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Washington, DC – Representative Linda T. Sánchez (CA-38), Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus and member of the House Ways and Means Committee, this evening released the following statement on the Republican plan to repeal health care for the American people:
California Democrats have talked for months about resisting President Trump, and many of their constituents have demanded it, loudly. With more details about the president's policies expected to come out in the next few weeks, the state's congressional Democrats will get their chance to try to turn that talk into action. At least they hope.
Trump has so far made early policy moves in the form of executive orders and hasn't yet worked within Congress to get his priorities approved.
Washington, DC – Representative Linda Sánchez (CA-38), Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus, this morning called on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign following damning revelations in the media that the Attorney General lied under oath about his contacts with Russian government officials during his confirmation hearings:
Washington, DC – Representative Linda Sánchez (CA-38), Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus, released a statement following President Donald Trump's address to a Joint Session of Congress:
Washington, D.C. – House Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Linda Sánchez delivered the Weekly Democratic Address. Remarks in Spanish are available here.
Below is a full transcript of the address:
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: