119th Congress
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Gilbert R. Cisneros, Jr. (CA-31) attempted to conduct Congressional oversight at Adelanto ICE Processing Center. Rep. Cisneros, along with Rep. Judy Chu (CA-28), Rep. Derek Tran (CA-45) and members of the CHIRLA and ACLU were denied entry and prevented from exercising their duty.
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Gilbert R. Cisneros, Jr. spoke on the House floor regarding the Los Angeles wildfires. He thanked first responders and urged House leadership to immediately bring a supplemental spending bill to aid California’s efforts to combat this fire. He also condemned Speaker Johnson statements indicating any wildfire aid could be conditional or tied to a separate political deal.
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Gilbert R. Cisneros, Jr. used his time during the House Armed Services Committee to highlight the importance of international partnerships and coalitions in relation to the United States’ national security. He also condemned the Trump Administration and Elon Musk’s dismantling of the State Department and USAID.
South El Monte, CA – Last night, Rep. Gil Cisneros (CA-31) hosted his third in-person town hall this year in South El Monte. Rep Cisneros and guest panelist Max Richtman from the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare brought constituents from across the district together for a discussion on protecting Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.
Washington, DC – Today, Reps. Gil Cisneros (D-CA-31) and Pete Sessions (R-TX-17) introduced a bipartisan bill, the Corporal Fernando Ruiz Baltazar Posthumous Citizenship Act, that would grant symbolic, honorary posthumous U.S. citizenship to select Filipino noncitizens who served and died in the U.S. military during World War II.
Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Gil Cisneros (CA-31) introduced the Cut the Burden, Keep the Benefits Act. This bill supports small businesses across the country by giving them an opportunity to voice not only regulatory concerns, but all government actions that affect them, including tariffs and on healthcare.
Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Gil Cisneros introduced the Streamlining Small Business Contracts Act, a bill that would simplify and streamline single-source contracts across SBA programs by implementing a $10 million threshold. Current thresholds for contracts awarded to small businesses do not reflect realities of costs and inflation, and limit small business competition. This bill would raise those thresholds to meet the needs of America’s small businesses today.
Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Gil Cisneros (CA-31) introduced a bill, the SBIR Commercialization Improvement Act, that aims to create a better and more efficient environment for small businesses to transition their innovative technologies into successful products and services. This would foster small business growth, more effective contribution to our economy, and ensure our federal agencies have faster access to the innovation and technologies they need.