News and Press Releases

The band and the Rancho California and Eastern Municipal water districts have been fighting for years over the water allotted to the reservation.
By Staff, City News Service
Monday, December 14, 2009
The Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians today praised a bill that would ratify the resolution of a dispute among the tribe and local water agencies [...]

Palm Springs, CA – In remembrance of the 68th Anniversary of Japan’s unwarranted and unexpected attacks on the Pearl Harbor Naval Base in Oahu Island, Hawaii, Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack (CA-45) issued today the following statements:
“Today, we remember the brave men and woman who lost their lives on that infamous December morning in Hawaii. [...]

Palm Springs, CA -Congresswoman Bono Mack issued the following statements today regarding the legislative proposals in the U.S. House of Representatives to extend the current estate tax, which is set to expire in January of 2010.
“The estate tax, better known as the “death tax”, is a complete drain on the U.S. economy. It destroys jobs, [...]

Palm Springs, CA – Former Massachusetts Governor and Presidential Candidate, Mitt Romney, will host a fundraiser for Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack (CA-45) at a private residence in Palm Desert, CA on Saturday, January 9, 2010 at 7:00pm.
Romney said, “Congresswoman Bono Mack is an inspiring public servant. Mary is a leader, a good friend and a [...]

Palm Springs, CA -Continuing in her efforts to keep dangerous terrorists off of U.S. soil, Congresswoman Bono Mack (CA-45) signed a discharge petition yesterday to force H.R. 2294, the “Keep Terrorists Out of America Act,” to the House floor for a vote.
“”The willingness of the Obama Administration to sacrifice public safety for partisan politics is [...]

By News Channel 3
newsline3@kesq.com
WASHINGTON – A correctional center in the small town of Thomson in the state of Illinois might be used to house Guantanamo Bay detainees, giving some residents hope they might bring more jobs to the area.
A White House official said over the weekend that the Obama administration may buy a near-empty prison [...]

By Aldrich M. Tan
The Desert Sun
La Quinta resident Juan Garza was among 800 people looking for work at a job fair in Indio on Friday.
“This job fair means a new opportunity for me to have self-security – not a wealthy life but a secure one,” said Garza, a 38-year-old who was laid off in April [...]

Desert Sun staff
Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack , R-Palm Springs, Saturday issued the following statement in opposition to the House Majority’s legislation to establish government-run health care …
“Americans deserve better than this 1,900-page flawed legislation that puts government squarely between patients and their doctors,” said Bono Mack. “Establishing government-run health care is the wrong approach and [...]

There was a time when Rep. Mary Bono Mack said she could not fathom publicly tackling the addictions that have plagued her family.

As a child, she was taught that those were things you don’t discuss aloud, she told a crowd Sunday at Destiny Church in Indio.

Like many of the town halls taking place across the nation, “American Health Care: What is the Cure?” panel on Monday was tense with emotion as panelists discussed how to fix America’s health care crisis.