Press Releases

Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (CA-35) – a senior member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations – issued the following statement after well-respected, Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora – imprisoned for over 550 days – had the opening hearing in his trial rescheduled until February 20th:

Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (CA-35) and Congressman James P. McGovern (MA-02) today announced the introduction of the Human Rights Defenders Protection Act of 2024—cosponsored by Representatives Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Ilhan Omar (MN-05), and Jason Crow (CO-06).

Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (CA-35), Chair of the New Americans Caucus, & U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), a member of the Senate Rules Committee and California’s former Secretary of State, introduced bicameral legislation to improve voter registration efforts at naturalization ceremonies.

Fontana, CA — Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (CA-35) announced today Tristar FLC, Incorporated received a $3.5 million federal grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program (HBIIP) for the Muscat Tank Farm biofuel project in Fontana.

Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (CA-35) – a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee – led her Inland Empire colleagues in sending a letter today to the U.S. Department of Treasury regarding the implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act, our nation’s largest investment ever to tackle climate change.

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (CA-35) and Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) & Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee -- along with U.S. Representative Joaquin Castro (TX-20), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere -- sent a letter to Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, calling on the Department of Commerce (Commerce) to incorporate a set of recommendations from the lawmakers to strengthen export controls and end-use checks for firearm exports to crack down on the unnecessary export of lethal weapons used in brutal killings abroad.

Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (CA-35) joined a United States Presidential Delegation to Guatemala City, Guatemala for the inauguration of President Bernardo Arévalo.

Washington, D.C. — Representatives Norma J. Torres (CA-35), Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09), and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), along with Senators Peter Welch (D-VT), J.D. Vance (R-OH), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), and Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the introduction of the bicameral, bipartisan Affordable Connectivity Program Extension Act.