DeSaulnier Digest

After weeks of pushing partisan spending bills that were bound to fail and leading the country to the brink of a government shutdown, Speaker McCarthy finally reversed course and allowed a vote on a bipartisan funding bill that my Democratic colleagues and I have been advocating for. The last-minute bill was passed into law, with more Democratic votes in the House than Republican ones, mere hours before the government was set to shut down.

With less than a week left until a potential government shutdown, Republican infighting in the House has stalled action on legislation to fund the government beginning on October 1^st. Our government should work for the American people, but extremist members of the Republican Party in the House are marching our country toward a government shutdown and insisting on their demands for spending cuts of over 8%.

I’ve been delighted to have spent the past six weeks in the district, engaging with constituents and spending time in the community. We hosted four town halls to discuss some of the issues most important to CA-10, including youth mental health, animal welfare, climate change, and civic engagement. I also met one-on-one with constituents in two rounds of Virtual District Office Hours.

AT A GLANCE

In this Digest, you will find information on:

• Recent town halls Mark hosted;
• Efforts to help end food insecurity in our community; and
• Updates on Mark's legislative efforts.

IN THE COMMUNITY

In California and across the country, we see the devastating impacts of climate change firsthand. I'm hosting an Environmental and Climate Change Town Hall on August 31^st from 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. to provide updates on the impact of climate change, including on natural disasters and water security, and Democrats' efforts in Congress to combat the climate crisis and create good-paying jobs in a clean energy economy. I will also answer your questions live.

I hope you will join us for a Youth Mental Health Town Hall and Resource Fair at the John Muir Health, Concord Medical Center at 2540 East Street in Concord tomorrow,August 22^nd from 1 – 3:30 p.m. We will hear from special guest expert panelists, including Gigi Crowder of the National Alliance on Mental Illness Contra Costa, Ade Gobir of the Contra Costa County Office of Education, Natalia Garcia of Common Sense Media, Anna Sabio and Dr.

As both a former small business owner and a longtime public servant, I am committed to providing first-rate constituent service, restoring trust in government, and being accessible and accountable to you. For these efforts, I was proud to be recognized by the Congressional Management Foundation, a nonpartisan nonprofit whose mission is to build trust and effectiveness in Congress, as the winner of the 2023 Democracy Award in Constituent Accessibility and Accountability.

AT A GLANCE

In this week's Digest, you will find information on:

• Congressman DeSaulnier's joint town hall with Congressman Swalwell in Dublin;
• Mark's concerns over the unfair impact of proposed new bridge tolls; and
• Funding Mark secured to improve the juvenile justice system in Contra Costa.

DUBLIN TOWN HALL