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August 9, 2021
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August 6, 2021
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.
August 2, 2021
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.
August 2, 2021
AT A GLANCE
In this week's Digest, you will find information on:
July 29, 2021
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.
July 28, 2021
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.
July 26, 2021
AT A GLANCE
In this week's Digest, you will find information on:
- The latest installment of the Discussions with DeSaulnier Series;
- Recent legislation to protect consumers and public health;
- Congressman DeSaulnier's Work to Support Caregivers as Chair of the Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee; and
- The 2021 Congressional App Challenge.
DISCUSSIONS WITH DESAULNIER
July 21, 2021
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.
July 19, 2021
This Saturday, we came together to commemorate the 77th anniversary of the Port Chicago disaster. I was humbled to join the Friends of Port Chicago at the site of this tragedy to honor the lives lost and reflect on the work still ahead of us in the pursuit of racial justice.
July 17, 2021
Washington, D.C. – Today, in honor of the 77th anniversary of the Port Chicago Disaster, Representatives Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11) and Barbara Lee (CA-13) introduced a House Resolution, Recognizing the victims of the Port Chicago explosion of July 17, 1944, the 77th 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.