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WASHINGTON, DC – On the 60^th anniversary of the establishment of Medicare and Medicaid, Congressman Adam Gray (CA-13) introduced legislation to restore funding to critical Medicaid and ACA programs. Cuts to Medicaid and ACA programs included in the partisan reconciliation bill signed by President Trump in July threaten health coverage for 15 million Americans, including nearly 420,000 people in Congressman Gray’s district who rely on Medicaid (known as Medi-Cal in California). 

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Adam Gray’s STRIVE Act to limit copay costs for veterans at VA health clinics passed with unanimous consent out of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs this week. The bill was recommended favorably by a voice vote, with no opposition from any member of the committee. The committee’s vote renders the bill eligible to be brought to the House Floor for a vote.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Adam Gray (CA-13) recently cosponsored the bipartisan Federally Integrated Species Health (FISH) Act led by Congressman Ken Calvert (CA-41). The bill would consolidate management and regulation of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) within the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). Under current law, ESA authority is shared by FWS and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).

DOS PALOS, CA – The Bureau of Reclamation has announced they will award $93 million to the Arroyo Canal Fish Screen and Sack Dam Fish Bypass Project near Dos Palos. The construction contract will further Bureau efforts to secure water access for Central Valley users and improve fish passage in the region.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Adam Gray (D-Merced) today joined a bipartisan group of his colleagues to reintroduce the Dignity Act, a historic, comprehensive immigration reform bill. The legislation addresses legal status and grants protection to undocumented immigrants, invests in border security infrastructure, and overhauls our visa and asylum systems to relieve the backlog.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Adam Gray (D-Merced) and Congresswoman Shontel Brown (D-OH), both members of the House Committee on Agriculture, led a letter earlier this month to USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins demanding answers about why the USDA delayed the publication of the Quarterly Agricultural Trade Report and why the late report was incomplete when delivered after its deadline.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressmen Adam Gray (D-Merced) and Randy Feenstra (R-Iowa) today introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to give producers fairer market prices for their livestock through disaster assistance programs. The Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) Improvement Act would require the Farm Service Agency to more regularly update the LIP payment rates that dictate livestock market prices.