Senator Harris Working To Ensure Our Voices Are Being Heard
Friend,
Senator Harris continues to work tirelessly in Washington to ensure that voices across California are heard. Below are some of the latest examples of the work Senator Harris is doing in Washington:
Bills
- Combating the Opioid Epidemic Act: Cosponsored this legislation that would invest $45 billion for prevention, detection, surveillance and treatment of opioids. Full text of the bill is available here.
- Background Check Expansion Act: Cosponsored this bill that expands federal background checks to the sale or transfer of all firearms by private sellers, with certain reasonable exceptions. Under current law, unlicensed or private sellers are not required to conduct a background check prior to transferring a firearm. Full text of the bill is available here.
- The Environmental Justice Act of 2017: Cosponsored this bill that requires federal agencies to address environmental justice through agency actions and permitting decisions, and strengthens legal protections against environmental injustice for communities of color, low-income communities, and indigenous communities. Full text of the bill is available here.
- Protect Access to Birth Control Act: Cosponsored this legislation that would rescind the Trump Administration’s interim final rules issued on October 6 that allow companies to interfere in their employees’ health care choices and force women to pay more for an essential part of their health care. Full text of the bill is available here.
- Bill to Block Trump Travel Ban 3.0: Cosponsored this legislation that would reverse Trump’s executive order and block its implementation. The bill would withhold funding to enforce the executive order. You can find more information on this bill here.
Letters
- Harris Leads Bipartisan Letter Urging Trump Administration to Prioritize Federal Funding for Wildfires: U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris led a bipartisan group of Western Senators including Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Jim Risch (R-ID), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Patty Murray (D-WA), and Tom Udall (D-NM) in a letter requesting the Trump Administration to prioritize emergency funding ahead of the next disaster assistance legislation that the Senate will consider in the upcoming weeks. Full text of the letter is available here.
- Harris, Feinstein Raise Concerns About Wireless Emergency Alert System Deficiencies During California Wildfires: In the wake of the deadliest wildfires in California’s history, U.S Senators Kamala D. Harris and Dianne Feinstein (both D-CA) raised concerns with Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai about the limitations of the Wireless Emergency Alert system. Full text of the letter is available here.
- Harris, Colleagues Press Senate Leadership to Include Bipartisan Wildfire Funding Fix in Upcoming Disaster Aid Legislation: With deadly fires still raging in California and across the West, U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris joined a bipartisan group of senators and pressed Senate Leaders Mitch McConnell and Charles E. Schumer in a letter to include a wildfire funding fix in disaster aid legislation the Senate will soon consider. Full text of the letter is available here.
- Feinstein, Harris Urge Senate Leadership to Prioritize CHIP Reauthorization: U.S. Senators Kamala D. Harris and Diane Feinstein urged Senate leadership to prioritize reauthorization of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which insures 1.3 million children and 30,000 pregnant women in California. Full text of the letter is available here.
- Senators Request Disaster Funding Information: U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris signed a letter, led by U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), in asking the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to share with their offices each federal agency’s request for the next supplemental disaster appropriations bill. Full text of the letter is available here.
- Senators Request Update On Drug Enforcement Law: U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris signed a letter, led by U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Ed Markey (D-MA), to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) requesting information on the impact of the Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act highlighted in a recent report from the Washington Post and “60 Minutes.” Full text of the letter is available here.
- Senators Call on DHS to Take Concrete Steps to Ensure Accurate Accounting of Deceased Victims of Hurricane Maria: U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris signed a letter, led by U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, urging the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to ensure the accuracy of the official fatality count in Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria. Full text of the letter is available here.
- Senate Democrats to EPA: Show Your Work on Clean Power Plan Repeal: U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris signed a letter, led by Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt asking for more information on the agency’s decision to repeal the Clean Power Plan. The proposal, released by the agency earlier this month, relies heavily on skewed scientific and mathematical data in order to justify repealing the Clean Power Plan. Full text of the letter is available here.
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Best,
Julie
Julie Chávez Rodríguez
State Director
U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris
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