
Every year, 4.8 million women are the targets of intimate partner-related physical assaults and rapes. Less than twenty percent seek out medical attention following these attacks...

Recently “Team California,” led by the 15th District’s own Santa Clara University, placed a third in the U.S. Department of Energy’s 2009 Solar Decathlon. The astonishing part of this achievement is that Team California was the only undergraduate-led team in the competition. The wo...

Earlier this week, President Obama signed into law the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, as part of the National Defense Authorization Act...

Since the economy nearly collapsed last Fall, Congress has taken swift and deliberate action to prevent a catastrophe and restore economic growth...

One of the fundamental parts of our immigration system is the family reunification process. Sadly, families are not often talked about in the immigration debate...

On October 13, 2009, thousands of people rallied around the nation in support of comprehensive immigration reform. At the Washington D.C...

The House of Representatives recently passed H.R. 3548, the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act. Enjoying broad bipartisan support, H.R. 3548 will provide up to 13 additional weeks of unemployment benefits to workers in high unemployment states who are about to run out of benefits...

With flu season underway, I want to ensure that all of my constituents are doing everything they can to stay healthy. To that effect, I want to reference some excellent information provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding this years flu season...

Last week, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed H.R. 3631, the Medicare Premium Fairness Act. H.R. 3631 will protect 11 million seniors and cash-strapped states from unfair increases in their 2010 Medicare Part B premiums...

Congressman Mike Honda (right) delivers Gilroy garlic to Republican Minority Leader John Boehner Yesterday, Republican Minority Leader John Boehner compared the public option's popularity to a garlic milkshake...

This week, the House approved H.R. 3221, the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act. H.R. 3221 represents the single largest investment in aid to help students and families pay for college in history, at no cost to taxpayers...

I recently held my third Telephone Town Hall to discuss health care reform. The Telephone Town Hall allowed me to connect with thousands of constituents to talk about the state of health care in California and across our nation...

Ends Discrimination for Pre-Existing ConditionsEnds Dropping of Coverage for Seriously IllEnds Exorbitant Deductibles or Co-PaysEnds Annual or Lifetime Caps on CoverageGuarantees Insurance Renewal A constituent recently called into my district office with this comment,...

As an educator in Silicon Valley for over 30 years, I have always been a strong advocate for students and their families and worked to make our education system and policies work for our students...













