Press Releases
February 17, 2023
Washington, D.C. – Today, Representatives Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10), Barbara Lee (CA-12), and John Garamendi (CA-08) introduced House Resolution, Recognizing the victims of the Port Chicago explosion of July 17, 1944, the 79th anniversary of the greatest homeland loss of life of World War II, and exonerating the 50 African-American sailors unjustly court-martialed by the Navy (H.Con.Res 16).
February 9, 2023
Walnut Creek, CA – Congressman Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10), a senior member of the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, will launch an Education Listening Tour to visit schools across California’s 10th Congressional District to hear directly from educators, students, parents, and administrators about the challenges and opportunities they face to inform his work in Congress.
February 6, 2023
Walnut Creek, CA – Today, Congressman Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10) announced Contra Costa Community College District (4CD) Interim Chancellor, Mojdeh Mehdizadeh as his guest to the State of the Union address.
January 25, 2023
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10) announced House passage of the NOTAM Improvement Act (H.R. 346), bipartisan legislation he co-leads with Congressman Pete Stauber (R-MN) to increase aviation safety and efficiency.
January 20, 2023
Walnut Creek, CA – Today, Congressman DeSaulnier (CA-10) announced that Krisha Singhani of San Ramon is the winner of the 2022 Congressional App Challenge (CAC) for California's 11th Congressional District, which Congressman DeSaulnier represented prior to redistricting.
January 11, 2023
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman DeSaulnier announced his appointment to the House Committee on Ethics for the 118th Congress by Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
December 28, 2022
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11) announced that the private bill he authored to permanently allow Isabel Bueso and her family to remain in the United States so Isabel can continue to receive treatment for her rare, life-threatening disease (H.R. 785) was signed into law by President Biden.
December 23, 2022
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman DeSaulnier (CA-11) announced that he successfully included $21.7 million in federal funding for 15 projects to benefit Contra Costa County in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (H.R. 2617), which passed the House of Representatives today by a vote of 225-to-201 and will soon be signed into law by President Biden.
December 23, 2022
Washington, D.C. – Today, Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chair Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11) announced that legislation he authored to help people with disabilities live and work more independently was signed into law by President Biden as part of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (NDAA) (H.R. 7776). The bipartisan legislation, the 21st Century Assistive Technology Act (H.R. 9028), will expand access to assistive technology (AT).
December 14, 2022
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11), Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23), Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD), and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-1) introduced The Comprehensive Cancer Survivorship Act (CCSA), legislation that will address gaps in survivorship care and develop desperately needed standards to improve the overall patient-centered quality of care and navigation needs of cancer survivors and their families.