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WASHINGTON—Congressman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded the Agriculture Institute of Marin (AIM) a $92,960 federal grant to complete the pre-development phase of the permanent home for the Marin Farmers Market.
PETALUMA, CA—Today, Congressman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) held a North Bay Transportation Summit to discuss problems facing transportation infrastructure in the North Bay, including the congested Highway 101 Sonoma/ Marin Narrows and the impending insolvency of the Highway Trust Fund, which funds transportation projects across the United States. Huffman was joined by representatives from Caltrans, SMART, Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District, and elected officials.
Washington—Congressman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) will hold a North Bay Transportation Summit on Monday, June 30, with city, county, and federal officials to discuss problems facing transportation infrastructure in the North Bay, including ferry expansion to the congested Highway 101 Sonoma/ Marin Narrows. Huffman will be joined by representatives from Caltrans, SMART, Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District, among others.
Washington—Congressman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) will join Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell to tour the Point Arena-Stornetta Public Lands on California’s North Coast this Friday, November 8 and will hold a public meeting at 2:00 p.m. PT.
WASHINGTON—Congressman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) yesterday introduced H.R. 3326, a bill to help Trinity County’s economy by facilitating a land exchange between the Trinity Public Utilities District, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The bill would swap federal land adjacent to the Weaverville Airport for county land along the Trinity River.
Congressman Huffman strongly opposes this unnecessary government shutdown and is calling on his colleagues in Congress to approve a simple, temporary agreement to resolve this standoff and reopen federal agencies. This manufactured crisis is the result of House Republicans’ ultimatum to block government funding unless the Affordable Care Act is repealed.
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WASHINGTON—Congressman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) made the following statement after House Republicans passed a bill that would virtually guarantee a government shutdown: |
WASHINGTON—Congressman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) applauded the one-year extension of the Secure Rural Schools program, safeguarding critical funding for North Coast counties. The Secure Rural Schools program was created in 2000 as a way to compensate rural counties whose revenues were reduced by federal policies that limited the amount of logging allowed on federal land.
WASHINGTON—Congressman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) today offered an amendment in the Natural Resources Committee to replace environmentally-damaging provisions in pending forest management legislation with bipartisan Senate-supported language to extend critical federal programs like Secure Rural Schools and Stewardship Contracting.
WASHINGTON — California has a reputation for having some of the nation's most aggressive rules on workplace safety, consumer protection and environmental quality — regulations that force companies to make costly adjustments to the way they do business worldwide.
Now some of those companies, banking on congressional gridlock and sympathetic Republican leaders in the House, are fighting back. And officials in Sacramento worry that some of the state's landmark laws may be in danger.