Press Releases
March 17, 2021
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Congresswoman Linda T. Sánchez (CA-38), member of the House Ways and Means Committee, along with Representatives Derek Kilmer (WA-6), Mark Pocan (WI-2), Don Beyer (VA-8), and Brad Schneider (IL-10), reintroduced legislation today to help nonprofit organizations meet an increase in demand for their services due to the coronavirus pandemic while helping newly unemployed Americans get back to work. The Work Opportunities and Resources to Keep Nonprofit Organizations Well (WORK NOW) Act will create a major new grant program to help nonprofit organizations retain their employees, scale their service delivery, and provide unemployed Americans with new jobs serving their communities.
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March 16, 2021
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Representatives Linda Sánchez (D-CA) and Ron Estes (R-KS) and Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) today introduced the bipartisan Help Independent Tracks Succeed Act, a bill that would allow musicians, technicians, and producers to deduct 100 percent of recording production expenses in the year they are incurred, rather than in later years.
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March 10, 2021
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Bill includes several of Sánchez’s provisions, $43 billion in aid to California state and local governments
Rep. Linda T. Sánchez (CA-38) announced today she was proud to vote for the American Rescue Plan, which will provide direct financial support to families, help return children safely to the classroom, get vaccines into our communities, and help the American people get back to work. This legislation now heads to the President’s desk for his signature.
March 9, 2021
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U.S. Rep. Linda T. Sánchez (CA-38), co-founder of the Labor Caucus, released the following statement on House passage of the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act. The PRO Act protects the basic right to join a union by empowering workers to organize, holding employers accountable for violating workers’ rights, and securing free, fair, and safe union elections.
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March 1, 2021
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Congresswoman Linda T. Sánchez (CA-38) released the following statement today in recognition of Women’s History Month
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February 18, 2021
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President Biden’s bold plan restores fairness, humanity to system, strengthens families, boosts our economy, bolsters national security, opens pathway to citizenship for millions
Congresswoman Linda T. Sánchez (CA-38) and U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) today introduced the bicameral U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021, President Biden’s bold, inclusive, and humane framework for the future of the United States immigration system. Reps. Zoe Lofgren (CA-19), Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40), Nydia Velázquez (NY-07), Judy Chu (CA-27), Yvette Clarke (NY-09), Karen Bass (CA-37), and Raul Ruiz (CA-36), and Sens. Alex Padilla (D-CA), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) joined as chief cosponsors.
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February 9, 2021
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Congresswoman Linda T. Sánchez has joined Congresswoman Lucy McBath (GA-06) in introducing H.R.942 , the Pandemic Health Care Improvement Act, which would expand Affordable Care Act Health Insurance Marketplace premium tax benefits to individuals receiving unemployment insurance benefits (UI).
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February 8, 2021
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Today, Representatives Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA) and Tony Cárdenas (D-CA) introduced the Stronger Medicaid Response to the COVID–19 Pandemic Act. This legislation would allow Medicaid programs to pay for prevention and treatment, hospitalization, vaccinations, and other related services for uninsured individuals with COVID-19.
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February 4, 2021
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Linda Sánchez (CA-38) released the following statement today in recognition of Black History Month: