U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Office of the Press Secretary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 5, 2018
STATEMENT FROM THE PRESS SECRETARY ON MARCH BORDER NUMBERS
WASHINGTON – Today, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Press Secretary Tyler Q. Houlton released the following statement on U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) March Southwest Border Migration numbers: Continue reading
President Trump Approves California Emergency Declaration
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that federal emergency aid has been made available to the State of California to supplement State, tribal, and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from the potential failure of the emergency spillway at Lake Oroville Dam beginning on February 7, 2017, and continuing.
The President’s action authorizes FEMA to coordinate all disaster relief efforts that have the purpose of alleviating the hardship and suffering caused by the emergency on the local population, and to provide appropriate assistance for required emergency measures, authorized under Title V of the Stafford Act, to save lives and to protect property and public health and safety, and to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in the counties of Butte, Sutter, and Yuba. Continue reading
Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, Representing California’s 46th Congressional District
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 1, 2015
MEDIA CONTACT: Emily Morris, 202-225-2965, Emily.Morris@mail.house.gov
REP. LORETTA SANCHEZ PRESSES DEFENSE OFFICIALS ON SYRIA AND IRAQ STRATEGY
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (CA-46), senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, questioned Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford during a full committee hearing on “U.S. Strategy for Syria and Iraq and its Implications for the Region.”
Congresswoman Sanchez, who also sits on the House Homeland Security Committee, asked tough questions about expanding efforts beyond just military force to counteract ISIL, arming Kurdish forces to effectively fight ISIL, integrating the Iraqi army, and cyber issues regarding ISIL recruitment.
Congresswoman Sanchez asked General Dunford how the U.S. is arming the Kurdish forces and if “it [is] really for the battlefield that they find?” Congresswoman Sanchez noted that Iraqi Kurdistan President Masoud Barzani had told her that Kurdish forces needed heavier duty weapons instead of light arms. Continue reading
The Orange County Registrar of Voters Honors the 50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act
Historic Act was signed by President Johnson 50 years ago today
SANTA ANA, CA – August 6, 2015 – The Orange County Registrar of Voters, in partnership with the California Association of Clerks and Election Officials, is proud to announce that today is the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, which was signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson on August 6, 1965.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a milestone in national legislation that prohibits discriminatory voting practices from disenfranchising African Americans. The Act makes it illegal to require eligible voters to pass literacy tests in order to register to vote. Continue reading
Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, Representing California’s 46th Congressional District
PRESS RELEASE, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 29, 2015
MEDIA CONTACT: Emily Morris, 202-225-2965, Emily.Morris@mail.house.gov
REP. LORETTA SANCHEZ CALLS ON HOUSE REPUBLICANS TO VOTE ON A LONG-TERM HIGHWAY BILL
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As House Republicans put forth yet another short-term stopgap solution and again fail to pass a long-term highway bill just so they can skip town early, Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (CA-46) is pushing for Congress get back to work and provide robust, long-term funding for America’s decaying infrastructure system.
Congresswoman Sanchez, speaking from the House floor, highlighted why Congress needs to finish the work they’ve started and delay an early August recess. Continue reading
Have you ever wondered what it might be like to be targeted by the IRS? You can hear about it first hand when Dr. Karen Kenney comes to speak to the Santa Ana Tea Party Patriots on May 12, 2015, from 5:30 pm to 8:15 pm, at the Green Parrot Villa, located at 2035 N. Main Street Santa Ana, CA, across from the the Bowers Museum. (Note that there is a large free public parking lot north of the Green Parrot Villa, on the east side of Main Street, just south of the 5 Freeway.)
There will be a Social Hour from 5:30-6:30 pm (No host drinks, appetizers, meal) with the program running from 6:30-8:15 pm.
Dr. Kenney knows government intimidation up close and personal. Like so many Tea Party groups, her San Fernando Valley Patriots was targeted by President Barack Obama’s IRS when she applied for tax-exempt status. Continue reading