Press Releases

December 7, 2017 Press Release

Congressman Alan Lowenthal today introduced a bipartisan House Resolution honoring the 69th Anniversary of Human Rights Day and the 1948 ratification by the United Nations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).

December 7, 2017 Press Release
In a letter sent today, Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) urged Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to ensure that the Mexican government moves forward in an investigation regarding the use of spyware technology against human rights defenders, journalists, and anti-corruption activists in Mexico as well as urge the Department of State to open its own examination regarding the concerning and potentia
November 16, 2017 Press Release

Congressmen Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) and Steve Chabot (OH-1), co-chairs of the Congressional Cambodia Caucus, released the following statement following the dissolution of the main opposition political party in Cambodia by the Supreme Court of Prime Minister Hun Sen's regime:

November 9, 2017 Press Release

Congress Members Alan Lowenthal (CA-47), Zoe Lofgren (CA-19), and Chris Smith (NJ-04), co-chairs of the Congressional Caucus on Vietnam, have joined with 17 colleagues on both sides of the aisle in urging President Donald Trump to pressure the government of Vietnam on human rights issues during his visit to the communist nation this week.

November 9, 2017 Press Release

Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) today joined with five of his House colleagues in urging the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to immediately release hundreds of Cambodian and Vietnamese individuals recently detained by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

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October 30, 2017 Press Release

Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) today issued the following statement on the reported decision by President Trump to downsize two previously established national monuments in Utah: Bears Ears National Monument and Grand Staircase National Monument. Created under the 101-year-old federal Antiquities Act, both monuments were designated after lengthy environmental study and public input:

October 26, 2017 Press Release

Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47), joined by members of the Safe Climate Caucus and bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus, has introduced legislation to promote greater transparency in federal energy leasing programs by requiring the Department of the Interior (DOI) to publicly disclose the amounts and sources of greenhouse gas pollution from fossil fuel development on public lands.

October 24, 2017 Press Release

   Pastor Nguyen Cong Chinh, a former prisoner of conscience imprisoned in Vietnam for his outspoken views on religious persecution by the Vietnamese government, spoke with Congressional Members today, offering a sobering view of religious and dissident oppression in the communist Asian nation.

October 13, 2017 Press Release

Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) today issued the following statement on President Trump's decision to no longer provide subsidies to insurers providing coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA):

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October 11, 2017 Press Release

Reps. Alan Lowenthal (D-CA) and Don Beyer (D-VA), co-chairs of the Congressional Safe Climate Caucus, issued the following statement today on EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's proposed rule to repeal the Clean Power Plan:

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