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Congresswoman Julia Brownley issued a statement following House passage of the final conference agreement for the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026. 

Congresswoman Julia Brownley joined members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus, House Democrats, and Democratic Senators in a letter to the Department of Defense Inspector General demanding accountability for the Army’s failure to stop widespread sexual misconduct. 

Congresswoman Julia Brownley announced the reintroduction of the Gold Star Siblings Educational Benefits Act, legislation that would extend educational benefits to the surviving siblings of fallen or permanently disabled servicemembers and veterans who are unmarried and without children.

Congresswoman Julia Brownley announced the reintroduction of the Supporting Military Families Exposed to Toxic Substances Act, legislation to extend U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care benefits to eligible military and veteran family members exposed to toxic substances. Specifically, the bill would provide VA health care to family members and other individuals who lived or worked at certain military facilities and have been diagnosed with a presumptive service-connected disability resulting from toxic exposure.

On this day and every day, I extend my heartfelt gratitude to our veterans and their families for their extraordinary courage, sacrifice, and service to our country. More than 40,000 veterans and their loved ones call Ventura County and the Conejo Valley home, and I am proud to work on their behalf in Congress. Honoring our veterans is a responsibility that never ends, and neither does the work to ensure they receive the care, benefits, and support they have earned.

Congresswoman Julia Brownley, who represents sections of Ventura County, addressed the impacts the federal government shutdown is having on local residents during a press conference held Nov. 3 at Santa Paula City Hall. Brownley’s shutdown concerns centered around the halt of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits and ongoing health care coverage. 

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.

Congresswoman Julia Brownley joined her Democratic Women’s Caucus colleagues in a letter to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) expressing deep concerns over ICE impersonators harassing and assaulting women. The members called for ICE to require agents to wear visible, clear identification during enforcement activities and to ensure impersonators are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

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.

Congresswoman Julia Brownley joined Congressman Lou Correa and 21 House Democrats in pressing U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem on the alarming actions of federal agents in California, including Ventura, Los Angeles, and Orange Counties.

Congresswoman Julia Brownley joined other members of the California Delegation in demanding that President Trump immediately withdraw the National Guard and U.S Marines from Los Angeles, California.

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.