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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Last month, I hit the final city on my 2026 town hall tour where I hosted a town hall in every city I represent & spoke to neighbors in every city in CA12. Your perspectives & concerns on issues that impact our communities are invaluable to me as I fight for the protections and resources we deserve.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🚨ATTN BART RIDERS🚨 I secured $850,000 in federal funding for LED lighting upgrades at 9 @bart.gov stations across CA-12! This new lighting will help to make stations safer & more energy efficient. Keep an eye out for upgrades at YOUR home station this Bay Area Transit Month & in the coming months.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month. I sat down to speak with Dr. Karen Rabin, a pediatric hematologist-oncologist, researcher, and Director of @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social Leukemia Program to talk about the importance of blood cancer awareness, research, and the work she does everyday.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

For too long, Black and brown communities have been subjected to discriminatory practices at the hands of our own government without proper accountability or acknowledgement. That legacy of racial inequality continues today as the Admin. kills American citizens & terrorizes immigrant communities.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hearing the lived experiences of people whose family members and neighbors were murdered by ICE - and the dehumanization, coverups, and lies that their own government pushed in the aftermath, was absolutely heartbreaking.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

To close out Congressional Black Caucus week, I hosted a breakfast for constituents in town. We came together to remember that our history wasn’t inherited easily. It was carved in sacrifice, in imagination, in refusal. We belong to a lineage of Dellums & Lee, of Black Panthers, of freedom fighters.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This week, I joined my House and Senate Democratic colleagues to hear the testimony of people close to individuals who have been murdered by ICE agents and continue to demand accountability.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My health policy staffer, Addy, recently joined vision advocates to discuss the importance of vision care, our office's fight for disability justice in Congress, and innovative policies we can partner on to advance the fight for accessible care and resources for people with visual impairments.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Wishing a meaningful fast to those observing Yom Kippur in CA-12 and across the country.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This week, I introduced my SEVENTH bill to help support small businesses. The "504 Program Level Flexibility Act," would give the SBA flexibility to raise the level of financing available in the 504 loan program during times of high demand.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Recently, we welcomed Frontier back to Oakland and celebrated nonstop service from Oakland to Las Vegas at prices people can actually afford. As a member of the House Small Business Committee, I am especially committed to the economic success and vitality of Oakland.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This new design will expand the size of the Port’s existing turning basins, which will allow the Port of Oakland to accommodate larger and more efficient modern cargo ships. Projects like these keep our port competitive on the global scale AND boost economic activity and jobs in Oakland - let's go!

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It was a pleasure to join the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Port of Oakland, representatives for Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff, Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee, and Alameda Mayor Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft to announce the design agreement for the Oakland Harbor Turning Basins Widening Project.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Attention CA12 students! The deadline to submit an application for a service academy nomination is October 30th. If you're interested in a nomination, please visit the link in our bio or go to simon.house.gov/services/military-academy-nominations.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

L’Shana Tova to all celebrating Rosh Hashanah. May this new year bring peace, health, and prosperity for neighbors in the Bay Area and beyond.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🚨Attention CA12 students🚨 The deadline to submit your project is 10/26. There are so many brilliant young minds in the East Bay, and I cannot wait to see the projects that you create! Think of an idea, write the code, and submit your app at simon.house.gov/services/congressional-app-challenge.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Have you ever wondered what it's like to intern in a Congressional district office? My incredible interns in Oakland peeled back the curtain to show you what a typical day looks like. Keep an eye on on simon.house.gov/internships later this fall season for info on paid spring semester internships!

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Watching them present their work and learning more about the future of genomic research was incredibly inspiring and exciting. You all have bright futures ahead of you, and I know you all will be the ones inventing the cures of the future!

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

It was an honor to meet the eight brilliant HBCU undergraduate students who spent the summer at @innovativegenomics.bsky.social labs across the UC system at part of the UC-HBCU Rising Stars program! They are working on the cutting edge of technology.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Millions of workers still risk their lives in the shadows now, with no representation. Legislation like the PRO Act and the National Domestic Workers Bill of Rights would end that. Ask every member of Congress whether they have signed on.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Oakland was shut down for two and a half days, and it is still the last city-wide general strike this country has had. The landmark labor laws of the 1930s left out farm and domestic workers because an overwhelming majority of those workers were Black.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

It’s Labor Day. In 1946, 400 clerks at Kahn’s & Hastings m–most of them women– walked out after a worker was fired for joining a union. When police escorted scab trucks through the picket line, trolley operators left their cars sitting in the street. Longshoremen came off the docks in solidarity.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Last weekend, I stopped by the Berkeley Flea Market where I spent the afternoon browsing locally-made goods, listening to great music, meeting local business owners and community members, and trying some delicious food!

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I joined Reps. Al Green and Bonnie Watson Coleman in demanding the Department of Housing and Urban Development stop proposed funding changes that threaten the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) and local fair housing organizations.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Thank you to all of the neighbors who joined me at our Town Hall in Piedmont. Your concerns and perspectives are invaluable to me as I vote and fight for our district in D.C.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Welcome to Congress and the California delegation, Representative Wahab!

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Gloria Steinem was a trailblazing organizer who devoted each breath of her life to securing a better future for women and girls in this country and beyond. She is one of the reasons I am here in this chamber today. Thank you, Gloria, for all that you gave to the world.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

As President Trump continues his lawless war in Iran, the costs keep rising on working people. Instead of ending the war, advocating for their constituents as they were elected to do, and working to lower costs - Congressional Republicans are scapegoating Black and brown people and immigrants.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Republicans claim to care about children & families - then turn around & write discrimination into law. They gutted the Dept. of Ed, slashed funding for SNAP & Social Security, enacted brutal & traumatizing family separation & lock children away in trailer prisons with subpar food, air, &healthcare.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

While Republicans carry out an illegal war in Iran, lawlessly attack immigrant communities, & undermine the electoral process – I cannot vote to give a single cent to the Trump Admin. I will not keep the machinery moving at the expense of the dignity, justice, and people we were elected to serve.

Congresswoman Simon’s Vote on the Continuing Resolution

“Today I voted against H.R. 6500, the continuing resolution which would continue to fund President Trump and Congressional Republicans’ deeply harmful and authoritarian agenda.

“I thank House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro for her work to improve House Republicans’ initial continuing resolution, specifically for securing provisions to prohibit immigration enforcement funding and to temporarily block the proposed Office of Management and Budget rule that would empower Trump Administration officials to discriminate against Federal grant recipients based solely on their political viewpoints.

“However, at a time when Republicans are carrying out an illegal war in Iran, lawlessly attacking immigrant communities, and undermining the democratic electoral process – I cannot vote to give a single cent to the Trump Administration.

I will not keep the machinery moving at the expense of the dignity, justice, and people we were elected to serve.”

- Lateefah Simon

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

If Chairman Comer can subpoena a witness to testify in front of the House Oversight Committee on immigration issues, then he can certainly subpoena AG Todd Blanche to testify about the Trump Administration's cover-up of the Epstein Files.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Thank you to East Oakland Collective for having me and for your commitment to creating a beloved community.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I was honored to be among the hundreds of folks who came out to the East Oakland Collective for Feed the Hood 38, packing lunches and hygiene kits for our unhoused brothers and sisters across East Oakland, in honor of Digital Underground and the legacy of the legend Shock G.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Taking the leap to start and run a Black-owned business is an act of liberation, freedom, and economic justice. Supporting Black-owned businesses is an act of solidarity and recognition. So many Black-owned businesses are not just shops - they are community and cultural agents of change.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

This National Black Business Month and beyond, and as a member of the Small Biz Committee, I am always working to uplift and resource our local minority-owned businesses. Take a look our team’s recent visits to Black-owned businesses in the East Bay and share a few of your favorites down below!

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Hey East Bay! Are you seeking assistance with a federal agency? My team's mobile office hours are back! Stop by the Native American Health Center on Wednesday September 2nd from 3:30-5PM to talk to caseworkers from Team Simon who can advise and assist you.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Join me for a town hall September 8th at 6:00 PM in Emeryville. Please RSVP at simon.house.gov/RSVP to recieve location information and arrival instructions. I can't wait to hear from you all, see you there!

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I fought for and am proud to announce $850,000 in federal Community Project Funding for the City of Berkeley to design new public open spaces along Adeline Street, including a new main plaza adjacent to the Ashby Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

It was a pleasure to join a group of incredible Muslim sisters working on Capitol Hill and in politics for Islamic Scholarship Fund’s Hijab on the Hill event! Your voices and the work you all are doing is so important. I can't wait to see what these incredible changemakers do next!

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Thank you to everyone who attended my town hall in Alameda on Thursday and for to sharing your concerns and perspectives. Your voices guide my work in Washington, and I will continue to fight for resources for our communities and uplift the voices of every person who calls the East Bay home.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I've been busy in Washington over the past few months protecting against the Trump Administration's abuses of power, fighting the illegal war in Iran, standing up for healthcare access, and more. Take a look at what I've been up to.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

It is my absolute pleasure to introduce you all to Caroline, our Congressional Art Competition Winner from Oakland. Her piece "Connected Roots, Shared Future" is now hanging in the United States Capitol alongside pieces from other talented young artists from across the nation.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Last week Oakland celebrated Pride. We also gathered in the Lakeshore LGBTQ Cultural District to dedicate Moore Hope Plaza to Peggy Moore and Hope Wood. Peggy was a mentor to so many of us, and I came to know Hope through her.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I recently welcomed Director Yelick from @berkeleylab.lbl.gov to my office in Washington to talk about the importance of federal funding for the innovation happening at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

As students head back to school, I want to give some extra special recognition to the 3 students from CA-12: Abby, Max, & Jack, who are off to our nation's service academies! Every year, my office has the honor of recommending students for service academies where they learn and serve our nation.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Join me for a town hall August 26th at 6:00 PM in Piedmont. Please RSVP here receive location information and arrival instructions: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... I can't wait to hear from you all, I'll see you there!

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I spent time at Liberation Park with the Black Cultural Zone family who is building small business, cultural and entertainment space, and affordable housing on one corner. Real partnership and leadership. East Oakland deserves everything.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

As a member of the House Small Business Committee Democrats, I spend my days with the people who hold our local economies together. This month I have been home in Oakland, learning how our communities build and claim culture and space.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Incredible to be at the 20th Annual Temescal Street Fair listening to great music, eating good food, and shopping around. This year we also honored the 60th anniversary of the Black Panther Party. The 10 point program is more salient than ever -may we continue to fight for the free destiny of all.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Happy back to school season, East Bay! Wishing our students, educators, and everyone who keeps our schools up and running a safe and healthy school year - let's make it a great one.

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