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Stratolaunch
May 8, 2025

CENTRAL VALLEY, Calif. – Congressman Vince Fong (CA-20) is recognizing Stratolaunch for completing its second hypersonic flight with the Talon-A2 (TA-2), an autonomous vehicle. This milestone flight supports the Department of Defense Test Resource Management Center (TRMC) Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Test Bed (MACH-TB) program and plays a vital role in strengthening our nation's aerospace and defense industry.

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Art Competition Winner
May 4, 2025

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – This weekend, Congressman Vince Fong (CA-20) held a special ceremony to announce the winners of the 2025 “An Artistic Discovery” Congressional Art Competition for high school students in our community. Students from across the district had the opportunity to submit a personal piece of art for consideration earlier this year.

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U.S. Capitol Building
May 1, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Congressman Vince Fong (CA-20) voted to pass a series of resolutions to restore common-sense to California by undoing the Biden Administration’s burdensome regulations, lower costs for families, protect consumer choice, and end executive and federal overreach.

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Vince Fong at SST Committee
April 30, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Congressman Vince Fong’s (CA-20) bill, H.R. 1223, the Accelerating Networking, Cyberinfrastructure, and Hardware for Oceanic Research Act, also known as the ANCHOR Act, was passed out of the Science, Space, and Technology Committee by a unanimous voice vote.

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Secretary of Labor Economic Tour
April 28, 2025

CLOVIS, Calif. – Today, Congressman Vince Fong (CA-20) hosted United States Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer in the Central Valley for a series of events in support of local workers and businesses, as well as regional job development as part of Secretary Chavez-DeRemer’s America at Work tour.

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Oil Refinery
April 16, 2025

CENTRAL VALLEY, Calif.Congressman Vince Fong (CA-20) issued the following statement in response to Valero Energy Corporation announcing today that its subsidiary, Valero Refining Company-California, has submitted notice to the California Energy Commission of its current intent to idle, restructure, or cease refining operations at Valero’s Benicia Refinery by the end of April 2026.

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Sequoia Groves
April 8, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representatives Vince Fong (CA-20) and Scott Peters (CA-50) introduced the Save Our Sequoias (SOS) Act, a bipartisan bill designed to safeguard California's iconic Giant Sequoias. 

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F-47 Fighter Jet
March 21, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Vince Fong (CA-20) is celebrating today’s announcement that the U.S. Air Force's most advanced fighter jet yet, the F-47, will be developed. 

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Members Pose for Portrait
March 18, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Vince Fong (CA-20) is celebrating the return of Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore to our nation’s soil after spending nearly nine months stranded in space.

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Central Valley Farm Land
March 14, 2025

CENTRAL VALLEY, Calif. – Congressman Vince Fong (CA-20) is partnering with the California Farm Bureau to applaud the Trump Administration’s U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announcement that the agency will revise the Biden-era Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule

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