to enact policies to address the financial insecurity of graduate and postdoctoral researchers, while collecting data to better…

In passing the Clean Air Act on an overwhelmingly bipartisan basis, Congress explicitly granted California the ability to set more stringent vehicle emissions standards.

as the American people can clearly see, President Trump's new tariffs have become a massive tax hike on consumers--a tax on the food we eat, a tax on the clothes we wear, the cars we drive, every cup of coffee we have in the morning. These…

I rise today with a number of my colleagues. I will speak for the next, probably, hour-plus on the topic of election integrity and the seemingly constant attacks on our election integrity by Donald Trump and our Republican colleagues. I am…

We must end offshore oil drilling in coastal waters once and for all.

I rise today to introduce the West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2025. This crucial piece of legislation would amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act of 1978 to permanently prohibit offshore drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf off…

I rise to speak in support of the bipartisan Housing Unhoused Disabled Veterans Act, which I introduced today. Let me begin by expressing my sincere appreciation for veterans and members of our Armed Forces who have answered the call of…

I rise to speak in support of the Housing for All Act of 2025, which I introduced today. Our Nation's homelessness and affordable housing crises have reached a breaking point. As of January, 2024, over 771,480 individuals in the…

I rise today to introduce legislation to authorize additional funding for the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act. This crucial piece of legislation would simply increase the authorization of funding for the San Joaquin River…

I thank my colleague from the State of Colorado for yielding and staying for a few minutes because I know that he shares one of my key observations--I woke up this morning preparing for today's discussion, today's debate, and for today's…

colleagues, this amendment would simply reaffirm the importance of FEMA and express support for its continued role in providing nonpartisan, long-term disaster relief to all impacted communities. We have seen in recent years, whether it is…