119th Congress
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.
2025 Federal Financial Assistance Freeze Request for Information
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. - Congresswoman Simon with her family, friends & colleagues on her first day of the 119th Congress. (January 03, 2025)
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