Press Releases

June 28, 2017 Press Release

Following the closure of several U.S. container terminals due to the recent cyberattack, Congressmen Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) and Ted Poe (TX-02) today called on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide a classified briefing to Congressional Members representing ports throughout the nation.

June 22, 2017 Press Release

Congressman Alan Lowenthal (D-CA) today introduced bipartisan legislation which will create a dedicated revenue source to strengthen America's economic competitiveness by investing in the rebuilding of our crumbling national freight infrastructure.
 

June 15, 2017 Press Release

Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) urged Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in a letter delivered Thursday to make the defense of human rights in Central America a priority of U.S. foreign policy.

June 1, 2017 Press Release

Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) today issued the following statement on President Trump's decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement on climate change:

May 31, 2017 Press Release

Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47), Congressman Steve Chabot (OH-01), and Congressman Ed Royce (CA-39)—co-chairs of the Congressional Cambodia Caucus and Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee—called on the State Department and United States Embassy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia to publically express support for the rule of law in Cambodia and call on the government to respect the right of ever

May 31, 2017 Press Release
Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) today issued the following statement on reports that President Trump will pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement on climate change. The 2015 agreement—which seeks to address and retard climate change—was signed by every nation in the world except Nicaragua (who thought the agreement too weak) and Syria (in the midst of a civil war):

May 11, 2017 Press Release

Congressman Lowenthal (D-CA) today led a bipartisan group of more than 100 Members of the House of Representatives in urging Department of Interior (DOI) Secretary Ryan Zinke to keep Atlantic and Pacific oceans off-limits to new oil and gas leases.

May 4, 2017 Press Release

Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) today issued the following statement regarding the vote in the House of Representatives on H.R. 1628, the GOP bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act:

May 3, 2017 Press Release

Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) today issued the following statement on the passage by the House of Representatives of the FY17 Omnibus Appropriations federal funding bill:

May 2, 2017 Press Release

Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) today joined with 195 House Members and 46 Senators to introduce the Equality Act—comprehensive legislation to ban discrimination against LGBT individuals in public accommodations, housing, employment, and other core areas of daily life.

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