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January 09, 2026
Today, Congresswoman Norma Torres, a member of the House Appropriations Committee that oversees federal spending, announced she successfully secured $10,722,000 for eight critical public safety, water infrastructure, and flood control projects across the Inland Empire as part of the fiscal year 2026 appropriations process. These Community Project Funding requests (CPFs) were included in H.R. 6938, the Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropri… Continue Reading
January 07, 2026Today, Congresswoman Norma Torres (CA-35), who sits on the House Appropriations Subcommittee that oversees Department of Transportation funding, criticized Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy’s announcement that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) will unlawfully withhold approximately $160 million in federal taxpayer dollars from the State of California. “The Trump Administration’s decision to suspend $160 million in highway and surface transportation funding for Califor… Continue Reading
January 06, 2026—Today, on the fifth anniversary of the January 6, 2021 insurrection in the U.S. Capitol, Congresswoman Norma Torres announced a package of three bills to confront the ongoing threat posed by political violence, prevent history from being erased, and strengthen accountability for those who sought to overturn the results of a free and fair election. “Five years ago, I was inside the House Gallery as a violent mob stormed the Capitol, chanting threats, and attempting to stop the peaceful transfer… Continue Reading
August 19, 2019
Building a shelter in the Inland Empire to house up to 430 unaccompanied minors who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border doesn't make sense and raises "serious concerns," four House Democrats who represent the region wrote in a letter Monday, Aug. 19.The two-page letter addressed to the head of the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement comes as the office seeks to lease space for a shelter for "Unaccompanied Alien Children." Officials are searching an area encompassing much of western Riverside Count… Continue Reading
August 16, 2019Congressional representatives and immigrant advocates are criticizing the federal government's proposal to open a new shelter for unaccompanied migrant children in the Inland Empire.The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Refugee Resettlement is looking to lease a site of up to 91,000 square feet to house approximately 430 children, according to a solicitation posted Aug. 5 by the General Services Administration on the Federal Business Opportunities website.The shelter is sla… Continue Reading
August 15, 2019The National Science Foundation awarded a $475,000 Faculty Early Career Development Program grant to Cal Poly Pomona, it was announced Monday.The funding will enable Cal Poly Pomona undergraduate researchers to expand research into the "metal-nitrogen oxide interactions and enable the recruitment of a diverse Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics workforce," according to a statement released by the office of U.S. Rep. Norma J. Torres, D-Pomona."Cal Poly Pomona is shaping the next gene… Continue Reading