Press Releases

November 16, 2023

Ahead of COP28, Huffman, Merkley Announce Legislation to End International Investments in Fossil Fuels

Washington, D.C. - Congressman Jared Huffman (D-CA-02) and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) today announced they will re-introduce the Sustainable International Financial Institutions Act of 2023, which would tackle the problem of international financial institutions helping to finance fossil fuel projects that are accelerating the climate crisis. This comes as the global community kicks off a major international climate summit (COP28) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Intense scrutiny and …  Continue Reading


November 14, 2023

Huffman, Grijalva Joint Statement on NOAA’s Decision to Shelve Seafood Import Monitoring Program Updates Despite Recent Reporting of Flagrant Human Rights Abuses in International Fishing Industry

Washington, D.C. - Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) and House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today issued the following joint statement on the announcement from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to withdraw its December 2022 proposed rule to expand the Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP). “There’s no reason SIMP can’t be expanded while it’s strengthened—we can walk and chew …  Continue Reading


November 14, 2023

Huffman, Merkley, Barragán, McClellan, Colleagues: New Liquified Fossil Gas Licenses Not in the Public’s Interest

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA-02) and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), along with Representatives Nanette Barragán (D-CA-44) and Jennifer McClellan (D-VA-04), sent a bicameral letter along with over 60 of their colleagues to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) urging the agency to update how it determines if new licenses for liquified natural gas (LNG) exports to non-free, U.S. trade countries are in the public interest. The letter highlights concerns that …  Continue Reading


November 13, 2023

Huffman, Merkley, Whitehouse, Press International Community to take Ambitious Action to Combat Plastic Pollution

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) and U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Senator Whitehouse (D-RI) are urging U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to embrace strong action to combat plastic pollution at the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC)’s session on plastic pollution starting today in Nairobi. In a letter to the Secretary sent leading up to the summit, the lawmakers highlighted the clear and present threat plastic pollution poses to public …  Continue Reading


November 08, 2023

Representatives Huffman and Smith Introduce Voluntary Grazing Permit Retirement Act to Promote Conservation of Public Lands

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representatives Jared Huffman (D-Calif.)and Adam Smith (D-Wash.) today introduced the Voluntary Grazing Permit Retirement Act, which would give grazing permit holders the flexibility to voluntarily waive their permits on federal lands. This legislation will enable smart land-use practices that compensate ranchers at a fair rate and conserve public lands across the country. “Voluntarily retiring grazing permits to advance conservation goals on public lands shouldn’t be …  Continue Reading


November 08, 2023

Rep. Huffman Re-Introduces Bill to Protect Consumers from Dangerous Health Share Practices

Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael), co-founder and co-chair of the Congressional Freethought Caucus (CFC), re-introduced the Health Share Transparency Act, which would protect people from deceptive practices by Health Care Sharing Ministries and expand consumer access to accurate information about health coverage options, The bill would ensure that Health Shares provide clear information to consumers before they enroll in coverage, it would hold Health Shares …  Continue Reading


November 02, 2023

Rep. Huffman Announces More Than $8.6 Million for Humboldt Bay Port Development

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02) announced that $8,672,986 has been awarded to the Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation, and Conservation District to support the development of an offshore wind terminal. This planning project will fund studies, site design, and permitting activities for a heavy-lift offshore wind terminal at the Redwood Marine Terminal. The grant will also fund the creation of a bay-wide master plan for offshore wind development and project …  Continue Reading


October 27, 2023

Rep. Huffman’s Statement on the Worsening Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02) released the following statement: “On October 7th, Hamas brutally killed more than 1,300 innocent civilians and took more than 200 people hostage in an unprovoked terrorist attack on Israel.  There has been more bloodshed in the days since, including not only Israeli airstrikes and military operations in Gaza, but also violent clashes involving Palestinians, Israeli settlers and military forces in the West Bank, and ominous …  Continue Reading


October 26, 2023

Huffman, Markey, Cantwell Lead 52 Colleagues in Urging Biden Admin. to Provide Strongest Possible Protections for America’s Arctic

Washington (October 26, 2023) - Congressman Jared Huffman (CA-02), Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) led 52 of their colleagues today in a letter to President Joe Biden urging his administration to establish the strongest possible protections for America’s Arctic. On September 6, 2023, President Biden took action to cancel unlawful leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge) to strengthen environmental reviews of the oil and gas leasing program …  Continue Reading


October 25, 2023

Huffman, Merkley Introduce Bold Legislation to Take on the Growing Plastic Pollution Crisis

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA-02) teamed up with Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley to introduce the bicameral Break Free from Plastic Pollution Act—the most comprehensive plan ever introduced in Congress to address the plastic pollution crisis that is poisoning our air, water, and land, and disproportionately impacting communities of color and low-income Americans. The legislation would reduce plastic production, establish ambitious recycling targets, and …  Continue Reading


October 20, 2023

Ranking Members Huffman & Grijalva Call for Federal Action to Combat Human Rights Abuses in Seafood Supply Chain

Washington, D.C. - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) sent two letters—one to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and one to the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)—responding to recent investigative reporting in The New Yorker by Ian Urbina (HERE and HERE), which documents major human …  Continue Reading


October 09, 2023

Rep. Huffman Statement on Israel

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02) released the following statement: "I condemn Hamas’ terrorist attack and fully support Israel’s right to defend itself.  Those who would equivocate about who is at fault here, or conflate Hamas’ savagery with more nuanced questions about the Israel-Palestinian conflict, are misguided.  This is about Hamas, a group of violent religious extremists who have sworn to kill all Jews in Israel and beyond.  One of the communities …  Continue Reading


October 03, 2023

Congressman Huffman Statement on Vote to Remove Kevin McCarthy as Speaker

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02) released the following statement: “Nine months of chaos and dysfunction just culminated in the first-ever removal of a sitting Speaker of the House.  The obvious takeaway is that extreme MAGA Republicans are incapable of governing.  Kevin McCarthy proved this by empowering them; making all manner of procedural and policy concessions to them - including promises no responsible leader would make; and then watching them …  Continue Reading


September 30, 2023

Huffman Statement on Vote to Avert Extreme Republican Government Shutdown

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02) released the following statement: “At the 11th hour - after weeks of chaotic attempts to use the threat of a government shutdown to leverage their extreme MAGA agenda - I was glad to see House Republicans fold and agree to do what Democrats have been ready to do all along:  pass a “clean” short-term funding measure to keep the government running, and to include critical supplemental disaster relief.   I voted ‘yes’ because …  Continue Reading


September 29, 2023

BLM Welcomes Public Input On Draft Management Plan For Northwest California Public Land

Washington, D.C. - This week, the Bureau of Land Management announced the agency is seeking public input on the draft Northwest California Integrated Resource Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement for public lands managed by the Redding and Arcata field offices. This follows a recent letter from U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02) to the Department of the Interior supporting implementation of the proposed rule, and today’s plan includes proposals championed by Huffman in his …  Continue Reading


September 29, 2023

Ranking Members Huffman, Grijalva, Ocasio-Cortez React to New 5-Year Offshore Oil & Gas Leasing Plan

Washington, D.C. - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.), Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), and Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee Ranking Member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.)   today issued the following statements on the U.S. Department of the Interior’s release of a five-year leasing plan for offshore oil and gas development. The plan includes a maximum of three potential offshore lease sales …  Continue Reading


September 29, 2023

Congressman Huffman Statement on Passing of Senator Dianne Feinstein

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02) released the following statement: “Dianne Feinstein leaves a profound and enduring legacy on so many big issues, from gun safety to reproductive rights, to human rights, to Lake Tahoe and the California Desert. Her contributions to California and the nation are unmatched, and I’m honored that I had a chance to serve and work with …  Continue Reading


September 28, 2023

Huffman Announces Funding for Local Projects to Develop Drought-Resilient Water Supply

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02) announced that two projects in his district have been selected by the Bureau of Reclamation to receive $827,366 in appropriated funding to support potential new water reuse and desalination projects to help create new sources of water supply less vulnerable to drought and climate change. The recipients will use the funding to prepare feasibility studies and undertake other planning efforts like preliminary project design and …  Continue Reading


September 26, 2023

ICYMI: Huffman Secures $32M for SMART Extension of Passenger Rail to Healdsburg and Purchase of Low Emission Freight Locomotives

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02) along with the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District (SMART) announced the agency has been awarded a $32M grant in Federal Railroad Administration, Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvement funds. Huffman helped secure these funds from the Department of Transportation (DOT) through the federal government’s annual spending legislation and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. This is the largest amount ever …  Continue Reading


September 21, 2023

Huffman, Casten Call for Safeguards for Carbon Capture Technologies

Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Congressmen Jared Huffman (CA-02) and Sean Casten (IL-06) sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging his administration to ensure strong safeguards are in place for the use of carbon capture utilization and sequestration and hydrogen technology. “While we have a range of views regarding carbon capture utilization and sequestration (CCUS) and hydrogen technology, we agree that infrastructure for these technologies should be deployed only with the highest …  Continue Reading

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