On June 30, 2023, U.S. Representative Young Kim (CA-40) joined Rep. David Valadao (CA-22) and members of the CA GOP delegation to urge Gov. Gavin Newsom to suspend the gas tax, which is set to increase by another 8 percent on July 1, 2023.
U.S. Representative Young Kim (CA-40) released the following statement on the Supreme Court striking down race-based admission programs at the University of North Carolina and Harvard University.
U.S. Representatives Young Kim (CA-40) and Robin Kelly (IL-02), co-chairs of the Maternity Care Caucus, are working together to find bipartisan policy solutions to maternal health and maternal mental health challenges.
House Foreign Affairs Indo-Pacific Subcommittee Chairwoman Young Kim (CA-40) and Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (TX-10) issued the following statement welcoming Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Congress.
On June 22, 2023, the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee passed out of markup H.R. 369, the NIST Wildland Fire Communications and Information Dissemination Act.
On June 21, 2023, U.S. Representatives Young Kim (CA-40) and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03) introduced the Protecting Moms and Infants Reauthorization Act to provide resources for pregnant and postpartum women with substance abuse disorders.
On June 21, 2023, U.S. Representative Young Kim (CA-40) introduced a bipartisan bill with Rep. Jason Crow (CO-06) to expand access to wildfire technologies.
On Friday, June 16, U.S. Representative Young Kim (CA-40) welcomed Speaker Kevin McCarthy to Orange County to meet with local and federal law enforcement hosted by Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer to discuss the ongoing increase in home invasions in Southern California by Chilean nationals as part of South American Theft Groups (SATGs).
On June 20, 2023, House Foreign Affairs Indo-Pacific Subcommittee Chairwoman Young Kim (CA-40) and Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Chairwoman Maria Salazar (FL-27) released the following statement on reports that China and Cuba are negotiating building a training facility on the island.
As first reported in the Washington Examiner, today, House Indo-Pacific Subcommittee Chairwoman Young Kim (CA-40) led Subcommittee members in a letter demanding answers from Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink for his and the State Department’s unwillingness to engage with Congress on their high-level visits to the People’s Republic of China.
U.S. Representatives Young Kim (CA-40), Lou Correa (CA-46), and Mike Levin (CA-49) from Orange County sent a letter today to Biden administration officials on the lack of enforcement of vetting requirements Chilean nationals seeking entry into the U.S. through the Department of State’s (DOS) Visa Waiver Program (VWP).
On June 1, House Foreign Affairs Indo-Pacific Subcommittee Chairwoman Young Kim (CA-40) and Ranking Member Ami Bera (CA-06) introduced a bipartisan resolution to remember the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre and condemn the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s continued crackdown on human rights and basic freedoms in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Hong Kong.
On May 31, U.S. Representative Young Kim (CA-40) voted for the Fiscal Responsibility Act (H.R. 3746) to responsibly raise the debt ceiling, reduce federal spending, and protect key government programs like Social Security, Medicare, and veterans’ benefits.
On May 24, the House Financial Services Committee passed the Increasing Financial Regulatory Accountability and Transparency Act (H.R. 3556), a bill U.S. Representative Young Kim (CA-40) helped introduce with Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy Subcommittee Chairman Andy Barr (KY-06).
On May 24, U.S. Representative Young Kim (CA-40) introduced a bipartisan bill to honor a local fallen hero who made the ultimate sacrifice defending our freedoms in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
As first reported by Fox News, today U.S. Representatives Young Kim (CA-40), Chris Pappas (NH-01), Michael Guest (MS-03), and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03) introduced the Comprehensive Southern Border Strategy Act.
On May 18, U.S. Representative Young Kim (CA-40), chairwoman of the Indo-Pacific Subcommittee, delivered opening remarks at her subcommittee hearing titled, “Standing United Standing United Against the People’s Republic of China’s Economic Aggression and Predatory Practices.”