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– U.S. Congressman Jay Obernolte (R-Hesperia) secured important wins for High Desert military bases and surrounding communities in the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act passed by the U.S. House of Representatives this week. A provision authored by Congressman Obernolte to increase support services on remote and isolated bases was included in the base text of the bill sent to the House floor for approval, while an amendment introduced by Rep.
U.S. Congressman Jay Obernolte (R-CA) has partnered with House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-IL) in cosponsoring H.R. 4278, the Restore Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Accountability Act, which was introduced on Friday. The bill comes in direct response to an ongoing joint investigation conducted by Rep. Obernolte and Chairman Bost into a flood of credible whistleblower reports alleging a hostile work environment at VA Loma Linda.
U.S. Congressman Jay Obernolte (R-CA) recognized Yucaipa resident Nicole Seheult with a certificate presentation in the U.S. Capitol Building in recognition of her achievement of the Congressional Award Gold Medal. Nicole traveled to Washington, D.C. this week for the Gold Medal Ceremony, where she was presented with her award at a ceremony in the Capitol Building.
Last November, when the artificial intelligence platform ChatGPT launched, an old science fiction question suddenly became very real: How long until the machines are smarter than the humans?
Today, Representatives Mike Garcia (R-CA) and Jay Obernolte (R-CA) introduced the Improving Atmospheric River Forecasts Act, which would establish a program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to improve the forecasting of atmospheric rivers, powerful storms that carry the risk of severe flooding and snowfall that caused substantial damage across the state this year.
The words “we have a deal” echoed through the halls of Congress after 97 days of waiting for the White House to engage in negotiations, several weeks of intense talks, and decades of out-of-control government spending that had been left completely unchecked.
The final product of those negotiations was named the Fiscal Responsibility Act, a bill to raise the debt ceiling until January 2025 while enacting measures to reduce non-defense spending and shrink the deficit without raising taxes. This is the first debt ceiling increase in the last decade that achieves all of these goals.
U.S. Congressman Jay Obernolte (R-Hesperia) released the following statement on the passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023:
Here’s an easy prediction about how artificial intelligence will impact Southern California over the next 25 years: It won’t look anything like Skynet.
U.S. Congressman Jay Obernolte (R-Hesperia) spoke to leaders in the cement industry on Wednesday about the importance of unleashing American innovation and empowering industries to take the lead driving the American economy towards higher efficiency and lower emissions.
U.S. Congressman Jay Obernolte (R-Hesperia) introduced a new bill to bolster rural broadband access for rural and federally land-locked communities including CA-23 this week. H.R. 3340, the Granting Remaining Applications Not Treated Efficiently or Delayed (GRANTED) Act, incentivizes expeditious approval of applications to place broadband infrastructure on federal land by granting automatic approval of any application still pending following the current 270-day deadline.