• December 2019
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    Brownley Applauds Passage of Defense Authorization Bill Supporting Naval Base Ventura County, Servicemembers, and their Families

    Today, Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-Westlake Village) released the following statement on the final bipartisan conference report for the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2020. Brownley served as a conferee for the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee. The final agreement also included a number of provisions authored by Congresswoman Brownley.

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  • July 2019
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    Brownley Applauds Passage of Defense Authorization Bill that Includes Three of Her Amendments to Support Naval Base Ventura County, Ensure Continued Funding for Critical Firefighting Response Aircraft, and Address Gender Equity in Our Armed Forces

    Today, Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-Westlake Village) applauded the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of the Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 2500), which included three amendments authored by Congresswoman Brownley.

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  • June 2018
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    Brownley Welcomes House Passage of Defense Appropriations Bill that Supports Naval Base Ventura County and Our Armed Forces

    Congresswoman Julia Brownley issued a statement today regarding House passage of the Fiscal Year 2019 Department of Defense Appropriations Act (H.R. 6157).

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  • May 2018
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    Brownley Welcomes Start of Triton Flight Operations at Naval Base Ventura County

    Today, Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-Westlake Village) attended the official ceremony welcoming the MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system to Naval Base Ventura County. Brownley has spearheaded Congressional efforts to fund research, development, and procurement of the Triton, which will have its west coast home at Point Mugu and support hundreds of jobs in Ventura County.

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    Brownley Welcomes House Passage of FY 2019 Defense Bill Supporting Naval Base Ventura County

    Congresswoman Julia Brownley issued a statement today regarding House passage of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (H.R. 5515).

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  • April 2018
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    Brownley Fights for More Resources to Support Navy Test Program, Which Includes Naval Base Ventura County

    Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-CA) last week urged her colleagues to increase funding for the Navy’s Test and Evaluation Support program, which provides institutional maintenance and operations support for research, development, test, and evaluation at the Navy’s major range and test facilities, which includes Naval Base Ventura County.

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  • November 2017
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    Brownley Welcomes House Passage of Defense Bill Supporting Naval Base Ventura County

    Congresswoman Julia Brownley issued a statement today on passage in the U.S. House of Representatives of the conference agreement for the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018.

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  • July 2017
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    Brownley Applauds House Passage of Defense Bill Supporting Naval Base Ventura County

    Today, Congresswoman Julia Brownley released a statement on passage in the U.S. House of Representatives of H.R. 2810, the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2018.

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  • February 2017
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    Brownley Highlights Funding Needs for Naval Base Ventura County and Veterans Issues

    Today, Rep. Julia Brownley (D-CA) urged the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs to provide more resources for our Major Range and Test Facility Bases (MRTFB), including Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC), to address critical maintenance needs and repairs.

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  • September 2016
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    Brownley Announces Permanent Coast Guard Base at Naval Base Ventura County

    Today, Congresswoman Julia Brownley announced that the Coast Guard has decided to make their current operating base at Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) permanent. The Coast Guard move to NBVC is due to the previously announced closure of the Air Station Los Angeles facility at Los Angeles International Airport. (Please see the attached letter from the Coast Guard).

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  • February 2026
  • FY2027 Community Project Funding Requests

    The House Appropriations Committee will be accepting Community Project Funding (CPF) requests from Members for Fiscal Year 2027. This is in addition to the standard programmatic and language-based requests. Each Member is limited to no more than 20 Community Project Funding requests, and there is no guarantee that all requested projects will be funded. Please […]

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  • December 2025
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    Brownley Statement on Final Passage of the FY2026 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Agreement

    Congresswoman Julia Brownley issued a statement following House passage of the final conference agreement for the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026. 

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  • September 2025
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    Brownley, Sustainable Energy and Environment Caucus Send Letter to EPA Highlighting Climate Change-Impact Stories Across the Nation

    Congresswoman Brownley joined 153 Members of Congress in a public comment letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin in opposition to the EPA’s proposal to rescind the landmark 2009 Endangerment Finding that greenhouse gases threaten public health and welfare. The Members called on Administrator Zeldin to stop his attacks on pollution protections for the American people.

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  • April 2025
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    Brownley Statement on the Climate Crisis and Trump’s Attack on Environmental Protections

    On Earth Day, Congresswoman Julia Brownley issued the following statement condemning the Trump Administration’s failure to act on the climate crisis and its continued assault on environmental protections and the future of our planet.

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  • February 2025
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    Brownley Introduces Legislation to Expand Equitable Access to Health Care Coverage to Federal Workers’ Children

    Today, Congresswoman Julia Brownley reintroduced the Fix FEDVIP Age Act, legislation aimed at addressing an existing gap in federal benefits by allowing children of federal workers and retirees to remain eligible for health care coverage under the Federal Employee Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP) until the age of 26. 

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  • December 2024
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    Brownley Announces Winners of the 2024 Congressional App Challenge

    Today, Congresswoman Julia Brownley announced Benjamin Xie and Mihir Bamdhamravuri as the winners of the 2024 Congressional App Challenge for California’s 26th Congressional District. The students created Sentinel, an integrated web application that monitors and detects wildfires to improve safety and reduce emergency response times. 

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  • June 2024
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    Brownley Statement on House Passage of the FY2025 National Defense Authorization Act

    Today, Congresswoman Julia Brownley issued the following statement in response to House passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2025.

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    Brownley Statement on FY2025 Military Construction and Veterans Funding Bill

    Congresswoman Julia Brownley issued the following statement of disapproval after House passage of H.R. 8580, the FY2025 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Funding Bill.

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