SANTA ANA, CA — Today, U.S. Representative Lou Correa (CA-46) celebrated President Donald Trump’s executive order to increase research into psychedelic-assisted therapy, which has been a top priority of the Congressman. “President Trump and I agree on this one. This is good for our veterans. Psychedelics promise to cure PTSD, mental health, alcoholism, drug addiction, Alzheimer’s and other ailments,” said Rep. Lou Correa. “Is it the magic cure? That’s what it looks like. Let’s find out. First, … Continue Reading
— Today, U.S. Representative Lou Correa (CA-46) released the following statement after he voted YES on H.Con.Res.40 to remove U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran that have not been authorized by Congress: “Congress is the branch of government with the sole power to declare war. “We are at war in Iran. Yet, the President has yet to justify to Congress why we are engaged in this war, what the objectives are, when these objectives will be accomplished, and what a win looks like. Congress… Continue Reading
Fullerton, CA — Today, U.S. Representative Lou Correa (CA-46) presented a $250,000 check to the City of Fullerton for critical infrastructure upgrades to Fullerton fire stations. Specifically, the funding will go toward modernizing and upgrading the station alerting infrastructure, replacing the current roll-up doors with lateral opening doors, and replacing the existing steel hose towers at all citywide stations with modern, mechanical hose towers. “Fire departments serve on the front lines of… 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