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January 15, 2026
Rep. Mike Levin Advances over $100 Million to Address Spent Nuclear Fuel Nationwide, Including at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station
—Today, Rep. Mike Levin (CA-49) advanced over $100 million to address spent nuclear fuel across the country, including at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), in the government funding package that passed the House and Senate. The legislation now heads to the President’s desk for signature. The funds will be used to develop the infrastructure needed to safely transport and manage waste, work with communities to identify a suitable new site, and support research into improved long-… Continue Reading
January 15, 2026Rep. Levin & Rep. Pfluger Urge Department of Energy to Make Changes to National Spent Nuclear Fuel Policy
—Today, Rep. Mike Levin (CA-49) and Rep. August Pfluger (TX- 11) announced they sent a bipartisan letter to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Chris Wright urging him to establish a safe, effective, and long-term management program for spent nuclear fuel. The letter was sent ahead of DOE’s anticipated release of a new report that will recommend an updated national policy on spent nuclear fuel. “As DOE develops a recommended national policy on spent nuclear fuel and high-level nuclear waste ma… Continue Reading
January 14, 2026Rep. Mike Levin Introduces New Bill to Stop Data Centers from Driving Up Electricity Prices for Consumers
—Today, Reps. Mike Levin (CA-49) and Rep. Kathy Castor (FL-14) introduced the Stopping Hikes In Electricity from Large Load Demands (SHIELD) Act, a new bill to protect families and small businesses from rising electricity bills driven by the explosive growth of data centers nationwide and other large energy users. The SHIELD Act would update federal utility policy to ensure that massive electricity users, rather than everyday ratepayers, bear the costs of the grid infrastructure they require, w… 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
December 11, 2025
The 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
September 11, 2025The Levin Letter: Public Trust or Private Profit? We Must Ban Congressional Stock Trading
Trust in government rests on one simple principle: the people you elect should be working for you, not for their personal gain. Unfortunately, when members of Congress are allowed to buy and sell stocks while in office, it undermines that trust and creates the perception that lawmakers are using privileged information to enrich themselves. That’s why I joined a bipartisan group of Democrats and Republicans to introduce legislation banning all members of Congress from holding and trading individ… Continue Reading
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