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WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.) released the following statement after voting against the Republican continuing resolution:

“This is far from a clean funding bill, no matter how much Republicans try to spin it.

“It slashes vital programs like health care, nutritional assistance, and cuts $23 billion from veterans’ benefits. And it offers no new aid for Los Angeles’ wildfire victims.

WASHINGTON – House Ways and Means Committee members Congresswoman Linda Sánchez (D-Calif.) and Congressman Mike Carey (R-Ohio), along with Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), today reintroduced the Credit for Caring Act, a bipartisan bill that would create a new tax credit of up to $5,000 for working family caregivers.

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.) released the following statement in response to President Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress:

“Between the self-congratulatory nonsense, the hate-filled rhetoric and the outright lies, President Trump didn’t bother to tell the American people how he was going to improve their lives.

WASHINGTON – Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.) today introduced the Closing the De Minimis Loophole Act, the most comprehensive bill to close a loophole that has harmed American consumers and families and gutted U.S.

WASHINGTON – Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Democrats released the following joint statement in response to President Trump’s 25 percent tariffs against Canada and Mexico that went into effect today:

“President Trump is threatening our economy with these damaging, unnecessary tariffs. He is on the verge of sparking several trade wars that will be fought on multiple fronts, including against some of our closest friends and allies, upending the international trading system the United States worked to create. 

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Linda T.

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.) issued the following statement on the Oval Office meeting between President Trump and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy:

“Watching President Trump disgracefully use the Oval Office to bully one of our strongest allies in front of the press was appalling.

“Ukraine is our friend, Russia is our enemy – this should be painfully obvious to anyone in a position of power who supports democracy. It’s dangerous that this administration refuses to accept that fact.

WASHINGTON – Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.) and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.) issued a joint statement today on President Trump’s constantly changing date on tariffs on Canada and Mexico, as well as his threats of new tariffs on the European Union: