Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Jackie Speier (CA-14) and Congressman Ruben Gallego (AZ-07) sent a letter to U.S. Army leadership today calling for the rapid public release of a study on the Army’s lessons learned from the Iraq War. Then-Army Chief of Staff Ray Odierno commissioned the study in 2013.
San Mateo, CA - Congresswoman Jackie Speier (CA-14) will host a panel discussion about overcoming sexual trauma titled “We Believe Survivors” in observance of Domestic Violence Awareness Month on Thursday, October 25, 2018 at 7 p.m. at the San Mateo City Council Chambers.
Washington, DC – Today, Representatives Jackie Speier (CA-14), Mike Bishop (MI-08), Lois Frankel (FL-21), Dan Donovan (NY-11), Brenda Lawrence (MI-14), and 11 of their colleagues sent a bipartisan letter to USA Gymnastics (USAG) and the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) regarding their concerns with recent failures of leadership within USAG.
San Mateo, CA - Congresswoman Jackie Speier (CA-14) will host a town hall about airplane noise and its impact on health and the quality of life on Tuesday, October 23, 2018 at 7 p.m. at the Skyline College Theater in San Bruno. She will be joined by Peter J. Kirsch, partner in the aviation law firm of Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell.
Washington, DC – Today, Representatives Jackie Speier (CA-14), Barbara Lee (CA-13), House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings (MD-07), and 52 of their House colleagues sent a letter to Department of Education Secretary DeVos after hearing alarming reports about the Department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Regional Offices.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Representatives Annie Kuster (D-NH), David Joyce (R-OH), Jackie Speier (D-CA), and Daniel M. Donovan, Jr.
Washington, D.C. -- Congresswoman Jackie Speier (CA-14), co-chair of the Bipartisan Congressional Ahmadiyya Muslim Caucus, released the following statement today in honor of the annual Muslims for Life blood drive. The event is held each year to recognize the loss of more than 3,000 lives in the September 11th, 2001, terrorist attacks.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representatives Jackie Speier (CA-14), Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Lois Frankel (FL-21), Brenda Lawrence (MI-14), and 62 of their Democratic colleagues sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) urging the Secretary to take immediate action to reunite families that remain separated because of the Trump Admini
San Mateo, CA - Congresswoman Jackie Speier (CA-14) today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded an additional $18.7 million to Caltrain for construction of its positive train control system (PTC). This brings the total federal contribution to PTC to nearly $90 million out of the $263 million project budget.
San Mateo, CA – Congresswoman Jackie Speier (CA-14), a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement in response to the disturbing results of the DefCon 26 Voting Village, part of an annual hacking conference held in Las Vegas from August 9-12th. Rep.