The Santa Ana congresswoman was one of several representatives to sit with members of the other party at the State of the Union.

There were some ceremonial bipartisan displays at the State of the Union, but few were as playful as that shared by Reps. Loretta Sanchez, D-Santa Ana, and Michael Grimm, R-NY.

The assassination attempt on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords last year prompted some Congress members to forego the usual State of the Union seating, which is typically self-segregating by party affiliation. Grimm sat with Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-NY.

Reps. Loretta Sanchez, D-Santa Ana, and Michael Grimm, R-N.Y., were among several Congress members to cross the aisle in a bipartisan seating gesture at the State of the Union address. Photo courtesy of Loretta Sanchez.

This year, he and Sanchez made a date to sit together. The two co-chair the bipartisan Congressional Morocco Caucus, and frequently face off on TV.

Santa Ana - Representative Loretta Sanchez (CA-47) was one of five candidates endorsed last night at the Orange County Young Democrats 2012 primary endorsement meeting. The Orange County Young Democrats endorsed candidates in three Congressional seats and two Assembly seats:

* Loretta Sanchez - 46th Congressional District
* Sukhee Kang - 45th Congressional District
* Alan Lowenthal - 47th Congressional District
* Julio Perez - 69th Assembly District
* Joe Dovinh - 72nd Assembly District

The meeting, held at a small bar in Santa Ana, was filled with 51 eligible Orange County Young Democrats. Candidates needed to obtain 60% of the vote of eligible members.

Orange County Young Democrats held the endorsement meeting in anticipation of the June 5th, primary election, and only endorsed candidates affected by the new open primary format.

"We plan to work hard and help Democrats succeed in the new open primary system," stated OCYD Political Director Jose Vargas.

Rep. Loretta Sanchez of Santa Ana, the senior Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, raised Foster's case in a brief floor speech Wednesday. "Let us take this time to thank Mr. Foster and our neighbors and friends who are veterans for their services. We will not let you go without the benefits you have earned defending our country," Sanchez said.

By Voice of O.C.
November 17, 2011

Donors have come to the aid of Daniel Foster, the 23-year-old wounded Army veteran who holds a Purple Heart and Silver Star but was facing foreclosure because he couldn't get his veterans benefits.

One donor, who asked to remain anonymous, wrote a check for $12,000, the amount Foster and his disabled father Rex Foster owe for delinquent mortgage payments for the family home in Costa Mesa. Lenders had threatened to foreclose the day before Thanksgiving.

By U.S. Travel
October 14, 2011

Traveler friendly policies came a step closer as the U.S. Travel Association applauded customer service changes and theTransportation Security Administration's (TSA) trusted traveler program included by the House Homeland Security Committeein the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (H.R. 3116).

Three amendments accepted by the committee - and authored by Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) - aim to improve professionalism and customer service efforts within DHS agencies and expand TSA's trusted traveler program, U.S. Travel notes.

By KPCC
October 12, 2011

Democrats disagree. Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez of Santa Ana is the ranking member of the Armed Services Subcommittee. She says there are opportunities for cuts in the military budget. "Many of my colleagues on the House Armed Services Committee agree that in the last ten years of war there have been outdated programs, duplicative efforts, waste and fraud," she says. "We cannot afford to keep our current defense spending levels, and so we must take a look at how to keep our military strong without spending unnecessary taxpayer dollars.”

The "supercommittee" created by Congress to resolve the nation's debt problems has until the end of next month to find ways to trim a trillion and a half dollars from the federal deficit. The California Congressman who heads the Armed Services Committee says don’t cut the defense budget.