Press Releases
Reps. Huffman and Smith Introduce the Voluntary Grazing Permit Retirement Act to Promote Smart Land-Use Practices
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today Representatives Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) and Adam Smith (D-Wash.) released the following statements after the introduction of the Voluntary Grazing Permit Retirement Act of 2022, which would give grazing permit holders the flexibility to voluntarily waive their grazing permits on Federal lands for equitable compensation and to promote conservation of public lands. "Voluntarily retiring grazing permits to advance conservation goals on public lands shouldn't be … Continue Reading
March 02, 2022
Huffman-Graves Amendment to Combat Illegal Fishing Passes Out of Committee
Washington, D.C. - Today, a bipartisan amendment led by Representatives Jared Huffman (D-CA) and Garret Graves (R-LA), which seeks to give the Coast Guard greater capabilities in combatting illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fishing, passed out of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee as part of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022. This amendment would expand the use of existing Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) technology and promote transparency for … Continue Reading
February 24, 2022
Huffman Blasts USPS Record of Decision to Move Forward Contested Vehicle Purchasing Contract, Ignore Electrification Goals
Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) released the below statement following the announcement that the U.S. Postal Service has authorized the replacement of its mail-truck fleet with nearly all gasoline-powered vehicles built by Oshkosh Corp.: "I'm incredibly disappointed to see the USPS move forward with this woefully inadequate contract. Squandering this once-in-a-generation opportunity by spending billions of dollars on vehicles that will be custom built for … Continue Reading
February 22, 2022
Huffman Calls for Immediate Action to Preserve Water Levels in Trinity Lake Ahead of Anticipated Drought
Washington, D.C. - Today, Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02) sent a letter to U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) Commissioner Camille Touton requesting the BOR work to preserve enough cold water to sustain threatened fish populations in the Trinity River ahead of what is expected to be a severely dry summer. Additionally, Rep. Huffman called for significant infrastructure investments to the Trinity River Division to improve its ability to adjust the temperature of water released to the … Continue Reading
February 04, 2022
Huffman Votes to Pass America COMPETES Act
Washington, D.C. - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the American COMPETES Act - a strong package to fix our supply chains, start making more critical products here in America, turbocharge American scientific and technological leadership, and strengthen our global competitiveness. The bill includes multiple provisions championed by Representative Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael), Chair of the Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife (WOW). "America has long been … Continue Reading
February 02, 2022
Rep. Huffman Shares New White House Guide to Help California Communities Access Historic Investments Under Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Washington, D.C. - Today, Representative Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) announced a comprehensive new guide from the Biden administration to help California communities navigate the historic investments under the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. This guidebook, available here, highlights how local communities can take full advantage of urgently needed infrastructure funding for road maintenance, expanded public transit, airport upgrades, and other critical projects. "This … Continue Reading
February 01, 2022
Representatives Huffman, DeSaulnier, and Davis Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Protect and Support Children with Disabilities
Washington, DC - Today, Representatives Jared Huffman (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), and Rodney Davis (R-IL), and U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) introduced the Funding Early Childhood is the Right IDEA Act (H.R. 6532), a bipartisan, bicameral bill to restore full funding for educational and early-intervention services for children with disabilities. Children and families' need for early intervention and pre-school special education services has only increased over the past several … Continue Reading
January 27, 2022
Huffman, Warren, Colleagues Press Six Cryptomining Companies on Extraordinarily High Energy Use and Climate Impacts
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) joined United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Representatives Katie Porter (D-Calif.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) in sending letters to six cryptomining companies raising concerns over their extraordinarily high energy usage. In the letters to Riot … Continue Reading
January 25, 2022
Huffman Introduces Bill to Restore Salmon Habitats, Protect Thriving Populations
Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael), Chair of the House Subcommittee on Water, Oceans and Wildlife and Co-Chair of the Congressional Wild Salmon Caucus, reintroduced legislation to identify, restore, and protect the most outstanding salmon rivers and watersheds in America, and to ensure funding needed to sustain thriving salmon populations. "The ecological, cultural, and economic importance of salmon is hard to overstate; they support tens of thousands of jobs, … Continue Reading
January 21, 2022
Huffman Joins Bipartisan Effort to Help Fire Victims with the IRS
Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) joined Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Calif) and Congressman Mike Thompson (D-Calif) in a bipartisan, bicameral letter with Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif), Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif), Congressman Tom McClintock (R-Calif), and Congressman John Garamendi (D-Calif) to Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Charles Rettig to expedite and release tax guidance to help wildfire victims understand the taxability of their claims … Continue Reading
January 19, 2022
Rep. Huffman Announces $6.97M in New Funding for Local Infrastructure Projects from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Washington, D.C. - Today, Representative Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) announced that three projects in California's Second Congressional District will receive $6.97 million in new funding under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Disaster Relief Law to help with long needed operations and maintenance work. This new federal investment comes as the Biden administration continues its nationwide focus on easing supply chain bottlenecks, improving infrastructure resilience, and creating jobs for … Continue Reading
January 14, 2022
Huffman Delivers $4.2B for State Bridges from Infrastructure Law
San Rafael, CA - Today, Representative Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) announced the first round of investments in repairing California bridges under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Law he helped pass. Huffman helped deliver $849.4M for California to fix bridges this year in FY 2022, part of a total $4.2B investment over the next five years. "The Infrastructure Law is delivering results for our community. Thanks to this new law, our state is receiving long-overdue funding to update many … Continue Reading
January 13, 2022
Huffman, Graves Introduce Save America’s Rural Hospitals Act
Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06) introduced the bipartisan Save America's Rural Hospitals Act to rescue rural hospitals on the brink of bankruptcy and help put these critical care providers back on solid ground. "For years, rural hospitals have faced seemingly insurmountable odds: a raging pandemic, provider consolidation, and ever-increasing costs have piled challenge after challenge at their doors. And now, they're facing … Continue Reading
January 06, 2022
Huffman Statement on Anniversary of the January 6 Insurrection at the Capitol
Today, Congressman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) released the following statement on the one-year anniversary of the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol: "January 6, 2021 was one of the darkest days in our nation's history. While some might want to rewrite history, the truth is a violent mob of insurrectionists breached the Capitol in an attempt to block the certification of a free and fair election. Hundreds of extremists, provoked by Donald Trump and his allies, ransacked the … Continue Reading
December 16, 2021
ICYMI: Rep. Huffman Joins Speaker Pelosi for Telephone Town Hall on Build Back Better Act
Washington, D.C. – Earlier this month, Congressman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) joined Speaker Nancy Pelosi for a Telephone Town Hall to discuss Democrats’ work to Build Back Better For The People, including historic investments in families, health care, and combating the climate crisis. Speaker Pelosi and Rep. Huffman were also joined by special guest, California’s Surgeon General, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris. Click here to … Continue Reading
December 15, 2021
Huffman Delivered $152.9 Million in Tax Cuts for Hardworking District Families in 2021
San Rafael, CA - As another round of Child Tax Credits hits bank accounts, Representative Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) announced that Democrats will have delivered approximately $152.9 million in tax cuts hardworking families in California's Second Congressional District this year. The expanded Child Tax Credit has helped over 103,000 children according to new estimates from the Joint Economic Committee. And many of these families will see even more tax cuts when they file their taxes next … Continue Reading
December 09, 2021
Stansbury, Colleagues Introduce Tribal Water Security Bill
WASHINGTON - As much of the United States continues to experience extreme drought and many communities continue to lack access to clean drinking water, U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01), member of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife and Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples introduced the bipartisan WaterSMART Access for Tribes Act with Representatives Jared Huffman (Calif.-02), Leger Fernández (N.M.-03), Steven Horsford (Nev.-04), Ruben … Continue Reading
December 08, 2021
In Amicus Brief, Congressmembers Huffman, Grijalva, Lowenthal Call on Federal Court to Strike Down Administration’s 80 Million Acre Oil And Gas Lease Sale In U.S. Gulf
House Natural Resources Committee (HNRC) Water, Oceans, and Wildlife subcommittee Chair, Jared Huffman (CA-02); Full HNRC Chair, Raúl Grijalva (AZ-03); and HNRC Energy and Mineral Resources subcommittee Chair, Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) have filed an amicus brief with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia calling on the court to vacate a controversial 80 million acre oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico that was approved without adequate environmental analysis or … Continue Reading
December 06, 2021
Huffman Calls for Updated Review on Endangered Polar Bears, Increased Protections from Climate Change and Fossil Fuel Development
Washington, D.C. - Today, Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02), Chair of the Natural Resources Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Subcommittee, led a letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) regarding the five-year status review of the polar bear under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and urging future protections for this iconic species in the face of oil and gas development and the growing impacts of the climate crisis. "[E]verything we know and continue to learn about the impacts of … Continue Reading
December 01, 2021
Huffman Celebrates Lighting of U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree
Washington, D.C. – Today, Representative Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) joined the California delegation in celebration of the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree, an 84-foot white fir from Six Rivers National Forest in California’s Second District. A recording of the tree lighting ceremony can be found here. “Now I am very biased, I’ll admit that out front, but I think I represent one of the most beautiful places in the world. And it is an honor – not just for … Continue Reading