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Press Releases
December 02, 2025
Huffman, Van Hollen, Cassidy, Thompson, Scholten, James Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Resolution Recognizing the 50th Anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Today, U.S. Representatives Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.), Hillary Scholten (D-Mich.), and John James (R-Mich.), along with U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.), introduced a bipartisan, bicameral resolution recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the historic step this legislation took by mandating that every child with a disability in America be given equal access to a free, appropriate public … Continue Reading
November 21, 2025
Huffman, Raskin, Clyburn, Wyden Call on Trump Administration to Stop Politicizing Houses of Worship; Defend Separation of Church and State Ahead of Court Arguments
Representatives Jared Huffman (CA-02) and Jamie Raskin (MD-08), co-chairs of the Congressional Freethought Caucus, and James Clyburn (SC-06), Chair of the Democratic Faith Working Group, along with Senator Ron Wyden, Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, led six of their colleagues in objecting to the Trump Administration’s attempts to exempt two specific organizations from the law. In a new letter to Acting Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service Scott Bessent, the lawmakers urge… Continue Reading
November 20, 2025
“President Trump and Congressional Republicans are Waging an All-Out War on Clean Energy”
Today, Ranking Member Huffman pushed back against Republicans’ so-called SPEED Act, a sweeping bill that would gut core provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and rig the rules to fast-track polluter projects and silence Americans. Democratic members offered a series of amendments to the legislation that would lower costs, improve public health, support community input, prevent polluter handouts, and stop Trump’s attacks on cheap, clean energy sources. Ranking Member Huf… 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
November 20, 2025
Trump administration announces plan for new oil drilling off the coasts of California and Florida
The Trump administration announced on Thursday new oil drilling off the California and Florida coasts for the first time in decades, advancing a project that critics say could harm coastal communities and ecosystems, as President Donald Trump seeks to expand U.S. oil production. The oil industry has been seeking access to new offshore areas, including Southern California and off the coast of Florida, as a way to boost U.S. energy security and jobs. The federal government has not allowed drillin… Continue Reading
November 20, 2025
Trump administration proposes opening waters off California and Florida to oil drilling
The Trump administration proposed a plan Thursday that would open federal waters off the California coast to new oil and gas leasing for the first time in four decades and reignite a long-simmering fight with Florida Republicans over drilling along that state’s Gulf Coast. The proposed five-year schedule for offshore oil and gas leasing represents the most aggressive in decades, with the Interior Department considering as many as 34 auctions in federal waters between 2026 and 2031. That include… Continue Reading
November 20, 2025
California leaders vehemently oppose expanded offshore oil
Politicians, environmental groups and business organizations throughout the state and country expressed outrage Thursday at a Trump administration plan to significantly increase offshore oil leasing, calling the plan an attempt to “destroy one of the most valuable, most protected coastlines in the world and hand it over to the fossil fuel industry.” “Trump’s idiotic plan endangers our coastal economy and communities and hurts the well-being of Californians,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a press re… 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.
