Thursday, Reps. George Whitesides (D-CA), Vince Fong (R-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), and Judy Chu (D-CA) introduced legislation honoring the 50th anniversary of the rollout of the Space Shuttle Enterprise, the first orbiter built for NASA’s space shuttle program. Enterprise debuted from the Rockwell International plant in Palmdale, California, on Sept. 17, 1976. Rep. Whitesides’ resolution also highlights ...

A fatal crash occurred Monday, June 15th, at Edwards Air Force Base in Kern County, killing the crew members on board. The aircraft was conducting a routine test mission and was carrying 8 people: Weapon systems officers Col. Gregory Watson (53), Col. Gabriel Estrella (40) and Maj. Alexander Davis (34); pilots Maj. Robert Dee (40), Maj. Brad Hovey (35) and ...

On Tuesday, during National Police Week, Representative George Whitesides (CA-27) introduced new legislation to restore federal funding for law enforcement hiring grants to their original level, fully funding the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program that has hired thousands of officers across the country.  The COPS Reauthorization Act restores more than $1 billion in federal funding annually through ...

This week, Rep. George Whitesides led a business roundtable with BizFed, which represents over 240 businesses across Los Angeles County. Rep. Whitesides heard from local business leaders about the issues they are currently facing, and discussed the ways he’s fighting for jobs and economic opportunity in Congress.  “I spent a decade growing a business that created 700 jobs in our ...

On Monday, Representative George Whitesides joined members of the Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency to announce a new $1 million federal investment that will help remove dangerous PFAS chemicals from the community’s drinking water. PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” are unhealthy toxins that exist in the groundwater supply and can cause major health problems if not properly treated. Rep. Whitesides stated ...

Friday, Rep. George Whitesides joined clinicians and staff at the Samuel Dixon Family Health Center (SDFHC) in Newhall to highlight the potential harms posed by the recently passed federal budget, and how it could impact their clinic and local patients. “I opposed the harmful budget bill in July because I knew how many of my constituents and local health care ...

On Tuesday, Rep. George Whitesides (CA-27) sounded the alarm on the potential closing of the Quartz Hill Post Office, demanding answers from Postmaster General David Steiner on the scope, reasoning, and impact of this decision. “Closing a local, profitable post office that helps tens of thousands of my constituents is completely unacceptable, and will force Quartz Hill residents to travel ...