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Congress Members Alan Lowenthal (CA-47), Zoe Lofgren (CA-19), and Chris Smith (NJ-04), co-chairs of the Congressional Caucus on Vietnam, have joined with 17 colleagues on both sides of the aisle in urging President Donald Trump to pressure the government of Vietnam on human rights issues during his visit to the communist nation this week.
Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) today joined with five of his House colleagues in urging the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to immediately release hundreds of Cambodian and Vietnamese individuals recently detained by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) today issued the following statement on the reported decision by President Trump to downsize two previously established national monuments in Utah: Bears Ears National Monument and Grand Staircase National Monument. Created under the 101-year-old federal Antiquities Act, both monuments were designated after lengthy environmental study and public input:
Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47), joined by members of the Safe Climate Caucus and bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus, has introduced legislation to promote greater transparency in federal energy leasing programs by requiring the Department of the Interior (DOI) to publicly disclose the amounts and sources of greenhouse gas pollution from fossil fuel development on public lands.
Pastor Nguyen Cong Chinh, a former prisoner of conscience imprisoned in Vietnam for his outspoken views on religious persecution by the Vietnamese government, spoke with Congressional Members today, offering a sobering view of religious and dissident oppression in the communist Asian nation.
Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) today issued the following statement on President Trump's decision to no longer provide subsidies to insurers providing coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA):
Reps. Alan Lowenthal (D-CA) and Don Beyer (D-VA), co-chairs of the Congressional Safe Climate Caucus, issued the following statement today on EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's proposed rule to repeal the Clean Power Plan:
Congressman Alan Lowenthal today issued the following statement on the announcement that the sister of 47th District resident Helen Huynh has been granted humanitarian parole to enter the United States for 180 days to take part in a stem cell transplant to treat Ms. Huynh's leukemia:
Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) today joined with eight of his House colleagues in calling on Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to "swiftly and publically condemn" the recent arrest of Cambodian opposition party leader Kem Sokha for treason by the Cambodian government of Prime Minister Hun Sen.
Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) today issued the following statement on the announced closure of Radio Free Asia (RFA) operations inside Cambodia due to ongoing pressure and intimidation from the regime of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen: