Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Rep. Paul Cook (R-Yucca Valley) today voted for H.R. 3350, the Keep Your Health Care Act of 2013. The act, which passed by a vote of 261-157, allows providers to continue to offer health insurance plans next year that were in effect in the individual market as of January 1, 2013.
WASHINGTON – Rep. Paul Cook (R-Yucca Valley) today applauded the passage of two bills by the U.S. House of Representatives: H.R. 2189 and H.R. 2481. These two bills include provisions that Cook introduced and championed as standalone bills earlier this year.
WASHINGTON – Rep. Paul Cook (R-Yucca Valley) participated in a House Armed Services Readiness Subcommittee Hearing on the “Pay Our Military Act,” concerning the Department of Defense’s (DoD) troubling decision to furlough hundreds of thousands of key civilian employees despite being authorized by Congress to keep them on the job.
WASHINGTON – Rep. Paul Cook (R-Yucca Valley) voted today for H.J. Res. 91 authored by Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ), the “Honoring the Families of Fallen Soldiers Act.”
I would like to take a moment to thank the constituents of the Eighth District of California for writing, calling, and sending letters regarding the current government shutdown. My staff keeps me updated daily on your concerns, and I agree with you: Washington needs to do better by all of those being affected by this government shutdown.
WASHINGTON – Rep. Paul Cook (R–Yucca Valley) today applauded Secretary of Defense Hagel’s announcement that he will recall almost all of 350,000 furloughed civilian Department of Defense workers.