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July 27, 2026
Today, Representatives Norma Torres (D-CA-35) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01), led a bipartisan letter urging Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought to reclassify public safety telecommunicators under the Protective Service Occupations category in the 2028 update to the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. Torres is a former 9-1-1 dispatcher with the Los Angeles Police Department, while Fitzpatrick is a former FBI agent and EMT. For decades, the federal gove… Continue Reading
July 23, 2026Today, Congresswoman Norma Torres, a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee that oversees federal funding, applauded the Department of Commerce's decision to begin restoring California's Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) competition after leading a congressional effort demanding that the Trump Administration provide the state with its fair share of federal manufacturing investments. The released Notice of Funding Opportunity, will provide up to $15.6 million to establish a C… Continue Reading
July 22, 2026Today, Congresswoman Norma Torres helped secure the Southern California's Ontario International Airport (ONT) a $7.37 million grant award from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to rehabilitate its north runway, continuing a long-term investment in the airport's airfield infrastructure following completion of the largest runway reconstruction project in its history. The grant, awarded through the FAA's Airport Improvement Program (AIP), will fund rehabilitation and improvements to ONT's … Continue Reading