Born and raised in the Central Valley, Assemblymember Salas is a lifelong Valley resident, who worked his way from laboring in the fields with his father to graduating from UCLA and becoming the first Latino Bakersfield City Councilmember in its 112 year history.
In the legislature, Rudy has worked to expand access to mental health care in rural and underserved communities and secured funding to fight Valley Fever.
The University of California now estimates that in part because of Rudy’s votes. 93% of Californians now have access to healthcare.
In Congress, he’ll fight to defend the Affordable Care Act against attempts to gut its benefits or allow insurance companies to deny coverage to Californians with pre-existing conditions like asthma. And he’ll work to expand Medicare to cover dental, vision, and hearing care for seniors.