Press Releases
Rep. Peters, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Protect Seniors’ Access to Life-Saving Diagnostic Services
Today, Rep. Scott Peters (CA-52) introduced the bipartisan Laboratory Access for Beneficiaries (LAB) Act with his colleagues, Reps. Richard Hudson (NC-08), George Holding (NC-02), Bill Pascrell (NJ-09), Kurt Schrader (OR-05), and Gus Bilirakis (FL-12).
Today, Rep. Scott Peters (CA-52) issued the following statement after he voted for the emergency border funding bill:
Today, Rep. Scott Peters (CA-52) helped pass an emergency spending bill to help address the ongoing humanitarian crisis at the southern border. The bill provides $4.5 billion for essential care and services to the families and children seeking asylum at the border, upgrades for processing facilities, and requires medical and legal assistance in accordance with the law.
Today, Rep. Scott Peters (CA-52) voted to fund federal agencies and priorities related to Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development.
Today, Reps. Scott Peters (CA-52) and Brian Mast (FL-18) introduced a bipartisan bill to reduce the stigma that prevents veterans and servicemembers from seeking mental health care. The bill designates June as National Post-Traumatic Stress Injury (PTSI) Awareness month and June 27th as National PTSI Awareness Day.
Today, Rep. Scott Peters (CA-52) helped pass a government spending bill that funds federal agencies and priorities related to Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development. The bill rejects President Trump’s budget that stripped funding from important health care, environment, and humanitarian programs.
Today, Rep. Scott Peters (CA-52) released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its final rule to dismantle the Clean Power Plan established under the Obama Administration, which aimed to reduce greenhouse gases by creating industry-wide standards for coal-fired power plants.
Today, Rep. Scott Peters (CA-52) called for federal action on interim and long-term nuclear waste storage during a meeting of the Energy and Commerce Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee.
Earlier this week, Rep. Scott Peters (CA-52) called attention to the cost of climate change and its risks to the federal budget during a meeting of the House Budget Committee, which covered the budgetary consequences of delaying action on climate change and included testimony from climate scientists, public policy experts, and budget specialists.
Yesterday, Reps. Scott Peters (CA-52) and Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03) introduced the Task Force on the Impact of the Affordable Housing Crisis Act, H.R. 3211. This bill creates a task force of academics or experts in fields related to housing to make recommendations to Congress about housing policy.