Press Releases
Representative Alan Lowenthal (D-CA47) has been named by the Democratic Caucus as the newest member of the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Congressman Alan Lowenthal was sworn in as a Member of the United States House of Representatives by House Speaker John Boehner January 3rd, 2013.
On Thursday, February 21st, Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) held a media roundtable discussion with community leaders from the 47th congressional district.
Congressman Alan Lowenthal on Thursday made an eleventh-hour plea for a bipartisan and balanced solution to the impending across-the-board federal budget cuts set to go into effect Friday. Known as the sequester, the potentially devastating cuts will impact nearly every American state, region and city.
Congressman Alan Lowenthal has joined with 172 Members of the United States House of Representatives and 40 U.S. Senators in filing an amicus "friend of the court" brief with the U.S Supreme Court in opposition to the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
A Millikan High School senior was named the first place winner of the annual Congressional Arts Competition for the 47th Congressional District at a ceremony on May 2 hosted by Congressman Alan Lowenthal.
On April 30th, Congressman Alan Lowenthal released the following statement on the commemoration of Black April and the 38th Anniversary of the Fall of Saigon:
Congressman Alan Lowenthal on Thursday secured a commitment from the head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to keep open a regional office of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) located in Long Beach.
“These first 100 days have been a learning experience for both me and my staff. It certainly is different from being in the State Legislature. At the State level, the emphasis was on legislating; for freshman legislators at the Federal level, there is more emphasis on constituent services and dealing with the big issues facing our country,” Congressman Alan Lowenthal said.
On the same day that the United States Supreme Court heard arguments regarding the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8, Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) is displaying the rainbow Pride flag outside his Washington, D.C. and district offices in support of LGBT Americans and marriage equality.