• January 2018
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    Brownley Statement on Trump Administration Decision to End Temporary Protected Status for Salvadorans / Comunicado de Brownley sobre la decisión de la administración Trump de cancelar el Estatus Temporal de Protección para salvadoreños

    Congresswoman Julia Brownley today issued a statement regarding the Trump Administration’s decision to end Temporary Protected Status for Salvadorans.

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    Brownley Welcomes FEMA Announcement of Public Assistance for Thomas Fire, Expresses Disappointment Regarding Individual Assistance

    Congresswoman Julia Brownley issued a statement today following FEMA’s announcement of Public Assistance programs for the Thomas Fire and continued review of Individual Assistance.

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  • December 2017
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    Brownley Announces Congressional App Challenge Winner for California’s 26th Congressional District

    Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-Westlake Village) today announced that Sophia Taylor and Abigail Creech, students at Rancho Campana High School in Camarillo, have won the 2017 Congressional App Challenge for California’s 26th Congressional District. Taylor and Creech developed Connect Me, an app designed to help people who are experiencing domestic violence, suicidal thoughts, eating disorders, and other difficult situations by connecting them with talk and text hotlines, community resources, and reminders to improve their physical and mental health.

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  • The Tax Bill that Stole Christmas

    Last week, Republicans in Congress used a procedural gimmick to force through one of the most unpopular tax bills in history, without an iota of Democratic input. They robbed the middle class to give more to the uber-rich and corporations that outsource jobs — just in time for the holidays.

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    Brownley Statement on House Disaster Relief Vote

    Congresswoman Julia Brownley issued a statement today after the vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on disaster relief assistance

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    Partisan Tax Bill Is Missed Opportunity for Real Reform, Says Brownley

    Congresswoman Julia Brownley issued a statement today after the House vote on the Republican tax bill.

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    Brownley Statement on FCC Net Neutrality Vote

    Congresswoman Julia Brownley issued a statement today following the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) vote to undermine the principle of net neutrality.

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    Concealed Carry Reciprocity Puts Californians in Danger, Says Brownley

    Congresswoman Julia Brownley issued a statement today on the House vote to allow anyone authorized to carry a concealed weapon in another state to be able to bring it into California.

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    Middle-Class Families Need a Tax Cut, Not a Giveaway for the One Percent, Says Brownley

    Congresswoman Julia Brownley issued a statement today on the House vote to go to conference with the Senate on the Republican tax bill.

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  • Senators Include Telemedicine in New Bill to Modernize the VA

    By Eric Wicklund of mHealthIntelligence December 05, 2017 – A new bill that seeks to modernize the oft-criticized Department of Veterans Affairs includes a provision allowing VA doctors to treat veterans via telemedicine no matter where they live. The 125-page Veterans Community Care and Access Act of 2017, filed this week by Sens. John McCain […]

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  • November 2017
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    Congresswoman Brownley Leads Forum on the Challenges Facing Veterans in Starting Their Own Businesses

    Today, Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-CA), co-chair of the House Democratic Caucus Reinvesting in Our Returning Heroes Task Force, led a forum with Members of Congress and experts on how the federal government can help ensure veterans have the resources and opportunities they need to start their own businesses.

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    Anti-Harassment Training Is Important First Step, But Congress Must Do More to Increase Accountability and Transparency, Says Brownley

    Congresswoman Julia Brownley issued a statement today on passage of a resolution requiring anti-harassment training for all Members and employees of the U.S. House of Representatives.

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    Representatives Claudia Tenney and Julia Brownley Introduce Legislation to Increase Small Business Ownership Opportunities for Veterans

    Today, Representatives Claudia Tenney (NY-22) and Julia Brownley (CA-26) introduced the Veteran Entrepreneurs Act. This bill will help veterans achieve the American Dream of opening a small business by reducing barriers often in the way of starting a business.

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    Brownley Announces $6.1 Million in Federal Grants to Ventura County and the Cities of Ventura and Oxnard for Community Development, Homelessness, and Housing Programs

    Today, Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-Westlake Village) announced more than $6.1 million in federal grant funding for Ventura County and the cities of Oxnard and Ventura for community development, homelessness, and housing programs.

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    Wenstrup, Brownley Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Fight Veteran Homelessness

    Today, Congressman Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) and Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-CA), the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health, introduced the Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program Improvement Act of 2017 to fight veteran homelessness by strengthening job training programs for our warfighters who have returned home.

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    America Needs Real Tax Reform, Not the GOP Tax Scam, Says Brownley

    Congresswoman Julia Brownley issued a statement today on passage of the House Republican tax bill.

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  • NC3 Investigates: V.A. Admits Mistake That Left a Ventura Vet Homeless

    By C.J. Ward KEYT story here. VENTURA, Calif. – In May, NewsChannel 3’s investigative unit exposed a potential problem at the Veterans Administration that even the V.A. apparently didn’t know about until the top brass in Washington, D.C. saw our story. Harold Boons greeted us near the boat he’s been living on in Ventura Harbor […]

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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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