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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
- Housing – As one of the fastest-growing population centers in the U.S., the Inland Empire is struggling to meet the staggering demand for housing. Address the housing crisis via H.R. 5085 NEPA Reform Act, AHCIA (Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act) – H.R. 2725 and Housing Opportunity Preservation Enhancement Act of 2025.
- Workforce Development – The largest employment sectors in the Inland Empire are facing unprecedented disruptions. As the needs of employers and the opportunities for employees change, the region is working to close skills gaps, support business growth, and strengthen long-term economic competitiveness. Support WIOA Reauthorization and AI implementation policy.
EDUCATION
- Pell Grant – Invest in workforce readiness through Pell Grants and a commitment to increase Pell 5% per year for 5 years. This includes the new “Workforce Pell” (or “Short-Term Pell”) which allows students to use funds for short-term credential programs in high-demand fields such as IT and healthcare.
ENVIRONMENT
- Wildfire – Support bipartisan wildfire prevention and protection whether as independent legislation or as part of a budget bill such as the Community Protection and Wildfire Resilience Act and Wildfire Response Improvement Act.
- Water – Continue investment in water infrastructure – including the Delta Conveyance Project and Sites Reservoir – to maintain and modernize one of the world’s most complex and vital water systems. In addition, ensure Upper Santa Ana River Wash Habitat Conservation Plan is processed through USFWS more expeditiously and without undue delay.
HEALTHCARE
- Protect Medicaid Funding – No further cuts to Medicaid, ultimately ensuring stability for safety-net hospitals serving high Medi-Cal populations like the Inland Empire with 40.4% of the IE residents relying on Medicaid.
- Physician Shortage – Increase federal support to address severe shortages of primary and specialty physicians as the Inland Empire has almost one-half the needed primary care physicians as compared to the federal benchmark.
JUDICIARY
- Eastern Division Courthouse – Accelerate courthouse needs via an accelerated feasibility study schedule or possible/new federal public/private partnership project option. Until this is addressed, almost 50% of all criminal cases are reassigned to the Western Division, primarily Los Angeles.
TRANSPORTATION
- Multi-year Reauthorization Bill – The Inland Empire is one of the nation’s most critical logistics and mobility corridors, moving the goods that power America’s economy and supporting millions of jobs nationwide. Every federal dollar invested here delivers outsized national benefits. To continue this success, we need federal certainty via a multi-year transportation reauthorization bill.
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