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August 12, 2020

Huffman Announces HHS Grants for Mendonoma Health Alliance

San Rafael, CA - Today, Representative Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) shared the announcement that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is awarding a $1 million federal grant to the Mendonoma Health Alliance (MHA) as a part of the agency's Rural Communities Opioid Response program. MHA also received additional funding through HHS for a 3-year Rural Health Network Development grant for 2020-2023 that totals $898,645. "I'm incredibly pleased to announce this funding for such an i… Continue Reading

August 12, 2020

Huffman Celebrates Overdue Fix for West Coast Fishery Loan

San Rafael, CA - Today, Representative Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) celebrated the announcement by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) Fisheries that it has reduced the outstanding principal balance on the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishing Capacity Reduction Buyback Loan by $5.9 million, with an effective date of January 14, 2020. The loan reduction resolves an economic hardship suffered by the west coast groundfish fishing fleet due to longstanding accounting failures by the executiv… Continue Reading

August 07, 2020

Huffman Introduces Bill to Rename Woodacre Post Office to Honor Postmaster Marylu Giddings

San Rafael, CA - Today, Representative Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) introduced legislation to rename the post office in Woodacre, California, in honor of Marylu Giddings, who served as Postmaster in Woodacre for 25 years. "Marylu Giddings is an indisputable representation of the oath of the United States Postal Service. She spent over two decades helping the Woodacre post office thrive, going to enormous lengths to ensure the delivery of mail no matter what," said Rep. Huffman. "At a time when… Continue Reading

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March 06, 2020

Allbirds founder: Being a sustainable business is 'not that hard'

Pairs of cherry blossom-themed shoes hung on one wall, while green, Logan Circle shoe laces stood by the door, and Joey Zwillinger, co-founder of Allbirds, sat on a stool in front of a wall of boxes of shoes. It had all the trappings of a classic store opening event, only the focus wasn't on the store. Sitting beside Zwillinger in the shoe brand's newest store in Georgetown was U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California. The collected attendees had been invited to listen in on a conversation that wa… Continue Reading

March 05, 2020

Playing politics with science spawns new threat to endangered whales

Scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warned that blasting air guns in an area where a rare whale migrates and gives birth could push it closer to extinction. But those findings conflicted with the Trump administration's push for drilling in the Atlantic Ocean, so the scientists were ordered to change their official conclusions so the agency could permit air guns to sound off in the whales' territory. Documents obtained by CQ Roll Call show that science-based measure… Continue Reading

March 05, 2020

Petaluma officials tout a busy year of achievements

Petaluma City Manager Peggy Flynn has just completed a whirlwind first year at the city's helm, highlighted by progress on several housing and infrastructure projects, and victories on key issues like river dredging and fairgrounds negotiations. But Petaluma's budget remains threadbare, Flynn said, and the city has begun sobering talks aimed at ensuring longterm fiscal stability. "It's been quite an amazing year," said Flynn, who was hired from Novato a year ago to replace retiring city manage… Continue Reading

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August 04, 2020

California would benefit from a climate-crisis action plan

Across California, members of our communities are no strangers to the catastrophic impacts of the climate crisis, particularly the devastation wrought by wildfires. In 2018, when over 1.8 million acres in the state burned, the Camp Fire in Northern California officially became the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in our state's history, breaking a record set only a year before with the Tubbs Fire in Napa and Sonoma counties. These two historic wildfires in back to back years add to the Th… Continue Reading

July 02, 2020

Congressman lays out House climate committee’s proposal

We are being tested this year. A mass pandemic, historic unemployment and economic collapse, as well as an unprecedented public outcry for police reform and racial justice. Meanwhile, the climate crisis is accelerating. All-time temperature records continue to fall, while air pollution and environmental injustices have acted as a threat multiplier for the country's most vulnerable populations. Amid that backdrop, the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis proposed a detailed plan this we… Continue Reading

December 21, 2016

Marin Voice: Staggered progress toward a more perfect union

December 21, 2016 As the presidential election results rolled in, many Californians were shocked - including children, who felt fear that someone so means and bigoted could become our president; and parents, who struggled to explain this new reality to their children. Since then, with each worrisome personnel decision, Twitter firestorm or conflict of interest revelation, thousands of constituents have contacted me to express their deep concerns about the direction our country might be taking.… Continue Reading

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Huffman Announces HHS Grants for Mendonoma Health Alliance

Huffman Celebrates Overdue Fix for West Coast Fishery Loan

Huffman Introduces Bill to Rename Woodacre Post Office to Honor Postmaster Marylu Giddings

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Allbirds founder: Being a sustainable business is 'not that hard'

Playing politics with science spawns new threat to endangered whales

Petaluma officials tout a busy year of achievements

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California would benefit from a climate-crisis action plan

Congressman lays out House climate committee’s proposal

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