Press Releases
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).
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:
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.
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).
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:
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.
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.
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):
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: