FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 13, 2017 Contact: Allie Aguilera, Press Secretary, 202-734-6529 [Washington]- Today, the House Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee will mark up a proposed spending bill that would cut $5B from the entire Labor-H portfolio, down to $156B from $161B...
I grew up in a single parent household with my mother and grandmother, my experiences with health care primarily consisted of the occasional visit to the doctor’s office. I was healthy growing up and almost never got sick, but when...
By GJ Sevillano On June 15th, Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed an astonishing 50 bills that were originally passed during the 85th Legislature Regular Session. The Governor has not vetoed this many bills since 2007. The bills vetoed by the Governor ran...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 11, 2017 Contact: Sarah Schultz, sarah.schultz@younginvincibles.org, 202-734-6510 Yesterday, The California legislature passed Assembly Bill 214, authored by Assemblymember Shirley N. Weber (D-San Diego), which addresses one our state students’ most basic and most serious needs –...
Too many college students in California are hungry. For so many of them, “giving it the old college try” can mean going without food for long stretches and experiencing severe physical pain and mental anguish. This limits students’ ability to...