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February 26, 2015 Press Release
Congressman Alan Lowenthal today issued the following statement on the announcement that Secretary of State John Kerry has appointed Randy Berry as the State Department special envoy to promote global LGBT rights:

February 26, 2015 Press Release

Congressman Alan Lowenthal issued the following statement today regarding the White House announcement that Labor Secretary Thomas Perez would travel to California to meet with representatives of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) to urge them to resolve their dispute quickly at the bargaining table:

February 5, 2015 Press Release

Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.) and Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today applauded the announcement from the U.S. State Department that it is creating a new Special Envoy position to advocate for LGBT rights.

January 29, 2015 Press Release

Seeking to build on the Obama Administration commitment to making the United States fight for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) equality both at home and abroad a foreign policy priority, Congressman Alan Lowenthal, along with Senator Edward Markey, have introduced the International Human Rights Defense Act of 2015 in both the House and Senate.

January 28, 2015 Press Release

Today, Congressman Alan Lowenthal was named ranking minority member of the House Natural Resources Committee's Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources (EMR), which oversees American energy production and mining on federal lands – both onshore and offshore.

January 27, 2015 Press Release

Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) has spearheaded an effort—garnering the support of 19 other Members of Congress—to submit a bipartisan Congressional amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) supporting the right of citizens to determine how federal elections are conducted in their individual states and defending the Constitutional authority of the federal government to make

January 14, 2015 Press Release
Today Congressman Alan Lowenthal, a member of the House Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement on President Obama's new Strategy to Reduce Methane Emissions.
January 14, 2015 Press Release
Today, Congressman Alan Lowenthal (D-Long Beach) applauded the swift, unanimous House passage of the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans (SAV) Act – bipartisan legislation originally introduced in the 113th Congress – to address the epidemic of suicide among our nation's veterans.

January 5, 2015 Press Release
Congressman Alan Lowenthal (D-Long Beach) issued the following statement today regarding the ongoing West Coast ports contract negotiations between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Merchant Association (PMA):

December 15, 2014 Press Release
Congressman Alan Lowenthal has helped secure a collective $56 million in funding for the STARBASE and Sunburst Youth Challenge education programs, both of which operate programs at the Joint Forces Training Base (JFTB) in Los Alamitos.

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