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January 28, 2026
Rep. Mike Levin Reintroduces Bipartisan Bill to Expand Access to Free and Reduced-Price School Meals for Military
—Today, Reps. Mike Levin (CA-49) and Ryan Mackenzie (PA-07) reintroduced the bipartisan Military Dependents School Meal Eligibility Act, H.R. 7259, to remove the basic allowance for housing (BAH) from the calculation of income for eligibility in free and reduced-price school meal programs. Many military families are denied federal food assistance because, under current law, a service member’s housing allowance is counted as income. BAH can put military families over the eligibility threshold fo… Continue Reading
January 28, 2026Rep. Mike Levin’s Statement on Department of Energy’s Announcement on Nuclear Waste and Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses
—Today, Rep. Mike Levin (CA-49) released the following statement in response to the Department of Energy’s Request for Information inviting states to weigh in on hosting Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses: “The Department of Energy is taking a meaningful and long-overdue step forward on spent nuclear fuel by inviting states to weigh in on hosting Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses. For interested states, these campuses could deliver significant economic and job-creation benefits. The prop… Continue Reading
January 22, 2026Rep. Mike Levin Votes No on 2026 Homeland Security Funding Bill Over Failure to Rein in ICE
—Today, Rep. Mike Levin (CA-49) released the following statement on his vote against the Fiscal Year 2026 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill due to the exclusion of guardrails on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from the legislation: “Congress cannot continue writing blank checks to any federal agency that fails to meet basic standards of accountability, transparency, and respect for constitutional rights. “I want to be clear at the outset: the vast majority of law enf… Continue Reading
In The News
November 17, 2024
How to save $2 million a day … and remove radioactive waste from earthquake country
Memo to Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy: We can imagine how excited you must be to star in “Honey, I Shrunk the Government!” We suspect you’d frown upon the idea of a brand new agency, sprouting like a delicate green tendril from the federal forest, but we’re here to argue that’s wrong. If you’re truly interested in governmental efficiency, here’s a no-brainer: Immediately stop the half-century of federal dithering that has let highly radioactive nuclear waste pile up in neighborhoods all over th… Continue Reading
September 25, 2024Levin introduces bill aimed at moving nuclear waste out of San Onofre — and other sites across the country
A bill co-introduced on Capitol Hill this week by Rep. Mike Levin, D-San Juan Capistrano, looks to make progress in the painstaking effort to eventually remove spent nuclear fuel that has piled up over the decades at power plants across the country, including the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. The bill would create a federal agency called the Nuclear Waste Administration that would manage nuclear waste issues at commercial plants. The new agency would also be in charge of finding potent… Continue Reading
September 25, 2024Citing ‘Years of Inaction,’ Rep. Levin Leads Bipartisan Bill to Update Nuclear Waste Management
Nuclear waste is stored in communities across the United States, and the systems in place to manage it are old, underfunded, and out of date — potentially putting the health of entire communities at risk. The bipartisan Nuclear Waste Administration Act of 2024, authored by California Democrat Mike Levin and Texas Republican August Pfluger, would bring the country’s nuclear waste management program up to date and establish an independent Nuclear Waste Administration to oversee it. “The federal … Continue Reading
Op-Eds
January 21, 2026
San Diego Union Tribune: Why reprocessing San Onofre nuclear waste is not a short-term fix
The 3.6 million pounds of spent nuclear fuel stored at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) are a symptom of a national failure that has left nuclear waste stranded at more than 80 sites across the country. Nuclear waste was never meant to stay at SONGS long term. But because the United States still has no permanent repository for spent fuel, we have been left with no other option. One of my first actions after being elected to Congress in 2018 was to convene the SONGS Task Force w… Continue Reading
December 11, 2025The Levin Letter: Why Southern California Should Reject Offshore Drilling
Few places in the country are as shaped by their coastline as our communities in South Orange County. For so many of us, the ocean defines daily life. It draws visitors, supports family businesses, sustains property values, and provides a sense of place that is impossible to replicate. When you represent these communities, you learn quickly that protecting the coastline is not an abstract environmental issue. It is a matter of economic stability, public safety, and local identity. That understa… Continue Reading
November 14, 2025The Levin Letter: Support for Our Marines Is Not Partisan or Performative
One of the greatest honors of my seven years in Congress has been serving the Marines and families of Camp Pendleton. They are the best of us. They serve with discipline and humility. They stand watch in every time zone so the rest of us may sleep in peace. Their families carry the weight of sacrifice that most Americans will never fully understand. That is why the conversation about how we support them must be grounded in truth. Recently, a Letter to the Editor in this paper claimed that if a … Continue Reading
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