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May 8, 2026

WASHINGTON – Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Linda T. Sánchez released the following statement in response to the U.S. Court of International Trade ruling that President Trump’s 10 percent Section 122 global tariffs were an unlawful abuse of executive authority:

“President Trump never gets tired of losing in court.

April 30, 2026

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.) today introduced the PFAS Cleanup Act, a bill that would require manufacturers of PFAS chemicals to help fund the cleanup of contamination from these forever chemicals in our nation's water supply.

April 30, 2026

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.) today released the following statement after House Republican leadership agreed to pass the bipartisan Senate bill to fund all Department of Homeland Security agencies except Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement:

“Speaker Johnson held DHS employees' paychecks hostage for more than a month to satisfy the unreasonable demands of far-right Republicans. It was wrong, and it did not have to happen.

Issues:Immigration
April 23, 2026

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.) today called out President Trump and Republicans during a Ways and Means Committee hearing, dismantling their claim that Medicare fraud is a problem unique to Democratic-led states.

Sánchez put the question directly to the witnesses, asking whether Medicare fraud occurred only in “blue states” or in every state. Every single witness, including those invited by the Republican majority, agreed by a show of hands that it happens in every state.

Issues:Health Care
April 16, 2026

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.) during a Ways and Means Committee hearing today questioned Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for the dramatic rise in U.S. measles cases after the Trump administration cut public health messaging campaigns promoting vaccinations.

In response to her question, Secretary Kennedy refused to answer whether President Trump authorized cutting the pro-vaccination campaigns.

Issues:Health Care
March 19, 2026

WASHINGTON – Congresswomen Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.) and Carol Miller (R-W.V.), members of the Ways and Means Committee, today introduced the Child Care Supply Tax Credit Act, a bipartisan bill to address the nationwide child care shortage by creating a tax credit to help providers attract and retain qualified staff.

March 4, 2026

WASHINGTON – Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.) today introduced the Trade Adjustment Assistance Modernization Act, a bill to renew the Trade Adjustment Assistance program, which Congress allowed to lapse in 2022.

February 28, 2026

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.) released the following statement on President Trump’s airstrikes on nuclear sites in Iran:

“Just eight months after attacking nuclear sites in Iran and declaring its nuclear program ‘completely and totally obliterated,’ President Trump has dangerously escalated the situation. 

February 24, 2026

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.) released the following statement in response to President Trump’s State of the Union:

“I didn’t attend President Trump’s State of the Union. Instead, I watched from my office because I already knew what he would deliver: a long, rambling, self-congratulatory speech with no real solutions for the challenges Americans are facing.