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Congressional Western Caucus Members participated in a policy roundtable on Thursday hosted by the Western Caucus Foundation at the Young America's Foundation's Ronald Reagan Center in Santa Barbara, California to discuss important issues facing the West.

U.S. Congressman Jay Obernolte (R-Hesperia) introduced the H.R. 3649, the Mono Lake Kutadika’a Paiute Tribal Recognition Act on Tuesday to grant federal recognition to the Mono Lake Kutzadika’a tribe as a distinct Native American Tribe. The legislation, originally introduced by former Rep.

An Orange County judge rejected the relocation order of sexually violent predator Lawtis Rhoden to Twentynine Palms on Thursday afternoon in a major victory for the Twentynine Palms Community. U.S. Congressman Jay Obernolte (R-Hesperia) and several other local officials testified in a court hearing on Friday, May 22 against the tentative relocation order.

On Friday, Representative Jay Obernolte (R-Hesperia) presented the following testimony at the placement hearing for Orange County sexually violent predator Lawtis Rhoden who has tentatively been ordered to relocate into Twentynine Palms:

May 21, 2021

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WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Ranking Member on the Investigations and Oversight Subcommittee at the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, introduced H.R. 3284, the Next Generation Computing Research and Development Act, to accelerate advanced scientific computing programs at the Department of Energy (DOE).

Today, Representative Mike Garcia (CA-25), Kevin McCarthy (CA-23), Jay Obernolte (CA-08), and Ken Calvert (CA-42) led a letter from the California Republican Congressional Delegation to U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Attorney General Merrick Garland regarding the dangerous increase of illegal marijuana grows in southern Californian.

U.S. Representative Jay Obernolte (R-Hesperia) released the following statement today ahead of President Joe Biden’s first State of the Union address:

Yesterday, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Ranking Member Frank Lucas and Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight Ranking Member Jay Obernolte sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control requesting information on the scientific basis for the Biden Administration’s decision to pause use of the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine: