Linda Sánchez

As a leader in Congress, Linda Sánchez is a tireless advocate lowering costs for California’s working families. She is committed to strengthening our middle class, providing a safe and quality education for our children, and encouraging economic growth and job creation through innovation and manufacturing.

Trump’s administration has been lawless in every way: starting an illegal war that has driven up the cost of gas; instituting illegal tariffs that have driven up the costs of homes, cars and groceries; and gutting health care for millions of working families. Linda has been leading the charge to oppose Trump and protect Californians. She has voted to impeach Trump and been on the front lines opposing his cruel immigration policies.

The first woman member of IBEW elected to Congress and a co-founder of the Labor Caucus, Linda is dedicated to fighting for California’s workers. She champions policies to ensure that workers are safe on the job from both workplace accidents and employer intimidation and retaliation. Workers deserve good wages that help them afford to live here, and the certainty of knowing they’ll be able to retire with dignity.

Trump has turned ICE into his own personal secret police and must be stopped. Linda has refused to fund ICE’s reign of terror over our communities and fought for serious reform: body cameras to keep them accountable, rigorous hiring standards including background checks, preventing them from wearing masks to hide their identities, reinstating the sensitive locations policy to stop ICE from raiding churches and hospitals, and more.

Linda serves as a senior member on the House Committee on Ways and Means where she works on tax, trade, retirement security, and health care issues. She’s passed legislation to prevent health insurance companies from making women pay more for the same insurance that men get, and she’s fighting to pass legislation to make child care more affordable for working families.

As the top Democrat on the Trade Subcommittee, she is committed to level the playing field for American workers and bring jobs back from overseas. She’s fought to end Trump’s illegal tariffs which raised costs for everyone and harmed domestic manufacturing.

Work to lower housing, grocery, health-care, child-care, and other household costs for Southern California families.

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Passed House legislation intended to bar hedge funds from buying single-family homes and pricing families out of ownership.

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Introduced legislation to help child-care centers hire and retain qualified workers without passing those costs to parents.

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Protect and expand access to quality, affordable health care regardless of income or medical history.

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Helped pass a law barring insurers from charging women more than men for the same health coverage.

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Provide a federal tax credit for working families caring for a sick or elderly loved one at home.

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Restore federal Medicaid funding reduced by recent policy changes.

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Protect federal Affordable Care Act premium subsidies.

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Lower prescription-drug costs for patients and families.

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Ensure people cannot be denied health coverage because of a pre-existing condition.

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Maintain that elected officials are not above the law and should be held accountable for abuses of office.

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Prohibit members of Congress and their immediate families from trading corporate stocks.

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Use legislation and oversight to protect families from intimidation and inhumane treatment in federal immigration enforcement.

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Cosponsored articles of impeachment against the Secretary of Homeland Security over the department's conduct.

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Championed congressional efforts to block additional funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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Conducted congressional oversight of conditions at the Adelanto immigration detention facility.

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Led efforts that secured an inspector general investigation after federal immigration officials attempted to enter a local high school without a warrant.

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Secured more than $58 million in direct federal funding for projects in the congressional district.

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Secured $322,000 in federal funding to revitalize Constitution Park in Bellflower.

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Secured $2.2 million for Lakewood projects, including modernization of the Lakewood Sheriff's Station.

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Secured $2 million to improve and preserve Neff Park in La Mirada.

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Secured $1.7 million to modernize the Uptown Whittier Family YMCA Center.

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Secured land for construction of Lakewood's first dog park.

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