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April 15, 2021 Press Release

WASHINGTON – Ahead of today’s Senate Budget Committee hearing on “The Cost of Inaction on Climate Change,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) introduced the End Polluter Welfare Act to close tax loopholes and eliminate federal subsidies for the oil, gas, and coal industries. 

April 9, 2021 Press Release
WASHINGTON—Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) released the following statement on President Biden’s FY2022 budget proposal. 
 
April 9, 2021 Press Release
WASHINGTON—Rep. Omar (D-MN) released an op-ed today with activist Tara Houska on the damage that would occur with the implementation of the Line 3 pipeline in Minnesota. 
 
April 2, 2021 Press Release

WASHINGTON—Today, Reps Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Jim McGovern (D-MA), and Joaquin Castro (D-TX) celebrated the repeal of sanctions on International Criminal Court (ICC) staff previously imposed by the Trump Administration.

March 31, 2021 Press Release

WASHINGTON–Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) issued the following statement after President Biden unveiled his $2 trillion infrastructure plan to rebuild and reshape the economy:

March 26, 2021 Press Release

WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), along with Congresswomen Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) and Ilhan Omar (MN-05), re-introduced the Ending Punitive, Unfair, School-based Harm that is Overt and Unresponsive to Trauma (Ending PUSHOUT) Act, bold legislation to end the punitive pushout of girls of color from schools and disrupt the school-to-confinement path

March 26, 2021 Press Release
WASHINGTON—Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) today introduced and passed an amendment to the Saudi Arabia Accountability for Gross Violations of Human Rights Act to create consequences for Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) and other Saudi officials involved in the Khashoggi murder.
 
March 22, 2021 Press Release

WASHINGTON– Today, Congressmembers Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), Barbara Lee (CA-13), Ilhan Omar (MN-05), Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and Gwen Moore (WI-04) announced the reintroduction of the Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair or CROWN Act in the House of Representatives, simultaneously releasing a letter sent to Vice President Kamala Harris ur

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