Press Releases

March 14, 2024

Huffman, Merkley, Colleagues Urge EXIM BANK to Not Fund Expansion of Oil and Gas Drilling in Bahrain

Washington, D.C. - Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley & U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA-02) led their colleagues in sending a letter to the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) Board of Directors to urge EXIM not to move forward providing a long-term loan or financial guarantee over $100 million to Bapco Energies to expand oil and gas drilling in Bahrain ahead of a critical board vote today. Their letter was signed by Senators Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Edward J. Markey …  Continue Reading


March 13, 2024

Huffman, García, Allred, Barragán Announce Permanent Fix to Federal Student Aid Form

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02) shared the news that the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced an update resolving the known issues within the 2024-25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) online form impacting students who have a contributor without a Social Security number (SSN). The Department has made technical updates that enable students with contributors without an SSN to now successfully submit the form. Last month, Representative …  Continue Reading


March 12, 2024

Huffman Statement on Vote for the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02) released the following statement regarding his plan to vote in favor of H.R. 7521, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act: “The national security threats surrounding TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, are real and urgent. ByteDance is controlled by the Chinese government which has already directed the company to modify its platform in several countries to advance China’s political agenda, …  Continue Reading


March 12, 2024

Huffman, Cohen, Merkley Call on Forest Service to Ban Cyanide Bombs on Public Lands

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representatives Jared Huffman (CA-02) and Steve Cohen (TN-09) along with U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) led a letter urging the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to ban M-44 cyanide injectors on public lands in its jurisdiction and to remove any that remain. The members sent a similar letter to the Bureau of Land Management, which led to a groundbreaking decision last December by the agency to ban the use of M-44 …  Continue Reading


March 11, 2024

Huffman, Grijalva Co-Lead Bipartisan Letter Urging Whole-of-Government Approach to IUU Fishing, Forced Labor

WASHINGTON - Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) and  House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today sent a bipartisan letter signed by a total of 26 Members to President Joe Biden urging the administration to use its existing authorities, including the new authorities that Congress provided in the FY2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), to implement a whole-of-government approach to combating illegal, …  Continue Reading


March 11, 2024

Huffman Announces Winner of 2023 Congressional App Challenge

Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) announced the winner of the 2023 Congressional App Challenge for California’s Second Congressional District: Jayden Patel, an 8th grader at Del Mar Middle School in Tiburon. Jayden’s winning submission, Allergy Card, allows the user to create their own personal allergy card that can be translated into 15+ languages. Rep. Huffman stands with Jayden Patel and the Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition for his winning …  Continue Reading


March 06, 2024

Huffman Votes to Pass Funding Package

Washington, D.C. - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the first six Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations bills, which included significant victories for California’s Second Congressional District championed by Representative Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael). The legislation includes over $9 million in federal funding for projects in CA-02 that the Congressman nominated as part of the Community Project Funding process. This government funding package also includes historic funding for …  Continue Reading


March 05, 2024

Huffman Announces Amanda Tyler, Head of Christians Against Christian Nationalism, as State of the Union Guest

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02) announced that Amanda Tyler, lead organizer of Christians Against Christian Nationalism, would be accompanying him as a guest to President Joe Biden's State of the Union speech to Congress on March 7, 2024. “The political climate surrounding this year’s State of the Union Address is unlike anything we’ve experienced: an extreme MAGA majority in Congress sowing chaos, a Supreme Court hell-bent on dismantling basic rights, and …  Continue Reading


March 05, 2024

Huffman Announces $6.8 Million from President’s Investing in America Agenda to Electrify Homes in CA-02 Tribal Communities with Clean Energ

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02) announced $6.8 million from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to help tribal communities in California electrify homes. This funding is part of a $72 million nationwide investment from the Inflation Reduction Act—the largest ever investment in climate — and is a critical step toward the goal of electrifying all homes in the United States with clean energy sources. It advances the Biden-Harris administration’s work …  Continue Reading


February 27, 2024

Rep. Huffman Announces Start of 2024 Congressional Art Competition

Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) announced the 2024 Congressional Art Competition is open for digital submissions from all high school students in California’s Second Congressional District, which spans from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Oregon border. “The Congressional Art Competition is one of the best ways to showcase the artistic skills of young people across California’s Second District, and I’m excited to announce this year’s competition is now open …  Continue Reading


February 20, 2024

Huffman, García, Allred, Barragán Share Education Department’s Temporary FAFSA Guidance, Call for Permanent Solutions

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representatives Jared Huffman (CA-02), Jesús “Chuy'' García (IL-04), Colin Allred (TX-32), and Nanette Barragán (CA-44) shared the news that the Department of Education (ED) is rolling out new guidelines to provide a temporary process for students to meet critical deadlines for non-federal financial aid while the ED addresses the issue preventing contributors without a Social Security number (SSN) from starting or accessing the 2024-25 Free Application for …  Continue Reading


February 16, 2024

Huffman, Gallagher, Grijalva, Krishnamoorthi Led Bipartisan Effort to Support U.S. Sanctions Against Chinese Entities Engaging in Illegal Fishing and Forced Labor

Washington, D.C. - Today, House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Ranking Member Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA-02), and House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-WI-08) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-08), and Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raul Grijalva (D-AZ-07) led a bipartisan letter in support of a Global Magnitsky Sanctions Recommendation …  Continue Reading


February 15, 2024

Huffman, Raskin, Pocan Decry Speaker Johnson’s Bigoted, Christian Nationalist Guest Chaplain

Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressional Freethought Caucus Co-Chairs Jared Huffman (CA-02) and Jamie Raskin (MD-08) and U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (WI-02) led 23 other members in a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson and House Chaplain Reverend Dr. Margaret Grun Kibben denouncing Speaker Johnson’s sponsorship of Pastor Jack Hibbs as the Guest Chaplain. In the letter, the members outlined concerns with Hibbs’ egregious record, including his notoriety as a Christian Nationalist, involvement in …  Continue Reading


February 14, 2024

Huffman Celebrates Landmark Agreement with Klamath Basin Tribes, Project Irrigators to Collaborate on Ecosystem Restoration and Water Reliability in Klamath Basin

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) shared the news that the Department of the Interior has announced a historic agreement with the Klamath Tribes, Yurok Tribe, Karuk Tribe, and Klamath Water Users Association to advance collaborative efforts to restore the Klamath Basin ecosystem and improve water supply reliability for Upper Klamath Basin farmers. The Department also announced more than $72 million in new investments - including funding from President …  Continue Reading


February 09, 2024

Congressmen Huffman, Cohen, and Nadler Call for Ending the Use of Body-Gripping Animal Traps

WASHINGTON - Congressmen Jared Huffman (CA-2), Steve Cohen (TN-9), and Jerry Nadler (NY-12) were joined by eleven other Members of Congress on a letter they sent today to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland requesting that the Department of the Interior (DOI) prohibit the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service’s Wildlife Services Program from using body-gripping traps on all DOI lands. The lawmakers commended Haaland on the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) …  Continue Reading


February 09, 2024

Huffman Statement on Biden National Security Memorandum

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02) issued the following statement following the news that President Joe Biden issued a national security memorandum that places new restrictions on the use of U.S. military aid: “I have stood firmly with President Joe Biden on two important fronts:  supporting Israel’s right to defend itself in response to the horrifying Hamas terrorist attacks on October 7, 2023; while also calling on Israel to show restraint in its military …  Continue Reading


February 07, 2024

Congressman Huffman Reintroduces Legislation to Reduce Carbon Pollution from National Highway System

Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Jared Huffman (CA-02) reintroduced the Generating Resilient, Environmentally Exceptional National (GREEN) Streets Act. This legislation would establish national goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the national highway system and help states adapt their transportation systems to the adverse effects of climate change. “Tackling climate change is going to mean re-envisioning the current model of highways and long commutes to a model of safer, …  Continue Reading


February 06, 2024

Congressman Huffman Statement on H.R. 7217 Supplemental Vote

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02) released the following statement on his vote against H.R. 7217, the Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024. “In November, House Republicans cynically conditioned supplemental aid to Israel on offsetting cuts to the IRS as part of their endless attempts to protect billionaires and corporations from paying taxes.  Now they are at it again, using an incomplete standalone Israel funding bill as a partisan cudgel to …  Continue Reading


February 01, 2024

Huffman, Padilla, Panetta Secure Relief for Communities Impacted by Salmon Season Closure, Call for More

Washington, D.C. - Today, Representative Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael), Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), and Representative Jimmy Panetta (D- Monterey) shared the news that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) approved $20 million in relief funds for California’s fishing community, falling significantly short of the $45 million requested by the state. This follows continued pressure from the lawmakers to secure this relief for the 2023 Sacramento River Fall Chinook and …  Continue Reading


January 30, 2024

HUFFMAN, SCHIFF, WYDEN, AND DELBENE INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO END FUTURE CAPTURE AND BREEDING OF WHALES FOR PUBLIC DISPLAY

Washington, D.C.— Today, Representatives Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), and Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.) along with Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), reintroduced the Strengthening Welfare in Marine Settings Act (SWIMS), legislation that would end the future capture and breeding of whales for public display.Studies have shown that certain cetaceans - specifically, orcas, beluga whales, pilot whales, and false killer whales - are cognitively, emotionally, and socially complex animals …  Continue Reading

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