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Congressman Lowenthal Votes To Raise Pay For Federal Civilian Employees at Executive Branch Agencies

January 31, 2019 Press Release
Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) today issued the following statement regarding his vote to pass the Federal Civilian Workforce Pay Raise Fairness Act. The legislation authorizes a 2.6 percent pay increase for federal civilian employees (not including Congress or independent agencies) for calendar year 2019.

Congressmen Lowenthal and Young Reintroduce Bipartisan WILD Act To Protect Threatened Species and Habitats

January 30, 2019 Press Release

Congressmen Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) and Don Young (AK-At-large) today re-introduced the Wildlife Innovation and Longevity Driver (WILD) Act, a bipartisan bill containing measures to conserve threatened wildlife and wild places around the world.

Issues:
Environmental Protection and Sustainability

Congressman Lowenthal Elected Chair of Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee

January 29, 2019 Press Release
Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) today issued the following statement regarding his election to head the House Natural Resources Committee's (HNRC) Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources (EMR):

OPINION: Under Trump, our public lands are spewing carbon dioxide

January 25, 2019 Opinion Piece
(This opinion piece appeared in Roll Call on January 18, 2019)

The Trump administration tried to sneak two alarming climate change reports past the public last year just after Thanksgiving, apparently hoping everyone would be shopping or sleeping off a turkey hangover. The attempt backfired spectacularly.
Issues:
Environmental Protection and Sustainability, Climate Change

OPINION: Time For Fair Electoral Districts

January 25, 2019 Opinion Piece

(This opinion piece appeared in the Grunion Gazette on January 19, 2019)

Congresman Lowenthal Statement On SCOTUS Ruling On Transgender Service Members

January 25, 2019 Press Release
Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) today issued the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing President Trump's ban against transgender individual serving in the military to take effect while the case is litigated in lower courts:

Congressman Lowenthal Hosts Meeting for US Ambassador To Vietnam Daniel Kritenbrink and Members of Congress

January 25, 2019 Press Release

Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) today issued the following statement on his hosting of a Congressional briefing in Washington, D.C. for the U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel Kritenbrink and Members of the Congressional Caucus on Vietnam and the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus:

Issues:
Human Rights and Civil Rights

Congressman Lowenthal Reappointed to House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

January 17, 2019 Press Release
Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) today issued the following statement regarding his reappointment to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, which has jurisdiction over all modes of transportation: aviation, maritime and waterborne transportation, highways, bridges, mass transit, and railroads:

Issues:
Transportation and Trade

Congressman Lowenthal Decries Interior Dept Recall of Furloughed Workers, Without Pay, To Prepare Oil And Gas Leases

January 16, 2019 Press Release

Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) today issued the following statement regarding a decision by the Department of Interior to recall furloughed federal workers, without pay, to prepare oil and gas leases:

Congressman Lowenthal Statement On Support For LAUSD Teachers

January 16, 2019 Press Release
Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) today issued the following statement regarding the LAUSD teachers' strike:

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