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U.S. Rep. Laura Friedman (D-Glendale) held a press conference at the Saban Community Clinic on Beverly Boulevard on May 28, announcing a new service for 30th District constituents to help access Medi-Cal and Medicaid benefits. A special case worker will be tasked with the sole responsibility of handling assistance in obtaining coverage, which can often be saddled with hurdles and paperwork.
“I’m proud that our office is delivering fast local help and standing up to those in Washington who are looking to tear it away,” Friedman said.
A group of 41 pro-Israel House Democrats released a statement on Wednesday praising the resumption of humanitarian aid to Gaza as helping to refocus international attention on releasing the hostages and calling for a comprehensive plan for postwar Gaza.
The statement, first shared with Jewish Insider, argues that the renewed delivery of aid, which began on Monday, was “essential to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, so that the primary focus of the international community can return to releasing the hostages that remain in captivity.”
When Rep. George Whitesides, D-Agua Dulce, ran for office last year, he said he’d work to ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks as a way to curb potential insider trading.
A growing coalition of HIV prevention organizations, health experts and Democrats in Congress are sounding the alarm over sweeping Trump administration cuts to HIV/AIDS prevention and surveillance programs nationally, warning they will reverse years of progress combating the disease and cause spikes in new cases — especially in California and among the LGBTQ+ community.
Representative Laura Friedman awarded local advocate David Meyerhof a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition to celebrate his “unwavering commitment to Holocaust education and remembrance,” as well as his contributions to America as a speaker, educator and poet. Meyerhof is known for advocating for the voices of Holocaust survivors and for the past 10 years has worked as Holocaust Speaker Coordinator for the Los Angeles, Glendale and Burbank unified school districts. He took over this role from Sylvia Sutton who started the Holocaust Speakers Program 30 years ago.
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers is urging colleagues to take steps to address antisemitism in the health care field in the 2026 appropriations process for the Department of Health and Human Services and related agencies.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, May 22, 2025, U.S. Laura Friedman (CA-30) joined fellow Jewish Members of Congress outside the Capitol Jewish Museum to honor the memory of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, two Israeli Embassy staffers who were murdered Wednesday evening in a targeted act of antisemitic violence.
The first 2026 FIFA World Cup match in the U.S. — to take place in Los Angeles County — may be more than 12 months out, but some members of Congress are concerned that time is running out to approve visas for all of the millions of athletes and tourists planning to travel to the United States.
Congressional Republicans slipped a little-noticed measure into their massive “big, beautiful bill” that would make it exorbitantly expensive to sue the Trump administration, potentially invalidating dozens of injunctions halting White House actions and sucking even more power out of the nation’s courts.
On Tuesday, Democratic Rep. Laura Friedman wrote a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson signed by 20 other congressional Democrats expressing “deep concern” about the provision.