Press Releases
U.S. Congressman Jay Obernolte (R-Hesperia) has cosponsored H.R. 5255, the Advancing Toward Impact Aid Full Funding Act, to ensure public schools impacted by federal activity, including schools on or near military bases, on reservation land, or near national parks and federal lands, receive the full funding to which they’re entitled.
This week the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill cosponsored by Rep. Jay Obernolte (R-CA) to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 13 U.S. military servicemembers who were killed in Afghanistan on August 26, 2021. The bipartisan bill introduced alongside Congresswoman Lisa McClain (R-MI) and others passed the House of Representatives with unanimous support.
U.S. Congressman Jay Obernolte (R- Hesperia) has been awarded a position on the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Energy. As a member of this subcommittee, Congressman Obernolte will be in a critical position to help shape the nation’s energy research and development.
U.S. Congressman Jay Obernolte (CA-08) joined with the Congressional Western Caucus and Senate Western Caucus on Wednesday to introduce the “Western Conservation Principles,” a holistic, outcome-based conservation proposal to serve as a counterpoint to the Biden Administration’s controversial “30 by 30 initiative” and America the Beautiful Report.
U.S. Congressman Jay Obernolte’s (R-Hesperia) bill to establish career pathways in computer science within the federal government passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday – the first legislation introduced by Rep. Obernolte to pass as a stand-alone bill. The Federal Career Opportunities in Computer Science Work Act, H.R. 3533, improves national security and speeds technological advancement by improving the federal government’s ability to recruit and retain computer technology experts.
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.
The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday night, forwarding key initiatives led by U.S. Congressman Jay Obernolte (R-Hesperia) for military installations in California’s 8th District. The bill includes $45 million requested by Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms to construct the long-awaited wastewater treatment plant that will serve both the base and the Twentynine Palms community.
U.S. Congressman Jay Obernolte (CA-08) is inviting middle and high school students from California’s 8th District to participate in the 2021 Congressional App Challenge. The annual competition is a non-partisan congressional initiative to encourage middle and high school students to pursue an interest in STEM and computer science.
U.S. Congressman Jay Obernolte (CA-08) and 32 members of the U.S. House of Representatives have called on Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky to publicly lay out the science behind their decision to recommend children wear masks in school.