119th Congress
Washington — Some Democrats are inviting fired federal workers to President Trump's address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday instead of boycotting the speech.
Democratic lawmakers protested President Donald Trump with multiple signs during a speech to the Joint Session of Congress that quickly turned into a partisan rhetorical brawl.
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Gilbert R. Cisneros, Jr. announced his guest for this week’s State of the Union address is West Covina City Councilman Ollie Cantos. Councilman Cantos is the first blind person and individual with a visible disability ever to be elected to West Covina’s Council. He most recently served as Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the U.S.
Rep. Gil Cisneros, D-Covina, Saturday criticized the arrest of an El Monte woman and her son by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.
The 50-year-old woman, identified in multiple media reports as Yolanda, was arrested last Monday at her home along with her son Johnathan. Her family told NBC4 that Yolanda does not have a criminal record and that Johnathan’s unspecified crime occurred 12 years ago.
Washington, DC – Congressman Gilbert R. Cisneros, Jr. (CA-31) released the following statement after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained an undocumented mother and her son in El Monte. The mother does not have a criminal background and the son had already served a sentence nearly a decade ago. The mother is the primary caretaker for her daughter, who is battling bone cancer.
As a member of the House Armed Services Committee, I have witnessed firsthand how policies affecting transgender service members impact our military readiness.
Washington, DC – In case you missed it, Congressman Gilbert R. Cisneros, Jr. recently went on Forbes Breaking News to discuss his first two months in office, his priorities for this Congress, and his reaction to Elon Musk and the Trump Administration’s actions to dismantle and undermine the government. You can watch the full interview here.
WASHINGTON – A Democratic House member and advocates for transgender service members say a new Pentagon policy will ban troops from serving in a gender identity other than their sex assigned at birth.