Huffman Marks 100th Day in Congress
WASHINGTON—Congressman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) today marked his 100th day as a United States Congressman.
“I am proud of what I have accomplished in my first 100 days representing the 2nd District of California in Congress—from introducing my first bill, to standing against cuts to Social Security and Medicare, to fighting to reintroduce science in congressional debates on climate change,” Congressman Huffman said. “But there is more work to be done: in the coming days I will introduce a bill to support local fishermen, fight to protect our bedrock environmental laws, and continue to look for opportunities work across the aisle to reduce our deficit in a measured and careful way. I look forward to further serving the people of Northern California.”
Since being sworn into office in January, Congressman Huffman has driven more than 3,000 miles to visit and hear from constituents across his Northern California district, which spans from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Oregon border. Below is a partial list of Congressman Huffman’s accomplishments and actions:
BILLS
- One bill introduced: The California Coastal National Monument Expansion Act
- One amendment offered [video]
- 69 bills cosponsored:
- 33 of these as an original cosponsor,
- 16 bipartisan bills cosponsored.
VOTES
- 99 roll call votes cast:
- Voted to pass the Violence Against Women Act,
- Voted against the Ryan Budget, which would be devastating to the health and well-being of America’s seniors,
- Voted for the Democratic alternative budgets, which would replace the sequester, keep our commitments to seniors and strengthen the middle class.
SPEECHES
- Spoke on the House floor on four key issues:
- Against the Republican budget, March 19, 2013
- “I rise to oppose the Republican budget for a very fundamental reason: it would be devastating to the health and well-being of America’s seniors.”
- Against building the Keystone XL pipeline, March 5, 2013
- It’s time to get serious about climate change and clean energy job creation. Importing dirty, expensive tar sands fuel is the wrong way to do that.”
- Urging passage of the Violence Against Women Act, February 27, 2013
- “As a father of a young daughter and a husband, I cannot begin to understand why we would gut commonsense protections for women or why we would pick and choose the type of women that we want to protect from violence.”
- Urging action on climate change , February 15, 2013
- “I truly believe addressing climate change— both greenhouse gas reduction and adaptation— is the greatest imperative of our time – not just because of the huge stakes for our environment, our economy, and our planet; but because of the enormous opportunity this issue presents.”
- Against the Republican budget, March 19, 2013
LETTERS
- Sent over two dozen letters sent to the Obama administration:
EVENTS
- Held events throughout California’s 2nd Congressional District:
- Press conference on Congressman Huffman’s first bill, Point Arena,
- Forum on Election Reform, San Rafael,
- Press conference on legislation to help sustain fishing communities, Eureka,
- First “Sustainable North Coast Certificate” presented, Healdsburg,
- Three District Offices opened (San Rafael, Eureka, and Fort Bragg).
MEMBERSHIP:
Member, House Budget Committee
Member, House Natural Resources Committee
- Congressional Progressive Caucus
- CPC Environmental Task Force (Chair)
- Wild Salmon Caucus (Co-chair)
- Sustainable Energy and Environment Caucus
- Problem Solvers Caucus
- National Marine Sanctuary Caucus
- Congressional Wine Caucus
- Congressional Labor and Working Families Caucus
- Congressional Shellfish Caucus
- Sensible Drug Policy Working Group
- Bicameral Task Force on Climate Change
- Congressional Rare Disease Caucus
- Impact Aid Coalition
- Community College Caucus
- House Rural Education Caucus
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