Press Releases
Dec 10, 2012
Barbara Lee Issues Statement on Marriage Equality
Issues: LGBT
Congresswoman Barbara Lee provides a statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to take up the issue of marriage equality.
Dec 7, 2012
Barbara Lee Issues Statement on November Jobs Numbers
Issues: Economy and Jobs
Congresswoman Lee issues a response to the figures released by the U.S. Department of Labor showing 146,000 jobs were added in November, marking the 33rd consecutive month of private sector job growth. Overall unemployment rate decreased from 7.9 to 7.7 percent.
Dec 7, 2012
Congresswoman Barbara Lee Urges President Obama to Expedite Troop Withdrawal from Afghanistan
Issues: Global Peace & Security
Congresswoman Barbara Lee and Congressman Walter Jones are joined by over 90 Members of the House of Representatives in sending a bipartisan letter to President Obama, calling for an accelerated end to the war in Afghanistan.
Dec 5, 2012
U.S. Reps. Lee and Peters lead the effort to protect our nation’s most vulnerable families
Issues: Economy and Jobs
Congresswoman Barbara Lee and Congressman Gary Peters sent a letter to House and Senate Leadership requesting a full and robust extension of the federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation Program. The current program is set to expire at the end of the year, stripping two million workers of their unemployment insurance benefits.
Dec 3, 2012
Congresswoman Lee Announces $120 Million in Federal Grant Funding to Advance Green Battery Technology
Congresswoman Barbara Lee announces that a multi-partner team led by Argonne National Laboratory, which includes Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, has been selected for an award of up to $120 million over five years to establish a new Batteries and Energy Storage Hub.
Nov 29, 2012
Lee Commends Administration for New PEPFAR Blueprint
Congresswoman Barbara Lee, a founding co-chair of the Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus, issues a statement regarding today's launch of the Obama Administration's AIDS Free Generation Blueprint.
Nov 28, 2012
Congresswoman Lee Announces $13.4 Million in Federal Department of Energy Grants
Congresswoman Lee announces $13.4 million in Federal funding to East Bay research organizations from the Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) through its “OPEN 2012” program.
Nov 28, 2012
Congresswoman Lee Elected Regional Representative on the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee
Congresswoman Lee issues a statement regarding her election, by unanimous consent to serve as the Regional Representative on the Steering and Policy Committee (Region 2).
Nov 11, 2012
Congresswoman Lee Issues Statement in Honor of Veterans Day
Congresswoman Barbara Lee issues a statement in support of America's troops and veterans in honor of the 93rd Veterans Day.
Oct 9, 2012
Congresswoman Barbara Lee Announces $2.1 Million in Federal Grant Funding to Support Innovation in Advanced Manufacturing
Congresswoman Barbara Lee announces that five East Bay organizations including Laney College and University of California Berkeley will be awarded a total of $2.1 million in Federal grants.
