Representative Barbara Lee (CA-12), Chair of Emeritus of the CPC and Chair of the Caucus Peace and Security Task Force, and Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) issued the following statement upon passage of the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in the House of Representatives
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-12) issued the below statement on the FDA’s approval of the first over-the-counter birth control pill in the United States
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-12), senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, on July 13 released a statement on the Democratic amendments blocked by Republicans in the Rules Committee’s consideration of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-12) recently published an op-ed in the Sacramento Bee reflecting on the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn affirmative action
On the last day of Gun Violence Awareness Month,U.S. Representative Barbara Lee (CA-12) joined Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ)and Representatives Robin Kelly (IL-02), Mike Thompson (CA-04), Cori Bush (MO-01), Maxwell Frost (FL-10), and Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) on a letter with over 50 of their colleagues urging HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra and Surgeon General Vivek Murthy to publish a report to uplift the urgency of addressing gun violence as a threat to our nation’s public health
Late last night, the Oakland City Council passed the Fiscal Years 2023 - 2025 budget, building on the proposed budget Mayor Sheng Thao put forth last month.
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-12) issued the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down President Biden’s student debt relief program in Department of Education v. Brown
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-12) on June 28 announced that the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is allocating $1,864,136,508.93 in funds from the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program to help close the digital divide in California
The California Transportation Commission approved on Wednesday a $30.2 million Trade Corridor Enhancement Program (TCEP) grant for the City of Oakland Department of Transportation (OakDOT) to deliver long-anticipated improvements to the Embarcadero West Rail Corridor located in the Jack London Square District of Oakland.
The City of Oakland is seeking a community-based organization (CBO) to serve as a subrecipient for the California Department of Social Services’ Community Response Initiative to Strengthen Emergency Systems (CRISES) Grant Program.
With large crowds anticipated at several locations for the upcoming 4th of July holiday, the City of Oakland will implement temporary safety measures where many gather to enjoy festivities, including at Grizzly Peak, where people gather for a great view of Bay Area fireworks on the Fourth of July.
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-12) and Congresswoman Sara Jacobs (CA-51) on June 26 introduced a resolution to fully invest in and address the child poverty crisis in America
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-12) issued the following statement one year after the Supreme Court voted to overturn Roe v. Wade in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
U.S. Representative Barbara Lee (CA-12) joined Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) on a bicameral letter with over 70 of their colleagues urging President Biden to discuss the need to protect human rights and democratic values in India as he meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi this week
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-12) on June 22 proposed an amendment to address waste, fraud and abuse within the Pentagon that was included in the final text of the Fiscal Year 2024 Department of Defense Appropriations bill
On June 21, U.S. Reps. Barbara Lee (D-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Judy Chu (D-CA) today filed a “discharge petition” that could force Speaker Kevin McCarthy to hold a vote on the Women’s Health Protection Act – a landmark piece of legislation that would restore the protections that were in place under Roe v. Wade
U.S. Representatives Barbara Lee (CA-12) and Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and are on June 21 introducing a resolution which seeks to fully eradicate poverty throughout the United States
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-12) led a bipartisan group of 54 U.S. Representatives in urging Secretary Blinken and the Biden Administration to stop all military assistance to Azerbaijan and urged a stronger U.S. response to Azerbaijan’s ongoing blockade and aggression against Artsakh’s 120,000 indigenous Armenian Christian population