In The News
Reps. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., and Scott Peters, D-Calif., introduced legislation Aug. 13 that aims to extend tax credits for investments in qualified renewable energy production, including closed-loop biomass, open-loop biomass, municipal solid waste, geothermal, qualified hydropower, and marine and hydrokinetic.
A coalition of moderate Democrats is backing a climate plan that could draw interest from the business community for relying on carbon pricing and other market-based approaches to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.
The 340B Drug Pricing Program was created by Congress in 1992 to allow nonprofit healthcare providers with limited resources to ensure access to medicines for uninsured patients with acute and chronic health conditions and disorders.
Congressman Scott Peters has proposed a bill to posthumously honor the longest-living Pearl Harbor survivor by naming the Poway Post Office after him.
The Poway Post Office may be renamed after the late Ray Chavez, longtime Poway resident and former oldest living Pearl Harbor survivor.
The Poway Post Office may be renamed after the late Ray Chavez, longtime Poway resident and former oldest living Pearl Harbor survivor.
Rep. Scott Peters broke ranks with his fellow Democrats and voted against a deal to raise budget caps and suspend the debt ceiling, citing the “ballooning” federal debt.
Monday’s announcement that four House Democrats representing parts of San Diego County are working to secure funding to fix Tijuana’s broken sewage infrastructure and to address related issues may be years overdue, but it is highly welcome.
Four San Diego lawmakers are proposing a more than $1 billion solution to stop sewage from Mexico from contaminating South County beaches.
The four members of congress, all Democrats, announced the plans at a news conference Monday.
Today, Rep. Juan Vargas (CA-51) along with Reps. Susan Davis (CA-53), Scott Peters (CA-52), and Mike Levin (CA-49), hosted a press conference to announce the introduction of their Tijuana River Valley Pollution Solution bill package. The combined legislation would further support mitigation efforts in the region.