Press Releases

February 21, 2019 Press Release

On Tuesday, February 19, Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) led a coalition of 46 Members of Congress on a letter urging Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen to restore the ability of Dreamers to travel abroad.

February 15, 2019 Press Release

Today, Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) and U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) introduced legislation to protect and reaffirm the importance of America's public lands, including national parks and monuments, wildlife refuges, and national forests.

February 14, 2019 Press Release

Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) today, joining with Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) and nine House colleagues, introduced legislation to protect imperiled seabirds from international fishing threats while increasing ongoing seabird conservation efforts in the United States and abroad.

February 12, 2019 Press Release

Today, U.S. Senators Kamala D. Harris and Dianne Feinstein (both D-CA) and Representatives Alan Lowenthal (D-CA) and Grace Meng (D-NY) led a group of lawmakers in a bicameral letter urging the Department of Homeland Security and U.S.

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February 7, 2019 Press Release
Congressmen Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) and Tony Cárdenas (CA-29) have introduced the National Evaluation of Techniques for Making Energy Technologies More Effective and Resilient (NET METER) Act to create a national study on net metering to guide states interested in developing effective net metering programs.

February 6, 2019 Press Release

Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) today issued the following statement following the first full hearing on the House Natural Resources Committee (HNRC) under Democratic leadership. Congressman Lowenthal, a member of HNRC since 2013, is Chair of the HNRC Energy and Mineral Resources (EMR) subcommittee:

February 5, 2019 Press Release
Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) today issued the following statement on the nomination by President Trump of former oil industry lobbyist David Bernhardt to head the United States Department of the Interior:

January 31, 2019 Press Release
Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) today issued the following statement regarding his vote to pass the Federal Civilian Workforce Pay Raise Fairness Act. The legislation authorizes a 2.6 percent pay increase for federal civilian employees (not including Congress or independent agencies) for calendar year 2019.
January 30, 2019 Press Release

Congressmen Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) and Don Young (AK-At-large) today re-introduced the Wildlife Innovation and Longevity Driver (WILD) Act, a bipartisan bill containing measures to conserve threatened wildlife and wild places around the world.

January 29, 2019 Press Release
Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) today issued the following statement regarding his election to head the House Natural Resources Committee's (HNRC) Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources (EMR):

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