Press Releases
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
October 23, 2025
Ranking Members Jared Huffman, Robert Garcia, Rep. Ansari Demand Transparency on White House Ballroom Construction During Shutdown
Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Committee on Natural Resources, Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.) demanded answers from President Donald J. Trump regarding the reported construction of a new $250 million ballroom at the White House complex during the ongoing government shutdown.The lawmakers warn that the project — undertaken “without public … Continue Reading
October 23, 2025
Huffman Denounces Trump’s Effort to Hand Over U.S. Coasts to Big Oil Amid Shutdown
Washington, D.C. - Today, Natural Resources Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) issued the following statement following reporting that the Trump administration is advancing plans to open nearly all federal waters along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and sensitive areas off the coast of Alaska and Florida to new oil and gas leases despite the ongoing Republican government shutdown: "While government workers across the country are furloughed and Americans are worrying about how much … Continue Reading
October 23, 2025
Ranking Member Huffman: Trump’s “Alaska Day” Blitz Is a Full-Scale Giveaway to Big Oil and Mining
Washington, D.C. - Today, Natural Resources Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) issued the following statement after Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced a coordinated series of Trump administration actions to open the entire Arctic National Wildlife Refuge coastal plain to drilling and strip long-standing protections from Alaska’s most ecologically sensitive and culturally significant lands and waters: “Trump just declared open season on Alaska’s public lands. In just a few weeks, … Continue Reading
October 16, 2025
Huffman, Pocan, Jayapal Lead Letter to Trump Slamming Executive Order Targeting Protected Speech
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representatives Jared Huffman (CA-02), Mark Pocan (WI-02), and Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) sent a letter to President Trump, along with 28 of their colleagues, expressing grave concerns regarding his executive order Designating Antifa as a Domestic Terrorist Organization and the related memorandum Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence, also known as NSPM-7, and demanding they be immediately rescinded. These directives dangerously conflate … Continue Reading
October 14, 2025
Huffman Statement Regarding Release of Remaining Hostages
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02) issued the following statement regarding the release of the remaining hostages: "I’m heartened and relieved by the release of the final living hostages and by the sight of their joyous homecoming. This very welcome breakthrough was long overdue. What happens next is still unfolding and will require tremendous effort by all parties to establish a durable resolution to the conflict and a lasting peace -- one that ensures an end … Continue Reading
October 07, 2025
Ranking Member Huffman Blasts Trump for Handing Over Alaskan Wilderness to Polluters
Washington, D.C. - Today, Natural Resources Ranking Member Jared Huffman issued a statement blasting President Trump’s decision to permit the Ambler Road Project: “We’re in the middle of another Republican shutdown where American families, workers, and small business are suffering. Instead of working with Democrats to reopen the government and save health care, Trump is rushing to give big polluters everything they want. Last week it was cancelling billions of dollars in clean energy … Continue Reading
October 07, 2025
Rep. Huffman Joins 24 California Democrats in Calling for the Release of U.S. Citizens Who Were Detained on the Flotilla and Detained in Israel
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02) joined 24 of his California colleagues to send a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio calling for the release of the U.S. citizens - including California residents - who have been detained in Israel since the Global Sumud Flotilla was intercepted by the Israeli military on October 1st and 2nd. Full text of the letter below: Dear Secretary Rubio, On October 1st and 2nd, the Global Sumud Flotilla carrying over 450 … Continue Reading