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WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (CA-35) today introduced the Myles Edward Scott Act, legislation to address the illicit recreational use of nitrous oxide. Torres' legislation is named in honor of Myles ‘Eddie' Scott, a Rialto teen who was tragically killed in a nitrous-involved car accident just one week after graduating high school in 2014.
POMONA – Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (CA-35) announced today the delivery of $8,782,977 in federal relief funding for Ontario International Airport, an allocation designed to help weather the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic. This funding was included in the Coronavirus Relief and Response Supplemental Appropriations (CRRSA) Act passed by Congress in December 2020.
POMONA – Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (CA-35) today announced nearly $133 million in COVID relief funds for Inland Empire colleges and universities thanks to the Congressionally-passed American Rescue Plan.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (CA-35), the sole Central American serving in Congress and Co-Chair of the Central Americans Caucus, today praised a list prepared and released at her request by the U.S. State Department identifying corrupt officials in the Central American countries of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (CA-35) today met with Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House to discuss the root causes of migration and current political dynamics in the Northern Triangle ahead of the Vice President's trip to the region.
POMONA – Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (CA-35) today announced a $423,000 grant awarded to Western University of Health Sciences for mental health research.
POMONA – U.S. Representatives Norma J. Torres (CA-35) and Pete Aguilar (CA-31) today announced a federal loan from the Department of Transportation (DOT) of up to $225 million to the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority (SBCTA) for the I-10 Corridor Express Lanes Project.
POMONA – Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (CA-35) today announced nearly $2.6 billion in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds that are available starting today thanks to the Congressionally approved American Rescue Plan.
POMONA – Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (CA-35) today led a group of five U.S. Representatives on a Congressional Delegation (CODEL) to the temporary Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) Emergency Intake Facility for unaccompanied minors at the Fairplex in Pomona.