Press Releases
Washington, DC – Representative Linda Sánchez (CA-38), Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus and a member of the Ways and Means Committee, today introduced two pieces of legislation to honor the hard work of school counselors across the country. The first bill would make the week of February 6, 2017 "National School Counselors Week." The second bill, Put School Counselors Where They're Needed Act, would create a demonstration project to fund additional secondary school counselors aimed at reducing the drop-out rate in at-risk schools.
Washington, DC – Representative Linda Sánchez (CA-38), Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus and a member of the Ways and Means Committee, today released the following statement on the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the United States Supreme Court:
Washington, DC – Representative Linda T. Sánchez (CA-38), Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus and a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, along with Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) and 62 House Democrats, today introduced H.R. 813, ACCESS Act, to restore the year-round eligibility for Pell Grants:
Washington, DC – Representative Linda Sánchez (CA-38), Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus, today released the following statement on legislation authored by Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) to rescind President Donald Trump's unconstitutional Muslim Ban executive order:
"We are better than this. Banning Muslim immigrants and refugees does not make our country safer. In fact, it does the exact opposite by playing into the hands of America's enemies.
Washington, DC – Representative Linda Sánchez (CA-38), Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus, today released the following statement on President Donald Trump's Anti-Immigrant executive orders:
Washington, DC – Representative Linda Sánchez (CA-38), Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus, today introduced two new pieces of legislation, the FAIR Act and RIGGED Act, which will strengthen existing anti-nepotism laws and bring the financial disclosure process for the President into conformity with Members of Congress:
Washington, DC – Representative Linda Sánchez (CA-38) today was elected by her colleagues to serve as Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus for the 115th Congress, the fifth-ranking position in House Democratic leadership. After the election, Rep. Sánchez released the following statement:
Washington, DC – Representative Linda Sánchez (CA-38), Chairwoman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, today joined more than 120 House Democratic colleagues in signing a letter to President-elect Donald Trump urging he rescind his appointment of alt-right leader Steve Bannon as Chief White House Strategist.
The full text of the letter to the President-elect is embedded below.
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Dear President-elect Trump:
Washington, DC – Representatives Linda Sánchez (D-CA), Mike Honda (D-CA), and Mark Pocan (D-WI) along with 45 original co-sponsors today introduced H.R. 5952, the Strengthening Social Security Act of 2016:
Norwalk, CA – Rep. Linda Sánchez (CA-38) invites constituents to attend her 14th Annual Senior Fair. Every year, more than 1,000 seniors and dozens of local organizations participate in this free community event.
Attendees will have the opportunity to receive: