Press Releases
Last COVID-19 relief package required public and private sector employers to offer emergency paid leave, but excluded public employers from the payroll tax credits available to offset this federal mandate.
Letter asks why Office of Rural Affairs lacks full-time director, staff, and what SBA is doing to help rural businesses during pandemic
This week, Rep. TJ Cox (CA-21) and a bipartisan coalition delivered a letter to Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Jovita Carranza. The Office of Rural Affairs, which Rep. Cox pressured SBA to re-open, currently lacks a full-time director during the most urgent health and economic crisis of most of our lifetimes. Leading the letter with Rep.
Today, Rep. TJ Cox joined several representatives in signing a bipartisan, bicameral letter urging the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to take the concerns of rural healthcare centers seriously.
White House plan to ease social distancing based on conjectural data would endanger low-income, rural communities
On Thursday, Rep. TJ Cox (CA-21) and Rep. Norma Torres (CA-35) led their colleagues in warning the Trump administration that it lacks the COVID-19 test data needed to implement its planned county-by-county risk classification.
This Thursday, Rep. TJ Cox (CA-21), will host a telebriefing conference call with local Small Business Administration (SBA) officials in order to help small businesses in 21st Congressional District of California navigate the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
"Our sailors deserve better. The acting secretary should step down.”
Today, Rep. TJ Cox (CA-21) reacted to the abrupt removal of the commanding officer of the USS Roosevelt and subsequent unacceptable statements by Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly:
“No bill is perfect, but this is a good start”
Today, Congressman TJ Cox (CA-21) traveled to Washington, DC and passed historic Families and Workers-First legislation, which will provide relief to millions of Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic. This bill will now go to the President’s desk for his signature.
Waiver will speed access and care to Central Valley Medi-Cal enrollees
Yesterday, the US Department of Health & Human Services granted the State of California several key waivers under federal Section 1135 through the duration of the COVID-19 emergency.