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Oakland, CA – Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12) recently introduced her first bill in Congress, “The Assisting Small Businesses Not Fraudsters Act,” with Small Business Committee Chairman Roger Williams (R-TX-25).
Written by Joe Garofoli
WASHINGTON - Before Rep. Lateefah Simon took office as the East Bay’s new representative in Congress, it would have been easy to imagine how her first term was likely to go. She would join The Squad, and become a go-to source on MSNBC and others drawn to her incredible biography: The legally blind MacArthur Fellowship “genius grant” winner grew up in public housing and is equal parts wonky and woke.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12) released the following statement:
Written by Chase Hunter
Rep. Lateefah Simon thought she would be delivering a $2 million check to the East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation this week — the first federal money she had secured for District 12 since being sworn in as a first-term member of Congress in January — but that was before the Trump administration issued a memo announcing a freeze on nearly all federal funding.
Written by Cynthia Laird
U.S. Rep. Lateefah Simon, D-Oakland, was ceremonially sworn in Jan. 7 in Washington, D.C., by her longtime mentor and friend, Vice President Kamala Harris, with whom Simon has shared a decades-long friendship and professional relationship grounded in their shared commitment to public service. Simon’s friends and family joined her in the vice president’s ceremonial U.S. Senate office for the swearing-in ceremony.
Washington, D.C. - Last week, on January 7, 2025, Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12) was ceremonially sworn in by her longtime mentor and friend, Vice President Kamala Harris. Vice President Harris and Congresswoman Simon have shared a decades-long friendship and professional relationship, grounded in their shared commitment to public service.
Congresswoman Simon was joined by her friends and family in the Vice President’s ceremonial office in the United States Senate for the swearing-in ceremony