Text of Legislation (PDF) WASHINGTON — Today, Representative Lou Correa (CA-46), alongside 16 of his colleagues, introduced the Student Loan Bankruptcy Improvement Act of 2025, legislation that would help provide relief from crippling debt to more student loan borrowers. While still holding borrowers accountable, Correa’s legislation would update the standard that has kept millions from achieving a financial fresh start by loosening the criteria for student loan discharge. "Too many smart, ha… Continue Reading
Correa hand delivered letter to Secretary Collins this week Text of Letter (PDF) WASHINGTON — This week, Representatives Lou Correa (CA-46) and Derek Tran (CA-45) led a letter to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) urging federal support for the building of the Southern California Veterans Cemetery at Gypsum Canyon in Anaheim Hills, CA., which would be the first-ever veteran cemetery located in Orange County. "We write to express our support for the Veterans Cemetery Grants Program … Continue Reading
Photos Available for Download WASHINGTON — Yesterday, Representatives Lou Correa (CA-46) and General Jack Bergman (MI-01), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Psychedelic Advancing Therapies (PATH) Caucus, met with Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins to discuss psychedelic-assisted therapies research and access for veterans struggling with PTSD and other invisible wounds. Reps. Correa (Middle), Bergman (Right) Pose for Photo With VA Secretary Doug Collins (Left) In May, Co… Continue Reading
American veterans are traveling to a Mexican city where there have been so many homicides that the State Department advises they reconsider. Their reason: to take experimental psychedelic drugs the vets hope will treat post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental illnesses they incurred after combat. Southern California Rep. Lou Correa wants to make sure the treatments are safe and whether it makes sense to offer them in the U.S. Correa, a Democrat, recently traveled to the Tijuana clinic t… Continue Reading
Thousands have been killed in Gaza, with entire families wiped out. Israeli airstrikes have reduced Palestinian neighborhoods to expanses of rubble, while doctors treat screaming children in darkened hospitals with no anesthesia. Across the Middle East, fear has spread over the possible outbreak of a broader regional war. But in the bloody arithmetic of Hamas’s leaders, the carnage is not the regrettable outcome of a big miscalculation. Quite the opposite, they say: It is the necessary cost of … Continue Reading
Rep. Lou Correa (D-Calif.) credited President Joe Biden with making the right call by attending the Group of 20 (G20) summit in India over the weekend, saying the president’s actions send a key message about the U.S. role in the Indo-Pacific region. “President Biden did the right thing by showing up and showing that we are leaders in the world today, leaders for peace, leaders for democracy, leaders for freedom. And so I’m glad President Biden was there,” Mr. Correa said in an interview with NT… Continue Reading