Press Releases
March 23, 2016
Today, the House Small Business Committee approved two bipartisan pieces of legislation that strengthen and improve important Small Business Administration (SBA) programs. H.R. 4783, the Commercializing Small Business Innovation Act of 2016, reauthorizes the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs ahead of their scheduled expiration dates in 2017. H.R. 207, the Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act of 2015, implements reforms to the Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs), Women’s Business Centers (WBCs), and SCORE programs, three of the Small Business Administration’s flagship economic development programs.
March 23, 2016
Today is the sixth anniversary of the signing of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In honor of that anniversary, Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27) released the following statement.
Issues:Health Care
March 16, 2016
Today, President Obama announced Merrick Garland as his nominee to replace the late Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court. Judge Garland, 63, has served on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit for 19 years.
March 16, 2016
Today, Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27) introduced a bill to rename a Sierra Madre, CA post office after Sergeant Louis Van Iersel, an immigrant, father, husband, and veteran who lived in Sierra Madre.
Issues:Veterans
Rep. Chu Defends Immigration Priorities at House Judiciary Task Force Hearing on Executive Authority
March 15, 2016
Today, the House Judiciary Committee’s Task Force On Executive Overreach held their first hearing on the Administration’s executive authority regarding actions on immigration and healthcare. The Task Force was established in January to examine the proper scope of executive power and its relationship to legislative authority.
Issues:Immigration
March 1, 2016
Today, Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27) testified before the House Armed Services Committee about the need to address military hazing in the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Rep. Chu secured language in the Fiscal Year 2015 NDAA to direct the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to provide an objective analysis about the current status of hazing in the military. The report, released on February 9, 2016, found a lack of oversight of existing hazing policies put in place by military branches and an uncertainty of to what extent existing policies have been implemented. Rep. Chu testified that annual reporting, better training, stricter guidance, and department-wide evaluations are necessary to put an end to the problem of hazing in the military.
Issues:Military Hazing
February 29, 2016
Today, Mayor Eric Garcetti and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) announced a pilot program that provides bus service to increase access to metro transit lines for L.A. area commuters. The service, referred to as the “NoHo to Pasadena Express” will connect passengers to the Metro Red/Orange Lines in North Hollywood and the Metro Gold Line in Pasadena, and includes stops in Burbank’s Media District and North Downtown Glendale.
Issues:Transportation
February 29, 2016
During Sunday night’s Academy Awards show, host Chris Rock introduced “accountants” from the firm PricewaterhouseCoopers with stereotypical Asian and Jewish names and then brought on stage three young Asian children. Rock continued by saying that those who are offended by the joke “can tweet about it on [their] phone that was also made by these kids.”
Issues:My Caucuses
February 25, 2016
Today, Reps. Judy Chu (CA-27) and John Katko (NY-24) introduced the Helping Extract Animals from Red Tape (HEART) Act, which would expedite the rehabilitation process of abused animals that are seized under federal law by the government. The HEART Act would also place the burden of paying for the cost of caring for these animals to the person claiming an interest in the animal, rather than local animal shelters
Issues:Crime and Safety
February 19, 2016
Washington, D.C. – On February 19, 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which led to the forced imprisonment of over 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II. Over seventy years later, not a single accusation of espionage against Japanese Americans has been proven. Rep.