California's 29th Congressional District
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Recent News About California's 29th Congressional District
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ICYMI: Cárdenas Presents $2 Million to LA Mission College to Increase and Diversify STEM Workforce
On July 7, 2023, Congressman Tony Cárdenas announced $2 million in Community Project Funding to LA Mission College to increase STEM Workforce programs.
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ICYMI: Cárdenas Presents $2 Million to Mid Valley YMCA in Van Nuys for STEM and Civics Education Expansion
On June 28, 2023, Congressman Tony Cárdenas (CA-29) announced $2 million in Community Project Funding the Mid Valley YMCA in Van Nuys to expand their Science Technology Education Mathematics (STEM) and Civics Education department.
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ICYMI: Cárdenas Joins CEO Stephanie Wiggins on Ride-along of the East San Fernando Valley Light Rail to Highlight Federal Funding
On Monday, June 26, Congressman Tony Cárdenas (CA-29) joined the CEO of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro), Stephanie Wiggins, for a ride along the corridor for the East San Fernando Valley project.
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Cárdenas Announces Grant from the Biden-Harris Administration to Help Put Better, Cleaner Buses on the Roads in California
On June 27, 2023, Congressman Tony Cárdenas (CA-29) announced the state of California has received $181,406,277 in grants from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to put new American-built buses on the road and improve transit service in their community.
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Cárdenas Joins Padilla, Chu to Call on the Biden Administration to Expand San Gabriel Mountains National Monument
On June 26, 2023, Congressman Tony Cárdenas (CA-29) joined U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-28), and elected officials and community leaders in urging the Biden administration to expand the boundary of California’s San Gabriel Mountains National Monument by issuing a presidential proclamation under theAntiquities Act of 1906.
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Cárdenas, Jayapal, Hirono Introduce Bicameral Legislation to Expand Public Benefits to Immigrants
Congressman Tony Cárdenas (CA-29) and U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) are leading lawmakers in both chambers in introducing legislation to remove harmful barriers to federal public benefits for immigrants.
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Cárdenas, Carbajal, Chavez-DeRemer, Davis, Mace, Nunn Introduce Bill to Ban Greyhound Racing
On June 8, Congressman Tony Cárdenas (CA-29), joined Reps. Salud Carbajal (CA-24), Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05), Don Davis (NC-01), Nancy Mace (SC-01), and Zach Nunn (IA-03). a group of bipartisan House members in the introduction of legislation that would ban greyhound racing in the United States and outlaw gambling on the outcome of greyhound races simulcast from other nations.
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Cárdenas, Soto Introduce Legislation to Increase Multilingual Content Moderation Enforcement and Transparency
Yesterday, U.S. Congressman Tony Cárdenas (D-CA) and U.S. Congressman Darren Soto (D-FL) introduced the Language-Inclusive Support and Transparency for Online Services (LISTOS) Act to improve multilingual large language models, automated decision-making systems, and content moderation practices online to better protect non-English speaking communities.
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ICYMI: Cárdenas Joins Superintendent Carvalho at Cárdenas Elementary for Press Conference to Discuss Impact of FCC’s Emergency Connectivity Funds at LAUSD
Yesterday, Congressman Tony Cárdenas (CA-29) joined Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho for a walkthrough of Cárdenas Elementary School to see first-hand the impact of the FCC’S Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF) on LAUSD schools.
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ICYMI: Cárdenas Hosts Grant Workshop for Valley Organizations
Last week, Congressman Tony Cárdenas hosted a grant workshop for local organizations at the Panorama Library. Representatives from the Center for Nonprofit Management, U.S. Census Bureau and the Office of Mayor Karen Bass shared their expertise on what to consider when applying for grants, census tools and grant writing and the L.A. REPAIR initiative, respectively.
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Cárdenas, Booker Introduce Bicameral Bill to Improve Public Safety by Addressing Over-Incarceration in U.S. Prisons
On April 27, Congressman Tony Cárdenas (CA-29) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced the bicameral Smart Sentencing Adjustments Act, legislation aimed at reforming the federal criminal justice system and addressing the issues of over-incarceration in U.S. prisons.
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Cárdenas Introduces Bill to Encourage the Adoption of Animals Used in Research
On April 26, Congressman Tony Cárdenas (CA-29) and Congressman Ken Calvert (CA-41) reintroduced the Companion Animal Release from Experiments (CARE) Act of 2023, legislation to require facilities that use dogs, cats and rabbits for research purposes, and receive funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to develop and implement adoption policies for such animals when no longer used for research. The bill also requires these facilities to maintain records of the animals and make them available to the public.
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Cárdenas Leads Introduction of Bipartisan Resolution Declaring April as Second Chance Month
On April 20, Congressman Tony Cárdenas (CA-29), Congressman David Trone (MD-06), Congressman Bruce Westerman (AR-4), Congressman Don Bacon (NE-02), Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Senator Cramer (R-ND) reintroduced the bicameral Second Chance Month Resolution.