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May 28, 2025
— Today, U.S. Representative Norma Torres (CA-35) joined Nanette Diaz Barragán (CA-44) in sending a letter to President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., urging them to safeguard federal funding for the Head Start program. The letter comes in response to alarming reports that the Trump Administration considered eliminating Head Start funding during recent federal budget discussions. “From Los Angeles County to the Central Valley to rural tribal lands, … Continue Reading
May 23, 2025— Today, Congresswoman Norma J. Torres introduced the Veterans Skilled Trades Transition Act, legislation that will lower barriers for veterans as they transition from military service to civilian employment. The bill directs the Department of Defense, in coordination with the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Labor, to submit a comprehensive report to Congress on the effectiveness of military-acquired professional credentials in securing state-recognized civilian jobs. “The Veterans Skilled … Continue Reading
May 23, 2025- Today, U.S. Representatives Norma Torres (D-CA), David Valadao (R-CA), Jay Orbernolte (R-CA) and U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and John Barrasso (R-WY) introduced a bipartisan, bicameral resolution designating May as “National Wildfire Preparedness Month” to encourage increased awareness and preparedness as wildfires across the country increase in scale, complexity, and severity. The introduction of this resolution comes as recovery efforts continue following the devastating Lahaina wi… 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