Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives Young Kim (CA-40) and Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL-20) released a joint statement after United Nations (UN) Women finally publicly condemned Hamas’...
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UN account hit for explicitly condemning Hamas’ attack on Israel eight weeks later: ‘Took you long enough’
Fox News The official UN Women X account took serious heat this week after explicitly condemning the Hamas massacre in Israel for the first time, nearly two months after the attack happened. The...
Led by Rep. Young Kim, House members ask UN Women to condemn Hamas’ violence against women
Orange County Register About 90 House lawmakers are pressing the United Nations Women, which works for gender equity, to publicly condemn Hamas for its Oct. 7 attack on Israel and brutality against...
Rep. Young Kim Leads No Hidden FEES Act to Improve Hotel Cost Transparency
Washington, DC- Today, U.S. Representatives Young Kim (CA-40) and Kathy Castor (FL-14) introduced the No Hidden Fees on Extra Expenses for Stays (No Hidden FEES) Act of 2023 (H.R 6543) to...
12-01-2023 ENewsletter
December 1, 2023
Uproar Mounts Over UN Women’s Failure To Single Out Hamas for Its Sexual Crimes Against Israeli Civilians
New York Sun The United Nations body dedicated to “gender equality,” UN Women, appears to be faltering in its role as the “global champion for gender equality” for failing to specifically condemn...
No Hidden FEES Act Aims To Stop Misleading Advertised Pricing Practices
TravelPulse New proposed legislation, called the ‘No Hidden Fees on Extra Expenses for Stays (No Hidden FEES) Act of 2023’ (H.R 6543), was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives today...
Led by Rep. Young Kim, House members ask UN Women to condemn Hamas’ violence against women
LA Daily News About 90 House lawmakers are pressing the United Nations Women, which works for gender equity, to publicly condemn Hamas for its Oct. 7 attack on Israel and brutality against...
Bipartisan group of lawmakers urges UN Women to condemn Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack
Jewish Insider A bipartisan group of nearly 90 House lawmakers is urging the United Nations’ Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, generally known as UN Women, to speak...
Rep. Young Kim Fights to Hold Iranian Regime Accountable
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Young Kim (CA-40) voted in support of the No Funds for Iranian Terrorism Act (H.R. 5961), which she helped introduce with House Foreign Affairs Committee...
Rep. Young Kim Fights to Lower Medicare Costs for Seniors
Washington, DC – This week, U.S. Representatives Young Kim (CA-40) and Katie Porter (CA-47) introduced the bipartisan Medicare Economic Security Solutions Act (H.R. 6490) to help lower Medicare...
Reps. Kim, Cherfilus-McCormick Urge UN Women to Condemn Hamas’ Attacks Against Women in Israel and Gaza
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives Young Kim (CA-40) and Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL-20) led 87 colleagues in a bipartisan letter urging the United Nations (UN) Women to publicly...
House lawmakers accuse UN Women of disregarding Hamas attack
The Hill More than 80 House lawmakers are accusing United Nations (UN) Women of disregarding the militant group Hamas’s attack on Israel, which left more than 1,200 people dead. In a bipartisan...
Rep. Young Kim’s Uyghur Policy Act Passes Committee
Washington, DC – Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee passed the Uyghur Policy Act (H.R. 2766), led by U.S. Representative Young Kim (CA-40) to help the United States take concrete steps to...
Padilla Urges NASA to Reverse Funding Cuts to Mars Sample Return Program
The San Fernando Valley Sun Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.-30) and a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers urged NASA Administrator Bill Nelson to reverse unilateral...
CCP Persecuting Families of Radio Free Asia Journalists Who Report on Uyghur Genocide: Rep. Young Kim
NTD News Rep. Young Kim (R-Calif.) says the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been actively persecuting and imprisoning family members of Radio Free Asia journalists who have been reporting on the...
11-24-2023 ENewsletter
November 24, 2023
California lawmakers urge NASA to reverse funding cuts to its Mars Sample Return mission
WION News NASA has slowed down its own Mars sample mission amid uncertainty about its budget for next year. The US space agency's move has been criticised by both parties in the US, calling it...
Lawmakers ‘mystified’ after NASA scales back Mars collection program
POLITICO Lawmakers from both parties are taking aim at NASA’s recent decision to cut funding for its own mission to bring Martian samples back to Earth, calling the move “short-sighted and...
Members of Congress seek increase in Mars Sample Return funding
Space News WASHINGTON — Members of Congress are asking NASA not to slow down work on the Mars Sample Return (MSR) program now while also lobbying fellow members to provide more money for the effort...