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A House of Representatives bipartisan resolution authored by Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) and Congressman Matt Salmon (AZ-05) calling for the respect of human rights, democracy, and the rule of law in Cambodia unanimously passed out of the House Foreign Affairs Committee's Asia and the Pacific Subcommittee.
In the wake of the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history, Congressman Alan Lowenthal will hold a community forum on gun violence on Wednesday, June 29, at Long Beach City Hall in the City Council Chambers from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) today issued the following statement on the House of Representatives sit-in led by civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis (GA-05):
"Time after time after time, the American people have demanded that Congress act in the aftermath of horrible tragedies like Aurora, Newtown, Charleston, San Bernardino, Orlando, and many, many more.
Legislation drafted by Congressman Lowenthal (CA-47) and Congressman Jody Hice (GA-10) that will clean-up old dangerous and dirty abandoned hardrock mines and oil and gas wells across the county, as well as protect fish and wildlife habitat, cultural and historic resources, and increase recreational opportunities on our public lands, successfully passed out of the House Natural Resources Commit
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—a $5 million increase over the annual funding he helped secure each of the past three years—as part of the Department of Defense (DoD) appropriations bill passed by the House on Thursday.
Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) today joined with Congresswoman Norma Torres (CA-35) and Congressmen Jeff Duncan (SC-03), Jim McGovern (MA-32), Joe Pitts (PA-16), and Albio Sires (NJ-08), in welcoming the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI) to Capitol Hill to provide a Congressional briefing on the unexplained disappearance in September 2014 of 43 Mexican student teachers f
Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) and Congressman Matt Salmon (AZ-05) today introduced a House resolution calling for human rights, democracy, and the rule of law in Cambodia.