119th Congress
OAKLAND, CA – Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12), Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (D-TX-30) recently re-introduced the United States Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Resolution, which urges the creation of a congressional commission acknowledging and examining systemic racism that has impacted Black Americans throughout U.S. history and the racial inequities that persist today.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12) recently introduced the “Small Business Representation in Contracting Rulemaking Act,” which would add the Small Business Administrator to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council.
Hello Neighbors,
When I raised my hand to represent our community in Congress, I knew it would be a challenging job and a challenging time ahead for our country. And the last six months have been packed. But I remain undeterred and am using every hour of my day to fight for Medicaid, Social Security, Medicare, our schools and students, scientific research, environmental protections, and so much more.
Washington, D.C. – Congressional Equality Caucus Vice Chair Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12), Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-11), Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Mark Takano (D-CA-39), and Congresswoman Jill Tokuda (D-HI-02) led 66 other Members of Congress in a letter to U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth demanding that he rescind his order to rename the USNS Harvey Milk and reported plans to rename other vessels named after prominent civil rights leaders.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12) and Reps. Kevin Mullin (D-CA-15), Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-11), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-18), Mike Thomspon (D-CA-04), John Garamendi (D-CA-08), Jared Huffman (D-CA-02), Eric Swalwell (D-CA-14), Sam Liccardo (D-CA-16), and Ro Khanna (D-CA-17), issued the following joint statement in response to Customs and Border Protection inexplicably detaining travelers at San Francisco International Airport (SFO).
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12) and Congressman Josh Riley (D-NY-19) led 18 of their Freshman Democratic colleagues in a letter to President Donald Trump and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer urging them to fix U.S. trade policy to better strengthen American manufacturing, safeguard the environment and public health, and support America’s workers, small businesses, and innovators.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12) announced nine grants, totaling over $91 million in federal funding for scientific research projects and infrastructure upgrades for California’s 12th Congressional District. The grants include over $1.76 million in funding for scientific research projects at the University of California, Berkeley and $88.89 million in federal funding to support climate resiliency projects and transportation upgrades in the East Bay and throughout Northern California.
Washington, D.C. – Today, the House unanimously passed Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12) and Congressman Pete Stauber’s (R-MN-08) bill, the “ThinkDIFFERENTLY About Disability Employment Act.” This bipartisan bill will help individuals with disabilities find jobs and help small businesses become more accessible for current or future employees.
Congresswoman Lateefah Simon has submitted funding requests for important community projects in California’s 12th Congressional District to the House Appropriations Committee.
Under guidelines issued by the Committee, each Representative may request funding for projects in their community for fiscal year 2026 – although only a handful may actually be funded. Projects are restricted to a limited number of federal funding streams, and only state and local governments and eligible non-profit entities are permitted to receive funding.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12) testified against the Republican budget reconciliation bill in the House Rules Committee. Congresswoman Simon joined Democratic Members in a marathon debate session opposing the Republicans budget bill and delaying the bill.
She also offered two amendments to the reconciliation bill to protect Americans’ benefits: