Press Releases
November 13, 2017
Washington, DC – Congressman Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11) will host three town halls on the Republican tax plan over the next week. The town halls will be hosted across a variety of mediums in order to accommodate the busy schedules of his constituents.
November 7, 2017
Washington, DC – Today, Representatives Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA) and Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) introduced bipartisan legislation to better inform pharmacists about prescription drug dispensing.
November 6, 2017
Washington, DC –- Representatives Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11) and Val Demings (FL-10) called on the Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee Chairman, Gary Palmer, to include vendors of election machines in the committee’s upcoming hearing on “Cybersecurity of Voting Machines.”
November 1, 2017
Washington, DC – Congressman Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11) issued the following statement on the first day of the open enrollment period of Covered California. Beginning today through January 31, 2018, Californians can either sign up for or renew their health insurance for 2018 on Covered California’s website.
October 26, 2017
Washington, DC – Congressman Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11) issued the following statement after voting against the Republican 2018 Budget, which narrowly passed by a vote of 216-to-212.
October 26, 2017
Walnut Creek, CA -- Amid repeated attacks by the Trump Administration on our students and education system, today, Congressman Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11) issued the findings from his Education Listening Tour across Contra Costa County.
October 19, 2017
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11) and Democratic Members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Representatives, Jim Cooper (TN-05), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08), and Matt Cartwright (PA-17), sent a letter to the Acting Director of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) demanding answers about the agency’s failure to disclose its concerns about efforts that would make it easier for drug distributors to break the law.
October 13, 2017
Washington, DC – Congressman Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11) issued the following statement after President Trump announced that he will withhold recertification of the Iran nuclear deal.
October 12, 2017
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11) issued the following statement after President Trump signed an executive order undermining the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
October 11, 2017
Washington, DC – Today, Representatives Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), and Walter Jones (R-NC) introduced the Restore Veterans’ Compensation Act of 2017, legislation that would prevent the federal government from recouping separation pay from veterans who later qualify for VA disability benefits.