Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Dr. Raul Ruiz (D-Palm Desert) released the following statement in support of the Iran Nuclear deal.

WASHINGTON, DC –Today, Dr. Raul Ruiz (D-Palm Desert) released the following statement on the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Medicare.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Dr. Raul Ruiz (D-Palm Desert), joined by Senators Feinstein, Boxer, and 17 of his colleagues in the House of Representatives, sent a letter to Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx in support of emergency funding to repair the Interstate 10 bridge that collapsed in Desert Center.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Dr. Raul Ruiz (D-Palm Desert) released the following statement in support of the request for emergency funding to repair the Interstate 10 Bridge that collapsed in Desert Center.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Dr. Raul Ruiz’s (D-Palm Desert) bill H.R. 387, the Economic Development Through Tribal Land Exchange Act, unanimously passed the House of Representatives.

WASHINGTON D.C. - Today, Dr. Raul Ruiz (D-Palm Desert) released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court handed down their decision on Obergefell v. Hodges concerning the right of same sex couples to marry.

WASHINGTON D.C. - Today, Dr. Raul Ruiz (D-Palm Desert) announced the Small Business Administration (SBA) will open a local resource office in the Coachella Valley.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Dr. Raul Ruiz (D-Palm Desert) wrote Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewel asking that the Department of the Interior (DOI) move forward with the federal portion of the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP) and ensure that lands at and underneath the Salton Sea are designated as a renewable energy Development Focus Area.