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February 7, 2025

WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Representative Juan Vargas (CA-52) joined his colleagues in demanding answers from the Trump Administration following reports that the Administration is preparing an executive order to eliminate the Department of Education. Despite identifying themselves as members of Congress, Representative Vargas and his colleagues were denied entry to the Department of Education building. In response to being turned away, Representative Vargas released the following statement on the Trump Administration’s attempts to eliminate the Department.


February 7, 2025

WASHINGTON - Hoy, el Representante de los EE.UU Juan Vargas (CA-52) se unió a sus colegas para exigir respuestas de la Administración Trump tras los reportes de que la Administración está preparando una orden ejecutiva para eliminar el Departamento de Educación. A pesar de identificarse como miembros del Congreso, el Representante Vargas y sus colegas fueron negados la entrada al edificio del Departamento de Educación.


February 5, 2025

WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Representatives Juan Vargas (CA-52) and Bill Huizenga (MI-04), members of the House Financial Services Committee, announced the reintroduction of the Credit Union Board Modernization Act, legislation to update the current requirements for federal credit union board meetings. This bill will allow federal credit union boards in good standing to meet every other month instead of monthly, allowing them to focus their resources on serving consumers, small businesses, and supporting economic activity at the local level.


January 23, 2025

WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Representative Juan Vargas (CA-52) released the following statement in response to President Donald Trump's decision to deploy 1,500 active-duty troops to the U.S.-Mexico border. 


January 21, 2025

WASHINGTON - U.S. Representative Juan Vargas (CA-52) released the following statement in response to President Donald Trump's executive orders targeting immigrants and border communities, including measures to end birthright citizenship, send military personnel to the U.S.-Mexico border, and indefinitely suspend refugee resettlement.


January 21, 2025

WASHINGTON - El Representante de los EE.UU. Juan Vargas (CA-52) publicó la siguiente declaración después de que el presidente Donald Trump emitió órdenes ejecutivas dirigidas a inmigrantes y comunidades fronterizas, incluidas medidas para poner fin a la ciudadanía por derecho de nacimiento, desplegar fuerzas armadas a la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México, y suspender indefinidamente el reasentamiento de refugiados.


January 17, 2025

IMPERIAL BEACH — Today, U.S. Representatives Juan Vargas (CA-52), Scott Peters (CA-50), Mike Levin (CA-49), and Sara Jacobs (CA-51) came together to announce $250 million in new federal funding to combat pollution in the Tijuana River Valley. 


January 17, 2025

 

IMPERIAL BEACH - Hoy, los Representantes de los EE.UU. Juan Vargas (CA-52), Scott Peters (CA-50), Mike Levin (CA-49), y Sara Jacobs (CA-51) se reunieron para anunciar $250 millones de dólares en nuevos fondos federales para combatir la contaminación en el Valle del Río Tijuana. 


January 10, 2025

WASHINGTON - Today,  U.S. Representative Juan Vargas (CA-52), U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), and U.S.


December 12, 2024

WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Juan Vargas (CA-52) joined Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA), U.S. Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) and Melanie Stansbury (NM-01), and other colleagues in sending a letter to President Biden, thanking him for his leadership on climate issues and urging the Administration to continue delivering on its key climate priorities.