CA · DISTRICT 34

Jimmy Gomez

DemocratCaliforniaCurrently serving

Sworn in for the 119th Congress on January 3, 2025 Source ↗

What they said 6

Their stated policy positions and commitments, with quotes and links to the original sources.

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Energy & environment

Climate action and clean energy

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Gomez supports legislative action to address climate change and transition to renewable energy. He cosponsored the Green New Deal and Climate Emergency Resolution, and sponsored bills aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and moving toward 100 percent renewable energy by 2035. He also supported home energy-efficiency measures and a tax credit for used clean vehicles.

Context: The passage does not specify the mechanisms or scope of the emissions-reduction bills; it describes some home-efficiency and vehicle tax-credit provisions as enacted.

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Economy, taxes & work

Workers’ right to organize

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Gomez supports protecting and expanding workers’ right to organize without corporate interference. He cosponsored the PRO Act, which is intended to strengthen those rights. He also cosponsored the Empowering Striking Workers Act, which would allow striking workers to access unemployment benefits and prevent employers from using financial pressure to weaken strikes.

Context: The passage describes these as cosponsored bills, not enacted laws.

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Economy, taxes & work

Paid leave and child tax credit

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Gomez supports paid family and sick leave, an expanded child tax credit, and lower child care costs. He cosponsored the American Family Act, which would create a higher-value, fully refundable child tax credit paid in monthly advances directly to families. He also founded the Congressional Dad’s Caucus to advance these family policies.

Context: The passage describes the American Family Act as proposed legislation and does not specify the amount of the credit.

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Housing

Monthly rent assistance

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Gomez supports providing monthly payments to low- and middle-income households burdened by rent. He is described as the principal architect of the Rent Relief Act, which would provide those payments directly to renters. He also founded and chairs the Congressional Renters Caucus, which works to increase rental assistance and the supply of rental housing and remove discriminatory barriers.

Context: The Rent Relief Act is described as introduced legislation; the passage does not specify payment amounts or other eligibility rules.

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Healthcare Civil rights & justice

Abortion and reproductive rights

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Gomez supports protecting abortion as a legal right nationwide. He cosponsored and voted for the Women’s Health Protection Act to codify abortion rights in federal law. He also cosponsored legislation to prevent states from restricting residents who travel to another state for abortion care, to fund travel and related support, and to protect access to contraception.

Context: The passage describes these measures as cosponsored or supported, not enacted.

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Healthcare

Medicare for All

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Jimmy Gomez supports passing Medicare for All to provide health care coverage so that no one goes without care. He has cosponsored the Medicare for All Act and founded the Medicare for All Caucus. He also introduced the Choose Medicare Act, which would require public health insurance plans with high-quality coverage, including reproductive care.

Context: The passage presents Medicare for All as a goal and describes the Choose Medicare Act as introduced legislation; it does not say these proposals have become law.