En las noticias
Hispanic Heritage Month is well underway and every year around this time the contributions of LatinX community members are recognized by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute.
Among the selected this year are two Coachella Valley essential workers, Cesar Millan and Manuela Ramirez now join the list of recipients of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Chair award.
Both were nominated by Congressman Raul Ruiz for their response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-Calif.) at an Axios event on Thursday sounded the alarm over the burnout in the medical workforce.
Driving the news: Ruiz, a physician, said the pandemic underscored the need to bolster health care staff nationwide "so that we're not so vulnerable for another major disaster or a public health crisis, and we can really hold the line."
Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz honored the life of fallen Marine Corporal Hunter Lopez on the House floor Tuesday morning.
"Corporal Lopez was a selfless young man with an infectious smile who truly lived his life with a larger purpose in mind. That purpose was serving our country and contributing to something greater than himself," Ruiz said.
Lopez, a 22-year-old Indio resident, was one of 13 United States service members killed during a suicide bombing during evacuations at an airport in Kabul, Afghanistan on August 26.
California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB) will receive a nearly $5 million grant from the Department of Education's Hispanic-Serving Institution's (HSI) Science, Technology Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) and Articulation Program, Congressman Raul Ruiz, M.D. (CA-36) announced today.
The grant will increase the number of Hispanic and low-income students who graduate from CSUSB with degrees in STEM fields. Earlier this year, Ruiz wrote to Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona in support of the program.
Congress is taking another step toward helping veterans exposed to toxic burn pits.
Democratic Rep. Raul Ruiz of California pushed to have measures addressing the military's use of toxic burn pits in this year's National Defense Authorization Act. Those measures will expand eligibility to those that serve in Egypt and Syria, enhance training about health effects, increase exposure reporting and help in the pursuit of alternatives to military burn pits.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday issued a new emergency drinking water order to the Oasis Mobile Home Park, requiring management to provide alternative drinking water to residents, reduce the levels of arsenic in the Oasis drinking water distribution system and monitor the water for contamination.
This is the third order the EPA has issued to Oasis since August 2019.
The "Grow with Google" virtual workshop showed local small business owners how to connect with their customers, and manage their business remotely.
It was hosted by the Greater Coachella Valley Chamber of Commerce and Congressman Raul Ruiz.
"The pandemic has really forced our small businesses to innovate, and those that innovated with online digital tools fared better in terms of keeping their doors open and their employees at work," said Ruiz.
The slim Democratic majority in Congress is pushing forward with an ambitious plan to legalize an estimated 8 million immigrants living in the U.S. without legal status through a budget bill that would circumvent the 60-vote threshold typically needed to pass major legislation in the Senate.
Local schools in the 36th District of California received nearly $250 million under the American Rescue Plan's Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund, Congressman Raul Ruiz, M.D. (CA-36) announced.
As students and educators begin their school year amid rising COVID-19 case levels, this funding is critical in helping school districts in California to stay open safely, make up for lost time in the classroom, and ensure students receive the supportive services they need to succeed.
"Are you Joe Biden?" a bewildered Jackson Elementary student asked, eyes wide, as a politician in an American flag mask, black tie and perfectly polished black shoes toured her school Wednesday, a posse of staffers, school employees and camera crews behind him.
"No, I'm not," said U.S. Rep. Raul Ruiz, chuckling.
Ruiz, D-Palm Desert, was visiting the school in Indio to check up on howfunds from the $1.9 billion American Rescue Plan, one of President Biden's early pieces of legislation that Ruiz supported, are being spent in his district.