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July 30, 2015
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WASHINGTON, DC –Today, Dr. Raul Ruiz (D-Palm Desert) released the following statement on the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Medicare.
July 24, 2015
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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.
July 22, 2015
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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.
July 13, 2015
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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.
June 26, 2015
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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.
September 16, 2014
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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Dr. Raul Ruiz (D-Palm Desert) introduced H.R. 5458, the Building a Health Care Workforce for the Future Act, a bill to address the growing need for primary and specialty care providers...
September 5, 2014
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Today, Dr. Raul Ruiz (D-Palm Desert) released the following statement in response to reports that Tesla has selected the state of Nevada for its initial Gigafactory:
September 4, 2014
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Today, Dr. Raul Ruiz (D-Palm Desert) released the following statement in response to the release of the Pacific Institute's Economic Impact Analysis on the Salton Sea...
August 15, 2014
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PALM DESERT, CA – Dr. Raul Ruiz, M.D. (D-Palm Desert) today urged electric carmaker Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk to build the company’s new lithium-ion battery Gigafactory around the Salton Sea, citing the Sea’s renewable energy technologies, resources, trained workforce, and vibrant desert community. The factory has the potential to create approximately 6,500 jobs by the year 2020.
July 30, 2014
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WASHINGTON, DC -- Today Dr. Raul Ruiz (D-Palm Desert) voted to pass the bipartisan Conference Report on H.R. 3230, the Veterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2014.