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WASHINGTON — On July 24, U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and U.S. Representative Laura Friedman (D-Calif.-30) introduced a bill to name a U.S. Postal Service facility in Glendale, after former U.S. Navy Secretary Paul Ignatius, honoring his legacy of military service.
Ignatius was the highest-ranking Armenian American in the U.S. government when serving as the 59th U.S. Secretary of the Navy under President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Above: Friedman listens to concerns from local school administrators.
BURBANK, CA — U.S. Congresswoman Laura Friedman (CA-30) convened an education roundtable with educators, administrators, parents, and community leaders from across Los Angeles to discuss the pressing challenges facing local schools and opportunities for federal action to strengthen education.
On Saturday, Los Angeles-area elected officials, advocacy groups and community members convened in Pasadena for what was billed as a “People’s Hearing on Extreme Weather.”
Organized by the Climate Action Campaign and its member environmental activist groups, the event drew testimony from wildfire survivors and health officials. They criticized the Trump administration and are seeking to put pressure on California to safeguard climate change programs.
Above: Friedman in front of Foothill Transit’s new zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell-powered bus at the Rose Bowl.
Above: Friedman with Planned Parenthood representatives, volunteers, and West Hollywood City Councilmembers.
In the week after floods tore through Texas Hill Country, most survivors were unable to get through to a federal aid hotline because the Department of Homeland Security let funding lapse, according to publicly available contract records and internal FEMA call center logs obtained by NPR.
After clinic closures and care reductions across Northern California, Rep. Laura Friedman’s Restoring Health Care Act seeks to reverse federal restrictions and protect essential services for thousands who rely on Medicaid.
SALINAS, Calif. — Planned Parenthood is the largest provider of sexual and reproductive care in California. So, leaders and Planned Parenthood themselves are adamant on continuing this fight on health care until a solution is reached.
Above: Friedman and DGA Leadership Council Chair and director Jay Roach.