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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:
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.
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.
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.
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