• August 2019
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    Brownley Announces $2.5 Million in Federal Funds for California State University Channel Islands to Help Support Latinx and Female Students in STEM Majors

    Today, Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-Westlake Village) announced California State University Channel Islands (CSUCI) will receive $2,500,000 in federal funding from the National Science Foundation for a project aimed at decreasing equity gaps and increasing graduation rates among Latinx and female students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields.

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    Brownley Announces 2019 Congressional App Challenge for California’s 26th District

    Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-Westlake Village) today announced the launch of the 2019 Congressional App Challenge for California’s 26th District. The Congressional App Challenge is a competition for middle school and high school students to create their own software applications. Students of all coding experiences are welcome to participate.

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    Brownley Announces 2019 U.S. Service Academy Appointees

    Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-Westlake Village) today announced the eight Ventura County students she nominated who have accepted appointments to attend one of the five U.S. Service Academies this fall.

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    Brownley Tours the Long Beach VA Facility to Get a First-Hand Look at the Services They Provide to Veterans

    Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-Westlake Village) toured the Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center, a facility that is part of the VA Long Beach Healthcare System (VALBHS), to see first-hand the care and services VA is providing our veterans.

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    Congresswoman Brownley Attends Delegation Visit to U.S.-Mexico Border

    Congresswoman Brownley (D-Westlake Village) released the following statement after a two-day visit to both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border along with over 20 Members of Congress.

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    Brownley Hosts Roundtable with California Women Veterans Leadership Council and Ventura County Women Veterans

    Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-CA), Chairwoman of the Women Veterans Task Force, continued her efforts to identify and address the challenges facing women veterans by hosting a roundtable with the California Women Veterans Leadership Council and women veterans from throughout Ventura County.

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  • July 2019
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    Brownley Calls for Impeachment Inquiry Ahead of Mueller Hearing

    Today, Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-Westlake Village) released a statement calling for the immediate opening of an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump.

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    Brownley Introduces Legislation to Expand Women Veterans Access to Comprehensive Contraception Care

    Today, Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-CA), Chairwoman of the Women Veterans Task Force, introduced the Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act, legislation which would provide women veterans access to the same no-cost contraceptive care as their non-veteran counterparts.

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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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    Brownley Introduces Bill to Help Americans Start Small Businesses

    Today, Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-Westlake Village) introduced the Start Up in a Day Act, legislation that will permanently authorize the Small Business Administration’s initiative to streamline the tedious processes of starting a business. The bill establishes a competitive grant program for states and local governments to assist entrepreneurs in starting a small business by developing the tools that will allow them to apply for licenses and permits needed to start a business within 24 hours or less.

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  • June 2019
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    Brownley Introduces Bill to Help Homeowners Recover After Disasters

    Today, Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-Westlake Village) introduced the Protecting Homeowners from Disaster Act, legislation that will restore the tax deduction for property and casualty losses that was eliminated by the 2017 GOP Tax Scam.

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    Brownley Reintroduces Bill to Help Unemployed and Service-Connected Disabled Veterans Find Employment

    Today, Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-Westlake Village) reintroduced the VOW to Hire Heroes Extension Act of 2019, which would permanently extend the work opportunity tax credit (WOTC) for companies that hire veterans and allow qualified tax-exempt organizations to receive a credit against payroll taxes for hiring a veteran.

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    Brownley Hosts Roundtable on Challenges in Advocacy for Women Veterans

    Today, Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-CA), Chairwoman of the Women Veterans Task Force, hosted the first Women Veterans Task Force roundtable with a diverse group of women veterans who are current or past leaders in Veterans Service Organizations (VSOs) to discuss how to address and resolve representational challenges in our nation’s VSOs.

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    Brownley Statement on the Urgent Humanitarian Situation at the Southern Border

    Today, Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-Westlake Village) released a statement on her vote to pass H.R. 3401, a $4.5 billion emergency border supplemental appropriations bill to address the urgent humanitarian situation at the southern border.

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    House Approves Brownley Amendment to Increase Funding for Wildfire Science

    Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that included an amendment offered by Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-CA) to increase federal funding for wildfire science research. Brownley offered her amendment to the FY 2020 appropriations bill (H.R. 3055) to increase funding for the Joint Fire Science Program within the U.S. Department of Interior from $3 million to $4 million.

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    Brownley Announces Grants for Cleaner School Buses in Ventura County

    Today, Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-CA) announced the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded our community two grants totaling $120,000 to replace older model diesel school buses with cleaner, more environmentally-friendly, lower-emission buses.

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    Brownley Introduces Bill to Ensure Women Veterans’ Have Access to Gender-Specific Care

    Today, Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health and Women Veterans Task Force, introduced the Women Veterans Equal Access to Quality Care Act, which would ensure that gender-specific services are continuously available at every VA medical center and community-based outpatient clinic for our nation’s women veterans.

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  • Madison Lonis
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    Brownley Announces Winner of Congressional Art Competition

    Today, Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-Westlake Village) announced that Madison Lonis, a senior at Buena High School, has won the 2019 Congressional Art Competition for California’s 26th Congressional District.

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