Press Releases
Committee Democrats Introduce Bill to Elevate Tribal Leadership in Land Management
Washington, D.C. - Today, top Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee introduced the Tribal Self-Determination and Co-Management in Forestry Act, a landmark bill that ensures Tribal Nations are full and equal partners in the management of federal lands. The legislation would direct the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Forest Service to incorporate Tribal co-management into decision-making processes—affirming Tribal sovereignty and fulfilling the U.S. federal government’s … Continue Reading
May 08, 2025
Huffman Leads Fight Against Most Extreme Anti-Environment Bill in American History
Washington, D.C. - On Tuesday, Ranking Member Jared Huffman led House Natural Resources Committee Democrats to reject House Republicans’ scorched-earth plan in the Committee’s portion of the Republican reconciliation package. Their bill will sell off our lands, waters, and wildlife to fund tax cuts for billionaires and promote their extreme partisan agenda. While House Republicans remained silent at the markup, Huffman, alongside his Democratic colleagues, presented a unified front to protect … Continue Reading
May 05, 2025
Huffman, Fitzpatrick Introduce Bipartisan Bills to Strengthen Protections for Migratory Birds
Washington, D.C. - Today, in honor of Migratory Bird Day on May 10th, U.S. Representatives Jared Huffman (CA-02) and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) introduced two bills to strengthen conservation efforts for protected species of birds across the country. These bills - the Migratory Bird Protection Act and the Albatross and Petrel Conservation Act - will give the United States the tools to build upon existing efforts to protect migratory birds and the most threatened species of seabirds. “As the … Continue Reading
May 02, 2025
Ranking Member Huffman Statement on Natural Resources Budget Reconciliation Bill
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) released the following statement on House Natural Resources Committee Republicans’ Budget Reconciliation bill: “If Big Oil, Wall Street, and MAGA cultists locked themselves in a room to write a wish list, this bill would be it. The Republican budget is the most destructive environmental bill in American history. It torches clean air and water protections, hands over our public lands to … Continue Reading
April 30, 2025
Rep. Huffman Re-Introduces Bill to Protect Health Care Consumers from Predatory Practices
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02) re-introduced legislation to protect consumers from Health Care Sharing Ministries’ deceptive practices and expand access to accurate information about health coverage options. The Health Care Sharing Transparency Act would help ensure consumers receive clear and truthful information before enrolling in a health share plan. By holding Health Care Sharing Ministries - also known as Health Share plans - accountable for … Continue Reading
April 29, 2025
Huffman Announces Winner of 2024 Congressional App Challenge
Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Jared Huffman (CA-02) announced that Rehan Nazeem, a Junior at San Marin High School in Novato, is the winner of the 2024 Congressional App Challenge for California’s Second Congressional District.Rehan’s winning submission, Terrain Fire Risk Analyzer, predicts the fire risk associated with a terrain and provides fire mitigation recommendations. “Every year, I'm impressed by the smart and talented high school students who participate in the Congressional … Continue Reading
April 25, 2025
Huffman, Colleagues Oppose Trump’s Crusade Against Free Speech and Religious Freedom
Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressional Freethought Caucus Co-Chairs Jared Huffman (CA-02) and Jamie Raskin (MD-08) led their colleagues in a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pamela Jo Bondi and other agency heads expressing concerns regarding the Trump Administration’s Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias. The letter raises concerns that the Task Force threatens religious freedom, suppressesfree speech, purges political opponents, and promotes discrimination under the guise of … Continue Reading
April 23, 2025
Huffman, Dexter Demand Probe into Cybersecurity Failures at Musk-Run DOGE
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Maxine Dexter (D-Ore.) sent a letter to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting the government watchdog investigate the Musk-led United States DOGE Service (DOGE), citing serious concerns about its access to sensitive data, weak internal safeguards, and personnel with questionable track records. “The security … Continue Reading
April 22, 2025
Huffman, Merkley Lead Bill to End Drilling in the Arctic Ocean
Washington, D.C. - On Earth Day, U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) introduced the Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act, which would permanently ban new or renewed leases for oil, gas, or mineral extraction in the Arctic Ocean Planning Areas of the Outer Continental Shelf. This legislation protects one of the planet’s most fragile ecosystems and all the Alaska Native communities that rely on it, closing the door on … Continue Reading
April 22, 2025
Huffman, Bergman Announced as Co-Chairs of Congressional National Marine Sanctuary Caucus
Silver Spring, MD - Today, the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation announced that Rep. Jared Huffman (CA-02) and Rep. Jack Bergman (MI-01) will co-chair the bipartisan Congressional National Marine Sanctuary Caucus in the 119th Congress. Members of the bipartisan National Marine Sanctuary Caucus are champions of a network of underwater parks in the ocean and Great Lakes, and the coastal communities that steward and rely on them. The caucus serves as a strong voice among their peers in … Continue Reading
April 22, 2025
Reps. Huffman, Pallone, and Castor Introduce Bills to Permanently Protect the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans from Offshore Drilling
Washington, D.C. - On Earth Day, Representatives Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), Frank Pallone (D-N.J.), and Kathy Castor (D-Fla.), along with Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Jack Reed (D-R.I.), announced a package of legislation to permanently protect the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean from the dangers of fossil fuel drilling. This package includes Rep. Huffman’s West Coast Ocean Protection Act, Rep. Pallone’s Clean Ocean and Safe Tourism (COAST) Anti-Drilling Act, and Rep. … Continue Reading
April 17, 2025
Ranking Member Huffman Blasts Decades-Long Water Theft by California Water District
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) responded to a newly released Inspector General summary report finding that the management and staff of California’s Panoche Water District orchestrated a decades-long operation to illegally divert and sell billions of gallons of water from federal facilities: “This wasn’t just a water theft—it was a betrayal of public trust on an almost cinematic scale. For over two decades, while the West … Continue Reading
April 15, 2025
Huffman, Matsui Express Concerns For Increased Logging On Public Lands
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representatives Jared Huffman (CA-02) and Doris Matsui (CA-07) led 37 of their colleagues in a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, expressing concerns regarding President Trump’s Executive Order that calls for a fast-tracked expansion of U.S. timber production. “We urge you to consider the devastating and long-lasting impacts that increased logging will have on our federal forests and future generations of … Continue Reading
April 11, 2025
Ranking Member Huffman Statement on Trump Admin’s Leaked Budget Plan to Dismantle NOAA and Eliminate Climate Science
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) released the following statement after a leaked FY26 OMB Passback revealed the Trump administration’s plan to gut the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), eliminate core science programs, and transfer key species protections from NOAA to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service:? “The Trump administration has once again made clear that it’s not just hostile to science - it’s … Continue Reading
April 10, 2025
Huffman, Velázquez, Ocasio-Cortez, and Hernández Press DOE to Deploy Renewable Energy Funds for Puerto Rico
Washington, D.C. - Today, Representatives Jared Huffman (D-CA), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), and Pablo José Hernández (D-PR) urged the Department of Energy (DOE) to accelerate solar installations under Puerto Rico Energy Resilience Fund’s (PR-ERF) programs, warning that continued delays could have severe consequences for vulnerable communities across the island. “Every hurricane season we fail to act, we risk lives,” the lawmakers wrote. “The funding has been … Continue Reading
April 09, 2025
Republicans Waste Time and Taxpayer Money with Vanity Bill as Economy Crashes
Washington, D.C. - Today, as the stock market was thrown into chaos and Americans are struggling to make ends meet, the House Natural Resources Committee Republicans held a markup on legislation designed to distract from this administration’s pandemonium and stroke the President’s ego. The markup featured pushing a Gulf of Mexico renaming stunt - all while families across America face rising costs, real crises, Trump Tariff whiplash, and shrinking retirement accounts thanks to the economy … Continue Reading
April 04, 2025
Ranking Member Huffman Statement on Billionaire-Backed Plan to Dismantle Key NOAA Weather Services
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. House Natural Resources Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) issued the following statement following reports that key NOAA websites and databases will go dark at midnight under the Trump administration's proposed contract cuts:"Three reckless billionaires - Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, President Donald Trump, and DOGE vandal Elon Musk - are dismantling one of our government’s most important public functions, the National Weather Service. The data … Continue Reading
April 03, 2025
Rep. Magaziner, Natural Resources Committee Members Discuss Trump-Musk Attacks on NOAA with Expert Panelists at Issues Forum
Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, U.S. Representative Seth Magaziner (D-R.I.) and U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Members hosted an issues forum titled “Attacks on NOAA Threaten American Communities and Economies.” During this forum, the Members examined the dangerous consequences of the Trump administration’s ongoing campaign to dismantle the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Members and panelists warned that Trump and Musk’s attacks are calculated moves to silence … Continue Reading
April 03, 2025
Huffman, Van Hollen Reintroduce Bicameral Legislation to Fully Fund Special Education
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02)and U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) reintroduced the bicameral IDEA Full Funding Act to ensure all children with disabilities can access a free, high-quality public education.In 1975, Congress passed the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) to provide these essential educational opportunities, and this legislation ensures that Congress fulfills its commitment. Under IDEA, the federal government committed to pay 40 … Continue Reading
March 20, 2025
Ranking Member Huffman Slams Trump Admin Orders to Hand Over Public Lands to Big Oil
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) released the following statement on the Interior Department’s sweeping rollbacks of protections of Alaska’s public lands:“President Trump is running a fossil fuel fire sale—selling out Alaska’s wild places to pad Big Oil’s pockets while trampling over Indigenous communities, wildlife, and our climate future,” said Ranking Member Huffman. “This reckless push to open up the Arctic National … Continue Reading