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Los Angeles Times: Congressman slams payments to tollway consultants and calls on governor to ensure proper oversight
By Adam Elmahrek Rep. Mike Levin, a vocal opponent of plans to extend the 241 toll road through south Orange County, has called on the governor’s office to ensure proper oversight of the local tollway authority after a Times article revealed questionable payments to the agency’s public outreach consultants. In a letter Tuesday to Gov. Gavin Newsom, Levin (D-San Juan Capistrano) claimed “betrayal of the public trust” and asked the governor to examine whether ethics and transparency … Continue Reading
January 29, 2019
San Diego Union-Tribune: Congressman Levin forms a task force to study moving, storing San Onofre's nuclear waste
Newly elected Rep. Mike Levin has organized a task force to consider how millions of pounds of radioactive waste from the shuttered San Onofre nuclear plant can be safely stored in coming years — or moved far away from the coast. Levin, who was elected in November to the 49th District congressional seat previously held by Rep. Darrell Issa, named a retired U.S. Navy rear admiral and a former U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission chairman as co-leaders of the task force. “It is imperative … Continue Reading
January 28, 2019
Courthouse News: Environment a Top Concern at Freshman Congressman’s Town Hall
OCEANSIDE, Calif. (CN) - Hundreds of Southern California residents packed a high school auditorium Saturday for Rep. Mike Levin’s first town hall where the freshman congressman focused heavily on environmental concerns, including the shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) just minutes down the freeway from his family’s home. Levin, an environmental attorney, was elected in November as part of the “blue wave” which drowned many long-held Republican districts in Orange … Continue Reading
January 22, 2019
San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial: Rep. Mike Levin: Here's how I'm spending my first year in Congress
When the people of California’s 49th District elected me to represent them in Congress, I did not imagine that I would be sworn in during a partial government shutdown. On the same day that I raised my right hand and took the oath of office, I also cast my first votes to fund federal agencies that have been shut down by President Donald Trump. The funding bills we have voted on since are not controversial. In fact, they are the same bills that Senate Republicans supported just a month ago. … Continue Reading
January 08, 2019
KPBS: Rep. Mike Levin On His First Days In Congress
Congressman Mike Levin, who was elected to represent San Diego County's 49th Congressional District, was sworn into office last week amid one of the longest government shutdowns in recent history. Funding for a border wall has been the main sticking point in negotiations to reopen the government. On Tuesday, President Trump is scheduled to give a prime-time address and make the case for the wall. The president is also planning to make a trip to the southern border later in the … Continue Reading