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August 28, 2025
Montclair, CA - Today, Congresswoman Norma J. Torres joined the City of Montclair and the United States Postal Service for a special ceremony to commemorate the official renaming of the Montclair Post Office as the Paul M. Eaton Post Office, honoring the late mayor’s decades of service and transformative impact on the city. The renaming was made possible through the passage of H.R. 3329, legislation introduced by Congresswoman Torres and signed into law to recognize and honor Mayor Eaton’s impac… Continue Reading
August 19, 2025Ontario, CA - Today, Congresswoman Norma J. Torres introduced a resolution to designate August 17-23, 2025, as Warehouse Worker Recognition Week to honor the hard-working men and women who power the Inland Empire’s logistics economy and keep supply chains moving across the United States. Nearly 40 percent of goods entering the United States arrive at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and go through the Inland Empire, which is home to one of the largest concentrations of warehouse jobs in… Continue Reading
August 06, 2025— Today, Representatives Norma J. Torres (CA-35) and Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) announced the reintroduction of the Pedestrian Hazard, Awareness and Safety Expansion (PHASE) Act, aimed at curbing the alarming rise in pedestrian accidents and fatalities in regions like the Inland Empire. The Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metro area is the 12th most dangerous metropolitan area in the United States for pedestrians. “People get around in different ways, whether it's walking, biking, or using a sc… 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