Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz is in Washington, D.C. pushing to end the reckless government shutdown and protect affordable health care for hardworking families.
This morning, he participated in a Democratic Steering and Policy Committee hearing to stand up for the millions of Americans who depend on the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced premium tax credits to access lifesaving care. Those credits expire at the end of 2025 if Congress fails to act.
Brawley, CA – Today, Congressman Raul Ruiz, M.D. (CA-25), hosted a dedication ceremony officially designating the United States Postal Service facility at 401 Main Street in Brawley, California, as the “Walter Francis Ulloa Memorial Post Office Building.”
Palm Desert, CA – Today, Congressman Raul Ruiz introduced the Home Energy Assistance in Times of Shutdown Act (HEATS Act), legislation that ensures families in need can continue receiving critical home energy assistance, even during a government shutdown like the one currently impacting families in California’s 25th district.
Congressman Ruiz: You know, I believe the Bill of Rights defines the core of our country, and I hope my Republican colleagues recognize their importance. They certainly recognize the importance of the Second Amendment, but you can’t have the second if you don’t have the First Amendment.
Washington, D.C. – The Democratic Doctors Caucus, comprised of U.S. Representatives Ami Bera (CA-06), Herbert Conaway (NJ-03), Maxine Dexter (OR-03), Kelly Morrison (MI-03), Raul Ruiz (CA-25), and Kim Schrier (WA-08), is calling for the resignation of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., citing repeated actions that have undermined evidence-based public health guidance and jeopardized the health and safety of the American people.
Washington, D.C. — Today, Congressional Doctors and U.S. Representatives Ami Bera (CA-06), Maxine Dexter (OR-03), Kelly Morrison (MI-03), Raul Ruiz (CA-25), and Kim Schrier (WA-08) sent a letter urging the Trump Administration to take immediate and sustained action to address the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Gaza. The letter highlights the extreme hunger, mass displacement, and near-collapse of Gaza’s health care system, which has left millions of civilians in desperate need of food, water, medical care, and safe shelter.
Palm Desert, CA – Today Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz (CA-25) issued the following statement:
“The extreme hunger and starvation unfolding in Gaza is a dire humanitarian emergency. Reports of Palestinians—including children—dying from hunger and malnutrition are heartbreaking and unacceptable. This is a man-made crisis, and urgent action is needed. Time is of the essence. Every day that food, water, and life-saving medical care are blocked from reaching civilians, more lives will be lost, especially children.
Washington, D.C. – A dozen individual members of the U.S. House of Representatives have sued the Trump-Vance administration, challenging its unlawful obstruction of congressional oversight that the members have sought to conduct at federal immigration detention facilities, in which both citizens and noncitizens have been detained without due process.
Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, U.S. Representatives Dr. Raul Ruiz (CA-25) and Norma J. Torres (CA-35) sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem condemning DHS for unlawfully obstructing and delaying Members of Congress seeking to conduct oversight visits to immigration detention facilities operated by DHS and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Palm Desert, CA – Today, U.S. Representatives Dr. Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Mariannette Miller-Meeks, M.D. (R-IA), and Gwen Moore (D-WI) introduced the Treat and Reduce Obesity Act (TROA), bipartisan legislation to combat the obesity crisis in the United States by providing regular screenings.