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Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) today issued the following statement following the announcement by the Trump Administration that the Environmental Protection Agency will replace the Clean Power Plan--instituted during the Obama Administration to curtail emissions from power plants--with a significantly weaker regulations:
Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) today issued the following statement following the release and deportation of American citizen William Nguyen in Vietnam.
Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) today released the following statement on the impending trial of an American citizen detained in Vietnam, Mr. William Nguyen.
Following the recent passage of a law in Vietnam that severely curtails privacy rights of Vietnamese citizens, Congressman Alan Lowenthal joined with 16 of his House colleagues today to call on the heads of Google and Facebook to live up to their firms' stated missions to promote openness and connectivity in Vietnam.
Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) expressed his extreme disappointment in today's two U.S. Supreme Court rulings, which put off a much-needed decision on the constitutionality of partisan gerrymandering. The high court's two rulings did not address the merits of the gerrymandering issues behind either Gill v. Whitford or Benisek v. Lamone, but did return the Gill v.
Congressmen Alan Lowenthal (CA-47), Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), and Lou Correa (CA-46) today spoke with U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Dan Kritenbrink to express their serious concerns about the arrest and detention by the Vietnamese government of U.S. citizen William Nguyen.
Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) today issued the following statement regarding the release of Vietnamese prisoner of conscience Nguyen Van Dai:
"I am very pleased to hear the news that the falsely imprisoned Nguyen Van Dai, a prisoner of conscience I have long advocated for, has been released and been granted asylum in Germany.