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Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Jim Costa Representing 16th District of California

FRESNO, Calif. – Congressman Jim Costa released the following statement and video in light of the tragic death of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old U.S. Citizen and ICU nurse for a Veterans’ Hospital, during an ICE raid in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 

His statement transcribed: 
“Hello, I’m Congressman Jim Costa and I have the honor and the privilege to represent the people in the 21st Congressional District in California, including the counties of Fresno and Tulare. Like most Americans, I want to ensure that we can deal with the challenges facing our nation. When President Trump took office over a year ago, he claimed that he would engage in what he called mass deportation, but to reassure Americans that it would only focus on violent criminals and serious offenders. But that’s not what we’ve seen happening across the country in recent months with immigration and customs enforcement agents under his directive who are arresting people first and asking questions later. 
And we’ve seen that the consequences are deadly. It’s an ignoring of the Fourth Amendment in our Constitution where due process is required and where a law enforcement agency must have a court order before going to one’s home and apprehending people who live there with no notice. This is not right. It’s not the American way. 
And what we’ve witnessed is U.S. citizens that have been wrongfully detained, wrongfully deported. And now we’ve seen men and women who have actually been killed during these ICE operations while simply trying to protect their rights and being able to protest the actions of this agency in which the law doesn’t seem to apply to them. 
Over the weekend, I witnessed a horrific shooting in Minneapolis. I think most Americans that have seen it would agree. Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen and ICU nurse in the Veterans Hospital there, was filming with his right hand held high, his iPhone, the federal immigration enforcement efforts taking place with multiple agents. He was trying to protect a woman who they had pushed to the ground. They grabbed him — multiple agents — that not only struck him down, but killed him. And it’s not an isolated incident. 
This issue not only affects our immigrant community around the country, but all Americans, regardless of your political affiliation, race, your religion, or background. This is not the way due process is supposed to work in our country. When a U.S. citizen can be killed while peacefully observing federal agents attempting to apprehend individuals without an arrest warrant, no one — no one — should feel safe. 
Therefore, I think Congress must pursue its ability to conduct real-time oversight of immigration and detention and enforcement because Americans want to know the answers to their questions. The Administration, I think, has tried to delay the visits to detention centers. I know I’ve tried to visit one and they limited my interaction. They are not practicing transparency, and clearly they’re trying to hide something in terms of what’s happening behind closed doors. Americans have the right to know, and Congress should do its role as oversight. 
The Administration wants to claim transparency. Wonderful. Let them prove it. But yet operates in secrecy and fear — fear that is penetrating every community in America. When you shift the discussion and the narrative, you’re leaving not only families in the dark, but our Representatives as well. We can’t allow agents with as little as eight weeks of police training in neighborhoods to then go out and terrorize our communities or operate without accountability. 
One death at the hands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents is one too many. Congress, I think, must demand accountability and exert our constitutional oversight powers and force meaningful reform that protects people’s rights, our dignity, and their safety. We must put an end to the perpetration of fear. It clearly is on the agenda as ICE pursues communities in different cities in our country. And I think that’s the bottom line.” 

Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (25th District of FLORIDA)

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), Vice Chair of the House Appropriations Committee and Chairman of the National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Subcommittee (NSRP), joined Capitol Recap hosted by Representative Mark Alford (MO-04) to discuss the Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations bills, including the NSRP legislation which delivers a historic 16% spending reduction – the largest of any appropriations bill this year.

Even with the cuts, the NSRP bill maintains robust funding for our allies like Israel, Jordan, Egypt, and Taiwan, and counters adversaries like the Communist People’s Republic of China (PRC), Iran, Cuba, and drug cartels – including those designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. The bill removes woke Biden-era poison pills and supports President Trump’s vision to refocus and realign foreign policy to make America safer, stronger, and more prosperous. For key highlights of the legislation, click here.

Watch the full interview hereor below.

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA)

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA), Senator John Kennedy (R-LA), and Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) delivered a letter to U.S. Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth requesting full consideration for Louisiana shipyards when awarding shipbuilding contracts.

“We write to encourage the Department of War to give deliberate and sustained consideration to small and mid-sized domestic shipyards, including those in South Louisiana, when awarding shipbuilding, repair, modernization, and sustainment contracts, as the Department works to restore America’s shipbuilding capacity and strengthen the nation’s defense industrial base,” wrote the members. 

“Louisiana’s small and mid-sized shipyards already operate in a manner consistent with the Department’s stated aim to prioritize speed, innovation, and a “commercial-first” mindset in defense acquisition. These yards compete daily in fastmoving commercial markets, where success depends on rapid execution, continuous innovation, and disciplined cost control. That operating model enables them to adapt quickly to evolving requirements, integrate new technologies, and deliver complex vessels at pace—capabilities that directly support the Department’s effort to modernize procurement and strengthen the defense industrial base,” continued the members.

Read the full letter here. 

Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Earl L Buddy Carter (GA-01)

Headline: ICYMI: Carter introduces resolution praising DOJ for prosecuting Minnesota church insurrectionists

EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Buddy Carter to introduce resolution praising Trump DOJ for prosecuting “insurrectionists” that stormed Minnesota church service

By: Matthew Foldi

With all eyes on Minnesota, Rep. Buddy Carter (R., Ga.) plans to introduce a resolution, obtained exclusively by the Washington Reporter, that reaffirms the constitutional rights of Americans to “religious freedom, and commending the Department of Justice for its prompt investigation” into a series of left-wing agitators who disrupted a church service in the North Star State.

On January 18, a group of protesters filmed themselves disrupting church services at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota. Carter’s resolution notes that the protesters “shouted over clergy, physically obstructed the service, intimidated worshipers, and created a threatening environment for families and children in attendance.”

Within hours of the protest that disrupted church services, Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel announced that charges had been filed against several of the agitators, who argued that they stormed the service in protest of one of its pastors leading a local field office for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

“WE DO NOT TOLERATE ATTACKS ON PLACES OF WORSHIP,” Bondi tweeted shortly before the arrests. Carter’s resolution clarifies that he respects Americans’ First Amendment right to “peaceful protest,” he notes that “entering a church during a worship service to disrupt, intimidate, or obstruct religious exercise is not protected speech and is inconsistent with Federal law and American values.”

Carter seems specifically amenable to charges being brought under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, which the Biden administration had used to prosecute Americans who peacefully protested outside of abortion clinics.

Read the full Washington Reporter article here.

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04)

WASHINGTON — Today, Speaker Johnson delivered remarks at the U.S. Treasury Department’s Trump Accounts Summit to highlight this transformational new policy, signed into law through Republicans’ Working Families Tax Cut bill. Speaker Johnson was joined at the Trump Accounts Summit by President Trump, Senator Cruz, Chairman Jason Smith, Michael Dell, Kevin O’Leary, Nicki Minaj, and others.   

“At the very heart of this policy is the goal of putting young Americans back in the driver’s seat of their own destinies and opportunities at an early age,” Speaker Johnson said. “Good government policy empowers the individual, and it nurtures and encourages the best of human ingenuity and human progress. That’s exactly what the Trump Accounts aim to do.” 

Watch Speaker Johnson’s full remarks here.

Below are Speaker Johnson’s remarks as delivered:

It’s so great to be with you all. I was delighted to come out, but I did not want to follow Nicki Minaj. I told her backstage, I almost wore that coat today, and I’m so glad that I didn’t. Really, it is such a great privilege to join you all today. It’s great to be with an extraordinary group of visionaries, people who care so much about this country and about its future.

And it’s a really broad and diverse coalition. And that’s what’s so exciting about this. So many people have come together because we all care about the same things. We care about our children, we care about working families, and we care about the future of this extraordinary country. It is no small thing to get such a large group excited about tax policy, Mr. Secretary. So, we don’t take that for granted. It doesn’t happen very often.

When President Trump returned to office, we were all very excited. We were excited to get going. We wanted to chart America’s renewal, and we didn’t waste a moment in that. The Republican-led Congress got right to work. We worked to steer this country of ours back toward common sense and to undo all of the damage that was really wrought by the four years of Bidenomics.

We had a lot to fix; as you know, we inherited a real mess. The unmitigated crisis at our border was the number one issue in the 2024 election because we had to correct that. But it was also the economy and decades-high inflation was fueled by failures of Bidenomics. And it was a serious problem for all American families. Four long years, we had to endure that.

The only solutions offered during that time were by the Biden Administration, the Democrats in charge. They wanted another government program. They wanted another federal agency. They wanted more taxes and more government spending. And I am here to declare to you today what you have all seen demonstrated: those days are now behind us, and we are so grateful for that.

Republicans are ushering in a New Golden Era, a New Golden Age. And this is certainly true. It’s driven not by more government, but by the talent and the ingenuity and the industriousness of the American people. And that’s at the very heart of what we are celebrating here today.

Now, I want to tell you that what we got done in the first year of the Trump Administration was a remarkable thing. I think history will record that it was one of the most productive years of any new administration or Congress, certainly in the modern era. And I think it’s in the top five of all time if you look back at history. And people are going to see and feel the effects of that now.

The Working Families Tax Cuts was such a transformational, nation-shaping piece of legislation. There was so much in it, there was so much to share about it. But with One Big Beautiful Bill, we simplified the tax code. We reduced the tax burden on families, and we advanced a policy agenda that puts working families first.

And during this tax season, which starts this week, tens of millions of Americans are going to see the effects of that, bigger paychecks and bigger tax refunds. We wrote this legislation for small business owners and for lower- and middle-income families, the very people who suffered the most during the Biden years.

It’s with these Americans in mind that the Trump Accounts was born. You’ve heard so much about it today, and I don’t want to reiterate all the facts, but there’s some exciting things here. At the very heart of this policy is the goal of putting young Americans back in the driver’s seat of their own destinies and opportunities at an early age. Good government policy empowers the individual, and it nurtures and encourages the best of human ingenuity and human progress. That’s exactly what the Trump Accounts aim to do.

With this historic new savings tool, more Americans will be saving, investing, and building a solid financial footing. And as you’ve been told, Trump Accounts will come online on July 5, I think poetically, just a day after we celebrate our 250th birthday, the 250th birthday of the greatest nation in the history of the world.

And I like to remind groups all the time, everywhere I am, don’t take that for granted. We live in the greatest nation in history. It’s the most free, most successful, most powerful, most benevolent nation that has ever been.

And America’s 250th, our anniversary that we celebrate this year, is a chance for all Americans to celebrate and recommit to the founding principles that made all that possible. The principles upon which our nation was built. Among those principles is the belief in the free market, the belief in individual responsibility and financial stewardship. The belief that everybody gets a shot. And the simple but powerful idea that if you work hard and play by the rules, you can improve the standing of your family in one generation.

Our goal with Trump Accounts was to put those foundational ideas back in focus, particularly for the millions of middle- and working-class Americans who have felt those ideas, they felt for the last several years that the American dream itself was slipping further and further beneath their grasp.

And we’ve heard for those who opt in, as we’ve heard today, the Trump Accounts have the potential to help children accrue tens of thousands of dollars by the time they reach adulthood. And that could make the difference, the difference in so many lives when it comes to paying for college or buying their first home or starting their own business. What an extraordinary concept and what a fitting way to invest in America’s future as we celebrate 250 years since our nation was born.

Trump Accounts are a truly transformational piece of policy that can change the lives of every American. And the beauty of this: it has nothing to do with your race or religion or color or creed. It’s for everybody.

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Josh Harder (CA-10)

St. Mary’s High School brings home Stockton’s first ever State Football Championship

STOCKTON – Rep. Josh Harder (CA-09) recognized St. Mary’s High School’s varsity football team for their 2025 CIF State Championship season, celebrating a historic first for both the school and the City of Stockton. Rep. Harder presented two Congressional Resolutions to honor the student athletes and the leadership of Head Coach Tony Franks.

“Stockton showed the entire state what heart, discipline, and teamwork look like,” said Rep. Harder. “I’m grateful to join the community in celebrating the accomplishments of the team, coaches, and everyone who helped make this season historic.”

Harder was joined by students from the St. Mary’s football team, coaching staff, and athletic department leadership at St. Mary’s high school.

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Mark Takano (D-Calif)

Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Jared Huffman Representing the 2nd District of California

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34)

LOS ANGELES — Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) today recognized Julian Miramontes, an eighth-grade student at El Sereno Middle School, as the winner of the 2025 Congressional App Challenge for California’s 34th District, honoring his app “Know Your Rights / Conozca Sus Derechos,” which helps immigrant families understand their legal rights during immigration enforcement encounters.

Julian developed the app after witnessing the fear and uncertainty immigration raids created in his community. Designed to be simple and accessible, the app provides guidance on what to do and what rights individuals have when confronted by immigration authorities.

Congressman Gomez met with Julian at his downtown Los Angeles district office, where Julian demonstrated how the app works and discussed what inspired him to create it. The meeting followed a surprise Zoom call earlier this month in which Congressman Gomez personally informed Julian that he had won the district’s Congressional App Challenge.

“I saw the effects these immigration raids were having on the community, and I wanted to create a resource that was easily accessible, so people could know their rights in this country,” said Julian. I wanted to help my community in a good way.

The Congressional App Challenge is a nationwide competition created by the U.S. House of Representatives to encourage students to learn computer science and develop innovative solutions to real-world problems. Winning apps from each congressional district are eligible to be displayed in the U.S. Capitol, and winners are invited to Washington, D.C. to meet fellow student innovators from across the country.

Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Judy Chu (CA2-27)

Pasadena, CA – Today, Rep. Judy Chu (CA-28) issued the following statement regarding President Trump’s Executive Order, “Accelerating Rebuilding in Wildfire-Devastated Los Angeles.” 

“The number one concern I hear from wildfire survivors in my district is whether they can afford to rebuild, and this Executive Order does nothing to address that. In fact, it will do nothing to accelerate rebuilding,” said Rep. Chu. 

“For more than a year, President Trump and congressional Republicans have refused to deliver supplemental disaster aid not only to communities devastated by the Eaton and Palisades Fires, but also to disaster survivors in Florida, Texas, and North Carolina.”

“This Executive Order is yet another distraction from the President’s responsibility to immediately fulfill Governor Newsom’s $34 billion supplemental disaster aid request – with no strings attached. I will not stop fighting until this assistance is delivered and our communities have what they need from the federal government to recover, rebuild, and heal.”