Press Releases
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
November 13, 2025
Huffman, Pelosi, SEEC Democrats Sound Alarm on U.S. Absence at COP30
Washington, D.C. - Today, Representative Jared Huffman (CA-51) joined Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi and Democratic Members of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC)—Reps. Doris Matsui, Sean Casten, Yassamin Ansari, Kathy Castor, Maxine Dexter, Jared Huffman, and April McClain Delaney—at a press conference blasting President Donald Trump for the federal government’s absence at the key international climate negotiations in Belem, Brazil (COP30) this week. Pelosi and her … Continue Reading
November 12, 2025
“Lousy Deal that Leaves Hardworking Americans Behind”: Rep. Huffman Votes No on Partisan Funding Package
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) released the following statement after voting against the partisan funding package that passed the U.S. House of Representatives: “Republicans promised the American people they’d lower costs and improve people’s lives. But since taking control of the government, they’ve cut thousands of jobs, made health care costs skyrocket, dismantled programs people depend on, and caused the longest shutdown in U.S. history - all to … Continue Reading
November 10, 2025
Huffman, Hickenlooper Lead 59 Colleagues to Blast Trump Admin’s Decision to Undermine Public Lands
Washington, D.C. — Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.-02) and U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) led 59 of their congressional colleagues to demand the Trump administration protect public lands and end its plans to overturn the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Public Lands Rule. “The American people overwhelmingly support the Public Lands Rule,” wrote the lawmakers in their letter to Interior Doug Burgum and BLM Acting Director Bill Groffy. … Continue Reading
November 06, 2025
Congressman Huffman Statement on Retirement Announcement of Speaker Pelosi
San Rafael, CA - Today, U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) released the following statement on Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s retirement: “Trailblazer, mentor, Speaker, role model, legend. Nancy Pelosi has served countless roles in her time in public service, inspiring millions and making history while improving lives across this country and around the world. “Serving the people of the Bay Area alongside Speaker Pelosi has been the privilege and honor of a lifetime. There has been no … Continue Reading
October 30, 2025
Huffman, Pallone, Padilla, Booker Demand Trump Reverse Plan to Open New Offshore Oil and Gas Leases
Washington, D.C. — Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.-02) and House Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.-06), along with U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), led over 100 lawmakers in demanding President Trump and Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum immediately cease any plans to open new offshore oil and gas leases in U.S. federal waters off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, in the Arctic Ocean … Continue Reading
October 28, 2025
Huffman, Ansari Demand Answers as Trump Administration Shuts Down SNAP and Paychecks, Keeps Big Oil Flush with Cash
Washington, D.C. - Today, Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) and Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee Ranking Member Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.) demanded answers from Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on why their agencies have prioritized checking off the wish lists of oil, timber, and mining companies during the ongoing Republican government shutdown while halting critical public safety, wildfire prevention, and … Continue Reading
October 24, 2025
Huffman Joins 42 Democrats To Warn President Against Unlawful Deployment of Troops in American Cities
Washington, D.C. - Following reports that the Trump administration is considering invocation of the Insurrection Act to deploy active-duty military forces for domestic law enforcement, Rep. Jared Huffman (CA-02) joined 42 Democratic colleagues in calling on President Trump publicly to warn him against such unlawful action. After Trump's ill-advised and overreaching deployment of National Guard in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Washington, D.C., Democrats are fighting back on behalf of American … Continue Reading
October 24, 2025
Rep. Huffman Joins California Democrats in Blasting Trump’s Unlawful Energy Projects Cuts, Calls for Nearly $8 Billion to be Reinstated
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02) joined 27 Democratic California lawmakers in denouncing the Department of Energy’s (DOE) cuts of $7.6 billion in critical grants for energy projects across California and the country. DOE’s list of cuts includes 79 projects and over $3.3 billion in investment across California, with over $2 billion in projects eliminated from Republican-represented districts in California. The funding for these projects was approved and appropriated … Continue Reading