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April 17, 2025
- Congresswoman Norma Torres (D-CA-35) introduced the bipartisan Providing Resources and Occupational Training for Emotional Crisis and Trauma (PROTECT) 911 Act, alongside Congresswoman Robin Kelly (D-IL-02) and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01). This critical legislation will improve the mental health and well-being of the nation's 9-1-1 call-takers and dispatchers, a group often exposed to high-stress and traumatic situations. The PROTECT 911 Act is being introduced during National Pub… Continue Reading
April 10, 2025Congresswoman Norma Torres, a member of the House Administration Committee that oversees federal elections, condemned House Republicans’ refusal to consider series of important amendments to the SAVE Act aimed at ensuring all eligible Americans, regardless of zip code, financial situation, or choosing to change your name after marriage, can participate in our democracy and vote. The House Republican-led SAVE Act would disenfranchise countless American citizens and cause massive logistical roadb… Continue Reading
April 10, 2025Congresswoman Norma Torres (CA-35) today issued a strong condemnation of the latest Republican Budget resolution. The resolution will endanger the health and well-being of thousands of hardworking families in California’s 35th District and beyond, particularly those who use vital public programs such as Medicaid (Medi-Cal), SNAP, and affordable healthcare. "As a member of Congress, my job is to help our community thrive, so everyone in the Inland Empire has the opportunity for a better future-… Continue Reading
August 19, 2019
Building a shelter in the Inland Empire to house up to 430 unaccompanied minors who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border doesn't make sense and raises "serious concerns," four House Democrats who represent the region wrote in a letter Monday, Aug. 19.The two-page letter addressed to the head of the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement comes as the office seeks to lease space for a shelter for "Unaccompanied Alien Children." Officials are searching an area encompassing much of western Riverside Count… Continue Reading
August 16, 2019Congressional representatives and immigrant advocates are criticizing the federal government's proposal to open a new shelter for unaccompanied migrant children in the Inland Empire.The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Refugee Resettlement is looking to lease a site of up to 91,000 square feet to house approximately 430 children, according to a solicitation posted Aug. 5 by the General Services Administration on the Federal Business Opportunities website.The shelter is sla… Continue Reading
August 15, 2019The National Science Foundation awarded a $475,000 Faculty Early Career Development Program grant to Cal Poly Pomona, it was announced Monday.The funding will enable Cal Poly Pomona undergraduate researchers to expand research into the "metal-nitrogen oxide interactions and enable the recruitment of a diverse Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics workforce," according to a statement released by the office of U.S. Rep. Norma J. Torres, D-Pomona."Cal Poly Pomona is shaping the next gene… Continue Reading