Rep. Gil Cisneros

Yesterday, I joined my colleagues to correct bigoted attempts to rename bases after confederate secessionists. Instead of improving military quality of life, Republicans would rather spend their time glorifying the legacies of people who took up arms against the United States.

Recruiting didn’t go up because we changed the Department of Defense to the Department of War. It went up because we started investing in recruiting again, plain and simple.

Recruiting didn’t go up because we changed the Department of Defense to the Department of War. It went up because we started investing in recruiting again, plain and simple.

When I was at the Pentagon as the Undersecretary of Personnel and Readiness, every promotion for every general and flag officer in the U.S. military came across my desk. Never did we ever talk about quotas for race or gender. Everything that the military does has been based on merit.

The Trump battleship isn’t what the Navy wants or needs. It’s another fool’s gold vanity project that Trump can stick his name on. This is a waste of taxpayer money that helps no one.

I spoke about the importance of leveling the playing field for small businesses to enter, compete, and succeed in the federal defense market at today’s @HSBCDems hearing.

CA-31 residents are struggling to access affordable housing amidst the current housing crisis. This administration’s chaotic economic policies are only making that harder.

Under Trump’s leadership, the DOJ has turned into his own personal law firm. This week, he announced the creation of a $1.8 billion slush fund to protect his political allies, including the violent rioters and insurrectionists who stormed the Capitol on January 6.

Small business owners are the backbone of our economy, and we must give them the support they need to succeed. That’s why I co-lead the Protecting Small Business Competitions Act to safeguard small businesses and protect their right to compete for government contracts.

This week, I asked the Air Force Secretary how he plans to replace the California Air National Guard’s aging F-15 fighter jet fleet. I’m proud to advocate for our servicemembers in California and I’m committed to expanding their access to this country’s best modern aircrafts.

I proudly support the trans community and I will always defend their right to live as who they are.

At yesterday’s House Armed Services Committee hearing, I pressed the Commander of U.S. Africa Command, General Anderson, on why this administration dismantled USAID and how that affects our regional diplomacy. The president is alienating our key allies and leaving a void for our competitors to fill.

At today’s @democrats-armedservices.house.gov hearing, I pressed the Chief of Navy Operations, Admiral Daryl Caudle, on what concerns he shared with the Secretary of Defense for the deployment extension of the USS Ford.

As a Catholic, I reject the president’s treatment of the first American Pope. I joined @CNN.com yesterday to express my agreement with the Pope’s stance against Trump’s illegal war on Iran.

The American people are fed up with Trump’s illegal war on Iran and the sky-high gas prices it’s causing. I joined @CNN.com today to call for an end to the president’s expensive and unpopular war.

It’s time to get this long overdue policy change across the finish line and pass my bill, the Duty Status Reform Act.

The last thing the American people want is another long, drawn-out, expensive war abroad. I joined @cnn.com yesterday to call for an end to the unpopular war on Iran.

Medicine, gas, and food prices are sky-high and getting higher—thanks to the Trump Admin’s erratic policies. I spoke with @CNN.com this morning about what we can do to bring prices back down to earth.

Under this administration’s policies, the economy is failing small businesses and working Americans. At yesterday’s House Small Business Committee hearing, I highlighted how people are being forced into gig work to make ends meet.

As the Former Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, I know firsthand how the overly complicated and confusing duty status system denies our servicemembers the fair compensation and benefits they’ve earned.

This week, I celebrated the nine schools across San Gabriel Valley selected as 2026 California Distinguished Schools.

TSA agents aren’t getting paid and tens of thousands of Americans are stuck in hours long security lines. The House could end this TODAY. But Speaker Johnson doesn’t want to.