Press Releases
Huffman, Dexter Press National Park Service, Trust for the National Mall on Who Is Buying into Trump’s Ballroom
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Maxine Dexter (D-Ore.) sent letters to National Park Service Acting Director Jessica Bowron and to Trust for the National Mall President and CEO Catherine Townsend and COO Cindy Willmann, requesting briefings on the fundraising agreements and donor vetting procedures behind President Trump’s White House Ballroom. “The Trust may have … Continue Reading
August 19, 2026
Huffman, Bennet, Colleagues Fight Against Rescission of Key Energy Leasing and Public Lands Protections
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) and Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet led 39 colleagues to oppose the recent rescission of two key Bureau of Land Management (BLM) oil and gas rules on leasing and waste prevention. Their rollback will harm public lands, reduce community input, increase pollution, and raise taxpayer costs. In the first letter, the lawmakers denounce the BLM’s proposal to rescind the 2024 Fluid Mineral Leases and Leasing Process rule (the 2024 … Continue Reading
August 18, 2026
Top Natural Resources Committee Democrats Question Independence of Trump’s Interior Watchdog Pick, Order Him to Preserve Records Amid Shredding Reports
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Democratic leaders sent a letter to Dennis Kirk, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of the Interior Office of the Inspector General, instructing him to preserve all federal records and demanding answers about potential document destruction inside the department that may have already happened.The letter was signed by Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Maxine … Continue Reading
August 18, 2026
Huffman Statement on Proposed Roadless Rule Rollback
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) issued the following statement after the Trump administration proposed to finalize the rescission of the 2001 Roadless Rule, which would strip protections from nearly 45 million acres of national forests and leave these lands vulnerable to reckless development:“The Roadless Rule protects nearly 45 million acres of the last untouched forests we have left, forests that filter drinking water for … Continue Reading
August 17, 2026
54 House Democrats Raise Concerns Over Trump Administration’s Critical Minerals Agreements
Washington, D.C. - Today, Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Linda Sánchez (D-Calif.), and Congressman Jonathan Jackson (D-Ill.) led 51 of their House Democratic colleagues in calling on the Trump administration to address concerns about its recently announced critical minerals agreements.The deals lack transparency and enforceable protections for labor rights, human rights and the environment, while potentially … Continue Reading
August 11, 2026
Huffman, Thompson, Hernández, Heinrich Want Answers on Puerto Rico’s Water Crisis from Gov Watchdog
Washington, D.C. - Today, House NaturalResources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), House Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.), Resident Commissioner Pablo José Hernández (D-P.R.), and Senate Energy and Natural Resources Ranking Member Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) sent a letterto the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting a briefing and a full investigation into Puerto Rico’s drinking water shortages, the condition of its water and … Continue Reading
August 11, 2026
Huffman Statement on Court Ruling to Stop Trump Admin’s Greenlight for Illegal Colosseum Mine
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) issued the following statement after a federal court ordered an immediate halt to new mining operations at the Colosseum Mine inside Mojave National Preserve.“The District Court just said what the Trump administration won’t: the mining industry is not above the law. Our public lands belong to all of us, and no mining company gets to bulldoze a place we promised to protect for future … Continue Reading
August 10, 2026
Huffman, Garcia Demand Documents from Vulcan Elements After White House Pushed Through $620 Million Loan to Company Tied to Donald Trump Jr.
Washington, D.C. - Today, House NaturalResources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) sent a letterto Vulcan Elements CEO John Maslin demanding overdue documents after ProPublica reporting revealed that the company’s $620 million Department of Defense loan resulted from direct White House intervention, contradicting assurances Maslin gave Committee staff and reporters that his company … Continue Reading
August 10, 2026
Huffman, Dexter Open Investigation into Insider Trading at Energy Fuels After Trump Guts Bears Ears
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) and Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Maxine Dexter (D-Ore.) opened an investigation into potential insider trading at Energy Fuels Inc., after the company's CEO and Chairman of the Board bought company stock days before President Trump announced he was shrinking Bears Ears National Monument by more than 90 percent.On July 7, 2026, CEO Ross Bhappu purchased 74,000 … Continue Reading
August 10, 2026
Huffman, Buchanan Re-Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Address World Extinction Crisis
Washington, D.C. - Today, Representatives Jared Huffman (D-CA) and Vern Buchanan (R-FL) re-introduced the Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Act, a bipartisan bill to support conservation efforts for highly endangered species around the world. “The alarming acceleration in species extinction has serious consequences not only for ecosystems and wildlife, butfor our economies, communities, and the future generations that will be robbed of the rich biodiversity and species we depend on … Continue Reading
August 06, 2026
Top Democrats on the House Natural Resources and Agriculture Committees Introduce the Wildfire Response and Readiness Act
Washington, D.C. — Today, Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (CA-02), Assistant Democratic Leader and Federal Lands Subcommittee Ranking Member Joe Neguse (CO-02), Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02), Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee Ranking Member Andrea Salinas (OR-06), and Congressman George Whitesides (CA-27) introduced the Wildfire Response and Readiness Act, a comprehensive package of wildland fire policy that meets the moment for … Continue Reading
August 06, 2026
Huffman: Trump’s Latest Billion-Dollar Payoff Kills More American Energy, Drives Up Costs, and Rewards Fossil Fuels
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) issued the following statement after the Trump administration announced yet another fake settlement using more than $1 billion in taxpayer funds to pay an offshore wind developer to abandon its job-creating clean energy projects and instead prop up fossil fuel exports. “The most corrupt, lawless administration in American history is once again flouting the law and attempting to use over $1 … Continue Reading
August 05, 2026
Huffman Blasts Trump Scheme to Plant Project 2025 Architect Inside Interior's Watchdog Office
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) released the following statement after reports that the Trump administration installed Dennis Kirk, a lead architect of Project 2025, inside the Department of the Interior's Office of Inspector General: “Dennis Kirk is a fake and fraudulent watchdog. Everyone should have their eyes wide open. Each and every thing this political puppet does will be in service of Donald Trump. “This man helped … Continue Reading
July 31, 2026
Reps. Huffman, Lawler, Min and Fitzpatrick Call for Stronger Federal E-Bike and E-Moto Safety Standards
Washington, D.C. — Congressman Jared Huffman (CA-02), Congressman Dave Min (CA-47), joined by Representatives Michael Lawler (NY-17), and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), sent a letter urging the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to develop comprehensive federal safety standards for electric bicycles and higher-speed “e-motos”. The bipartisan letter comes in response to the CPSC’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to establish safety standards for lithium-ion batteries used for … Continue Reading
July 27, 2026
Huffman: Trump's Loyalist-Stacked Council Votes to Bulldoze America's History
Washington, D.C. - Today, Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) issued the following statement after the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation voted to gut Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, the rule that requires the federal government to consider harm to historic and sacred places, and to hear from the people affected, before approving construction projects: “Donald Trump packed this council with loyalists and gave them one job: tear … Continue Reading
July 23, 2026
Huffman, Raskin Headline Third Annual Congressional Reason Reception
Washington D.C. — Congressional Freethought Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Jared Huffman (CA-02) and Rep. Jamie Raskin (MD-08) alongside fellow CFC members, national secular leaders and advocates joined together in a Capitol Hill reception room Tuesday evening for the third annual Congressional Reason Reception. The reception celebrated the Congressional Freethought Caucus, reason, constitutional democracy and the growing visibility of nonreligious Americans in public life. The Freedom From Religion … Continue Reading
July 22, 2026
70+ House Democrats Demand NPS Address Multimillion-Dollar Grant Backlog Delaying Trail Maintenance, Wildfire Prevention, and Critical Projects
Washington, D.C. - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-CA) and Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) led 70 House Democrats in demanding that the National Park Service (NPS) immediately address its reported backlog of 1,400 grant approvals, which has delayed more than $360 million in funding for critical projects that keep national parks safe and accessible to the American public. In a letter addressed to NPS Acting Director Jessica Bowron, the lawmakers warned that the … Continue Reading
July 17, 2026
Ranking Members Huffman and Heinrich Demand Answers on Trump Administration’s Fast-Track of Pro-Oil Rule for Alaska’s Western Arctic
Washington, D.C. - Today, Ranking Members Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) sent a letter to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum demanding answers about the Department of the Interior’s effort to fast-track an oil industry-backed rule that would weaken environmental protections and expedite oil and gas permitting across the Western Arctic. The lawmakers raised conflict-of-interest concerns after Interior moved to implement the industry-written proposal just days after receiving … Continue Reading
July 15, 2026
Rep. Huffman Statement on State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Amendment #8 Vote
Washington, D.C. - Today, Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02) released the following statement after voting on the National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act and Representative Thomas Massie’s (KY-04) amendment #8: “I almost never vote ‘present,’ but this amendment leaves me little choice. I support the central message behind it and have consistently opposed the Israeli government's unhinged policies of aggression, brutality, and territorial expansion. … Continue Reading
July 14, 2026
Huffman, Moolenaar Introduce Legislation to Improve, Modernize Rural Health Care
Washington, D.C. - This week, Congressman Jared Huffman (D-CA) and Congressman John Moolenaar (R-MI) introduced the Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act. The legislation would allow rural hospitals to use Medicare funding to hire physician anesthesiologists. Under current law, hospitals are only permitted to use Medicare funding to hire certified anesthesiologist assistants or nurse anesthetists. “Rural hospitals and health centers, like the many throughout my district, serve … Continue Reading