• September 2015
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    Brownley Reintroduces “Honoring Our Fallen TSA Officers Act”

    Today, Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-Westlake Village) reintroduced her bill, the Honoring Our Fallen TSA Officers Act, legislation that would amend federal law to ensure that Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees killed in the line of duty receive the same death benefits that other federal law enforcement officers already receive.

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    Brownley Announces Grant for Supportive Services for Veteran Families

    Today, Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-Westlake Village) announced that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will award over $12.6 million in grants to local partners that serve homeless veterans in Ventura, Los Angeles, and Santa Barbara Counties. The grants are awarded under the VA’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) program, which Brownley has championed in Congress.

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    Brownley Releases Video Statement Commemorating Hispanic Heritage Month

    Today, in a video statement, Congresswoman Julia Brownley commemorated the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs from September 15 to October 15.

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    Brownley Announces Ticket Lottery for Papal Address

    Today, Congresswoman Julia Brownley announced a random-selection lottery for a limited number of tickets to attend an address by His Holiness Pope Francis before a joint session of the United States Congress on Thursday, September 24, 2015. Only constituents from California’s 26th Congressional District may participate in the lottery. Ticket holders will be able to view the address from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol via televised broadcast.

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  • August 2015
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    Brownley Announces More Than $1.4 Million for Port of Hueneme Wharf and Berth Improvement Projects

    Today, Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D – Westlake Village) announced that the Port of Hueneme will receive $1,472,625 from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) for wharf and berth infrastructure improvements.

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    Brownley Announces $750,000 for United Water Conservation District

    Today, Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-Westlake Village) announced that United Water Conservation District will receive $750,000 in funding to support the planning phase of the United Water Conservation District Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP). This grant is awarded through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services’ Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CESCF), and partially funded through the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF).

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  • July 2015
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    Brownley Announces Over $530,000 for Port of Hueneme

    Today, Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-Westlake Village) announced that the Port of Hueneme received $532,000 through the Department of Homeland Security’s Fiscal Year 2015 Port Security Grant Program (PSGP).

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    Brownley Statement on Passage of H.R. 3236

    Today, Congresswoman Julia Brownley released a statement following her vote on the H.R. 3236, the Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015.

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    Brownley Bill Approved by Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee

    Today, the Female Veteran Suicide Prevention Act (H.R. 2915), legislation authored by Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-Westlake Village), was approved by the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health. Brownley serves as the Subcommittee’s Ranking Member.

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    Brownley Announces SAFER Grant for Santa Paula Fire Department

    Today, Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-Westlake Village) announced that the Santa Paula Fire Department (SPFD) received a two-year grant for $912,976, funded through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Staffing for Adequate Fire & Emergency Response (SAFER) program.

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    Brownley Announces Trio Grants to Help First Generation and Low-Income College Students

    Today, Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-Westlake Village) announced that the U.S. Department of Education has awarded two grants to local universities through the federal TRIO Student Support Services Program (SSSP) for student counseling in the 2015-2016 school year. Specifically, California State University, Channel Islands (CSUCI) was awarded $220,000 and California Lutheran University (Cal Lutheran) was awarded $248,925.

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    Brownley Bill Gets Hearing in House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee

    Today, two bills authored by Congresswoman Brownley (D-Westlake Village)—the Build a Better VA Act and the Female Veterans Suicide Prevention Act–were discussed at a House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health legislative hearing.                    

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    Brownley Calls for Hearing on Serious Allegations of Improper Handling of Veterans’ Claim

    Today, Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-Westlake Village), along with Dr. Raul Ruiz (D-Palm Desert), called for the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee to hold a hearing about allegations of mishandling of veterans’ claims at the Veterans Benefits Administration Los Angeles Regional Office (LA VARO).

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    Brownley Biliteracy Bill Gets House Vote

    Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted on Congresswoman Julia Brownley’s (D-Westlake Village) Biliteracy Education Seal and Teaching (BEST) Act.

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    Brownley Statement for Independence Day

    Today, Congresswoman Julia Brownley issued a statement for Independence Day.

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  • June 2015
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    Brownley Announces Contract Awarded at VA Oxnard Interim Facility

    Today, Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-Westlake Village) announced that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded a contract to STGI to operate a new, larger interim healthcare clinic in Oxnard.

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    Brownley Statement on Trade Promotion Authority Bill

    Today, Congresswoman Julia Brownley issued a statement about the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) legislation (H.R. 1314).

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    Brownley Announces $500,000 for Workforce Investment Board of Ventura County

    Congresswoman Brownley announced that the Workforce Investment Board of Ventura County (WIB-VC) is one of 20 workforce development boards in the nation to receive a grant from the Department of Labor (DOL) “Linking to Employment Activities Pre-Release,” or LEAP initiative.

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