California's 12th Congressional District
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Recent News About California's 12th Congressional District
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Congressional Progressive Caucus Leaders Condemn Pentagon Authorization Bill
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
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Congresswoman Barbara Lee Celebrates FDA Approval of First Over-the-counter Birth Control Pill
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
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Congresswoman Barbara Lee Releases Statement on Blocked Ndaa Amendments
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)
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ICYMI: Congresswoman Lee Publishes Opinion Piece on Affirmative Action Decision in Sacramento Bee
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
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Lee, Booker, Kelly, Thompson, Bush, Frost, Espaillat Call for Hhs Report on Gun Violence as a Public Health Crisis
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
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Congresswoman Barbara Lee Strongly Condemns Scotus Decision to Invalidate President Biden’s Student Debt Relief Plan
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
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Congresswoman Barbara Lee Announces Over $1.8 Billion in Broadband Funding for California
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
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Congresswoman Lee Celebrates Over 25 Million in Federal Funding Awarded to AC Transit
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-12) on June 27 celebrated over$25 million in federal funding awarded to AC Transit
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Reps. Lee and Jacobs Introduce Resolution Calling for an End to Child Poverty
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
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Congresswoman Barbara Lee Issues Statement on One Year Anniversary of Dobbs V. Jackson
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
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Lee Joins Jayapal, Van Hollen on Bicameral Letter With Over 70 Members Urging President Biden to Discuss Upholding Human Rights and Democratic Values During Upcoming Meeting With Indian PM Modi
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
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ICYMI: Op-ed by Congressional Pro-choice Caucus Co-chairs: Where Were You the Moment Your World Changed?
As first anniversaries go, this is a day we wish we did not remember
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Congresswoman Lee’s Amendment Included in Defense Appropriations Bill
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
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Lee, Degette, Chu Maneuver to Force Vote on Legislation to Restore Roe
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
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Lee, Jayapal Introduce a Resolution to Eradicate Poverty Nationwide
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
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Congresswoman Lee Leads Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers in Urging Biden Administration to Halt Military Assistance to Azerbaijan
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
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Congresswoman Barbara Lee Releases Statement on the Passing of Gus Newport
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-12) released the following statement on the passing of former Mayor of Berkeley Gus Newport
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Congresswoman Barbara Lee and Senator Bernie Sanders Introduce Tax on Wall Street Speculation Act of 2023
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-12) and Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) on June 14 introduced the Tax on Wall Street Speculation Act of 2023 to reform the United States’ inequitable taxation system and ensure the wealthy pay their fair share to the American people
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Representatives Lee and Desaulnier Introduce Legislation to Address Major League Baseball’s Anti-trust Exemption
Representatives Barbara Lee (CA-12) and Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10) on June 13 introduced the “Moneyball Act”, legislation that would require the owners of any professional baseball club seeking to relocate to compensate the state and local authorities they move away from
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Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus Co-chairs Uplift Efforts of the HIV Community
Representatives Barbara Lee (CA-12) and Jenniffer González-Colón (PR-AL), Co-Chairs of the Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus, on June 9 celebrated the launch of the National U=U Task Force and applauded the work of the HIV community, stakeholders, and Biden administration in the fight to end the HIV epidemic by 2030