Press Releases

Rep. Ilhan Omar met with French Parliamentarians Natalie Oziol & Rachel Keke to discuss Transatlantic cooperation, particularly parallels between the fight for workers rights and President Emmanuel Macron’s attempts to raise the retirement age during a pension crisis, and the rise of police violence and racial tensions.

Bill is Co-Led by Rep. Adam Schiff and Rep. Jahana Hayes

WASHINGTON—Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) today introduced the School Meals during School Closures Act. The bill is co-led by Reps. Adam Schiff and Jahana Hayes. The bill would allow states or school districts to continue to provide free and subsidized meals during disruptions—including the recent spate of extreme weather events in Minnesota and the strikes in Los Angeles County.

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar joined Chairman James P. McGovern (D-MA) and fellow Members of the Executive Committee of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission for a meeting with Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. They discussed the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and its continued resonance today.

WASHINGTON—Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) announced today that she has joined the House Democracy Partnership (HDP) as a Member. The HDP serves as the House’s preeminent forum to strengthen bilateral and multilateral relationships with legislatures around the world and support the development of independent and effective legislative institutions globally. Established by the U.S.

WASHINGTON – Today, as Republicans nationwide target vulnerable students, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), in partnership with Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) and Ilhan Omar (MN-05), re-introduced the Ending PUSHOUT Act, their legislation to end the punitive pushout of girls of color from schools. The Ending PUSHOUT Act calls out the harmful ways in which students are criminalized and overpoliced at school and invests in safe and nurturing school environments for all students, especially girls of color.

MINNEAPOLIS – Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) joined a bicameral congressional delegation to Vietnam and Indonesia. The delegation worked to advance both bilateral relations as well as multilateral relations with members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

MINNEAPOLIS—Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) released the following statement on the violence in Sudan.

“I am deeply concerned about the violence between Sudan’s military and paramilitary RSF this weekend that has taken the lives of at least 56 people, including 3 Word Food Program workers, and injured over 500.

"This news is particularly devastating given the Sudanese people’s hopes for a transition to democracy in 2019 and sadly a predictable outcome of the military coup in 2021—given the international community’s failure to hold the RSF and military accountable.

MINNEAPOLIS—Today, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI-12), along with Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (MN-05) and Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04), re-introduced the End Child Poverty Act, which would replace the Child Tax Credit (CTC) and the child provisions in the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) with a Universal Child Benefit that would provide a payment of $393 per child per month to families.