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March 15, 2024

MINNEAPOLIS, MN–Today, Rep. Ilhan Omar (MN-05) announced a new initiative called "Funding Fridays" to highlight the over $54,519,003 in funding for community-based projects she has secured for Minnesota’s 5th District. Starting today, Rep.

March 12, 2024

WASHINGTON, DC — Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) today introduced the National Advisory Council on Unpaid School Meal Debt Act. The bill would establish a commission to address unpaid school meal debt in child nutrition programs by formulating policy recommendations to address school meal debt, preventing stigmatization, and ensuring the sustainability of these vital programs.

March 12, 2024

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Representative Ilhan Omar, Vice-Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, issued a statement following the release of President Biden’s budget for the 2025 fiscal year.

March 7, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) announced $12,798,779 in Community Project Funding for 15 projects in the 5th District of Minnesota that was included in the House-passed 2024 appropriations government funding package. This funding responds directly to some of the most pressing needs in the Fifth District. In total, Rep.

March 6, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Ilhan Omar(D-MN) will host Minnesota State Representative Cedrick Frazier (DFL) as her guest to the 2024 State of the Union address. Rep.

February 23, 2024

“(F)inancial institutions, including your own, have continued to close customers’ accounts involuntarily and without basic notice, explanation, or ability to contest the decision”; bank practices “pose() a particularly severe threat for customers from the Muslim community.”

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February 8, 2024

In the chaos that swallowed Afghanistan as the U.S. withdrew its last troops in August 2021, thousands of Afghans, their friends and their families called anyone they could think of for help.

Jenna Jaffe, the immigration specialist for Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), was one of dozens of congressional staffers who fielded those desperate phone calls.

February 1, 2024

WASHINGTON D.C. – Rep. Ilhan Omar, Vice Ranking Member of the Budget Committee, issued the following statement on the House vote of H.R. 7024, the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act.

January 30, 2024

Washington, D.C. - Today, a group of Members of Congress led by Representative Ilhan Omar sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging the Biden Administration to address ongoing threats to democracy and human rights in El Salvador ahead of next month's elections.

January 24, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressmembers Rob Menendez (D-NJ-08) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05) have introduced the Parental Workforce Training Act.