November 10th, 2016
Dear Friends, On Friday January 20, 2017, the next President-elect and Vice President-elect will be sworn in on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Consistent with previous inaugurations, all Members of the new Congress will receive a limited number of tickets for their constituents to attend the swearing-in ceremony. Tickets are […]
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August 25th, 2016
Dear Friends, 2016 marks the centennial of the National Park Service which protects our nation’s most magnificent natural places. National parks are an American invention and are the embodiment of the profoundly democratic idea that our nation’s most beautiful natural wonders should be available to everyone, today and in the future. The centennial of the […]
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April 4th, 2016
Dear Friends, On March 14th the U.S. House of Representatives voted unanimously to pass a resolution I introduced with my colleague, Representative Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb.), which defines the persecution of Christians, including Assyrians, Chaldeans, and Syriacs, Yezidis, and other ethnic and religious minorities in Iraq and Syria as genocide. The resolution passed the House by […]
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January 22nd, 2016
“We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are […]
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November 11th, 2015
Dear Friends, On Veterans Day, Americans pause to salute the incredibly brave men and women who have given their lives for our country to protect and defend freedom and democracy. Far from home on distant battlefields, our soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen have fought and died in the name of liberty. On this […]
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November 9th, 2015
Dear Friends, I’m pleased to announce the second annual Congressional App Challenge for the 18th Congressional District. The Challenge is designed to engage the creativity of students and encourage their participation in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education disciplines. Established by the U.S. House of Representatives in 2013, this competition is a nationwide event […]
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August 31st, 2015
Dear Friends, Eighty years ago this month Congress enacted what would be regarded as the singularly most successful social insurance program in the history of our country: Social Security. For eight decades, Social Security has been an unbroken promise of financial security to millions of Americans. For seniors, there is a monthly check. Widows, children […]
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June 23rd, 2015
Dear Friends, In an op-ed printed in the June 19th edition of the San Mateo Daily Journal entitled “Keep Internet Access Tax Free,” I wrote about how Congress is working to keep access to the Internet tax free…permanently. Since 1998, Internet access has remained tax free because a tax moratorium signed into law by President Clinton […]
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May 20th, 2015
Dear Friends, In an op-ed printed in the May 19th edition of the San Jose Mercury News entitled “End Secret Sponsors of Political Advertisements,” I wrote about how the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should be cracking down on secret sponsors of political advertisements on the public airwaves. Disclosure of the true sponsors of political ads […]
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April 22nd, 2015
Dear Friends, A variety of statistics have been used to analyze California’s drought, but perhaps the most jaw dropping number reported in recent weeks comes from the non-partisan Public Policy Institute of California. According to their estimates, more water was used to grow almonds in 2013 than was used by all homes and businesses in […]
Read MoreIn this section, you will find information on the many ways my office can help you and your family. Below is a list of the issues we commonly address. If you cannot find what you're looking for, please either email me or call my Palo Alto District Office and we will do our best to answer any questions you may have.