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Speaks with Residents about Senior Fair and Issues Affecting the Senior Community

Lakewood  Congresswoman Linda Sánchez met with 39th District residents in a series of senior center visits in the cities of Lakewood, Paramount, La Mirada, Artesia, Cerritos and Whittier in the past few weeks. Sánchez provided constituents with information about her upcoming annual Senior Fair while also speaking individually with seniors about their concerns and ideas from Social Security reform to retirement benefits.

Long Beach- In an effort to recognize the importance of our local community colleges, Congresswoman Linda T. Sánchez gave the keynote address at Long Beach City College’s Annual College Day kickoff event today. Alongside Board of Trustees President, Dr. Tom Clark, Congresswoman Sánchez welcomed 30 new faculty, staff and students back to school.

"Community colleges are invaluable to our communities,” said Congresswoman Sanchez. “They are engines of local economic growth--for every dollar we invest in them, we get an $18 million return in our investment,” added Sánchez.

LAKEWOOD- Congresswoman Linda Sánchez would like to recognize her District staff member, Patrick Rodriguez of Long Beach, who has been called up to active duty in Iraq as a member of the U.S. Army Reserve 35th Military History Detachment from Bell, California. He will report to duty on August 19 in Ft. Bliss, Texas, before leaving for Iraq in mid-October.

Washington, D.C. -- Working to improve congestion on our roads and safety in local communities, Congresswoman Linda Sánchez (CA-39) secured $12.8 million dollars for transportation projects across Southeastern Los Angeles County. These funds were secured as part of the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (H.R. 3), also known as TEA-LU. This bill will determine government spending on surface transportation for the next six-years. TEA-LU passed today in the U.S. House of Representatives and will now be sent to the President to be signed into law.

WASHINGTON, DC- In an effort to make our railways and communities more secure, Congresswoman Linda T. Sánchez sent a letter (attached) to House conferees involved in final House-Senate negotiations of H.R. 3, the Transportation Equity Act-Legacy for Users (TEA-LU), asking negotiators to keep two key provisions that would improve the safety of our nation’s railway infrastructure. Congresswoman Sánchez is especially concerned about rail safety due to several major derailments and rail accidents in the Southern California area, most recently last October in North Whittier.

Washington, D.C. - Late last night in Washington, the United States House of Representatives passed the Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement with a vote of 217-215. Congresswoman Linda T. Sánchez (CA-39) made this statement in response to its passage:

WASHINGTON, DC- Congresswoman Linda T. Sánchez along with Congresswomen Grace Napolitano, Lucille Roybal-Allard and Diane Watson were successful in urging House conferees involved in the negotiations for the Transportation Equity Act-Legacy for Users (TEA-LU) to keep two key provisions that would improve the safety of our nation’s railways. TEA-LU passed today in the U.S House of Representatives and is will go to the President’s desk to be signed into law.

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