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March 29, 2022

The congressional stalemate on additional Covid funding threatens to upend the fragile progress that has been made since the early days of the pandemic.

Racial and ethnic disparities in Covid-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths are likely to worsen if Congress does not soon approve billions in new pandemic funding.

Issues:Health Care
March 29, 2022

Soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan were exposed to toxic materials in burn pits.

Politicians and family members are calling on Congress to step up and do more to help soldiers who were affected by potentially deadly diseases caused by toxic burn pits.

Issues:Veterans
March 25, 2022

U.S. Rep. Raul Ruiz and officials from the Coachella Valley Water District and the local nonprofit Pueblo Unido gathered in Mecca on Friday to announce $2.7 million in federal funding to improve access to clean drinking water in the area.

The funding is part of an appropriations package for fiscal 2022 signed into law by President Joe Biden for California's 36th District, which encompasses much of the Coachella Valley.

March 20, 2022

WASHINGTON — When Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson sits before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday to kick off her Supreme Court confirmation hearings, Democrats and civil rights advocates want her to know — and see — they're behind her.

They'll start by filling the room with a sea of supporters. But they'll also dispatch allies to speak out about Jackson's qualifications and counter her Republican critics across the airwaves and social media.

March 18, 2022

Rep. Raul Ruiz​ (D-36) helped RTA and Sunline obtain $17 million in federal funding for environmentally cleaner public transportation.

RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CA — Bus lines that service the Coachella Valley and Pass Area are receiving a federal investment of $17 million that will go toward environmentally cleaner public transportation, it was announced Thursday.

March 17, 2022

EL CENTRO, Calif. (KYMA, KECY) - Residents and public officials across the Imperial Valley have a lot to say about the war between Russia and Ukraine.

Representative Raul Ruiz (CA-36) spoke to KYMA about the situation. He says he, along with members of his party, spoke to President Zelensky about supporting refugees.

"I sent a letter to President Biden in anticipation of the 2nd wave that we should start to increase the amount of refugees we accept in the United States," he said.

March 16, 2022

Hispanic leaders are pushing the Biden administration to go further in its efforts to diversify the top levels of government, in hopes of seeing more Hispanic appointees in public offices.

Ramiro Cavazos, president of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, said the White House needs to do more to earn the Hispanic votes that he said are often taken for granted in election years by both major political parties.

March 14, 2022

Democratic lawmakers criticized the Biden administration's decision to exempt only unaccompanied migrant children from a pandemic policy that closed the border to asylum claims, calling on the administration to shield families from the order as well.

Issues:Immigration
March 10, 2022

Washington, D.C. – Last night, the House passed an omnibus appropriations package for Fiscal Year 2022 that will bring federal funding directly to California's 36thDistrict. The package includes $10 million secured by Congressman Raul Ruiz, M.D. (CA-36) to expand access to health care, bring clean water to the Eastern Coachella Valley, and drive economic growth in the 36th District.

March 9, 2022

WASHINGTON — Congressional representative Dr. Raul Ruiz says he understands the plight of refugees.

The U.S. Army honored him for his relief work in Haiti after the devastating earthquake in 2010.

Ruiz also grew up in, and represents, California's Coachella Valley, which has long attracted asylum seekers fleeing violent and dangerous countries in Latin America.

"It's an experience of life or death where people are fleeing for their lives," Ruiz said.