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Rep. Jim Costa (D–Fresno) and Rep. Adam Gray (D–Merced) have introduced legislation that would help build medical schools to provide more physicians in underserved areas.
They introduced the bill into the House of Representatives, while Senators Alex Padilla (D–CA) and Tim Kaine (D–VA) introduced the Senate version of the bill.
The big picture: The bill, titled the Expanding Medical Education Act, would provide federal grants to colleges by prioritizing minority-serving institutions, as well as those located in rural and underserved areas.
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- This open lot of dirt may not look like much now, but UC Merced said it'll develop into a new medical education building by Fall 2026.
But it's one of the very few options for students looking to get into the medical field.
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 – 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.
As the Trump administration cracks down on illegal immigration, California farm groups are working behind the scenes to influence legislative measures that would ensure a stable supply of laborers for the state’s farms and ranches, an industry long reliant on a foreign-born workforce.
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.