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PFC Hodgson widow Carolyn with Rep. Obernolte at Purple Heart presentation
March 23, 2022

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.

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March 21, 2022

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.

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Manzanar
March 18, 2022

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.

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March 16, 2022

U.S. Congressman Jay Obernolte (CA-08) joined Rep. David Valadao (CA-21) and the entire California House Republican delegation on Monday in a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom requesting that he temporarily suspend the California gas tax to combat the impact of rising gas prices on California families. Monday, the California State Assembly held a vote on suspending California’s gas tax for half a year, which failed on a party-line vote.

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March 8, 2022

Ranking Member Jay Obernolte (R-CA) and Chairman Bill Foster (D-IL) of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight have introduced H.R.

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March 6, 2022

(INSIDE CALIFORNIA POLITICS) — Rep. Jay Obernolte, R-Big Bear Lake, joined Inside California Politics’ Frank Buckley to discuss President Biden’s State of the Union address and the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Manzanar
February 17, 2022

H.R. 6434, a bill to protect the history of Japanese American internment during World War II authored by U.S. Congressman Jay Obernolte (R-CA), passed the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources on Wednesday and now awaits a vote on the House floor.

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Manzanar
January 27, 2022

U.S. Representative Jay Obernolte introduced a new bill on Thursday to protect and promote the history of Japanese American mass incarceration during World War II through a new network of historic sites administered by the National Park Service. The bill, H.R. 6434, has gained rapid traction in the U.S. House of Representatives, with a hearing already scheduled for February 3 in the House Natural Resources Committee.

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Rep. Obernolte speaks on House floor.
December 22, 2021

Madam Speaker – I rise today to oppose this $2.5 trillion debt limit increase which this Congress is voting on without any discussion of how this debate will ever be repaid.

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Rep. Obernolte at MAGTFTC/MCAGCC Twentynine Palms
December 22, 2021

The updated National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which will be signed into law in the coming days includes key initiatives for military instillations in California’s 8th District. The bill also includes U.S.