Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives Young Kim (CA-40), Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), and Dave Min (CA-47) introduced a bipartisan bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Colonel Young...
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Rep. Young Kim Honors Lunar New Year
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Young Kim (CA-40), one of the first Korean American women to serve in Congress, joined Rep. Grace Meng (NY-06) and bipartisan colleagues to introduce...
Rep. Young Kim Helps Lead Housing Survivors of Major Disasters Act Amid California Wildfires
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives Young Kim (CA-40) and Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) introduced the Housing Survivors of Major Disasters Act (H.R. 426), which would ease access to vital...
Johnson opens door to linking voter ID to California disaster aid after Trump demand
The Hill Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is keeping the door open to conditioning California disaster aid on the state enacting voter identification laws, days after President Trump said he...
Rep. Young Kim Pushes to Improve Wildfire Detection
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives Young Kim (CA-40), Judy Chu (CA-28), and Julia Brownley (CA-26) introduced the bipartisan Fire Information and Reaction Enhancement (FIRE) Act to improve...
Kim’s bipartisan bill aims to end lapse in veteran health care
Ripon Advance News Service Because service members who are discharged from the U.S. Armed Forces currently cannot apply for health care with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) until after...
More than 60 lawmakers to reintroduce bipartisan Holocaust education bill
Jewish Insider The HEAL Act requires an audit of Holocaust education programs nationwide, and amassed significant support in the previous congressional session A bipartisan group of more than 60...
CA’s fire relief aid: What will GOP do?
CAL Matters The wildfires still burning in Southern California continue to thrust the state onto the national stage: Although President Donald Trump promised Friday to give Los Angeles the help it...
Rep. Young Kim Helps Lead HEAL Act to Stop Antisemitism, Boost Holocaust Education
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Young Kim (CA-40) joined Rep. Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05) to introduce the Holocaust Education and Antisemitism Lessons (HEAL) Act, a bipartisan bill that...
Trump suggests eliminating FEMA during North Carolina visit as he attacks disaster response
CNN President Donald Trump suggested he might eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Friday during a trip to tour damage from Hurricane Helene flooding in North Carolina, a state he’s...
Trump faces pivotal moment with California trip
The Hill President Trump will venture into deep-blue California on Friday for a closely-watched visit that could determine disaster aid for the state and how Trump will work with Democratic...
Rep. Young Kim Leads Bipartisan Hong Kong Sanctions Act
Washington, DC – As first reported in Reuters, today, U.S. Representatives Young Kim (CA-40) and Jim McGovern (MA-02) introduced the Hong Kong Sanctions Act to hold Hong Kong officials...
Rep. Young Kim Push to Deploy Wildfire Technologies Passes House in Fix our Forests Act
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Young Kim (CA-40) voted in favor of House passage of the bipartisan Fix Our Forests Act (H.R. 471). Included in this package is the Wildfire Tech...
Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons divide House Republicans
The Hill President Trump’s decision to pardon hundreds of protesters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 — including many accused of assaulting police officers — is dividing House Republicans,...
Rep. Young Kim Leads Bipartisan Combat Veterans Pre-Enrollment Act to Address Lapse in VA Health Care
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives Young Kim (CA-40), Salud Carbajal (CA-24), Juan Ciscomani (AZ-06), Jill Tokuda (HI-02), Mike Lawler (NY-17), and Gil Cisneros (CA-31) introduced the...
Cracks emerge in House GOP after speaker’s threat to saddle California wildfire aid with conditions
Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Republicans are pushing back against suggestions by President Donald Trump, House Speaker Mike Johnson and other Republicans that federal disaster aid...
Rep. Young Kim: The SALT Cap Made Home Ownership Unattainable for Districts like Mine
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Young Kim (CA-40) testified to the House Committee on Ways on Means on the importance of fixing the cap on state and local tax (SALT)...
Trump’s TikTok order tests Republicans
Semafor Congressional Republicans who voted to force TikTok to divest or risk a US ban are in a serious bind thanks to President Donald Trump’s attempt to delay implementation of the law. Except...
Braving the cold, Southern Californians flock to Washington for Trump inauguration festivities
Orange County Register It was 3:30 a.m., the temperature hovering around 13 degrees Fahrenheit. Brian Hall was in line with his son, Patton, for inauguration festivities at the Capitol One Arena...
Rep. Young Kim: Only wildfire aid condition should be transparency
KTLA 5 INSIDE CALIFORNIA POLITICS) — House Speaker Mike Johnson (R.-Louisiana) and other Republicans have suggested that Los Angeles wildfire aid should come with conditions California would have to...