Press Releases

September 27, 2017 Press Release

Congressman Alan Lowenthal today issued the following statement on the announcement that the sister of 47th District resident Helen Huynh has been granted humanitarian parole to enter the United States for 180 days to take part in a stem cell transplant to treat Ms. Huynh's leukemia:

September 15, 2017 Press Release

Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) today joined with eight of his House colleagues in calling on Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to "swiftly and publically condemn" the recent arrest of Cambodian opposition party leader Kem Sokha for treason by the Cambodian government of Prime Minister Hun Sen.

September 12, 2017 Press Release

Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) today issued the following statement on the announced closure of Radio Free Asia (RFA) operations inside Cambodia due to ongoing pressure and intimidation from the regime of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen:

September 6, 2017 Press Release

Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) today introduced legislation to address a growing number of fatal cargo vessel strikes on endangered whales along the Southern California coast, while also improving air quality. The Blue Whales, Blue Skies legislation, H.R.

September 6, 2017 Press Release

Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47)—along with a bipartisan coalition of 33 current and former Members of Congress—submitted an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court late Monday night in a pending case before the High Court that could stop the undemocratic partisan gerrymandering of political districts.

September 5, 2017 Press Release

Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) today issued the following statement on President Trump's announcement to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in six months:

August 24, 2017 Press Release

Congressmen Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) and Steve Chabot (OH-01), the co-chairs of the Congressional Cambodia Caucus, today issued the following joint statement on the recent expulsion of the non-governmental organization (NGO) National Democratic Institute by the Cambodian government of Prime Minister Hun Sen.

August 11, 2017 Press Release

Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) this week spent two days in Mexico City, Mexico meeting with the families of the 43 students that were forcibly disappeared in Iguala, Guerrero, in September 2014.

July 28, 2017 Press Release

Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47), in a bipartisan effort, has secured a total of $30 million in funding for a critical national STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) education program.

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July 19, 2017 Press Release

Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) vowed to fight a lawsuit today that seeks to force him to remove a historic Pride Flag from outside his Washington, D.C. Congressional office.

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