Santa Ana, CA — Today, U.S. Representative Lou Correa (CA-46) released the following statement following the shooting at tonight’s White House Correspondence Dinner: “I condemn political violence in all its forms. Political change needs to come from the ballot box, not through an assassin's bullet. “Sending my thoughts to the President, his family, and all those in attendance. Grateful for the swift action of law enforcement.” ### … Continue Reading
— Today, U.S. Representative Lou Correa (CA-46) released the following statement in response to the Department of Justice reclassifying state-licensed medical marijuana to Schedule III on the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) today after President Donald Trump issued an executive order last December to expedite the process: “I’ve spoken to countless veterans in Orange County who use marijuana to relieve PTSD symptoms. “With the Administration moving to reclassify cannabis as Schedule III, my coll… Continue Reading
— Today, U.S. Representative Lou Correa (CA-46)—Ranking Member of the Homeland Subcommittee on Border Security & Enforcement and Member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement—criticized the Senate reconciliation bill for aiming to give the Trump Administration’s Department of Homeland Security an additional $140 Billion for ICE and CBP when agency safeguards are not included amid documented cases of ICE misconduct involving American citizens. The Se… 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