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April 30, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37) released the following statement on Trump’s first 100 days in his second term:

“In just 100 days, we have witnessed the Trump Administration unleash economic turmoil, global embarrassment, and a full-scale assault on our federal government. But across the country, we have also seen a powerful shift as the American people–including Trump voters–reject this disastrous and diabolical agenda. 

April 29, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, Congressional Black Caucus Whip Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37) and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Caucus Chair Alma Adams (NC-12) held a roundtable discussion with Reps.

April 23, 2025
LOS ANGELES, CA – Today, Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on South and Central Asia, issued the following statement on Secretary Rubio’s proposed reorganization of the U.S. State Department:
 
"The U.S. funds diplomacy and development through the State Department and USAID because when you buck soft power, you court war.
April 10, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37) released the following statement following her “no” vote on the Republican budget proposal:  

April 10, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC — On Thursday, Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D, CA-37) introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Adoption Tax Credit Refundability Act of 2025 alongside Representatives Robert Aderholt (R, AL-04), Don Bacon (R, NE-02), Danny K. Davis (D, IL-07), Randy Feenstra (R, IA-04), Blake Moore (R, UT-01), and Gwen Moore (D, WI-04). The legislation would help children find permanent, loving families by removing income as a barrier to adoption.

April 9, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. —Democratic Women’s Caucus Policy Task Force Co-Chairs Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37) and Deborah Ross (NC-02) led 30 members in a letter to President Trump calling on him to stop his persistent attacks on women’s health research. 

April 9, 2025

Washington, D.C. Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37) and U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) led Senator Kennedy (R-LA) and Reps. John Rutherford (FL-05), Barry Moore (AL-01), and Glenn Ivey (MD-04) in reintroducing a bipartisan bill to help notify family members in a timely and compassionate manner in the event of a death, serious illness or injury of a loved one in custody.  

April 2, 2025

Washington, DC — Today, Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37)House Foreign Affairs Ranking Member Greg Meeks (NY-5), and 21 additional lawmakers introduced the Defending American Diplomacy Act to protect the State Department from DOGE cuts. This bill would prevent the Trump Administration from making any significant changes to the State Department without first consulting and obtaining approval from Congress.

April 1, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on South and Central Asia, delivered opening remarks at the inaugural Subcommittee on South and Central Asia hearing, which ignored pressing bipartisan national security issues to instead repeat Republicans’ false claims of right-wing censorship.

March 30, 2025

LOS ANGELESRepresentative Sydney Kamlager-Dove, in collaboration with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, convened members of the Los Angeles County Congressional Delegation today to discuss ways that local and federal government can work together and ensure that the coming major world events benefit the region for decades to come.