Press Releases
Rep. Huffman, Senator Schiff, Bay Area Members Introduce Bill to Designate National Scenic Trail
San Rafael, CA - Today, U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02) and U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA), along with every member of the Bay Area delegation, introduced legislation to help designate the 550+ mile Bay Area Ridge Trail as a National Scenic Trail. This designation would enhance the trail’s visibility as a world-class recreation opportunity and attract new visitors, in addition to helping connect the different routes within the trail. Hikers climb steps on Bay Area Ridge Trail in … Continue Reading
January 27, 2026
Huffman, Van Hollen Introduce Bicameral Resolution Recognizing the 40th Anniversary of the International Coastal Cleanup
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) and U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) introduced a bicameral resolution recognizing the 40th anniversary of the International Coastal Cleanup and its immense contributions to protecting oceans and waterways worldwide. Launched in 1986 by the Ocean Conservancy, this annual event has mobilized 19 million volunteers to remove more than 400 million pounds of trash from beaches and waterways across 155 countries and 33 … Continue Reading
January 22, 2026
Rep. Huffman Votes Against Giving Trump No-Strings-Attached Check
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02) voted against the second three-bill minibus. This latest package includes the conference agreements for the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies; Defense; and Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies appropriations bills. He also voted against the separate funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security. “Democrats were able to negotiate some strong wins for the … Continue Reading
January 21, 2026
Ranking Member Huffman Slams Backdoor Attempt to Open Boundary Waters to Toxic Mining
Washington, D.C. - Today, Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) spoke on the House Floor against H.J. Res. 140, a Congressional Review Act resolution that would overturn protections for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota and allow a Chilean mining company with ties to China to pursue a sulfide-ore copper mine near its headwaters. Ranking Member Huffman speaks on House Floor. (January 21, 2026) “Mr. Speaker, the Boundary Waters draw more … Continue Reading
January 20, 2026
Committee Democrats Uncover Potential Abuse of Power Scheme by High-Ranking Trump Official, Demand Independent Investigation
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.) called on the Department of the Interior's (DOI) Office of Inspector General to investigate Associate Deputy Secretary Karen Budd-Falen for potential conflicts of interest, ethics violations, and self-dealing related to her family's multi-million-dollar financial stake in a Nevada lithium mine. Last November, … Continue Reading
January 16, 2026
Huffman, Colleagues Unveil PARK Act to Block Trump’s Plan to Force Nation to Celebrate His Birthday
Washington, D.C. - Ahead of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Congressman Jared Huffman (CA-02), unveiled the Preventing Authoritarian Resource Kidnapping or PARK Act, which would block President Trump from making admission to national parks free on his birthday, alongside Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01). "Donald Trump thinks our national parks should celebrate him like royalty while erasing the legacies of Martin Luther King Jr. and Juneteenth,” said Rep. Huffman. “It's pathetic, it's un-American, … Continue Reading
January 16, 2026
Huffman, Dingell, Beyer Lead Over 80 Congressional Democrats Demanding Trump Withdraw Attack on Endangered Species Act
Washington, D.C. - Today, 87 Congressional Democrats demanded the Trump administration withdraw four proposed rules that would blow massive holes in the Endangered Species Act — the law that has saved 99 percent of listed species from extinction. In a letter to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) and ESA Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) and Rep. Don Beyer (D-Virg.) warned the … Continue Reading
January 15, 2026
Ranking Members Demand Trump Admin Answer for Killing Jobs, Cutting Off Affordable Energy with Arbitrary Halt to Offshore Wind Projects
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), U.S. House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-Wash.), and U.S. House Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.) sent a letter to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth demanding a classified briefing on the administration’s sudden halt of … Continue Reading
January 08, 2026
Ranking Member Huffman Statement on House Republicans Voting to Uphold Trump's Retaliation
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) released the following statement after House Republicans killed two of their own party's bills and voted to uphold President Trump's vetoes of two bipartisan bills that had passed both chambers unanimously: "Congratulations to House Republicans on completing their transformation of the United States Congress into the American Duma. They just proved they'd rather be Trump's doormats than do … Continue Reading
January 08, 2026
Ranking Member Huffman Statement on FY26 Appropriations Minibus
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) released the following statement after the House passed a bipartisan spending package that protects America's public lands from the Trump administration's most extreme proposals and delivers $5.4 million in projects for California's North Coast: "President Trump came into this budget demanding we zero out clean energy spending, gut the Park Service by over a billion dollars, and clear the way … Continue Reading
January 07, 2026
Ranking Member Huffman Statement on Trump’s Withdrawal from International Climate Agreements
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) released the following statement after President Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum withdrawing the United States from 66 international organizations, including from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change: “This is climate denial as foreign policy. The same ‘oil over all’ mentality driving regime change in Venezuela to plunder another country’s resources is what’s behind torching … Continue Reading
January 07, 2026
Huffman Joins Full California Congressional Delegation Push for Federal Disaster Funding One Year After Devastating Eaton and Palisades Fires
Los Angeles, CA — On the one-year anniversary of the devastating Eaton and Palisades fires, Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.-02) joined U.S. Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff (both D-Calif.) and the Chairs of the Republican and Democratic Congressional Delegations — Representatives Ken Calvert (R-Calif.-41) and Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.-18) — and the entire bipartisan California Congressional delegation in urging President Trump to provide overdue federal disaster relief funding and resources to … Continue Reading
December 17, 2025
Huffman Reintroduces Northwest California Wilderness, Recreation, and Working Forests Act
Washington, D.C. - Today, Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) reintroduced his Northwest California Wilderness, Recreation, and Working Forests Act, which would increase fire resilience, restore forests and fish habitat, rehabilitate lands impaired by illegal marijuana growing operations, increase recreation opportunities through new trails and visitor centers, and permanently protect many of northwest California’s most spectacular wild places and pristine streams. “California has some of … Continue Reading
December 10, 2025
Rep. Huffman Votes No on Blank Check to Trump Administration, Pentagon
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02) voted against advancing the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) out of the House. In addition to exceeding the overall budget by $8 billion and promoting a series of harmful provisions, the legislation lacks any substantial guardrails to curb the authoritarian agenda of this out-of-control administration. In response to the legislation, Rep. Huffman released the following statement: “The Trump … Continue Reading
December 04, 2025
Huffman, Padilla Lead California Lawmakers in Condemning Trump’s Plan to Allow Oil Drilling Along California’s Pristine Coastline
Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02), along with U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), led 26 members of the California Democratic Congressional delegation in condemning the Trump Administration’s official draft 2027-2032 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program that includes six lease proposals off the coast of Northern, Central, and Southern California. The plan proposes opening vast swaths of previously protected federal waters — including the … Continue Reading
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
Washington, D.C. - 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 … 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
WASHINGTON, D.C. - 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 … Continue Reading
November 20, 2025
“President Trump and Congressional Republicans are Waging an All-Out War on Clean Energy”
Washington, D.C. - 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. … Continue Reading
November 20, 2025
Huffman, Padilla Blast Trump’s Disastrous Plan to Auction off America’s Coasts to Big Oil
Washington, D.C. - Today, Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) and U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) condemned the Trump administration's draft 2027-2032 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program, which proposes opening vast swaths of previously protected federal waters, including along the California coast, all of Alaska’s offshore waters, and the eastern Gulf of Mexico. “With this draft plan, Donald Trump and his Administration are trying to … Continue Reading
November 19, 2025
Ranking Member Huffman Calls Out Trump for Putting Polluters Over Public Health
Washington, D.C. - Today, Ranking Member Huffman released a statement on the Trump administration’s announcement to push back the compliance deadline for the Methane Waste Rule, clearing the way for polluters to ignore regulations and avoid paying royalties to public and Indian mineral owners. “Their first week back after the longest shutdown in American history, Republicans haven’t done a single thing to lower costs or improve the lives of hardworking people. Instead, they’ve prioritized … Continue Reading