On May 17, U.S. Rep Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Health Subcommittee on Energy and Commerce, and Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), Co-Chair of the Congressional Childhood Cancer Caucus, reintroduced the Give Kids A Chance Act, a bill to provide children access to cutting-edge trials and therapies for cancer
Congressman Brad Sherman (CA-32), former Chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Investor Protection, called on the Securities & Exchange Commission (S.E.C.) to look at Grayscale Investments’ claim that the agency is barring it from letting investors redeem shares for Bitcoin that they deposited into its $17.4 billion trust, known as GBTC.
On May 12 Representatives Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), and Michael Burgess (R-TX) along with Senators Bennet (D-CO) and Boozman (R-AR), introduced the bipartisan Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early (PREEMIE) Reauthorization Act, legislation to reduce health complications and infant deaths related to premature births
Congressman Brad Sherman (CA-32), senior Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, hosted a meeting with Horn of Africa Special Envoy Mike Hammer and the Tigrayan California diaspora.
Pakistan's anti-corruption agency arrested former prime minister Imran Khan at Islamabad High Court on Tuesday, threatening fresh turmoil in the nuclear-armed country as clashes erupted between Khan supporters and police.
On May 11 Reps. Anna G. Eshoo (CA-16) and Blake Moore (UT-1) announced bipartisan legislation to bolster domestic printed circuit board (PCB) production and strengthen supply chain security
On Wednesday, May 10, 2023, the Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy held a hearing titled “Federal Response to Recent Bank Failures” that examined events leading up to and surrounding the closure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), Santa Clara, CA, Signature Bank (Signature Bank), New York, NY; First Republic Bank, San Francisco, CA; and First Republic Bank, San Francisco, CA by state and federal banking regulators.
By March 22, 13 organizations registered within Santa Clara County had donated to the Black Lives Matter movement, according to the BLM Funding Database.
In April 2023, the median sale price of a home in Santa Clara County fell by $100,000 from the same period in the previous year, while total sales decreased by 50%.