Press Releases
Congressional Freethought Caucus Members Write to Speaker Johnson Over Constitutional, Ethical, and Human Rights Concerns with National Prayer Breakfast
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representatives Jared Huffman (CA-02), Mark Pocan (WI-02), Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC), and Sean Casten (IL-06) sent a letter to Speaker Johnson to express concerns about funding for the National Prayer Breakfast from anti-LGBTQ+ extremists at the Fellowship Foundation and about the broader constitutional problem with institutionalizing a religious ceremony in the secular Capitol. “As members of the Congressional Freethought Caucus, we are steadfast in our … Continue Reading
January 29, 2025
In Letter to Trump, Huffman, Leger Fernández, House and Senate Colleagues Demand a Stop to Unconscionable ICE Harassment of Native American Citizens
Washington, D.C. - Today, Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee Jared Huffman, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández, Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Committee Bennie Thompson, Congressman Raúl Grijalva, Congressman Melanie Stansbury, Congressman Gabe Vasquez, Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari and Senators Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan sent a letter to President Donald Trump demanding immediate action to address reports of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) … Continue Reading
January 28, 2025
Huffman Decries Trump’s Dictatorial Power Grabs
Washington, D.C. - Today, Founder of the Stop Project 2025 Task Force and Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee Jared Huffman (CA-02) released a statement decrying the Trump administration’s illegal order for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to block and redirect vast swaths of federal funding approved by Congress. This radical attempt to override laws and subordinate Congress’ Article I power to the whims of Trump’s Executive Orders comes on the heels of Trump’s … Continue Reading
January 25, 2025
Ranking Member Huffman Sounds the Alarm on Trump’s Illegal Midnight Purge of Federal Watchdogs
WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) - founder of the Stop Project 2025 Task Force - issued the following statement on Trump’s late-night firing of inspectors general from various federal agencies and purge of federal employees responsible for diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. These plans were included in Trump’s extreme Project 2025 agenda. “Wannabe dictator Donald Trump’s Friday Night Massacre of more than a dozen … Continue Reading
January 25, 2025
Rebuking Late-night Purge of Inspectors General, House Democratic Ranking Members Demand President Trump Comply with the Law
WASHINGTON - Today, Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman joined Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Gerald E. Connolly and fellow House Committee Ranking Members in a letter to President Donald Trump condemning his attempted late-night purge of at least 12 independent inspectors general, which appears to have violated federal law designed to protect their work from political interference and intimidation. The Ranking Members wrote: “We write … Continue Reading
January 24, 2025
130+ Dems Call on Trump to Reverse Day-One Withdrawal of U.S. from Paris Climate Accords
WASHINGTON — U.S. Representatives Jared Huffman (CA-02), Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee, Brad Schneider (IL-10), Gregory W. Meeks (NY-05), and Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03) were joined by more than 130 House Democrats to introduce a resolution expressing condemning President Trump's Day One Executive Order to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement. A similar resolution was introduced in the Senate by Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and 21 Senators.The resolution articulates the … Continue Reading
January 23, 2025
Ranking Member Huffman Calls Out Republican Ploy to Gut Environmental Protections, Ignoring the Chance to Help Communities and Firefighters
WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) voted against Republican’s H.R. 471, legislation designed to advance the GOP’s longstanding agenda of rolling back environmental laws while ignoring the climate crisis and failing to provide any relief to communities impacted by wildfires or additional support for firefighters. Ranking Member Huffman took to the House Floor to speak in opposition to this flawed legislation. Recordings of his … Continue Reading
January 21, 2025
Rep. Huffman Announces $5.2 Million FEMA Grant to Replace McKinleyville Sewer Infrastructure
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02) announced a major federal grant award to the McKinleyville Community Services District to replace three sanitary sewer crossings that have reached the end of their useful lives. The sewer crossings drain the east side of McKinleyville under U.S. Highway 101 to the west side of McKinleyville where its wastewater treatment plant is located. The existing crossings have been in place since the early 1970s. “As American … Continue Reading
January 21, 2025
Ranking Member Huffman, SEEC Condemn Trump’s Day One ‘Polluters Over People’ Executive Actions
Washington, D.C. - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jared Huffman and the leaders of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), including Co-Chairs Reps. Doris Matsui, Mike Quigley, and Paul Tonko and Vice Chairs Reps. Don Beyer, Suzanne Bonamici, Sean Casten, Mike Levin, and Chellie Pingree, released a letter in response to day one of Donald J. Trump’s presidency that saw him issue a slew of executive actions that benefit polluters at the expense of … Continue Reading
January 21, 2025
Huffman, Obernolte Re-introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Increase Wildfire Resiliency
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representatives Jared Huffman (D-CA-02) and Jay Obernolte (R-CA) introduced the Community Protection and Wildfire Resilience Act to help local communities defend themselves from the growing danger of wildfires. This bill will empower communities to implement science-based methods for mitigating wildfire damage and provide funding to design and implement new Community Protection and Wildfire Resilience Plans with community members, first responders, and relevant … Continue Reading
January 17, 2025
Rep. Huffman Announces $15 Million for Eel River Restoration, Construction of Modern Water Supply for Russian River Communities
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02) announced that the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has awarded Round Valley Indian Tribes and the Sonoma County Water Agency $15 million toward implementing the Two-Basin Solution. The funds through the Inflation Reduction Act will fund a major Eel River estuary project supported by the tribes and put a down payment on construction of a new wintertime diversion to the Russian River following the removal of two salmon-blocking dams … Continue Reading
January 16, 2025
Rep. Huffman’s Statement on January Ceasefire Deal
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02) issued the following statement: “Israel and Hamas, with U.S., Egyptian, and Qatari mediators, have finally agreed to a three-phase ceasefire agreement. I have been calling for a ceasefire for months and have demanded swift humanitarian aid for the region and the release of all hostages. This war has gone on far too long, taking countless innocent Israeli and Palestinian lives. I am grateful to the Biden-Harris administration … Continue Reading
January 14, 2025
Huffman, Merkley, Reed, Barragán, McClellan, Casten, Grijalva: LNG Exports Are Not in Public Interest
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA-02) and Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, Rhode Island’s U.S. Senator Jack Reed, along with Representatives Nanette Barragán (D-CA-44), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA-04), Sean Casten (D-IL-06), and Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ-07) today led a bicameral letter urging the Department of Energy (DOE) to use its recent findings when determining the public interest of pending liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports. “American households are already … Continue Reading
January 14, 2025
Stop Project 2025 Task Force Founder Sounds Alarm Ahead of Architect’s Confirmation Hearing
Washington, D.C. - On Wednesday, January 15 at 1pm ET, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing on the nomination of Russell Vought to serve as Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Vought was a key architect of Project 2025, authoring the chapter that laid out a sweeping plan for OMB and the Executive Office of the President to consolidate unprecedented power over every executive branch department, agency, and … Continue Reading
January 08, 2025
Rep. Huffman announces $15 million U.S. Department of Transportation grant to rebuild Arcata interchange on Highway 101
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02) announced a major federal grant award to the City of Arcata to overhaul the U.S. Highway 101 interchange at Sunset Avenue in Arcata. The project will reconstruct the existing interchange with two roundabouts and provide pedestrian and bicycle access, new bus stops, signs, and lighting. It will also include ADA improvement and connections to the nearby trail system. “It’s great to see this federal investment in fixing chronic … Continue Reading
January 07, 2025
Ranking Member Huffman Celebrates New National Monument Designations in California
WASHINGTON - U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) today celebrated President Joseph R. Biden’s expected designation of the new Chuckwalla and Sáttítla Highlands National Monuments in California using his authority under the Antiquities Act of 1906. “Designation of the Chuckwalla and Sáttítla Highlands National Monuments is yet another win for Indigenous and community conservation efforts championed by the Biden-Harris administration,” said Ranking … Continue Reading
January 07, 2025
Rep. Huffman Secures $3 Million for Weaver Creek Habitat Restoration Implementation
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02) announced that he secured $3 million in federal funding for the Yurok Tribe Fisheries Department for habitat restoration along Weaver Creek in California’s 2nd District. Funds for this grant were awarded through the Bureau of Reclamation’s WaterSMART program. About the Project The Yurok Tribe Fisheries Department will create instream habitat and develop new floodplain areas along the upper section of Weaver Creek, a … Continue Reading
January 06, 2025
Ranking Member Huffman Celebrates Biden Action to Protect Oceans and Coasts from Offshore Drilling
WASHINGTON - U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) today issued the following statement on President Biden’s action to use his authority under 12(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently protect unleased and at-risk areas of the outer continental shelf from offshore oil and gas development. “Today’s action cements President Biden’s historic climate legacy by permanently protecting much of our oceans, coastal communities, and local … Continue Reading
December 18, 2024
Sens. Markey, Merkley, Rep. Huffman Introduce NO SPILLS Act to Increase Accountability for Offshore Oil and Gas Port Licensing
Washington, D.C. - Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02) along with Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) today introduced the Nautical Oversight Safety and Protection of Inflammable Liquids by Law in the Sea (NO SPILLS) Act, which would strengthen the review process by which the Maritime Administration (MARAD) approves a license for the construction or maintenance of a deepwater port for fossil fuel exports and imports. The lawmakers introduced this bill as MARAD … Continue Reading
December 18, 2024
Huffman, Merkley Lead Bill to Get the Federal Government out of the Fossil Fuel Business
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA-02) and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) today led the reintroduction of the Keep It in the Ground Act—comprehensive legislation to stop new fossil fuel extraction on public lands and in public waters. “The climate crisis is happening now. Communities across the country are already facing the effects of climate change, and it’s critical we reduce emissions by keeping the world’s remaining fossil fuels in the ground,” Huffman said. … Continue Reading