Statements and posts
30 press releases and posts, newest first.
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Reintroduced bill to invest $400 billion over ten years in clean energy research and development institutes.
“Investing in clean energy research and development is essential to boosting our economy and addressing the climate impacts pummeling our communities.”
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Led 38 California lawmakers opposing Trump administration's rescission of the Roadless Rule.
“Unpaved and poorly maintained forest roads are notoriously the largest source of human-made sediment in public waterways.”
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Sent letter demanding answers on Trump administration plans to open public lands to AI datacenters.
“To date, the Trump administration has taken no effort to involve the American public in these data center plans – only industry executives.”
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Rep. Jared Huffman, Ranking Member of the Committee on Natural Resources, Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs…
“Handing a stake in another nation’s oil wealth to a man under active criminal investigation for money laundering is exactly how the Trump administration does business. Americans are paying more at the pump while the President’s war of choice in Iran drags on, and instead of bringing relief, this White House cut a deal…”
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Huffman Statement on Trump Administration Plans to Put More Data Centers on Public Lands
Families are already paying higher electric bills to power data centers.
“These lands belong to the American people. Democrats will fight to keep them that way.”
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Huffman Demands Answers After Park Service Quietly Hires Contractors for Trump Golf Course
Contracts were found buried in a federal procurement database days before Congress leaves town; one construction contract worth up to $49 million is forecast for January 2027 Washington, D.C. – Today, House Natural Resources Committee…
“Democrats on this committee just learned that a couple of days ago, the Park Service hired a company to start working on the historic public golf course at East Potomac Park without any announcement, without a word to any of us, without a single public hearing.”
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Huffman Advances Northern CA Projects in Critical Water Resources Legislation
Today, Representative Jared Huffman voted to pass the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2026.
“We’re in a tough time when it comes to water policy. President Trump has tried to roll back years of progress on sustainable water management, clawed back funding for critical water infrastructure projects, and tried at every opportunity to stoke water wars, especially in California. Meanwhile, water managers…”
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Rep. Huffman Bill to Expand Bay Area Ridge Trail Passes Committee
Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources advanced legislation led by Representative Jared Huffman to help designate the Bay Area Ridge Trail as a National Scenic Trail, bringing the decades-long vision of a continuous trail…
“This is a very important step in the ongoing preservation of one of our region's crown jewels. [...] A national Scenic Trail designation is a fitting recognition that will help complete the trail and put it on par with iconic trails like the Appalachian and the Pacific Crest. This is good company for us to keep.”
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They have used that time to hand out favors to Big Oil, giant AI companies, and well-connected lobbyists.
“Our Republican colleagues have had two years with President Trump in the White House and a majority in both houses of Congress. They have used that time to hand out favors to Big Oil, giant AI companies, and well-connected lobbyists. Meanwhile, they have turned a blind eye to the rampant corruption spreading across…”
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The group includes both Democratic and Republican lawmakers from the House and Senate.
“As current and former legislators, amici took an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States—including its guarantee of the separation of powers. Amici have a particular interest in defending the institutional role of the Legislative Branch under Article I of the Constitution and in vindicating the…”
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Letter details how event tickets and merchandise orders flowed through vendors owned by Trump’s former campaign manager and tied to the RNC and MAGA PACs Washington, D.C. – Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared…
“This is a grave threat to Americans’ personal privacy and freedom from election interference, and we are asking the Government Accountability Office to investigate.”
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U.S. Representative Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24), along with Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Top Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Adam Schiff (D-CA), led 14 of their colleagues in filing…
“Trump is turning the Defense Production Act into a blank check for Big Oil.”
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Rep. Huffman Helps Move Critical California Fishery Disaster Relief Forward
Today, Representative Jared Huffman welcomed the Department of Commerce’s fishery disaster determination for the Hoopa Valley Tribe’s Klamath River fall Chinook salmon fishery and California’s red sea urchin fishery, making them eligible to…
“This funding is a critical lifeline for the people whose livelihoods have been devastated by fishery disasters. We have resources available to help people weather these hardships, and the Department of Commerce has a responsibility to move this assistance quickly and into the hands of the people who need it most.”
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House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) took to the House Floor this week to oppose H.R. 9436, which extends a special industry waiver that will lead to more critically endangered North Atlantic right…
“This bill sells our fishing communities a false promise. We may hear that kicking the can down the road saves the Maine lobster fleet. In reality, this bill would lock in a broken status quo that guarantees disaster for both our historic coastal industry and the critically endangered right whale.”
Mentions H.R. 1501 · voted Nay Sep 2, 2026, roll 654Mentions H.R. 9436 · voted Nay Sep 1, 2026, roll 651
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Huffman Statement on Supreme Court Ruling Greenlighting Trump's Ballroom Construction
Once again, this extremist MAGA majority on the Supreme Court has proven it functions as little more than a rubber stamp for Trump, letting him roll out his vanity projects and bulldoze the White House for his own glorification through a…
“It is shameless, grotesque, and a complete slap in the face to every single American taxpayer footing the bill. This neutered Supreme Court might be rolling over for its master, but that doesn't mean this is over. Democrats are still hitting the courts with legal challenges and will keep fighting this corrupt assault…”
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Huffman, Dexter Demand Records from Corporate Sponsors of Freedom 250
Letters to 23 sponsors and partners follow interim report finding the White House turned the nation’s 250th birthday into a fundraising operation for the President Washington, D.C. – Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member…
“found that the White House hijacked the nation’s semiquincentennial celebration, converting a once-in-a-generation national commemoration into an apparatus for raising and spending money in service of the President’s political ideology and vanity projects. Freedom 250, a wholly owned subsidiary lodged within the…”
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Today, U.S. Representatives Jared Huffman (D-Calif.-02), U.S. Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff (both D-Calif.), along with Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.-19), led 29 colleagues in condemning the Trump Administration’s recent decision to…
“Both California and NOAA should share a strong interest in ensuring federal projects in America’s coastal areas have minimal impacts on the environment and fisheries, promote responsible economic development, and guarantee national security.”
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The agreement, released only after a federal judge compelled it, lets the White House handpick the donors and keep their identities from the Trust, the organization responsible for screening them for conflicts of interest.
“are not Donald Trump’s billionaire playground; they belong to the American people.”
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U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) and Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet led 39 colleagues to oppose the recent rescission of two key Bureau of Land Management (BLM) oil and gas rules on leasing and waste prevention.
“[...] BLM’s newly proposed rule threatens to dismantle this common-sense progress. We are deeply concerned that the proposed changes shift cleanup liabilities back to the public, restrict community and private landowner participation, and distort the balance required to manage America’s public lands responsibly.”
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Lawmakers warn Dennis Kirk’s partisan record threatens the independence of Interior’s Inspector General as the office weighs at least four major corruption investigations Washington, D.C. – Today, House Natural Resources Committee…
“Your nomination arrives at a time when the OIG has been asked to investigate multiple credible and well-evidenced allegations of corruption.”
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Huffman Statement on Proposed Roadless Rule Rollback
The Trump administration is at again, selling out our public lands to corporate polluters, ignoring the overwhelming objections of the American people.
“These forests belong to the American people, and they have said, over and over, that they want them protected. We will fight this in Congress.”
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54 House Democrats Raise Concerns Over Trump Administration’s Critical Minerals Agreements
Today, Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Linda Sánchez (D-Calif.), and Congressman Jonathan Jackson (D-Ill.) led 51 of their House Democratic colleagues in…
“The United States must also engage partner countries with respect for their sovereignty and support value-addition in critical minerals supply chains that strengthens emerging economies and ensures exploitative practices of the past are not repeated.”
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Huffman, Thompson, Hernández, Heinrich Want Answers on Puerto Rico’s Water Crisis from Gov Watchdog
Today, House NaturalResources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), House Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.), Resident Commissioner Pablo José Hernández (D-P.R.), and Senate Energy and…
“Puerto Rico is experiencing drinking water supply shortages and service interruptions affecting households and economic activity.”
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Huffman Statement on Court Ruling to Stop Trump Admin’s Greenlight for Illegal Colosseum Mine
Today, U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) issued the following statement after a federal court ordered an immediate halt to new mining operations at the Colosseum Mine inside Mojave National…
“The court did its job. Now Congress must do ours. The Mining Law of 1872 was written in a time of prospectors and pickaxes, but today’s corporate mining giants have evolved their game to exploit that law for their profit at the expense of our lands, waters, and special places. Democrats will keep fighting to reform…”
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Huffman, Garcia Demand Documents from Vulcan Elements After White House Pushed Through $620 Million Loan to Company Tied to Donald Trump Jr. Washington, D.C. – Today, House NaturalResources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.)…
“We write regarding serious concerns about corruption in government contracting, from which your company may have benefited.”
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Huffman, Dexter Open Investigation into Insider Trading at Energy Fuels After Trump Guts Bears Ears
Energy Fuels CEO bought 74,000 shares days before the monument was cut by 90 percent, the largest insider purchase in company history Washington, D.C. – Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) and…
“Instead of respecting the Tribes for whom Bears Ears is sacred, you appear to be enriching yourself from their devastation.”
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Huffman, Buchanan Re-Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Address World Extinction Crisis
Today, Representatives Jared Huffman (D-CA) and Vern Buchanan (R-FL) re-introduced the Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Act, a bipartisan bill to support conservation efforts for highly endangered species around the world.
“The alarming acceleration in species extinction has serious consequences not only for ecosystems and wildlife, butfor our economies, communities, and the future generations that will be robbed of the rich biodiversity and species we depend on today.”
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A comprehensive legislative package comprising 25 bills that together outline a plan to respond to wildfires—protecting our lands, readying our communities, and giving federal firefighters the support they need and the benefits they…
“Colorado has experienced some of the most devastating wildfires in the country—and as we’ve worked together to recover and rebuild, we’ve also drawn from hard-earned lessons in the wake of these disasters to introduce this comprehensive package of policy proposals.”
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Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) issued the following statement after the Trump administration announced yet another fake settlement using more than $1 billion in taxpayer funds to pay an…
“The deals are deeply corrupt and illegal. When the accountability comes, and I promise you accountability is coming, everyone involved in them will answer for it.”
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Huffman Blasts Trump Scheme to Plant Project 2025 Architect Inside Interior's Watchdog Office
Everyone should have their eyes wide open.
“This is a fraud on the office and a fraud on the American people. Democrats will fight to restore independent oversight and hold every official who abuses the public’s trust accountable.”