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Many items on the agenda this fall are perennial issues because Congress has not been able to find enough common ground on long-term solutions. From the Highway Trust Fund to the Debt Ceiling, Congress has dodged many of the tough decisions with short-term patches.
Highway Trust Fund
The Highway Trust Fund is on the verge of insolvency. Before we left for the August break, Congress passed its 34th short-term patch. If we don't figure out a long-term solution soon, there won't be a road to kick the can down.
Washington, D.C. – Rep. Linda T. Sánchez (CA-38), a member of the Ways and Means Committee, today issued the following statement on ending the carried interest tax provision:
Washington, D.C. – Rep. Linda T. Sánchez (CA-38), Co-Chair of the Labor and Working Families Caucus, today issued the following statement on President Obama's executive order requiring federal contractors to offer their employees up to seven days of paid sick leave per year – benefiting more than 300,000 federal contractors:
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Washington, D.C. – Rep. Linda T. Sánchez (CA-38), a member of the Ways and Means Committee, today released a statement regarding the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) reached between the P5+1 nations and Iran:
As someone who was born in the United States to immigrant parents, I find the phrase “anchor babies” — used by Jeb Bush, Donald Trump and other Republican candidates to describe American-born children of immigrants — incredibly offensive. And the word that keeps coming to mind is the Spanish term, sinvergüenza, which refers to someone utterly without embarrassment or shame.
Washington, DC – Rep. Linda T. Sánchez (CA-38), a member of the Ways and Means Committee, today released the following statement on President Obama's Clean Power Plan to fight global climate change:
California passed a milestone this month, with Latinos becoming the new majority, according to the U.S. Census.
California’s transformation has been going on for a generation. Now is the time for the state to prepare for the future education of millions of its citizens. It’s the most important investment our state can make in a young person.
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Washington, DC - Rep. Linda T. Sánchez (CA-38), a member of the Select Committee on Benghazi, today issued the following response to Chairman Trey Gowdy’s demand that the State Department’s Chief of Staff testify before the Select Committee on the same day, at the same time, Secretary of State John Kerry is scheduled to testify before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the Iran nuclear agreement:
Washington, DC- Reps. Linda T. Sánchez (CA-38) and Jackie Speier (CA- 14), along with 33 original co-sponsors, today introduced a resolution calling on the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) to immediately end gender discrimination between male and female athletes. The dominant performance by the U.S. Women’s National Soccer team drew international attention and record-breaking audiences to the 2015 Women’s World Cup. However, the female athletes participating in this year’s World Cup were compensated far less than their male counterparts.