Office of Sen. Kamala D. Harris

WASHINGTON, D.C. July 26, 2019 – U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) released a statement Thursday after the Senate Intelligence Committee released the first volume of its report on Russian interference in the 2016 election: “The facts are clear: The Russian government mounted a deliberate and systematic attack on America’s election infrastructure in 2016. This […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. July 23, 2019 — U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) and U.S. Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-10), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, on Tuesday introduced the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act, one of the most comprehensive marijuana reform bills ever introduced in the U.S. Congress. “Times have changed — marijuana should not be a crime,” […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. July 15, 2019 – U.S. Senators Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) on Friday joined Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and 19 of their colleagues in sending a letter to Dr. James Reilly, the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), to express their concern over recent reports that USGS will […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. June 27, 2019 – U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) on Wednesday joined Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and 22 of their colleagues in introducing the first ever bipartisan U.S. Senate resolution to honor the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. Stonewall is an important moment in American […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. June 14, 2019 – U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) joined Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and 16 of their colleagues in opposing the State Department’s decision to reject requests from four embassies to fly a rainbow flag on embassy flagpoles in commemoration of Pride month. Noting this year’s State Department Human Rights […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. June 11, 2019– U.S. Senators Kamala D. Harris (D-CA), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), and Bob Casey (D-PA) on Tuesday reintroduced the Focus on Children Act and the Children’s Budget Act, a package of bills aimed at increasing transparency about federal investment in the health and well-being of our children. The legislation, introduced during Children’s Week 2019, would require the […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. May 14, 2019 — U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) on Tuesday reintroduced the Outdoors for All Act, legislation to help communities around the country construct and improve parks and other outdoor recreational spaces, particularly in underserved communities that lack access to outdoor recreation areas. Currently, one in three Americans do not live […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. May 9, 2019 – U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) on Wednesday joined Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), along with 17 of their colleagues, in writing to Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan raising concerns over the expanding mission of active duty servicemembers deployed to the southern border. The senators demanded a legal justification […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. April 18, 2019— U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris (D-CA), a member of the Senate Intelligence and Judiciary Committees, released a statement Thursday responding to Attorney General William Barr’s press conference this morning: “The Attorney General’s press conference today should concern us all, filled with political spin and propaganda. He acted more like the president’s […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. April 9, 2019 – U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) on Tuesday reintroduced the Rent Relief Act, legislation to provide much-needed support to middle class and working Americans who are struggling to keep up with the rising cost of rent. The legislation creates a new, refundable tax credit for households whose housing costs […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. April 8, 2019 – U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) on Monday joined Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), along with fourteen of their Senate colleagues, in calling for the reinstatement of an Obama-era policy ordering most pregnant women to be released from immigration detention. In a letter to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. March 28, 2019 – Following his confirmation hearing Thursday in the Energy and Natural Resources committee, a coalition of 15 East and West Coast senators, led by Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) and Bob Menendez (D-NJ), announced their intent to vote “NO” on David Bernhardt’s nomination for Interior Secretary due, at least in part, […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. March 22, 2019 – U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) on Friday released a statement following reports that Special Counsel Robert Mueller transmitted his report on foreign interference in the 2016 election to the Attorney General: “We need total transparency here. The Department of Justice launched the Special Counsel investigation to get to the bottom […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. March 11, 2019 — U.S. Senators Kamala D. Harris and Dianne Feinstein (both D-CA) have sent a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, asking the Committee not to move forward with a hearing on Kenneth Lee’s nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In the letter, the […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. Feb. 7, 2019 — Today, U.S. Senators Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) and Ron Wyden (D-OR), along with Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Edward Markey (D-MA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), re-introduced the Families Not Facilities Act, legislation […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. Jan. 30, 2019 – Today, U.S. Senators Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Tom Udall (D-N.M.) introduced the Full Fair and Complete Exchange Act, legislation that would prohibit the federal government from taking possession of land for border infrastructure until all persons or entities entitled to compensation are remunerated in full. The bill […]