Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC — In last night’s House Natural Resources Committee meeting, Congressman Gray offered an amendment to the committee’s reconciliation proposal that would have directed $8 billion in funding for water storage projects in the Central Valley. Congressman Gray was the sole Democratic vote in favor of sending the committee’s package to the House Floor for a final vote.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Adam Gray (D-Merced) met this morning with a group of over five dozen veterans from the Central Valley during their Honor Flight visit to our nation’s capital. During the group’s tour of the Capitol building, Congressman Gray addressed the group on the House Floor and escorted them to the Capitol Rotunda. Congressman Gray joined Valley Congressmen Costa, Valadao, McClintock and Fong for the meeting.
MERCED, CA — Congressman Adam Gray, a proud Merced College alumnus, returned to campus Friday for a warmup session with the College's Blue Devils baseball team ahead of his appearance in the annual Congressional Baseball Game, set for June 11 in Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Adam Gray (D-Merced) issued the following statement after voting on the SAVE Act.
“It is already illegal for non-citizens to vote in our elections. And it should be. If and when someone presents evidence, backed by the courts, of significant voter fraud, I believe we must make rooting it out the highest priority of our Department of Justice,” said Congressman Gray.
WASHINGTON, DC – As blanket tariffs disrupt our economy, markets crash and recession risks increase, Congressman Adam Gray (D-Merced) introduced his first bill in the House of Representatives today to defend America’s farmers against the effects of potential retaliation from our global trading partners.
WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Adam Gray (D-Merced) joined House Democratic Caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Vice Chair Ted Lieu (D-CA), and his colleagues Representatives Tim Kennedy (D-NY) and Andrea Salinas (D-OR) this morning to call out recent tariff threats and potential threats to the San Joaquin Valley’s agriculture industry.
WASHINGTON, DC – Last month, Congressman Adam Gray (D-Merced) joined over 200 of his colleagues to introduce the bipartisan American Dream and Promise Act of 2025.
ATWATER, CA – This week Congressman Adam Gray (D-Merced) held the inaugural Veterans Advisory Committee meeting at the Atwater Veterans Hall. It was the first in a series of meetings Congressman Gray will convene with district stakeholders, advocates and local officials.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Adam Gray (D-Merced) today spoke in favor of his amendment to the proposed budget resolution that would protect Medicaid from devastating cuts. The amendment would have prevented consideration of any legislation that would result in cuts to Medicaid in order to provide tax breaks to individuals with a net worth of one billion dollars or more. Congressman Gray’s amendment to the budget resolution was offered to the Rules Committee, but was voted down.
WASHINGTON, DC – The University of California, Merced has just been named an R1 research institution, the most prestigious designation from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. Of nearly 4,000 doctoral-granting universities in the nation, only 187 have been awarded R1 status for superior research and doctorate programs. UC Merced joins this exclusive group after just 20 years of operation and is the only R1 institution in California’s Central Valley.