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WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Linda T. Sánchez issued the following statement on the government shutdown:
“Republicans control the House, Senate and White House. This shutdown is a direct result of their failed leadership.
“Speaker Johnson and House Republicans rushed through a partisan bill that does nothing to prevent health care premiums from rising by as much as 114 percent for millions of Americans – knowing it had no chance of passing the Senate. They then cancelled votes and skipped town instead of negotiating.
WASHINGTON – Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Linda T. Sánchez released the following statement in response to President Trump’s announced tariffs on pharmaceuticals and other products to take effect on October 1:
WASHINGTON – Representatives Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.), Mike Kelly (R-Pa.), Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) and Blake Moore (R-Utah) today introduced the bipartisan Fair Housing for Disabled Veterans Act, a bill to ensure that veterans’ service-related disability benefits are not used to deny veterans access to affordable housing.
WASHINGTON – Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.) and 14 of her Democratic Ways and Means colleagues today called on President Trump to reverse a decision requiring a 15 percent cut of sales revenue from advanced semiconductor chip sales to China in exchange for export licenses.
WASHINGTON – Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.) and 51 of her Democratic colleagues called on President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio to address serious concerns over the administration’s secretive negotiations with the Democratic Republic of Congo regarding a potential critical minerals agreement.
WASHINGTON – Representatives Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.), Raul Ruiz (D-Calif.), Greg Casar and 22 of their Democratic colleagues today called on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to reject a proposal that would strip certain benefits from eligible immigrants, warning that such a move puts everyone at risk.
WASHINGTON – Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.) released the following statement after President Trump signed an executive order raising tariffs to up 41 percent on goods imported to the United States from more than 67 countries:
“President Trump’s chaotic trade saga continues with our trading partners now facing tariff rates up to 41 percent set to go into effect next week unless countries meet his erratic demands.
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Linda T. Sánchez and nine of her colleagues called on the Trump administration to restore Social Security numbers of more than 6,300 legally present immigrants that were listed as “unverified,” months after declaring them deceased.
WASHINGTON – Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Linda T. Sánchez released the following statement in response to the Trump administration announcing a Section 301 trade investigation of Brazil:
“It is unacceptable that President Trump is weaponizing the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and Section 301 authority to subvert democracy, prop up his friends and target his foes.