CORREA ISSUES STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO REPORTS OF ICE RAIDS IN SANTA ANA
WASHINGTON — Today Representative Lou Correa (D-CA) issued the following statement. Upon landing in Washington, I was shocked to hear of ICE raids being conducted across Orange County—where it appears agents are picking up hard-working, law-abiding taxpayers. Why? Yesterday, everything was good and boring in Santa Ana. Everyone was going to church and going to the grocery store—it was a beautiful day. Today ICE is coming in to raid and disrupt our neighborhood? These are the parents whose … Continue Reading
June 04, 2025
CORREA, KIM REQUEST RETROACTIVE FUNDING SUPPORT IN WAKE OF AIRPORT FIRE
WASHINGTON — Today, Representatives Lou Correa (D-CA) and Young Kim (R-CA) sent a letter to Nancy Ward, Director of the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal EOS), demanding retroactive grant support for Orange County in the wake of last year’s Airport Fire. In the immediate wake of the fire, the County’s Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG) request submitted was denied—and has since had significant consequences for local residents and emergency response capabilities. Despite the … Continue Reading
June 03, 2025
REPS. CORREA, BACON, SENS. KENNEDY, BOOKER INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN, BICAMERAL BILL TO ADDRESS SUICIDE IN YOUNG ADULTS
WASHINGTON — Today, Representatives Lou Correa (D-CA) and Don Bacon (R-NE), alongside Senators John Kennedy (R-LA) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced the Improving Mental Health Access for Students Act. This bipartisan, bicameral legislation would require colleges and universities to provide contact information for the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, Crisis Text Line, and a campus mental health center on newly printed student identification cards. Every year in the United States, … Continue Reading
May 29, 2025
CORREA DELIVERS $500,000 TO CITY OF ANAHEIM FOR BEACH BOULEVARD REVITALIZATION, MOTEL DEMOLITION
Rebuild Beach Initiative Will Build More Affordable Housing Options in Anaheim Download: Photos + B-Roll WASHINGTON — Today, Representative Lou Correa (CA-46) delivered $500,000 in federal funding to the City of Anaheim’s Rebuild Beach Initiative to transform Anaheim Beach Boulevard. Thanks to federal funding secured by Correa, the City of Anaheim was able to acquire and demolish The Rainbow Inn, a dilapidated motel, in order to make way for affordable housing projects. Congressman … Continue Reading
May 22, 2025
CORREA (AGAIN) VOTES AGAINST FLAWED GOP BUDGET PLAN THAT HURTS ORANGE COUNTY FAMILIES
WASHINGTON — Today, Representative Lou Correa (CA-46) voted against the GOP budget reconciliation plan that would strip away health care hard-earned benefits from hard-working Orange County taxpayers, children, and seniors. “Today, Congress voted on a GOP budget plan that includes around $600 billion in cuts to Medicaid and food assistance for kids, seniors, and veterans. It also slashes Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act,” Correa lambasted. “If this plan becomes law, the nearly 350,000 … Continue Reading
May 14, 2025
CORREA VOTES AGAINST PUSH TO EXPAND CONCEALED CARRY IN SCHOOLS
WASHINGTON — Today, Representative Lou Correa (D-CA) voted against H.R. 2243, the LEOSA Reform Act of 2025, and released the following statement: “I support our retired public safety officers being able to conceal carry and their ability to step in during times of crisis to protect public safety,” Correa said. “However, this legislation would allow off-duty and retired law enforcement to carry guns in schools and other sensitive areas. Due to there being no restriction on concealed carry in … Continue Reading
May 08, 2025
CORREA, BERGMAN REQUEST MEETING WITH VA SECY. ON PSYCHEDELIC-ASSISTED THERAPIES FOR VETERANS
Text of Letter (PDF) WASHINGTON — This week, Representatives Lou Correa (D-CA) and General Jack Bergman (R-MI), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Psychedelic Advancing Therapies (PATH) Caucus, sent a letter to Veterans Affairs Secretary Douglas A. Collins, requesting a meeting to discuss the Department’s progress in making psychedelics and other innovative therapies as treatments available for Veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), substance use disorder, and other … Continue Reading
May 07, 2025
CORREA, COLLEAGUES INTRODUCE BILL TO COUNTER DRONE THREATS AT STADIUMS AND PUBLIC EVENTS
WASHINGTON — This week, Representative Lou Correa (D-Calif.), alongside Representatives Greg Steube (R-Fla.), Dina Titus (D-Nev.), Rudy Yakym (R-Ind.), Cory Mills (R-Fla.), and Jill Tokuda (D-Hawaii), joined a bipartisan coalition of his colleagues to introduce the Disabling Enemy Flight Entry and Neutralizing Suspect Equipment (DEFENSE) Act, legislation that permits trained state and local law enforcement officers to intercept and disable hostile drones at stadiums and other large-scale … Continue Reading
May 06, 2025
CORREA, COLLEAGUES PUSH DISCHARGE PETITION TO PROTECT MEDICAID AND SNAP
WASHINGTON — This week, Representative Lou Correa (D-CA) joined a coalition of his colleagues, led by Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), Ranking Member of the Budget Committee, in filing a discharge petition to force consideration of a special rule to prevent the largest cuts to Medicaid and food assistance in American history to pay for massive tax giveaways to billionaires. The petition is now open for signature by any Member of the House who is committed to protecting access to Medicaid … Continue Reading
May 06, 2025
REPS. CORREA, GOLDMAN LEAD CALL FOR INCREASED FUNDING TO TACKLE IMMIGRATION BACKLOG IN WAKE OF DOGE CUTS
Text of Letter (PDF) WASHINGTON — Today, Representatives Lou Correa (CA-46) and Dan Goldman (NY-10) led 113 of their colleagues in a letter to Appropriations Committee leadership requesting $700 million for United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to address the historic immigration backlog in the wake of historic cuts to the agency by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). “We write to request discretionary appropriations of $700 million for U.S. Citizenship and … Continue Reading
April 30, 2025
CORREA SIGNS AMICUS BRIEF TO PROTECT ALL TAXPAYERS
WASHINGTON — Today, Representative Lou Correa (CA-46) joined an amicus brief to support a lawsuit against the Trump Administration sharing taxpayer information from the IRS with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. “This amicus brief outlines and opposes the Administration’s overreach and asks that it keeps the tax information we file with the IRS private and secure, as required under existing federal law. It is Congress, not federal agencies, that sets privacy law. The Department of … Continue Reading
April 29, 2025
CORREA VOTES TO PASS BIPARTISAN TAKE IT DOWN ACT
WASHINGTON — Yesterday, Representative Lou Correa (CA-46) voted in support of the bipartisan, bicameral TAKE IT DOWN Act. The legislation criminalizes the publication of non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII), including AI-generated NCII (or “deepfake revenge pornography”), and requires social media and similar websites to remove such content within 48 hours of notice from a victim. “Too many victims of online abuse have gone too long without the legal protections they need when … Continue Reading
April 25, 2025
CORREA, TRAN LEAD PUSH TO PROTECT ORANGE COUNTY HOUSING FIELD OFFICE FROM TRUMP CLOSURE
ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. — Today, Orange County Representatives Lou Correa (CA-46) and Derek T. Tran (CA-45) led a letter to Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner opposing any plans to close the Federal Housing Administration’s (FHA) Santa Ana Homeownership Center (HOC). This comes after reports that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) plans to close HUD field offices in 34 states around the country. “In a country with a population of 340.1 million people, … Continue Reading
April 10, 2025
CORREA (AGAIN) VOTES AGAINST GOP BUDGET PLAN THAT HURTS ORANGE COUNTY TAXPAYERS
WASHINGTON — Today, Representative Lou Correa (CA-46) voted against his Republican colleagues’ second attempt at passing a budget resolution that would strip away health care hard-earned benefits from hard-working Orange County taxpayers, children, and seniors. “This week, the House is voted again on a GOP budget plan that opens the door to slashing Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act,” Correa said. “I voted against a similar version of this plan once before and did so again today—because I … Continue Reading
April 10, 2025
CORREA VOTES AGAINST GOP VOTER SUPPRESSION LEGISLATION
WASHINGTON — Today, Representative Lou Correa (CA-46) voted against GOP-led H.R. 22, the SAVE Act, and released the following statement: “Let me be clear: Non-citizens are already barred from registering and voting in federal elections, and would receive jail time or face deportation as a result. This flawed legislation is redundant and opens the door to making voting for American citizens much more difficult,” Correa said. “This bill would bar American citizens from using drivers’ licenses, … Continue Reading
April 09, 2025
CORREA VOTES AGAINST GOP PUSH TO REMOVE COURT CHECKS ON THE PRESIDENT, DESTABILIZE CO-EQUAL BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT
WASHINGTON — Today, Representative Lou Correa (CA-46) voted against GOP-led H.R. 1526, the No Rogue Rulings Act and released the following statement: “This flawed legislation would destabilize the ‘checks and balances’ built into our constitutional system,” Correa said. “It would limit lawfully appointed judges’—appointed by both Republicans and Democrats—ability to do their jobs and issue nationwide temporary injunctions against unlawful actions taken by rogue executive branch officials, … Continue Reading
April 09, 2025
CORREA, HOUSE DEMOCRATIC LEADERS LEAD FIGHT AGAINST DRACONIAN GOP CUTS TO MEDICAID AND FOOD ASSISTANCE
WASHINGTON — Today, Representative Lou Correa (CA-46), Blue Dog Coalition Co-Chair for Policy and Legislative Strategy, alongside 5 other leading House Democrats, introduced legislation to block the extreme and unprecedented cuts to Medicaid and food assistance—like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)---in the House-passed Republican budget. In addition to Co-Chair Correa, The Hands Off Medicaid and SNAP Act is led in the House by Representatives Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), … Continue Reading
April 04, 2025
CORREA, BERGMAN INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO REQUIRE VA STUDY PSYCHEDELIC TREATMENTS FOR VETERANS
Text of Legislation (PDF) WASHINGTON — Today, Representatives Lou Correa (CA-46) and Jack Bergman (R-MI), Co-Chairs of the Psychedelics Advancing Therapies (PATH) Caucus, introduced the Innovative Therapies Centers of Excellence Act of 2025, bipartisan legislation that would increase federally funded research on innovative therapies to treat Veterans experiencing conditions like, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), substance use disorder, and depression. This is the first piece of … Continue Reading
March 31, 2025
CORREA, KIM PUSH ARMY CORPS TO PROTECT TREES, GREENERY AND REDUCE FLOODING ALONG SANTIAGO CREEK
ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. — Today, Representatives Lou Correa (CA-46) and Young Kim (CA-40) wrote to Lieutenant General William H. Graham, Jr., Commanding General and Chief of Engineers at the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (Corps), pushing the Corps to issue implementation guidance and immediately disperse funds to the Santiago Creek (Creek) component of the Santa Ana River Mainstem Project (SARMP). Last year, Correa introduced language modifying the scope and impact of the SARMP in the Water … Continue Reading
March 28, 2025
CORREA, SALINAS, CORTEZ MASTO INTRODUCE RESOLUTION HONORING LATINA CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON — Today, Representatives Lou Correa (D-CA) and Andrea Salinas (D-OR), alongside Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) introduced a resolution recognizing the heritage, culture, and contributions of Latinas in the United States. Latinas represent 1 in 6 women and own 18% of all women-owned companies. The resolution highlights the countless contributions made by Latinas and the need for policy that supports and invests in their collective future. “As America celebrates Women’s … Continue Reading