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Washington, D.C.– Today, Congressman Raul Ruiz, M.D. (CA-36) released the following statement on the passing of Dr. Paul Farmer, a global health pioneer and the founder of the nonprofit organization Partners In Health:

WASHINGTON — El congresista por el Distrito 36, Raúl Ruiz, anunció un esfuerzo para llevar a casa fondos adicionales para los hospitales y proveedores locales que luchan contra los aumentos repentinos de hospitalizaciones debido a las variantes Delta y Omicron.

EL CENTRO, Calif. (KYMA, KECY) - Governor Gavin Newsom nominated the first Latina to serve on the California Supreme Court who is also from the Imperial Valley.

Justice Patricia Guerrero was nominated on Tuesday and representatives are voicing their support for this historic nomination.

Rep. Juan Vargas (CA-51) says this nomination speaks volumes.

This week, Congressman Raul Ruiz, M.D. (CA-36) called on the Department of Health and Human Services to guarantee at-home COVID-19 test kits to Medicare beneficiaries at no cost. Ruiz joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers in urging Secretary Xavier Becerra to include Medicare coverage for the tests following a directive from the Biden Administration that requires insurance companies and group health plans to cover over-the-counter COVID-19 diagnostic tests.

John Davis and Jack Orler were together for nearly three decades, sharing everything from their home and beloved dog, Dusky, to their email address. They weren't just roommates — their love and shared lives amounted to something more: a marriage.

But they never got a certificate.

Orler died in 2005, and it wasn't until last year that the federal government started providing a remedy for that injustice.

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — As Vice President Harris attended the presidential inauguration of Xiomara Castro in Honduras on Thursday, the White House hoped it would display much more than a show of support during a historic meeting of female "firsts."

"Looking forward to this partnership," Harris told Castro during a meeting Thursday afternoon, as she announced new U.S.-supplied vaccines for the country.

Vice President Harris traveled thousands of miles to Honduras on Thursday for the inauguration of new president Xiomara Castro — a sign of the importance the White House is placing on finding a willing partner to help tackle the root causes of migration from Central America.

SunLine's growing hydrogen bus fleet can now refuel at a mobile station in Indio, in addition to SunLine's Thousand Palms facility, which is home to the largest hydrogen fueling station dedicated to transit in the country.

The system, made possible through a partnership with NICE American Research which created the technology, is essentially a mobile trailer that allows for hydrogen refueling without a permanent station structure. The pump in Indio is NICE's first mobile trailer, which the company has been working with SunLine to develop over the past six years.