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Press Releases
March 20, 2025
Ranking Member Huffman Slams Trump Admin Orders to Hand Over Public Lands to Big Oil
- Today, U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) released the following statement on the Interior Department’s sweeping rollbacks of protections of Alaska’s public lands:“President Trump is running a fossil fuel fire sale—selling out Alaska’s wild places to pad Big Oil’s pockets while trampling over Indigenous communities, wildlife, and our climate future,” said Ranking Member Huffman. “This reckless push to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and … Continue Reading
March 20, 2025
Huffman, Dexter Condemn Trump’s Plan to Shutter Facilities that Support Local Economies, Demand Answers
- Today, U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) and Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Maxine Dexter (D-Oreg.) led 76 of their colleagues in a letter to General Service Administration (GSA) Acting Administrator Stephen Ehikian, expressing strong opposition to the planned facility closures at the Department of Interior (DOI), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the United States Forest Service (USFS) acro… Continue Reading
March 14, 2025
Committee Leaders Huffman, Lofgren, Dexter, and Amo Demand Information on NOAA Lease Terminations
Yesterday, Committee on Natural Resources (HNR) Ranking Member Jared Huffman (CA-2), Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (SST) Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), HNR Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight Ranking Member Maxine Dexter (OR-3), and SST Subcommittee on Environment Ranking Member Gabe Amo (RI-1) sent a letter to Department of Commerce Secretary Lutnick demanding information on the Trump administration’s apparent plan to terminate at least 34 National Oceanic and Atmosp… Continue Reading
Media Advisories
September 25, 2024
Democracy Forward, Reps. Huffman, Lieu and Escobar Host Press Call on Dangers of Project 2025
— On Friday, September 27, 2024 at 12 PM ET, President and CEO of Democracy Forward, Skye Perryman, will host U.S. Representatives Jared Huffman, Ted Lieu, and Veronica Escobar for a press call to discuss the threats of Project 2025. Speakers will highlight how the playbook for a future far-right administration would radically undermine people's ability to make ends meet, reproductive rights, LGBTQ+ equality, racial justice, free speech, and other democratic freedoms. Earlier this year, Democra… Continue Reading
September 23, 2024
STOP PROJECT 2025 TASK FORCE, DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP, STEERING & POLICY COMMITTEE HOLD HEARING ON TRUMP’S PROJECT 2025
On Tuesday at 2:15 PM, Founder of the Stop Project 2025 Task Force Jared Huffman, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark, Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar, and the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee will hold a hearing on Trump’s Project 2025 and its devastating impact on hardworking American taxpayers.Featuring testimony from everyday Americans who know firsthand how the policies of Trump’s Project 2025 have or will hurt them and their families,… Continue Reading
January 22, 2024
Tuesday, January 23: Rep. Huffman, Humboldt Bay Harbor District to Hold Press Conference on $426.7 Million Federal Investment in Offshore Wind
Humboldt, CA - On Tuesday, January 23, at 4:30 pm PT, Representative Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) and representatives from the Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District will hold a press conference to announce a $426,719,810 federal grant for its proposed Heavy Lift Marine Terminal Project which will support offshore wind in Humboldt County. The project will construct a modern marine terminal primarily for the transport, import, staging, preassembly, final assembly, launch, in-wa… Continue Reading
In The News
March 19, 2025
‘Remarkable’ or devastating? Concerns about Russian-Eel River water supply focus of Cloverdale town hall
Although stakeholders have approved a closely watched plan to continue diverting some Eel River water into the Russian River when a key hydropower facility goes offline in several years, civic leaders from Lake County, Cloverdale and elsewhere remain concerned about how the move might impact the region’s water supply. As a result, Cloverdale city leaders will host a town hall meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Cloverdale Veterans Memorial Building, 205 West 1st Street. The meeting, which isn’t … Continue Reading
March 18, 2025
Musk team targets nearly two dozen environmental offices for closure in California
President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency plans to terminate lease contracts at nearly two dozen California offices relating to science, agriculture and the environment, according to its federal database. The planned closures include facilities occupied by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, National Park Service, Forest Service and Geological Survey. The terminations follow massive layoffs at NOAA and significant cuts to scientific … Continue Reading
March 18, 2025
Huffman urges Marin educators to resist Trump
U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman said he is in favor of forming a team of Marin educators to move swiftly to support any school threatened by immigration agents authorized by the Trump administration. “So far it has not happened,” Huffman said Monday to about 150 educators and officials at the Marin County Office of Education in San Rafael. “But the level of misinformation is very high.” Abbey Picus, a Novato Unified School District trustee, proposed the “rapid response” team idea as a way to be prepar… Continue Reading
Op-Eds
May 30, 2024
Rep. Jared Huffman: I Want to Thank Samuel Alito for Flying His Flags
As the only open non-believer in Congress, I want to thank Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito. Not for repeatedly revealing himself as an unethical political partisan who poisons the credibility of the court—I’m disgusted with that, and agree with those who are demanding his recusal in cases involving former President Donald Trump. But Alito’s latest scandal—flying the “Appeal to Heaven” flag at his New Jersey beach house—makes me grateful, because it might help save our imperiled American demo… Continue Reading
April 19, 2024
Let California lead the way out of our global plastic pollution crisis
California’s 840 miles of coastline are a gateway to stunning underwater scenery that only a few ever see. Kelp forests, deep sea mountains and swirling ocean currents shelter diverse plant and animal species, from playful sea otters and turtles to migrating tuna and gray, humpback, minke and other whale species that call the expansive Pacific their home. Though they are mostly out of sight, these marine habitats play an essential role in keeping our air and water clean, soaking up excess carbo… Continue Reading
January 03, 2024
Congressman pushes for justice along seafood supply chain
As your congressman, I work on a wide range of issues that are important and well publicized. But some of the most impactful work I did in 2023 involves something that is unknown and unseen by most people, yet vitally important. Even many of those who have heard about Illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing and its associated human rights abuses could be forgiven for seeing it as a distant problem left to the mysterious realm of the high seas; one that doesn’t reach our shores and ce… Continue Reading
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Here you will find a copy of Congressman Jared Huffman's official bio and high resolution photos for use by members of the press.
Should you ever need more information on any press-related matters, please feel free to contact Congressman Jared Huffman’s Communications Director, Mary Hurrell, at mary.hurrell@mail.house.gov or (202) 225-5187.
