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Pasadena, CA - Today, Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27) led a letter signed by eleven other Members of Congress to Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III asking for answers and information regarding the August 29^th drone strike in Kabul that killed at least ten civilians. On September 17^th, the Pentagon admitted that the drone strike was made in error, but this came weeks after assurances from the Pentagon that the strike was "righteous" and was known to have disrupted an ISIS attack.

Washington, D.C. – For the first time ever, the House of Representatives today voted to make access to abortion care a federally protected right. The Women's Health Protection Act, introduced by Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA), Lois Franke (D-FL), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), and Veronica Escobar (D-TX), would guarantee equal access to abortion, everywhere and would prevent extreme anti-choice laws like the recent bans passed in Texas and Mississippi.

Washington, D.C – Today, the House passed H.R 4350, the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2022. The FY22 NDAA authorizes a total of $739.5 billion for the Department of Defense and $28.2 billion for the Department of Energy.

Washington, DC — Today, the Department of Labor announced a new initiative to protect workers from the risk of heat stress. Due to climate change, more workers, both indoors and outdoors, are subject to dangerously high temperatures, including in parts of the country where heat stress has not typically been a problem and therefore not something many employers are prepared for. As a result, hundreds have died and thousands injured in recent years. That is why Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27) introduced H.R.

Today U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and U.S. Representatives Judy Chu (D-CA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), and Veronica Escobar (D-TX) issued a statement in reaction to the Supreme Court's decision to allow a restrictive Texas anti-abortion law to take effect. The members are the lead sponsors of the Women's Health Protection Act (WHPA), bicameral federal legislation to guarantee equal access to abortion, everywhere.

Pasadena, CA — The Restaurant Revitalization Fund, created under the Democrats' American Rescue Plan to help restaurants keep their doors open and their staff paid, has provided $151,922,477.50 to 421 restaurants in California's 27^th Congressional District, according to a report by the House Small Business Committee. Over half of these grants – which averaged $360,860.99 – went to socio-economically disadvantaged businesses. Rep. Judy Chu, a member of the House Small Business Committee, issued the following statement:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27), joined by Education and Labor Committee Chair Bobby Scott (VA-03), Rep. Raúl Grijalva (AZ-03), and Rep. Alma Adams (NC-12), sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) urging them to adopt federal heat standards for workers. The Congressmembers submitted a letter to Labor Secretary Walsh outlining the dangers extreme heat poses to blue-collar workers in various industries.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Biden Administration announced that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will be extending the eviction moratorium for areas where the rate of coronavirus remains high. Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27), who had called for the moratorium to be extended, issued the following statement: