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Ventura County Star | Victoria Talbot

U.S. Rep. Julia Brownley came to the Ventura County Government Center Thursday morning with a $950,000 check to help local law enforcement agencies investigate backlogged violent and sexual assault cases using DNA technology.

Ventura County Star | Brian J. Varela

Rep. Julia Brownley, D-Westlake Village, introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives Thursday requesting the U.S. Post Office located at 1961 N. C St. in Oxnard be called the John R. Hatcher III Post Office Building.

Ventura County Star | Wes Woods II

A Ventura veterans clinic scheduled to open in summer 2022 will feature a special entrance for female veterans, a first of its kind in the region.

Officials believe the Ventura Veteran Affairs Community Based Outpatient Clinic has the capacity to serve as many as 9,600 veteran patients.

Ventura County Star | Wes Woods II |

EPA Administrator Michael Regan toured Ventura’s water recycling facility Wednesday afternoon, collecting data under the proposed bipartisan infrastructure deal.

Ventura County Sheriff’s Sgt. Ron Helus, killed in the 2018 Borderline mass shooting, was posthumously presented the Congressional Badge of Bravery on Tuesday.

Reps. Julia Brownley and Salud Carbajal joined Sen. Dianne Feinstein in proposing tighter safety standards for small boats after the Conception dive vessel caught fire, killing 34 people off the Ventura County coast in September.

Rep. Julia Brownley, D-Calif., on Monday introduced the Stop Harassment and Sexual Assault at VA Act, which would create a department-wide policy to stop “this epidemic of rampant” harassment and sexual assault Brownley says “too often occurs” at VA facilities nationwide.

Congresswoman Julia Brownley, D-Calif., introduced legislation Tuesday, hoping to create a “Forever” stamp series honoring 17 women in particular.

On Tuesday, New York became the first state to put into place a ban on some flavored e-cigs and vaping juices. Locally, on Sept. 9, U.S. Rep. Julia Brownley (D-Thousand Oaks) introduced HR 4249, the Stop Vaping Ads Act, legislation that would add vaping devices to an existing ban on advertisements for traditional cigarettes.

The work of the task force will focus on culture, healthcare, economic opportunity and benefits access for women veterans, Rep. Julia Brownley, D-Calif., chairwoman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee’s subpanel on health, said at a Thursday press conference. 

The United States has nearly 2 million women veterans today, but but Rep. Julia Brownley thinks many Americans never really see them.

When she’s on the job in Washington, D.C., nearly 3,000 miles separate U.S. Rep. Julia Brownley from her constituents in Ventura County.

Congresswoman Julia Brownley, D-Westlake Village, has hit the ground running as part of the new Democratic majority in the U.S. House with several new bills aimed at addressing local and national issues.

With 2018 now gone, and with it the 115th Congress, federal lawmakers left a lot on the table that would help veterans nationwide. One such bill would require the VA to provide dental care. The legislation, which was reintroduced by Rep. Julia Brownley (D-Calif.) on Jan. 3, require the VA to provide dental care to veterans, just as they provide medical care. 

Rep. Julia Brownley (D-Calif.) is kicking off the new Congress by introducing a bill that would rewrite federal laws with more gender neutral terms.

Right now, just 17 states and the District of Columbia allow same-day voter registration, and the bill, introduced by Rep. Julia Brownley (D-CA), would mandate that the rest of the country join them.

This week, the Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Programs Reauthorization Act, legislation co-authored by Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-CA) and Congressman Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) to fight veteran homelessness by strengthening job training programs, was signed into law. The bill passed Congress as part of the Veterans Benefit and Transition Act of 2018.

U.S. Rep. Julia Brownley announced the funds, which will be used to strengthen local infrastructure, including dredging of the two harbors, on Tuesday. She noted that all three locations play a key role in Ventura County’s economy and said the new funds would bolster their operations.