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December 23, 2022
Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (CA-35), a member of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee, today voted to pass the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, a package of twelve government funding bills focused on helping families and communities across the United States. Congresswoman Torres used her position on the powerful committee to help shape the priorities included in the package, which will fund the government for FY2023, lower the cost of living for hardworking people, create good-paying … Continue Reading
December 22, 2022Pomona, CA - Today, Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (CA-35) announced that $19,525,505 in Community Project Funding has been included in this year's government funding package. Rep. Torres previously secured this funding for California's 35th Congressional District as part of a package that originally passed the House of Representatives earlier this year. After this end-of-year government funding bill becomes law, its funds will go towards 15 community projects, supporting working families, small … Continue Reading
December 20, 2022In response to reporting that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released the names, birthdates, nationalities, and locations of 6,252 asylum-seekers, Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (CA-35) last week led 12 of her House colleagues in sending a letter to ICE. In the letter, the lawmakers asked the agency a series of questions about current ICE policies and urged ICE to take immediate action to protect the privacy and safety of those immigrants who are seeking asylum in the United State… 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