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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.
A crowd of people enjoyed a chance to celebrate a hometown history in the making — and at the Courthouse Museum, no less.
Adam Gray — a native Mercedian who went from being in the first graduating class of Golden Valley High School to the halls of the State Capitol as a member of the Assembly — took the Oath of Office on Jan. 30 as the new congressman to represent Merced County and the rest of District 13 in the U.S. House of Representatives.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Adam Gray (D-Merced) was assigned to the House Committees on Agriculture and Natural Resources. Congressman Gray will sit on the Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittees on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry, Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development, and Forestry and Horticulture, and the Natural Resources Committee’s Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries.
WASHINGTON, DC – As the 119th Congress begins, Congressman Adam Gray (D-Merced) has been appointed to the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committees by his colleagues on the House Steering and Policy Committee. While a member of these committees, Congressman Gray will represent the nation's largest agricultural valley as Congress drafts legislation related to irrigation, water storage, food production and issues impacting farmers and ranchers.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Adam Gray (D-CA) was sworn in as a Member of the United States House of Representatives. Congressman Gray previously served as a member of the California State Assembly and will now represent California’s Central Valley in Congress, including Merced County and portions of Madera, Stanislaus, Fresno and San Joaquin Counties. Upon taking the oath of office, Congressman Gray released the following statement.
Republicans are set to control the House of Representatives by the skin of their teeth, and if they want to pass any type of meaningful legislation they'll either need a newfound sense of discipline, or democratic help. Jonathan talks to Representative-Elect Adam Gray, a democrat who won a nailbiter race in California, about his plans for the 119th Congress.