Press Releases

Washington, DC — Reps. Judy Chu (CA-27) and Vern Buchanan (FL-16) today reintroduced legislation to update the Qualified Performing Artist (QPA) tax deduction which helps artists deduct the costs of work-related expenses. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 eliminated the ability to claim miscellaneous itemized deductions, which previously allowed these artists to deduct their work expenses. The elimination of these deductions has caused many artists to pay thousands more in taxes.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Violating a cease fire, troops from Azerbaijan attacked Armenian forces on Wednesday, killing three Armenian soldiers. Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27) issued the following statement:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27) has reintroduced the Protecting Our Students by Terminating Graduate Rates that Add to Debt (POST GRAD) Act. The bill will once again make graduate students eligible to receive Federal Direct Subsidized Loans. That eligibility was ended by the Budget Control Act of 2011. Rep. Chu released the following statement:

LOS ANGELES – Today, Reps. Judy Chu (CA-27), Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), Karen Bass (CA-37 and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (CA-12) joined local childcare providers and working families at the Barrio Action Youth and Family Center in El Sereno to announce the start of monthly Child Tax Credit payments from the American Rescue Plan. Beginning today, over 90% of families nationwide will receive $250 per month for each child age 6-17 and $300 per month for each child age 0-5. In total, families will receive $3,000 or $3,600 per child.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27) announced that she secured the inclusion of $17,650,000 for nine San Gabriel Valley projects in the FY 2022 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Appropriations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations bills. These vital projects include expanding free public WiFi in Pasadena, building affordable housing, creating a new mobile health clinic, and cleaning up groundwater in the San Gabriel Basin. Rep.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Jamie Raskin, Chair of the Oversight Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, and Representative Judy Chu, Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), held a roundtableentitled "Researching while Chinese American: Ethnic Profiling, Chinese American Scientists and a New American Brain Drain."

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today the House passed the INVEST in America Act, a bipartisan bill to pave the way for $715 billion in investments in surface transportation and water infrastructure that will create millions of good-paying jobs while preparing our country for the next century.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Representatives Judy Chu (CA-27) and Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) introduced the National Climate Service Corps and Careers Network Act of 2021 to create a National Climate Service Corps within AmeriCorps. The corps would allow Americans to serve their communities through public service projects focused on community adaptation, mitigation, and resiliency.