Press Releases
Chairman Aguilar: Trump’s extreme agenda is hurting veterans
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar joined Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark, the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee and Members of the House Democratic Caucus for a hearing on the Trump Administration’s attacks on veterans, their health care and their earned benefits. CHAIRMAN AGUILAR: Thank you so much. I want to thank our witnesses, our guests. Thank you for your service and your commitment to our country. To my … Continue Reading
April 08, 2025
Chairman Aguilar: Republican incompetence is crashing the economy with reckless tariffs
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar and Vice Chair Ted Lieu were joined by Representatives Adam Gray, Tim Kennedy and Andrea Salinas for a press conference on the reckless Republican tariffs that are crashing the economy and draining the retirement accounts of Americans. CHAIRMAN AGUILAR: Good morning. Pleased to be joined with Representatives Gray, Kennedy and Salinas here today. On behalf of the Vice Chair and I, we also are pleased to welcome the Los … Continue Reading
April 01, 2025
Chairman Aguilar: Trump, Musk attacks have upended Social Security in just two months
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee held a hearing examining Republican efforts to gut social security benefits to pay for tax cuts for billionaires. CHAIRMAN AGUILAR: Thank you so much, Ranking Member Neal, for your leadership. And I want to thank Co-Chair Kelly and our colleagues on the Steering and Policy Committee for holding this important conversation. Our witness … Continue Reading
April 01, 2025
Chairman Aguilar: Trump’s incompetence is jeopardizing our national security, crashing the economy and dismantling Social Security
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar was joined by House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Ranking Member Jim Himes, House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Adam Smith and Rep. Chrissy Houlahan for a press conference on the Trump Administration national security team sharing classified information in a group chat, and how that same incompetence is leading America towards a recession. CHAIRMAN AGUILAR: Good morning. It has become increasingly … Continue Reading
March 25, 2025
Chairman Aguilar: The Republican Recession is becoming more and more likely
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar joined Vice Chair Ted Lieu for a press conference on the economy heading towards a recession while House Republicans stay silent. CHAIRMAN AGUILAR: Good morning. I'm always pleased to be joined with the Vice Chair of the Democratic Caucus, Ted Lieu. We just left a successful Caucus meeting and had a productive conversation today. Many of our Members will be heading to Tucson tomorrow to pay respects for our colleague, Raul … Continue Reading
March 20, 2025
Chairman Aguilar: House Democrats are focused on protecting the American people and driving down costs
FOSTER CITY, CA — Today, House Democratic Chair Pete Aguilar appeared on CNN’s The Lead with Jake Tapper to talk about the party’s ongoing fight to protect Medicaid. TAPPER: I want to ask you, first of all, you hear from a lot of Democrats out there, we've been playing their soundbites for the last week or so, do something! Do something! Well, you're in the minority in the House. What can you do that you're not doing? CHAIRMAN AGUILAR: Well, we can definitely work to activate the American … Continue Reading
March 14, 2025
Chairman Aguilar: The American people are asking us to fight back
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar joined Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Democratic Whip Katherine Clark for a press conference on the partisan Republican funding bill. CHAIRMAN AGUILAR: I want to thank Whip Clark and Leader Jeffries for their continued leadership of House Democrats, who have been very clear what side we're on. Leader Jeffries has been consistent in saying we will always stand up for the American people. They are asking us to fight … Continue Reading
March 12, 2025
Chairman Aguilar: We need a Democratic House to protect the American people
LEESBURG, VA — Today, House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar and Vice Chair Ted Lieu opened the 2025 Issues Conference alongside Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Whip Katherine Clark, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair Suzan DelBene and Assistant Leader Joe Neguse. CHAIRMAN AGUILAR: Welcome everyone. Pleasure to be joined by my colleagues and we’ll be joined by DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene here shortly. Just so thrilled to be here with Vice Chair Ted Lieu in putting this conference … Continue Reading
March 06, 2025
Chairman Aguilar: Republican cuts to Medicaid would hurt kids, parents and seniors
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark and the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee held a hearing examining the negative impacts of the Republican Budget’s cut to Medicaid. CHAIRMAN AGUILAR: Madam Chair, I want to thank you and the Steering and Policy Co-Chairs for organizing this event. Thank you to Ranking Member Pallone, as well. As we just saw, Medicaid ensures that our friends … Continue Reading
March 05, 2025
Chairman Aguilar: Voting is an act of patriotism
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar joined Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark, Rep. Terri Sewell and other leaders in the House Democratic Caucus in introducing H.R. 14, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. CHAIRMAN AGUILAR: Thank you, Whip Clark. I appreciate the Whip’s Leadership in helping to get every Democrat on this bill. We’re here also to thank and lift up the work that Congresswoman Terri Sewell has done as … Continue Reading
March 04, 2025
Chairman Aguilar: Democrats are on the side of working people
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar and Vice Chair Ted Lieu were joined by Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Greg Casar and New Democrat Coalition Chair Brad Schneider for a press conference highlighting House Democrats’ unity against the Republican Budget that cuts Medicaid to pay for tax cuts for billionaires. CHAIRMAN AGUILAR: Good morning. Pleased to be joined with my colleague Ted Lieu, Vice Chair of the Democratic Caucus, as well as Greg Casar, the … Continue Reading
February 26, 2025
Chairman Aguilar: Republicans vote to take away health care from more than 10 million Californians to pay for tax cuts for billionaire
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar spoke on the House floor ahead of House passage of the Republican Budget, which will cut $880 billion from Medicaid to help pay for tax giveaways for billionaires and corporations. CHAIRMAN AGUILAR: I rise in opposition to this Republican Budget. House Democrats came to Congress ready to work with our Republican colleagues to lower the cost of eggs, take on price gouging, expand the Child Tax Credit, build more housing—and … Continue Reading
February 25, 2025
Chairman Aguilar: The Republican Budget is going to take health care away from millions of working Americans to pay for billionaire tax cuts
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar and Vice Chair Ted Lieu were joined by House Budget Committee Ranking Member Brendan Boyle and Rep. Veronica Escobar for a press conference on the Republican budget scheme that betrays working families by cutting Medicaid to pay for tax breaks to billionaires. CHAIRMAN AGUILAR: Good morning. Pleased to be joined, as always, with Vice Chair Ted Lieu and also Ranking Member Brendan Boyle of the Budget Committee and … Continue Reading
February 13, 2025
Chairman Aguilar: The Republican Rip Off will fuel inflation, hand out trillions in tax breaks for billionaires
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar joined House Budget Committee Ranking Member Brendan Boyle, New Democrat Coalition Chair Brad Schneider, Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Greg Casar and Representative Veronica Escobar for a press call with Families Over Billionaires on how the House Republican budget does nothing to lower costs and instead harms Americans by gutting Medicaid and food assistance, all while handing massive tax cuts to … Continue Reading
February 11, 2025
Chairman Aguilar: The Republican War on Students will close neighborhood schools, increase class sizes and raise property taxes to finance a $5 trillion tax giveaway to billionaires
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar and Vice Chair Ted Lieu were joined by Rep. Jahana Hayes, a former National Teacher of the Year, and Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet, a former executive director of Michigan Head Start, to highlight the Republican War on Students that will eliminate the Department of Education to pay for tax giveaways to billionaires and corporations like Tesla that don’t pay any federal taxes. CHAIRMAN AGUILAR: Good morning. The chaos and the … Continue Reading
February 06, 2025
Chairman Aguilar: The Taxpayer Data Protection Act will rein in Republican corruption
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar joined Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark and Representatives Sean Casten and Haley Stevens to introduce the Taxpayer Data Protection Act, which would prevent unelected billionaires from gaining unlawful access to the Department of Treasury payment system and from illegally cutting programs to help pay for their own tax cuts. CHAIRMAN AGUILAR: Thank you, Whip Clark and Leader Jeffries, and I … Continue Reading
February 05, 2025
Chairman Aguilar: America will be less safe and more expensive because of Trump and Republican corruption
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar and Vice Chair Ted Lieu held a press conference on House Republicans’ failure to lower the high cost of living while prioritizing stealing taxpayer dollars from vital programs to pay for tax giveaways to billionaires. CHAIRMAN AGUILAR: Good morning. House Democrats had a productive Caucus this morning. Leader Jeffries laid out our path forward as we push back against the chaos and the corruption that we've seen from Donald … Continue Reading
January 22, 2025
Chairman Aguilar: None of Trump’s executive orders will do anything meaningful to make life more affordable to working families
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar and Vice Chair Ted Lieu held a press conference with Representatives Janelle Bynum and Kelly Morrison, MD, to highlight the 52nd Anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision and the failure of House Republicans to prioritize the needs of everyday Americans. CHAIRMAN AGUILAR: Thank you so much for joining us. I'm grateful to be joined today by Representative Janelle Bynum and Representative, Dr. Kelly Morrison. This week marks … Continue Reading
January 20, 2025
Statement from Chairman Aguilar on President Trump’s Inauguration
WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar released the following statement on President Donald Trump’s inauguration:“Talk is cheap. Delivered in a room where the richest people on earth were given special seats of honor, today’s weak and divisive inaugural address echoed the same empty campaign promises that won’t do anything to help working families struggling with rising costs. This was a chance to lay out specific policies that will bring down prices, but instead he … Continue Reading
January 14, 2025
Chairman Aguilar: This is not a time for partisanship or division, it’s a time to come together
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar and Vice Chair Ted Lieu held a press conference with Freshman Leadership Representative Rep. Luz Rivas, Freshman Class President Rep. Yassamin Ansari and Freshman Representative to the Steering and Policy Committee Rep. Johnny Olszewski to discuss supporting the victims of wildfires in Southern California and the priorities of House Democrats in the 119th Congress.CHAIRMAN AGUILAR: Good morning. Grateful to be joined by … Continue Reading