Press Releases

Today, Congressman McCarthy announced that the Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate Rocket Propulsion Division’s (AFRL Rocket Lab) Test Stand 1-C at Edwards Air Force Base will be reactivated. The U.S. Department of Defense Test Resource Management Center (TRMC) will allocate $10.2 million for the refurbishment of Test Stand 1-C, an important testing facility, to support the development of solid rocket motors and launch vehicle systems.

U.S. Congressmen Jay Obernolte (R-Hesperia) and Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) introduced H.R. 7811, the Artificial Intelligence for National Security Act to ensure better security of DOD computer systems through AI enabled cybersecurity programs.

Today, Congressman David G. Valadao, Congressman Jay Obernolte and members of the California Republican delegation again called on the state to take immediate action to suspend the gas tax, which is now set to increase by 3 cents per gallon on July 1, 2022.

Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) announced U.S. Rep. Jay Obernolte (R-Calif.) as acting ranking member of the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States. The late U.S. Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) formerly held the position until his passing in March 2022.

U.S. Congressman Jay Obernolte (R-CA) has joined U.S. House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-AK) and committee colleagues in sponsoring a series of six bills to unleash America’s domestic energy potential, restart onshore and offshore lease sales, and require the timely issuance of permits to drill.

U.S. Congressman Jay Obernolte (R-Hesperia) presented High Desert resident Carolyn Hodgson with her husband’s Purple Heart medal in a ceremony at Rep. Obernolte’s Hesperia office on Monday. The medal, awarded to U.S. Army Private First Class Robert Hodgson for wounds sustained during the Korean War, was issued by the U.S.

U.S. Representatives Jay Obernolte (CA-08) and Sara Jacobs (CA-53) today introduced the bipartisan H.R. 7138, Protecting Against Compromised IOT Technology Act to protect American consumers and businesses from products that could be manipulated or compromised by foreign actors.

Congressman Jay Obernolte’s (R-Hesperia) Japanese American WWII History Network Act (H.R. 6434) passed the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday with broad bipartisan support after gaining rapid momentum in the House Natural Resources Committee. The bill will create a Japanese American World War II History Network administered by the National Park Service to interconnect sites across the country related to the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans and to increase recognition of this human rights tragedy which occurred on U.S.