Press Releases
Huffman Joins Over 160 Democrats to Demand DOE Reinstate Affordable Energy Projects Cancelled by Trump
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02) joined House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) Clean Energy Deployment Task Force Co-Chairs, Representatives Mike Levin (CA-49) and Sean Casten (IL-06), to lead 162 House Democrats in a letter to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Chris Wright. In their letter, the lawmakers condemned the termination of $8 billion of projects that were set to lower electricity costs for Americans and increase grid … Continue Reading
October 03, 2025
Huffman, Pocan, Jayapal to 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) are leading a letter to President Trump, 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Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence, also known as NSPM-7, and demanding they be immediately rescinded.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 constitutionally protected … Continue Reading
September 19, 2025
Rep. Huffman Statement on Resolution 719
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02) issued the following statement regarding his yes vote on House Resolution 719: “Today, at a critical moment when Americans should stand united against political violence, and when every member of Congress was prepared to put our differences aside and condemn the heinous murder of Charlie Kirk and express our heartfelt condolences for his family, House Republicans unfortunately chose to play political games with H. Res. 719, a … Continue Reading
September 18, 2025
Rep. Huffman Opposes Harmful Pipeline Legislation
Washington, D.C. - This week, U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02) issued the following statement regarding his opposition to the PIPES Act of 2025 in the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: “The PIPES Act of 2025 fails to adequately address the environmental crises and safety risks posed by our country’s outdated pipeline system, and I cannot support legislation that threatens the health and safety of all Americans,” said Rep. Huffman. “We've seen that communities can so … Continue Reading
September 18, 2025
Rep. Huffman, Sen. Markey Introduce Bicameral Legislation to Address Transportation Climate, Safety, Affordability Crises
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02), alongside Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), introduced the Generating Resilient, Environmentally Exceptional National (GREEN) Streets Act. This legislation would establish goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and vehicle miles traveled on public roads and prioritize federal investments in walking, biking, and transit infrastructure that reduce … Continue Reading
September 16, 2025
Schiff, Carbajal Lead 15 Colleagues in Demanding Answers on the Trump Administration’s Influence in Restarting Oil Drilling Operations Off Santa Barbara Coast
Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Congressman Salud Carbajal (D-Calif.-24), Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Congressman Jared Huffman (D-Calif.-02), and members of the California congressional delegation demanded answers from the Trump administration on its involvement in Sable Offshore Corporation’s attempts to restart offshore oil drilling using the same pipelines that caused the Refugio State Beach oil spill of 2015. In a letter to U.S. Secretary of the … Continue Reading
September 15, 2025
Huffman, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Reaffirm Tribal Trust Land Agreements
Washington, D.C. - Representatives Jared Huffman (D-CA), Tom Cole (R-OK), Betty McCollum (D-MN), and Mike Rogers (R-AL) introduced H.R. 5257, the Tribal Trust Land Reaffirmation Act. This legislation would address the Supreme Court’s 2009 Carcieri v. Salazar decision by reaffirming that all current land put into trust on behalf of a federally recognized tribe by the Department of the Interior (DOI) is officially reaffirmed as trust land. After introducing the legislation, the members of … Continue Reading
September 11, 2025
Huffman, Casten Urge EPA to Halt Operations and Approvals for CCS to Address Systemic Issues
Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Representatives Jared Huffman (CA-02) and Sean Casten (IL-06) sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin urging EPA to stop approvals and operations for carbon capture and storage (CCS) facilities until ongoing systemic problems have been addressed. Recent events regarding CCS, including substantial well failures at the Archer Daniels Midland injection well facility in Decatur, Illinois, and a pattern of well failures and … Continue Reading
September 09, 2025
Huffman, Dexter, Neguse Lead Oversight Push to Safeguard Wildland Firefighters
Washington, D.C. - Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (CA-02), alongside Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03) and Joe Neguse (CO-02), led lawmakers in an oversight effort to address the federal government’s failure to protect wildland firefighter health. The lawmakers requested individual briefings from the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), National Park Service (NPS), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service … Continue Reading
September 05, 2025
Reps. Huffman, Neguse, and Colleagues Demand Update on Working Conditions for Federal Wildland Firefighters
Washington, D.C. — As the Trump administration continues to cut funding for the United States Forest Service (USFS), public reporting has surfaced underscoring the dire working conditions for wildland firefighters employed by the agency. In response, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman and Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse, Ranking Member of the House Federal Lands Subcommittee, led more than a dozen of their colleagues in a letter to U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom … Continue Reading
September 02, 2025
Huffman Raises Alarm Over USDA Plan to Gut Forest Service Research and Regional Offices
Washington, D.C. - Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins raising serious concerns about the Department’s July 24, 2025 proposal to reorganize the U.S. Forest Service by phasing out its nine Regional Offices and consolidating its stand-alone Research Stations into a single location in Fort Collins, Colorado. “I support efforts to modernize the Forest Service so it better serves the American people and can … Continue Reading
August 29, 2025
Huffman Statement on Trump’s Clean Energy Decimation
Washington, D.C. - Today, Representative Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) released the following statement on the Trump administration’s latest attack on clean energy: “This is a new level of idiocracy, where the Trump administration is trying to destroy an entire sector of clean energy, kill thousands of good paying jobs, and drive up electricity prices for American consumers. “Surrendering the future to China by dragging America back to dirty, climate-wrecking fossil fuel dependency while most of … Continue Reading
August 29, 2025
Ranking Member Huffman Statement on Trump’s Clean Energy Decimation
Washington, D.C. - Today, Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) released the following statement on the Trump administration’s latest attack on clean energy: “This is a new level of idiocracy, where the Trump administration is trying to destroy an entire sector of clean energy, kill thousands of good paying jobs, and drive up electricity prices for American consumers. “Surrendering the future to China by dragging America back to dirty, climate-wrecking fossil fuel dependency while most … Continue Reading
August 28, 2025
Reps. Hoyle, Huffman Introduce Bill to Expand Smith River National Recreation Area into Southwest Oregon
EUGENE, OR - Today, U.S. Rep. Val Hoyle (OR-04) and Rep. Jared Huffman (CA-02) introduced the Smith River National Recreation Area (NRA) Expansion Act to protect Southwest Oregon’s scenic North Fork Smith River watershed and its world-class rivers, salmon strongholds, rare plants, clean drinking water, and recreation opportunities. The House bill is a companion to Senator Jeff Merkley’s legislation. “Southern Oregonians know how important the Smith River is to our way of life,” said Rep. … Continue Reading
August 27, 2025
Huffman Statement on Trump’s Roadless Rule Rollback and Taxpayer-Funded Lumber Giveaway to China
Washington, D.C. - Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) released the following statement after Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced the next step in its rule-making process to rescind the 2001 Roadless Rule by opening a public comment period from this Friday to September 19 — less than 30 days. “Secretary Rollins is steamrolling ahead with Trump’s plan to deliver America’s last wild forests to corporate polluters. Forcing a rollback with only a matter … Continue Reading
August 26, 2025
Huffman, Markey Lead Colleagues in Opposing Reckless Offshore Drilling Plan
Washington, D.C. - Today, Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Vice Ranking Member Sarah Elfreth (D-Md.), and Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee Ranking Member Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.) wrote to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management urging the agency to reject BP’s proposed Kaskida project in the Gulf of Mexico.“This ultra-deepwater project represents an unacceptable threat to Gulf communities, ecosystems, and the … Continue Reading
August 19, 2025
Ranking Member Huffman Statement on Federal Appeals Court Decision to Halt Oak Flat Land Transfer
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) released the following statement: “The 9th Circuit Court of Appeal’s decision to pause the transfer of sacred Oak Flat to Resolution Copper is a victory for tribes, the environment, and everyone in this country who has the right for their voices to be heard. And we have the San Carlos Apache Tribe, the Inter-Tribal Association of Arizona and the Arizona Mining Reform Coalition, and the … Continue Reading
August 07, 2025
Huffman, Raskin Oppose Trump’s Latest Attack on Church-State Separation
Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressional Freethought Caucus Co-Chairs Jared Huffman (CA-02) and Jamie Raskin (MD-08) sent a letter to U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Scott Kupor expressing concerns regarding the Trump administration’s recent OPM guidance that inherently undermines church-state separation. On July 16, 2025, OPM released guidance that encourages federal agencies to grant employees teleworking and flexible scheduling - but only in cases of religious … Continue Reading
August 06, 2025
Huffman, Colleagues Sound Alarm on Trump Order Whitewashing American History in National Parks
Washington, D.C. - Today, Natural Resources Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) led 12 Democratic colleagues on a letter demanding answers from Interior Secretary Doug Burgum over the Trump administration’s ongoing efforts to rewrite American history by scrubbing national parks of accurate, inclusive, and science-based content. The lawmakers detail widespread censorship stemming from Secretarial Order No. 3431 and Executive Order 14253, which direct the National Park Service to revise … Continue Reading
August 05, 2025
Committee Democrats Denounce NEPA Rollbacks at Interior and USDA: “Dangerous,” “Unprecedented,” and “Profoundly Unjust”
Washington, D.C. - House Natural Resources Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee Ranking Member Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.), and Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee Ranking Member Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) condemned the Trump administration’s attempts to gut one of America’s most important tools to defend public health, protect the environment, and ensure government transparency. In formal comments to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and … Continue Reading