Press Releases
Congressmen Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) and Steve Chabot (OH-01) today issued the following joint bipartisan statement on the formal exile of Mr. Sam Rainsy by the Cambodian government:
Congressman Alan Lowenthal today issued the following statement on the announcement by Secretary of Defense Ash Carter that repayments from California National Guard members would cease being collected:
"I am relieved that Secretary of Defense Carter has suspended all efforts to collect reimbursements from affected California National Guard members.
Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) today issued the following statement regarding President Obama's announcement that the historic Paris Climate Accord between the United States and nearly 200 countries has reached the international threshold for implementation:
Congressmen Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) and Ed Royce (CA-39) today urged Secretary of State John Kerry to exercise his authority under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to return Vietnam to the list of "Countries of Particular Concern" (CPC) because of government moves to restrict religious freedom.
Congressman Alan Lowenthal today, along with five of his Congressional colleagues, urged Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and his government to take steps to end the harassment and persecution of political opponents if the upcoming 2017 and 2018 elections in the Southeast Asian nation are to be considered free and fair.
Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47), joined by members of the Safe Climate Caucus and bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus today introduced legislation to require the Department of the Interior (DOI) to publicly disclose the amounts and sources of greenhouse gas pollution from fossil fuel development on public lands in order to promote greater transparency in the Federal energy leasing programs.
The House of Representatives today passed a bipartisan resolution authored by Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) which denounces the political repression of the current Cambodian government while calling for free and fair elections in Cambodia.
Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) today, along with 68 of his House colleagues, sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urging the State Department to put strengthening the rule of law and defense of human rights at the top of the U.S. bilateral agenda with Mexico.
Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) today issued the following statement on the sniper attack in Dallas, Texas, the death of Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, Minnesota, and the death of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana:
"Dallas, Texas. Falcon Heights, Minnesota. Baton Rouge, Louisiana.