Janice Hahn: “I thank you for your support, and I applaud you and the committee for working in this bipartisan manner. I urge all of…”

2 weeks ago, I attended the funeral of one of our colleagues, my good friend, Congressman Mark Takai of Hawaii, who lost his battle with pancreatic cancer. Mark was a great leader. He served his country both in the military and the Hawaii…

I have stood here many times in the last few years with the same message to my colleagues: Let's take action on gun violence and save some lives. I have named horrible statistics on gun death, like young people in the United States are…

Last week, I brought our historic gun violence sit-in back home to my district in Los Angeles to give my constituents a chance to make their voices heard. Over 100 people joined me to demand action from this Congress. Many of them had…

You might recognize this image. This is a photo of Sophie Cruz, my 6-year-old constituent from South Gate, California, who made headlines when she ran through the barricades to meet Pope Francis last year. Sophie is one of 5 million…