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May 18, 2026
— Today, New Democrat Coalition Housing, Infrastructure, and Transportation Working Group Chair Norma Torres (CA-35) issued a statement in support of the bipartisan agreement to pass an improved version of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act. As laid out in the New Democrat Coalition’s Housing Affordability Agenda, New Dems are committed to building more homes and getting them on the market fast, making it easier to buy or rent a home, and improving housing data and transparency so resources ca… Continue Reading
May 13, 2026This week, during a House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing with Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Scott Turner, Congresswoman Norma Torres demanded answers on why the Trump Administration has failed to request disaster recovery funding for communities devastated by the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires, the first step in order for supplemental disaster funding aid to reach families, businesses, and local governments. More than 100,000 Californians were displaced by the fires, and m… Continue Reading
May 12, 2026Today, Congresswoman Norma Torres (CA-35), a co-sponsor of H.R. 2853, the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025, celebrated the passage of bipartisan legislation to strengthen federal efforts against organized retail theft, cargo theft, and supply chain crime. The bill expands federal enforcement tools to target criminal organizations involved in large-scale theft operations, strengthens money laundering penalties tied to organized retail crime, and improves coordination between federal … Continue Reading