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More than 35,000 people in a congressional district encompassing much of Ventura County would see their health insurance premiums skyrocket and thousands would drop coverage without the tax credits that are part of the standoff over the government shutdown, U.S. Rep. Julia Brownley said in a Camarillo news conference.

A law Gina and Steve Meyer believe could have saved their daughter’s life may reach beyond the state to the federal level. U.S. Rep. Julia Brownley, D-Westlake Village, announced Sept. 23 that she introduced Katie Meyer’s Law, a bill that would give college students across the United States the right to have an adviser help them navigate disciplinary proceedings.

Democrats have raised concerns that broadening access to community care will effectively lead eventually to the privatization of the VA by depriving the Veterans Health Administration of funds needed to support the department’s own medical facilities and to provide quality care. “Under this administration, we are seeing a chaotic approach to delivering veterans’ health care that undercuts VA’s internal capacity, shifts more and more care to the community, and leaves veterans and VA employees in the lurch,” said Rep. Julia Brownley, D-Calif., ranking member of the House Veterans Affairs Health Subcommittee during a July 15 hearing on community care.

Brownley, D-Westlake Village, said she had not received any information from federal officials about any actions or detentions. “That has been (the case) since the very beginning of the Trump administration,” said Brownley, as she drove to the site. Brownley called the recent immigration enforcement actions egregious and immoral.

Rep. Julia Brownley, D-Calif., questioned why VA supervisors were asked to sign nondisclosure statements and why spyware was installed on some staff computers. Collins said it is necessary to monitor office communications to ‘‘keep sensitive information internal” as he develops a reorganization plan for the agency.

The elimination of at least 7,000 Social Security jobs is causing delays in benefits and making it harder for people who rely on monthly payments, U.S. Rep. Julia Brownley said on April 21. In a gathering on a sidewalk in front of a Thousand Oaks Social Security Administration office, Brownley characterized the staffing cuts by the Trump White House as a way of dismantling the agency from the inside.

Friday morning, Democratic Congresswoman Julia Brownley joined health care providers in denouncing Republicans’ proposal to cut 1.5 to 2 trillion dollars from the federal budget over the next decade, saying it could lead to the largest Medicaid cut in history. 

Legislation by Democratic Congresswoman Julia Brownley would allow FEMA to drop rule which can hold up emergency housing funds for disaster victims.

For 25 years, between 1951 and 1976, women service members were involuntarily separated from the military due to motherhood, leaving without separation benefits, counseling or assistance. In 2023, Congress recognized the injustice in its annual defense policy bill, acknowledging the harm it caused to women troops. Now, Rep. Julia Brownley, D-Calif., is leading legislation that aims to make financial and symbolic amends.

Rep. Julia Brownley (D-Calif.) has said she became interested in the alternative proteins during her time on the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis. Last year, she introduced the “Producing Real Opportunities for Technology and Entrepreneurs Investing in Nutrition (PROTEIN) Act,”H.R. 5097. It would allocate $250 million to establish research centers focused on alternative proteins and support-related workforce development and manufacturing.

Federal and local officials cheered the new grant in a Wednesday press release. U.S. Rep. Julia Brownley, who helped procure the funding, lauded the port’s “innovative sustainability efforts.”

The VEO bill introduced by Budzinski and Rep. Julia Brownley, D-Calif., requires the office to report data continuously to lawmakers and calls for a Government Accountability Office review of the efficacy of the VEO’s 1–800–MyVA411 hotline. The hotline offers information on VA benefits and can connect callers with experts.

Rep. Julia Brownley (D-Calif.) introduced the Women Involuntary Separated Earnings Remittance (WISER) Act last week to “rectify a wrong perpetuated against women servicemembers” who were discharged due to an executive order by former President Harry Truman.

U.S. Rep. Julia Brownley came to town July 16 to present city leaders with a check for $1.6 million in funding for the project, aimed at improving transportation choices and making cycling in Agoura Hills the safest and most accessible it has ever been.

“VA isn’t going to solve this problem by itself,” said Rep. Julia Brownley, D-Calif. “This program could be wildly successful, but it could be a financial failure as well. We have to approach this in a data-driven, continuous improvement model, to make sure every grantee is continually improving that program. And I don’t know if VA has the capability to do that.”

The grant, allocated by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime – Byrne Discretionary Community Project Funding/Byrne Discretionary Grants Program, comes as a result of tireless efforts from Congresswoman Julia Brownley to support projects that serve local communities.

Through public documents and family records, a Reuters examination discovered at least 100 members of the last sitting Congress had direct family ancestors who were slaveholders. NBC News’ Harry Smith spoke with two representatives about their own family histories.

Representative Julia Brownley, a Democrat from California, spoke with a reporter via Zoom after Reuters emailed her a document about her ancestor Jesse Brownley.