Jobs & Economy
As an entrepreneur and small business owner for more than thirty years, I am committed to growing our economy and bringing jobs to California’s 23rd District. In Congress, I am working to eliminate wasteful spending, cut the red tape holding back small businesses, and lower taxes to encourage job growth. Now more than ever, we must find bipartisan solutions to rebuild our economy, address the root causes of income inequality, and help get employees back to work.
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For any American family, managing a budget is an essential part of keeping a household running. Adults across America sit down at their kitchen tables every month to prioritize their needs and wants, balancing the money coming in with the amount of money going out.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi should never be counted out when it comes to finding common ground with Sen. Joe Manchin on the final price tag for the $3.5 trillion reconciliation spending bill, but Republicans are holding out hope that the moderate Democrats will hold firm on paring the bill back, Rep. Jay Obernolte said on Newsmax Thursday.
U.S. Congressman Jay Obernolte (R- Hesperia) introduced H.R. 5355, the Desert Community Lands Act, on Thursday to convey a total of approximately 8,200 surface acres of land owned by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to the Town of Apple Valley and Cities of Twentynine Palms, Barstow, and Victorville.
During today’s U.S. House of Representatives Budget Committee markup of the over $4.3 trillion partisan reconciliation package, U.S. Congressman Jay Obernolte (R-Hesperia) asked the committee to include his Finding Federal Savings Committee Act in the committee’s reconciliation report. The addition was rejected on a party-line vote, but would have created a select committee in the House and Senate to reduce wasteful federal spending and make federal programs more efficient.
U.S. Congressman Jay Obernolte (CA-08) introduced H.R. 4327, the Protect American Trade Secrets Act, on Friday to help companies protect their trade secrets from theft overseas. The bill will ensure companies can sue individuals and organizations found to be stealing U.S. trade secrets, such as intellectual property (IP) theft, regardless of where they reside or may have fled to.
A bill to strengthen America’s artificial intelligence (AI) workforce introduced by Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Ranking Member Jay Obernolte (R-CA) passed the U.S. House of Representatives Science, Space, and Technology Committee on Tuesday. Ranking Member Obernolte was joined in introducing the bill late last week by Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Ranking Member Frank Lucas (R-OK), and Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX).
U.S. Congressman Jay Obernolte (R-Hesperia) introduced legislation recently to establish career pathways in computer science within the federal government. H.R.
U.S. Representative Jay Obernolte (R-Hesperia) released the following statement today ahead of President Joe Biden’s first State of the Union address:
U.S. Congressman Jay Obernolte (R-Hesperia) introduced a bill and a constitutional amendment on Friday that combined would address America’s unsustainable national debt. The United States currently has a debt of over $28 trillion; that’s $84,850 for every American citizen. H. Res. 263, the Finding Federal Savings Committee Resolution, would create reductions in federal spending by eliminating nonessential and underperforming federal programs, while Rep. Obernolte’s Balanced Budget Amendment, H.J. Res.
Congress is currently in the midst of passing one of the largest spending packages in our nation’s history.