Press Releases

Walnut Creek, CA – Today, Congressman Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11) and Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) announced that they will host a virtual town hall Monday, August 30th from 12:00 – 12:30 p.m. PT.

Walnut Creek, CA – As Democrats continue their efforts to address inequities exacerbated by the pandemic, Congressman Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11) will welcome U.S. Congressman Jim McGovern (MA-02), Chairman of the influential House Committee on Rules and Co-Chair of the House Hunger Caucus, to California’s 11th District to showcase Bay Area efforts to end hunger on Thursday, August 19th.

Walnut Creek, CA – Today, Congressman Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11) announced he will host a town hall tomorrow, August 17th from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. PT on addressing the growing behavioral and mental health crisis as the pandemic and the Olympics have shone a spotlight on this issue.

Washington, D.C. - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and United States Representatives Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Mark DeSaulnier (D-Calif.) sent a letter urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to file an immediate appeal of Purdue Pharma, L.P.’s bankruptcy plan of reorganization that would prevent the Sackler family from being held accountable for the opioid crisis.

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressmen Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11) and Jeff Fortenberry (NE-01) announced the introduction of the National Discovery Trails Act (H.R. 4878) to expand the National Trails System by adding the existing American Discovery Trail (ADT), the nation’s only coast-to-coast multi-use trail, and creating a new category of long-distance trails, known as National Discovery Trails.

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman DeSaulnier announced he secured $8.1 million for projects throughout Contra Costa County in an appropriations minibus (H.R. 4502), which passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 219-to-208.

Washington, D.C. — Today, Representatives Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11) and Don Young (AK-At Large) and U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Bob Casey (D-PA), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) re-introduced a bill to make fitness facilities across America more accessible for those with disabilities.

Walnut Creek, CA – Today, Congressman Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11) announced that he will host the seventh annual Congressional App Challenge (CAC), an app coding competition for high school students.