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April 27, 2022
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Nearly $30 million has been allocated in the past week for major infrastructure to start to bring safe, reliable water to residents in the east Coachella Valley, where thousands of residents live in scores of mobile home parks with toxic water wells and open sewage pits.

Issues:Health Care
April 26, 2022
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Hispanic lawmakers are urging President Joe Biden to follow through on a campaign promise to cancel student loan debt that they say falls especially hard on Hispanic and Latino Americans.

April 25, 2022
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President Biden's scheduled meeting with Hispanic Democrats touched on a series of issues affecting Latino communities, but kitchen table topics were overshadowed by the ongoing debate over the termination of Title 42.

April 25, 2022
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Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Raul Ruiz, M.D. (CA-36) met with President Biden and senior White House officials to discuss topics of critical importance to the Hispanic community and the CHC. Members shared a slate of executive actions on immigration, education, environmental justice, and healthcare.

April 21, 2022
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Residents living near the Salton Sea say they understand the much-hyped potential of the area for lithium extraction, but they want the federal government to understand the existing health concerns plaguing the community caused by the receding sea, and want to make sure the new industry doesn't exacerbate those issues.

April 14, 2022
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As guests arrived on the blue carpet for the 28th Annual Steve Chase Humanitarian Awards (aka The Chase) held in Palm Springs, California, on Saturday, April 9, the temperature hovered in the 90s until the sun set behind the San Jacinto Mountains.

Issues:Health Care
April 7, 2022
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Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Raul Ruiz, M.D. (CA-36) called on U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to identify long-term solutions to the arsenic-contaminated drinking water in mobile home parks and communities in the Eastern Coachella Valley. In a letter to EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan, Dr.

April 7, 2022
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Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz wrote a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency calling for the agency to identify long-term solutions to the arsenic-contaminated drinking water in mobile home parks and communities in the Eastern Coachella Valley.

Issues:Health Care
April 6, 2022
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Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressmen Raul Ruiz, M.D. (CA-36) and Pete Aguilar (CA-31) took to the House floor to honor the late Dr. Tom Rivera, the founder of the Inland Empire Future Leaders Program (IEFLP) and a pillar of the Inland Empire community. In 1985, Dr. Rivera and fellow educators founded IEFLP to address high drop-out rates of Hispanic youth in the Inland Empire.

April 6, 2022
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New York (CNN Business)- Leading oil company CEOs declined on Wednesday to endorse a call from Democrats to reduce dividends and share buybacks and plow the money into ramping up production instead.