May 5 2020 - 1:43pm
Assembly Bill (AB) 1906, authored by Assemblymember Rudy Salas (D-Bakersfield), passed with bipartisan support this week legislation designed to provide reasonable working accommodations for all pregnant correctional officers and improve workplace conditions for female officers. Keep reading...
Apr 29 2020 - 9:55am
Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger), who represents Kings County, introduced legislation to address the statewide shortage of minority healthcare providers among the COVID-19 crisis. Her bill, SB 1110, establishes the California Medicine Scholars Program (CMS), a three-year pilot program in four regions across the state to create a pre-medical pathway pipeline program, in partnership with California Community Colleges. Keep reading...
Apr 23 2020 - 7:02pm
Congressman, TJ Cox, who represents Lemoore and Kings County, voted Thursday on an interim emergency funding package to provide the emergency resources needed to sustain the life-and-death fight to protect the lives and livelihoods of the American people. Keep reading...
Apr 23 2020 - 11:32am
Central Valley Rep. TJ Cox this week introduced two bills, both of which call on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to fund public and private awareness campaigns to spread factual information about the COVID-19 pandemic. Keep reading...
Local Congressman TJ Cox this week issued a statement after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the $19 billion Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) designed to support farmers and ranchers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The program includes: Keep reading...
Valley Rep. TJ Cox, this week, released a statement calling for additional funding to support vulnerable small businesses after news that the U.S. Small Business Administration Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) has exhausted current funding levels. Keep reading...
Former Congressman David Valadao said this week that he had raised over $520,000 in the first three months of 2020 in his bid to return to the House seat he held for three terms. Keep reading...
Central Valley Congressman TJ Cox this week announced that he and a bipartisan coalition delivered a letter to Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Jovita Carranza. In the letter, Cox urged the SBA to open the Office of Rural Affairs. Keep reading...
Central Valley Rep. TJ Cox joined several fellow representatives in signing bipartisan legislation urging the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to take the concerns of rural healthcare centers seriously. Keep reading...
This week the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services granted California several key waivers under federal Section 1135 through the duration of the COVID-19 emergency. Keep reading...
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