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“It is an opportunity to show off your host city and to show off your Olympians,” Representative Sydney Kamlager-Dove, Democrat of California, said in an interview. “But it’s also an opportunity to lean into diplomacy — business-to-business relationships, nonprofit-to-business, government relationships.”
Ms. Kamlager-Dove is a leading sponsor of the American Decade of Sports Act, legislation introduced on Friday, which seeks to expand the State Department’s role in sports diplomacy.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on South and Central Asia with legislative jurisdiction over the public diplomacy division at the State Department, led the introduction of the bipartisan American Decade of Sports Act alongside Reps. Bill Huizenga (MI-04), Gregory Meeks (NY-05), and Michael McCaul (TX-10).
The measure, led by Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-Calif., alongside Reps. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., Dina Titus, D-Nev., and Michael McCaul, R-Texas, codifies the Office of the Coordinator for Afghan Relocation Efforts (CARE), mandates a secure database to track cases, and directs the federal government to expedite family reunifications for Afghans who risked their lives alongside U.S. troops during two decades of war.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on South and Central Asia, led the introduction of the bipartisan Enduring Welcome Act alongside Reps. Mike Lawler (NY-17), Dina Titus (NV-01), and Michael McCaul (TX-10).
LOS ANGELES, CA – Today, Google announced more than $4.5 million in funding to the Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) and TMC Community Capital to support both organization’s efforts to support small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) who are facing significant challenges after the Palisades and Eaton fires.
LOS ANGELES, CA — Today, Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37) released the following statement on the Netanyahu government’s plan to occupy Gaza City:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Friday, Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37), Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (NY), and Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) introduced a bicameral, bicoastal resolution to recognize August 11, 2025 as “Hip Hop Celebration Day,” August 2025 as “Hip Hop Recognition Month,” and November 2025 as “Hip Hop History Month.”
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove released the following statement on the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza:
“I am horrified by the escalating food and humanitarian crisis in Gaza, where the civilian population is facing starvation and over 1,000 Palestinians have been killed trying to access aid in recent months.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37) and Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) re-introduced the Restoring Artistic Protection Act (RAP Act) to protect Americans from the wrongful use of their creative or artistic expression against them in criminal and civil proceedings.
WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37)and Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) reintroduced the End Solitary Confinement Act, legislation that would end solitary confinement in federal prisons, jails, and detention centers, with limited exceptions. This bill would create minimum standards for incarceration, including by requiring that facilities give detainees access to out-of-cell interaction and recreation and by capping the length of solitary confinement at four hours.