Press Releases
LOS ANGELES — Congresswoman Luz Rivas (CA-29) led 35 of her colleagues and California Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff in urging Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to reconsider the termination of the legal status of S.G.V. and her family. S.G.V. is a four-year-old girl from Bakersfield living with short bowel syndrome who is facing deportation and could die if she loses medical care at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. S.G.V.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Luz Rivas (CA-29) released the following statement following House passage of H.R. 1, Republicans’ bill that cuts Medicaid and food assistance to give tax breaks to billionaires:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Luz Rivas (D-CA-29) released the following statement following the U.S. Department of Justice’s announcement of charges against Congresswoman LaMonica McIver (D-NJ-10):
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Luz Rivas (CA-29) released the following statement after House Republicans voted to pass H.R. 276, the Gulf of America Act, a bill to rename the Gulf of Mexico:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Luz Rivas (CA-29) released the following statement after House Republicans voted to advance Senate Republicans’ Budget Resolution, the Senate Amendment to H.Con.Res. 14.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Luz Rivas (CA-29) released the following statement after House Republicans passed H.R. 1526, the No Rogue Rulings Act of 2025 (NORRA), as part of their larger crusade to allow President Trump to do whatever he wants without proper checks and balances.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Luz Rivas (CA-29) – the only Latina in Congress with a background in STEM, co-chair of the STEM Education Caucus, and member of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology – co-sponsored five bills that would institute a moratorium on reductions in force (RIF) at the Department of Energy (DOE), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Luz Rivas (CA-29) released the following statement slamming President Trump’s Executive Order to dismantle the Department of Education:
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Luz Rivas (CA-29) released the following statement after voting against House Republicans’ Continuing Resolution:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Luz Rivas (CA-29), the first Latina to represent California’s 29th Congressional District, announced that she will be accompanied by California State Senator Caroline Menjivar (SD-20) to President Trump’s Joint Address to Congress on March 4, 2025.