BUENA PARK, CA — Yesterday, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08) joined U.S. Representatives Lou Correa (CA-46) and Derek Tran (CA-45), local elected officials, and community representatives from Veteran service organizations (VSOs) for a discussion about the Trump Administration’s broken promises to care for those who have served our country. The lawmakers heard the unique challenges facing Veterans and servicemembers, and highlighted their efforts to support troops in Orange County … Continue Reading
— Today, Representative Lou Correa (CA-46) joined Representative Claudia Tenney (NY-24) to re-launch the Bipartisan Congressional Family Business Caucus, which aims to educate Members of Congress of the contribution of family-run businesses to local and the national economy. Family businesses include a wide array of businesses—small and large—from diverse industries based all over the nation.“Our economy is driven by family businesses whose owners and employees are usually our neighbors. My pare… Continue Reading
— Today, Representative Lou Correa (CA-46) released a statement following his YES vote on the House Concurrent Resolution 38, a bipartisan War Powers Resolution limiting President Donald Trump’s military operations in Iran: “Today, I voted to restore the role of Congress as the authority that can declare war and to remove troops from Iran pursuant to the War Powers Resolution of 1973. Yes, Iran must not be allowed to acquire nuclear capability. Yes, Iran has posed a threat to America. Yes… 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