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WASHINGTON – Today, Representatives Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Small Business Committee, and Derek Tran (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, sent a letter to the Small Business Administration (SBA) demanding answers about the abrupt termination of SBA employees. Their inquiry follows a series of confusing and contradictory communications from the agency, including erroneous termination notices that were later reissued.
Washington, DC – Congressman Derek Tran, with Congresswoman Chrissy Houlahan, led a coalition of 14 Democratic members of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) in a letter to Lieutenant General Steven W. Gilland, Superintendent of the United States Military Academy (USMA), concerning the abrupt disbanding of twelve select Directorate of Cadet Activities (DCA) sanctioned clubs.
Since returning to the White House, President Donald Trump has wasted no time pushing forward his aggressive immigration agenda, delivering on one of his key campaign promises.
For Orange County’s newest House Democrats, Reps. Dave Min and Derek Tran, that means being thrown into the political deep end, facing tough votes on immigration enforcement right out of the gate.
President Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law on Wednesday, marking the first legislative win of his second term amid a broader illegal immigration crackdown.
The bill, named for the slain Georgia nursing school student murdered by a Venezuelan citizen in the U.S. illegally, directs federal authorities to detain undocumented immigrants accused, arrested, or who have been convicted of “burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Derek Tran issued the following statement celebrating Lunar New Year:

The newest Members of Congress to be sworn in after the first session of the 119th United States Congress convenes.
