Press Releases
WASHINGTON—Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), released the following statement on the looming government shutdown
“This shutdown is not only tragic, but completely avoidable. An overwhelming bipartisan majority of lawmakers in the House support a clean bill to keep the government open. The Senate is prepared to pass it, the President is prepared to sign it.
Congresswoman Omar met today with a cross-party delegation of Australian parliamentarians, including the former Deputy Prime Minister MP Barnaby Joyce, Senators Peter Whish-Wilson, David Shoebridge, and Alex Antic, and MPs Tony Zappia and Monique Ryan. They were joined by Gabriel Shipton, the brother of Julian Assange.
Congresswoman Omar met with a cross-partisan delegation of Members of Ghana’s Parliament. The delegation was hosted by the National Democratic Institute, NDI, under the auspices of the Institute for Representative Government (IRG) at the State Department. The group discussed avenues for collaboration, particularly as it pertains to women’s participation in government, and ways to strengthen the bilateral relationship between the United States and Ghana.
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar met with Aung Kyaw Moe, the Deputy Union Minister for Human Rights in Burma’s National Unity Government. They discussed the need for greater international recognition for the National Unity Government, international efforts to recognize and seek justice for the Rohingya genocide, and ways the United States can support those efforts. Congresswoman Omar reiterated her strong support for the cases before both the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court.
WASHINGTON – Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Co-Chair of the Congressional Caucus on Black Women and Girls, today introduced the Brittany Clardy Missing And Murdered Black Women And Girls Act, critical legislation to address the nationwide crisis of missing and murdered Black women and girls.
WASHINGTON—Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), released the following statement on Kevin McCarthy opening an impeachment inquiry
“This is a new low in House Republicans’ failure to govern. Instead of doing anything to address rising housing costs, raise the minimum wage, tackle child poverty or address the opioid crisis, Republicans have threatened to the plunge the nation into default and are now once again pushing the government to the brink of a shutdown. It’s no wonder this Congress has been the least productive in decades.
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) recently took part in an effort to establish federal heat standards for outdoor workers WORKING in extreme heat through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
With Minnesota and the Twin Cities, experiencing A record-breaking heatwave, Rep. Omar discussed the effort with KARE 11's Gordon Severson.
WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Senators Alex Padilla, (D-Calif.), and Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) and U.S. Representatives Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.), and Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.) led 79 other lawmakers in a letter to President Joe Biden, urging him to swiftly deliver on his promise to deliver student debt cancellation to working and middle class families by early 2024.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and U.S.
WASHINGTON-- Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Chair of the US-Africa Policy Working Group, and Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA), Co-Chair of the Ethiopia Caucus and a Member of the US-Africa Policy Working Group are co-leading a letter to USAID Administrator Samantha Power asking for a resumption of food aid to Ethiopia.