Press Releases
ONTARIO – Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (CA-35) today announced that Ontario’s Inland Fair Housing and Mediation Board (IFHMB) received two grants totaling $500,000 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The two grants, $125,000 and $375,000 respectively, will be used to promote fair housing and assist victims of housing discrimination.
POMONA – Representative Norma J. Torres (CA-35) today issued the following statement on the passing of her former District Director, Marc Hanson.
WASHINGTON – Representative Norma J. Torres (CA-35) today introduced a resolution to recognize August 22, 2021 – August 28, 2021 as “Wildfire Preparedness Week” to educate the public on fire safety and preparedness.
Rep. Norma Torres released the following statement:
WASHINGTON- Representatives Norma J. Torres (CA-35) and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-1) today introduced a bipartisan resolution to recognize August 3, 2021 as National Night Out.
Every year on the first Tuesday of August, communities across the country and their local law enforcement agencies come together to promote public safety and build community-police partnerships in the community.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (CA-35) today announced a series of provisions to prevent wildfires that she secured in several fiscal year 2022 House Appropriations bills. The bills all recently passed out of the House Appropriations Committee and will subsequently be considered by the full House of Representatives.
WASHINGTON- Representatives Norma J. Torres (CA-35) and Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) today announced the relaunch of the Congressional New American Caucus for the 117th Congress.
WASHINGTON – Last week, Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (CA-35) met with members of the Federation of Industrial Chambers of Central America (FECAICA) to reinforce that investment and economic growth cannot occur without addressing systemic corruption, attacks on the rule of law, and the degradation of democratic values.
Rep. Torres released the following statement:
POMONA – Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (CA-35) today announced more than $11.3 million in federal funding that she secured in a series of four Congressional Appropriations bills that passed the House Appropriations Committee last week. These additional funds mean that all ten of Congresswoman Torres’ requests were funded by the Appropriations Committee.
POMONA, CA – U.S. Representatives Norma J. Torres (CA-35), Grace Napolitano (CA-32) and Salud Carbajal (CA-24) today announced that their provision to increase federal funding by an additional $10 million to support U.S. Air Force Educational Partnership Agreements (EPA) is included in the fiscal year 2022 House Defense Appropriations Bill.