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October 29, 2026

LOS ANGELES – Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.) was joined on Tuesday by fellow Los Angeles County delegation members Representatives Nanette Barragán, Judy Chu, Jimmy Gomez, Sydney Kamlager-Dove, Ted Lieu, Derek Tran and George Whitesides (all D-Calif.) for a roundtable discussion on the impact of President Trump’s trade policies on the Port of Los Angeles and the local and national economy. 

October 16, 2026

WHITTIER, Calif. – Congresswoman Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.) today released the following statement after a suspicious package was received at her district office:

“Our office received a suspicious package today that matched the description of packages received by other congressional offices in California and around the country. We immediately notified the U.S. Capitol Police, the FBI and local authorities, who are working together now to remove the package.

October 15, 2026

WASHINGTON – Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Linda Sánchez (D-Calif.) and Oversight Subcommittee Ranking Member Terri Sewell (D-Ala.) today led 55 of their House Democratic colleagues in calling on the Trump administration to maintain United States participation in the International Labor Organization (ILO), which brings together governments, workers and employers to establish inter

October 8, 2026

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Linda Sánchez (D-Calif.) led her House Democratic colleagues today in calling on the Trump administration to withdraw a proposed IRS rule that would strip certain legal immigrants of refundable tax credits.

September 24, 2026

WASHINGTON — Congresswoman Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.), along with Congressman Nathaniel Moran (R-Texas), today introduced the Motion Picture, Television, and Entertainment Revitalization Act, a bipartisan bill to revive film and television production in the United States and drive economic growth in local communities. 

September 17, 2026

WASHINGTON – The Ways and Means Committee yesterday unanimously passed the bipartisan Concentrating on High-Value Alzheimer’s Needs to Get to an End (CHANGE) Act, a bill introduced by Representatives Linda T.

September 2, 2026

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.), a senior member of the Ways and Means Committee, today introduced the Protecting Our Widows and Widowers in Retirement (POWR) Act, a bill to improve financial security for widows and widowers by adjusting the way the Social Security Administration calculates insurance benefits for surviving spouses in two-income households.

Issues:Seniors
September 2, 2026

WASHINGTON – Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.) delivered opening remarks at the full committee hearing on “Strategic Partnerships to Secure Critical Resources and Supply Chains.”

Video of her opening statement is available HERE and the text follows:

“Thank you, Chairman Smith. I’d like to begin this morning by congratulating Ranking Member Richie Neal on his primary victory last night.

August 17, 2026

WASHINGTON – Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Linda Sánchez (D-Calif.), Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) and Congressman Jonathan Jackson (D-Ill.) today led 51 of their House Democratic colleagues in calling on the Trump administration to address concerns about its recently announced critical minerals agreements.

July 30, 2026

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Linda Sánchez (D-Calif.), along with fellow Congressional Hispanic Caucus members Chair Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.), Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Congressman Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.), led 85 House and Senate Democrats in filing a bicameral amicus brief urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit to uphold a lower court’s order blocking Immigration and Customs Enforcement from using – or even viewing – tens of thousands of taxpayers’ addresses obtained from the IRS.