110th Congress

Washington - Congresswoman Linda Sánchez delivered the following remarks today at a press conference with other Members of Congress and human rights advocates. Congresswoman Sánchez, a Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the House Committee on Education and Labor, recently returned from Colombia, where she met with political leaders and workers.


"I just returned from a trip to Colombia. This was my second trip to Colombia in the last 7 months.

Washington - Congresswoman Linda Sánchez, Chairwoman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, issued the following statement as part of the House Judiciary Committee's oversight hearing into the Bush Administration's mass firing of U.S. Attorneys with Monica Goodling, former Senior Counsel to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and Justice Department Liaison with the White House.

Washington - Congressman Linda Sánchez today announced that Senator Barbara Boxer has initially secured a $4 million authorization of federal funds to improve La Mirada’s aging flood control system. Congresswoman Sánchez asked Senator Boxer to include the project in the Senate’s renewal of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA), which passed the Senate today by a vote of 91-4.

Washington - Congresswoman Linda Sánchez, Chairwoman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, issued the following statement as part of the House Judiciary Committee’s oversight hearing with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales regarding the Bush Administration’s mass firing of U.S. Attorneys:



The House Judiciary Committee started this investigation of the mass firing of U.S. Attorneys because of the prospect that partisan politics had contaminated our system of justice.

Washington - In testimony today before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law (CAL), former Deputy Attorney General James B. Comey praised the work of several of the U.S. Attorneys fired last year by the Bush Administration and discussed the process that led to their terminations.

CAL Subcommittee Chairwoman Linda Sánchez called the hearing to continue the House Judiciary Committee’s investigation into the Bush Administration’s mass firing of U.S. Attorneys.

Washington - Congresswoman Linda Sánchez, a Member of the House Committee on Education and Labor, issued the following statement on the passage of the Improving Head Start Act of 2007, which passed the House of Representatives with broad bi-partisan support by a vote of 365-48. Congresswoman Sánchez co-sponsored the act, which improves and reauthorizes the Head Start early childhood development and education program.

Washington - Chairwoman Linda Sánchez announced today that the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law (CAL) voted to subpoena former Deputy Attorney General James Comey as part of the Judiciary Committee’s investigation into the Bush Administration’s plan to fire U.S. Attorneys.

Washington - A panel of witnesses told the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law (CAL) that a set of sweeping changes to the federal bankruptcy laws passed in 2005 has wound up hurting honest consumers.

As increasingly more homeowners fall victim to predatory and exotic mortgage loans, Chairwoman Sánchez called the hearing to look at how consumers have been affected by the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (Bankruptcy Act), which was passed by the last Congress.