California's 2nd Congressional District
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Recent News About California's 2nd Congressional District
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Huffman, Van Hollen Reintroduce Bicameral Bill to Fully Fund Special Education
On July 10, U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02) and U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) introduced the IDEA Full Funding Act
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Huffman, Padilla, Murkowski, Merkley Call for Gao to Study Inequitable Justice System Facing Tribal Nations in Different States
This week, Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02), U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Vice Chair of the Committee on Indian Affairs, and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, sent a letter to the Governmental Accountability Office (GAO) requesting they examine tribal criminal justice outcomes in states that have civil and criminal jurisdiction over Tribal lands – Alaska, California, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon, and Wisconsin – as compared to the rest of the country
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Rep. Huffman Announces $41.4 Million to Help Put Better, Cleaner Buses on the Roads in Marin and Santa Rosa
Grants Come From President Joe Biden’s Landmark Infrastructure Law
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Rep. Jared Huffman Celebrates 2023 Congressional Art Competition Winner
This, Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02) welcomed the winner of the 2023 Congressional Art Competition for California’s Second District, Trinity Bowie of Loleta, to the United States Capitol to celebrate her accomplishment
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Huffman Bill to Support Trinity Economy, Recreation Passes Natural Resources Committee
On June 21, Rep. Jared Huffman’s (D-San Rafael) legislation H.R. 3324 passed out of the House Natural Resources Committee
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Huffman, Gallagher, Nunn Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Incentivize Use of Soil Health Cropping Systems
Reps. Jared Huffman (D-CA), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), and Zach Nunn (R-IA) on June 15 introduced the Naturally Offsetting Emissions by Managing and Implementing Tillage Strategies (NO EMITS) Act, a bill that would create incentives for producers to transition their farms to soil health cropping systems
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Reps. Huffman and Peters, Sens. Padilla and Feinstein Lead California Members Urging Epa to Tighten Air Quality Standards While Preserving the Use of Prescribed Burns for Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention
As millions of Americans confront heavy wildfire smoke, Representative Jared Huffman (D-Calif.-02) and U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.)—as well as Representative Scott Peters (D-Calif.-50) and Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)—led 21 of their colleagues in sending a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) urging them to allow the deployment of prescribed fires as EPA tightens federal health-based air quality standards
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Huffman, Cohen, Merkley Introduce Bill to Keep Families and Pets Safe From Hazardous Cyanide Bombs
On June 13, United States Representatives Jared Huffman (CA-02) and Steve Cohen (TN-09) and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) re-introduced Canyon’s Law, legislation to ban from public lands the M-44 ejector – a spring-loaded device filled with sodium cyanide used to kill predatory animals and pest species
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Huffman, Heinrich, Degette, and Lawmakers Call on Interior to Implement and Strengthen Proposed Conservation and Landscape Health Rule
On June 12, United States Representatives Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) and Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) and U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) led a letter from lawmakers in the Senate and House to U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland calling to support the completion of rulemaking and implementation of the proposed “Conservation and Landscape Health” rule for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
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Reps. Huffman, Levin to Introduce Bills to Protect Pacific & Arctic Oceans From Offshore Drilling
Legislation to Protect U.S. Coasts From New Oil and Gas Drilling
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Huffman Announces $2 Million From Inflation Reduction Act Awarded to Greater Farallones
Funding Part of Biden-Harris Administration’s $2.6 Billion Framework to Build Climate Resilience and Support Coastal Communities
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Rep. Huffman to Vote Against Republican’s Shameful Debt Ceiling Deal
Representative Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) released the following statement on his plan to vote against H.R. 3746, the legislative agreement to suspend the debt ceiling for 18 months in return for a host of Democratic spending and policy concessions
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Huffman Announces Over $1.45 Million to California’s Second District Through Investing in America Agenda for Cleanup and Technical Assistance at Polluted Brownfield Sites
Funding is Part of $4.4 Million to Northern California From Epa’s Largest Investment Ever in Brownfield Communities
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Ahead of Critical Negotiations, Huffman and Merkley Express Concern Over U.S. Proposal to Combat Plastic Pollution
Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA-02) sent a letter to the Biden Administration ahead of the Second Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution expressing their disappointment with the lack of United States negotiating stance, signaling that the Administration is not committed to an ambitious agreement to end plastics pollution
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Huffman Reintroduces Northwest California Wilderness, Recreation, and Working Forests Act
Legislation Included in Senator Alex Padilla’s Package to Protect 1 Million Acres of California Public Lands
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Rep. Huffman, Sen. Whitehouse, MEP Aubry Lead Transatlantic Letter Calling for Climate Talks Free of Fossil Fuel Industry Interference
In Lead-up to Cop28, 133 U.S. And European Elected Officials Urge Ouster of Oil Executive as President of Upcoming Climate Talks
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Congressman Huffman Introduces Bill to Support Trinity Economy, Recreation
On May 16, Representative Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) introduced bipartisan legislation along with Representative Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) to extend the authority of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest to collect and retain marina fees to enhance recreation and improve access at the Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area
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Huffman, Merkley, Grijalva, Barragán Sound the Alarm on Continued Expansion of Liquefied Fossil Gas Infrastructure, Cite Climate and Environmental Justice Concerns
Lawmakers: “It is Important That Frontline Communities Are Meaningfully and Proactively Engaged Throughout Environmental Reviews for LNG Infrastructure.”
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Reps. Huffman, Grijalva, Newhouse Introduce Resolution to Designate National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls
On May 5, Congressman Jared Huffman (CA-02) joined Congressmen Raúl Grijalva (AZ-07) and Dan Newhouse (WA-04) in introducing H. Res. 353, a resolution to designate May 5, 2023 as the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
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Reps. Huffman and Raskin Introduce Resolution to Recognize a National Day of Reason
On May 3, Congressman Jared Huffman (CA-02) and Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) introduced a resolution to establish May 4th as a “National Day of Reason” in the United States to recognize and celebrate science, common sense and logic as essential preconditions for progress in our government and society at large