DailyNews June 8, 2018 By City News Service Metro announced this week that it has received a $47 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to help fix chronic congestion on Interstate 5 in the Santa Clarita Valley. The Infrastructure for Rebuilding America grant adds to Metro’s own funding of $250 million that the agency said it will use to try and alleviate traffic in the area. Metro’s funding also will be matched with more than $200 million in SB 1 gas tax funds approved by Cali...
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Representative Steve Knight (R-CA) announced last night, after a conversation with U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, that the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) will receive a $47 million Infrastructure For Rebuilding America (INFRA) grant to relieve the traffic congestion in Santa Clarita on the I-5. “Santa Clarita and the entire region will benefit enormously from this grant which will address the endless traffic backups on Interstate 5. Any...
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On Thursday, May 24, 2018, the House of Representatives voted 351 - 66 to approve the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2019. This annual bill, which sets the defense and national security policies of the United States, included the provisions of H.R. 5707, the Sexual Trauma Response and Treatment Act, which was introduced in May by Representative Steve Knight (R-CA). H.R. 5707, also known as the START Act, would establish a pilot program within the Department of Defense ...
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Representative Steve Knight (R-CA) released the following statement to greet guests and attendees of today's Convenient Care Initiative rollout ceremony: "I would like to welcome and thank everyone for coming out to this wonderful event. One of most fundamental duties we have as a nation is to take care of our men and women who have volunteered to defend our country. However, in recent years, the quality and accessibility of care has been far too inadequate. Here in the Antelope Valley, where it...
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On Thursday, May 31, 2018, Representative Steve Knight (R-CA) hosted a ceremony in Palmdale to announce the formal launch of the Convenient Care Initiative. This new program, established by Rep. Knight in conjunction with the Department of Veterans Affairs, would allow veterans who receive healthcare through the Veterans Health Administration to receive treatment for minor illnesses and injuries from certain urgent care centers. A fact sheet on the new program can be found HERE. Thursday's event...
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On Thursday, May 24, 2018, the House of Representatives voted 351 - 66 to approve the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2019. This annual bill, which sets the defense and national security policies of the United States, included the provisions of H.R. 5337, the Accelerated Payments for Small Businesses Act of 2018, which was introduced in March by Representative Steve Knight (R-CA). The Accelerated Payments of Small Businesses Act would require the Department of Defense t...
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On Thursday, May 24, 2018, the House of Representatives voted 351 - 66 to approve the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2019. This annual bill, which sets the defense and national security policies of the United States, included the provisions of H.R. 5546, a bill introduced in April by Representative Steve Knight (R-CA). H.R. 5546 would authorize an additional $20 million of the National Guard's counterdrug programs to be used in support of inter-agency efforts to combat...
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On Tuesday, May 22, 2018, H.R. 3210, the Securely Expediting Clearances Through Reporting Transparency (SECRET) Act was signed into law by President Donald Trump. Introduced by Representative Steve Knight (R-CA) in July of 2017, the SECRET Act will implement a variety of provisions to increase accountability of the security clearance process and improve the system to more efficiently process cases in a timely manner. Specifically, this bill requires that the National Background Investigations Bu...
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Representative Steve Knight (R-CA) has joined the Congressional Armenian Caucus. With close associations with the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) and the Armenian Assembly of America, the Armenian Caucus is comprised of a bipartisan group of lawmakers and coordinates advocacy for stronger American-Armenian relationships, religious liberty, and the acknowledgement of the Armenian Genocide. "I'm proud to join my colleagues on the Congressional Armenian Caucus," said Rep. Knight "Amer...
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On Tuesday, May 22, 2018, Representative Steve Knight (R-CA) sent a letter to Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Chairwoman of the House Education and Workforce Committee, to advocate the advancement of H.R. 5307, the School Training, Equipment, and Protection (STEP) Act. Introduced by Rep. Knight in March of 2018, the STEP Act is a bipartisan bill that allocates funding to improve school safety through a variety of different measures. In the letter, Rep. Knight states: "Important school safet...
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