Congressman Jared Huffman

Representing the 2nd District of California

Press Releases

Reps. Huffman, Thompson, Garamendi lead 24 California Members of Congress Seeking Federal Wildfire Disaster Declaration

Aug 7, 2018 Press Release
Bipartisan letter cites catastrophic scope of Mendocino Complex, Carr, and Steele Fires
San Rafael, CA- Rep. Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) joined Northern California colleagues Mike Thompson (D-St. Helena) and John Garamendi (D-Davis, Fairfield, Yuba City) in leading 24 other bipartisan members of the California congressional delegation, including Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, on a letter to President Trump today asking him to immediately grant California Governor Jerry Brown’s request for a Major Disaster Declaration for the destructive wildfires that have hit Northern California over the past two weeks.

Rep. Huffman Introduces Northwest California Wilderness, Recreation, and Working Forests Act

Jul 27, 2018 Press Release
Huffman’s newly unveiled legislation to protect wild places and rivers incorporates community input from public listening sessions and stakeholder meetings
Washington, D.C.- After incorporating community input and ideas from across Northwest California, Rep. Huffman (D-San Rafael) introduced improved legislation today to guard communities against wildfires, provide local jobs, restore lands impaired by illegal marijuana growing operations, and protect many of Northwest California’s spectacular wild places and pristine streams.

Rep. Huffman Introduces Protecting Access to Classified Information in Elections Act

Jul 19, 2018 Press Release
New legislation would authorize and encourage security clearance review for presidential candidates

Washington, D.C.- Representatives Jared Huffman (D-CA), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), and Hank Johnson (D-GA) introduced the Protecting Access to Classified Information in Elections Act, new legislation to modernize and standardize the way candidates for President and Vice President are granted access to national security secrets.

Rep. Huffman Introduces Countering Russian Power Plays Act to Protect Energy Security of European Allies

Jul 16, 2018 Press Release

Washington, D.C.- Following President Donald Trump’s secretive private meeting with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin today, Congressman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) introduced new legislation to impose sanctions on the people and companies working on the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project that is designed to allow Russia to exert greater control over the energy stability of Ameri

Rep. Huffman Statement on Bipartisan Delegation Trip to South Korea

Jul 13, 2018 Press Release

Washington, D.C.- After returning from the first bipartisan congressional delegation trip to South Korea since President Trump’s meeting with Kim Jong Un, Rep. Huffman (D-San Rafael) released the following statement:

Rep. Huffman Leads Defense of Key Fisheries Management Law

Jul 12, 2018 Press Release

Washington, D.C.- During debate on the floor of the House of Representatives today, Rep. Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) led the opposition to H.R. 200, a partisan reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act that undermines the nation’s most important fisheries management law.

Rep. Huffman Offers Motion to Prevent Corrupt Interior Department Giveaways

Jul 12, 2018 Press Release
Washington, D.C.- In light of the ongoing investigations into conflicts of interest at President Trump’s Department of the Interior, Rep. Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) took to the floor today to offer a motion to prevent the Department of the Interior from giving away any publicly owned infrastructure to anyone who retained the Secretary or Deputy Secretary of the department as a lobbyist in the past three years. The Republican majority defeated Huffman’s Motion to Recommit on a party-line vote of 230-187.

Rep. Huffman Leads Defense of Key Fisheries Management Law

Jul 11, 2018 Press Release

Washington, D.C.- During debate on the floor of the House of Representatives today, Rep. Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) led the opposition to H.R. 200, a partisan reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act that undermines the nation’s most important fisheries management law.

Rep. Huffman Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to End Postal Facility Closures and Restore Rural Delivery Standards

Jun 29, 2018 Press Release

Washington, D.C.- Representatives Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael), David McKinley (R- WV), Jose Serrano (D-NY), Evan Jenkins (R-WV), and Gwen Moore (D-WI) today reintroduced the Stop Postal Closures Act, bipartisan legislation to end the misguided closure and consolidations of mail processing facilities across the country.

Rep. Huffman Votes Against Anti-Immigrant Agenda; Pushes for Compassionate Immigration Policies

Jun 27, 2018 Press Release
Washington, D.C.- Congressman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) today voted against H.R. 6136, a Republican anti-immigrant bill negotiated by Speaker Paul Ryan, that fails to solve the family separation crisis created by President Trump, expands on President Trump’s “zero tolerance” anti-immigration agenda while making legal family immigration more difficult, and continues to put DREAMers in jeopardy. The bill was rejected by a bipartisan margin of 121-301, and followed an earlier – and even more extreme – Republican immigration proposal rejected last week by the House.

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