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August 17, 2026
Today, Rep. Sara Jacobs (CA-51), Rep. Peters (CA-50), Reps. Juan Vargas (CA-52), Mike Levin (CA-49), and Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Adam Schiff (D-CA) led a letter to the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (OIG) to request information regarding the USS Abraham Lincoln and Carrier Strike Group 3 (CSG-3)’s extended deployment. The ships departed San Diego on November 21, 2025, and continue to be deployed well beyond their originally anticipated return, including more than 200 … Continue Reading
July 29, 2026Reps. Sara Jacobs (CA-51) and Celeste Maloy (UT-02) introduced the bi-partisan AI Threat Output and Monitoring Incident Containment Act (ATOMIC Act), legislation directing the Department of Energy to establish a national program to evaluate the most advanced artificial intelligence systems for nuclear-related risks before those risks become national security incidents. The ATOMIC Act creates the Advanced Artificial Intelligence Nuclear Evaluation Program, which would leverage the Department of… Continue Reading
July 22, 2026As part of a House Foreign Affairs Committee markup, Rep. Sara Jacobs voted to pass the Foreign Service Modernization Act weeks ago and voted against H.R. 9087 today. Rep. Sara Jacobs said: “At a moment when the world feels like it’s on fire - when wars are escalating, alliances are fracturing, and more people are suffering - the State Department needs more expertise, capacity, and funding, not less. Following the Trump Administration’s arbitrary and reckless slashing of the State Department, t… Continue Reading