— Congressman Lou Correa (D-CA), alongside Reps. Morgan Luttrell (R-TX), Jack Bergman (R-MI), and Michael McCaul (R-TX), introduced the Initiating Biomedical Outcomes to Garner Advancements into Innovative Neuroplastogen Efficacy (IBOGAINE) Act. This legislation would codify President Donald J. Trump’s Executive Order No. 14401, which accelerates the development of, and access to, psychedelic drugs that could save lives and reverse the crisis of serious mental illness in the United States.“Our v… Continue Reading
— Today, U.S. Representative Lou Correa (CA-46) released the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on Trump v. Barbara upholding birthright citizenship as outlined by the 14th Amendment: “I am pleased that the Supreme Court has overturned President Trump’s unconstitutional executive order dismantling birthright citizenship. Birthright citizenship is guaranteed by the 14th Amendment to the Constitution and I am relieved the Supreme Court has stopped President Trump… Continue Reading
Congressman Lou Correa (CA-46) and Congressman Dave Joyce (OH-14) introduced the Providing Emotional Assistance with Relief and Love (PEARL) Act. This bill would require U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to establish a pilot program to adopt dogs from local animal shelters to be trained as support dogs for CBP’s Support Canine Program. “Our nation’s frontline workers put their lives on the line every day to protect our communities, we owe it to them to invest in proven mental health prog… 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