Press Releases
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.
FRIDLEY—Representative Ilhan Omar welcomed President Joe Biden to her district today, meeting him on the tarmac at Minneapolis - St. Paul International Airport and touring the Cummins electrolyzer facility in Fridley with the President. The Fridley facility is Cummins' first electrolyzer manufacturing facility in the United States. The electolyzers manufactured here produce clean hydrogen energy that help decrease carbon emissions and reduce our carbon footprint. The Inflation Reduction Act, which President Biden signed last year and Rep.
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar met Thursday with His Excellency Jonatan Vseviov, Secretary General of the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. They discussed the importance of continued international support for Ukraine’s defense, and the centrality of accountability for war crimes and the crime of aggression. They also discussed Estonia’s efforts to support Ukrainian refugees and the Swedish and Finnish applications to join NATO.
WASHINGTON—Congresswoman Ilhan Omar released the following statement on Former President Donald Trump's indictment.
“Our democracy rests on the rule of law. When someone—no matter how powerful they are—is suspected of a criminal act, our justice system investigates, charges, and convicts them in accordance with due process.
WASHINGTON—Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) released the following statement on the human rights situation in Punjab, India.
WASHINGTON—Congresswoman Ilhan Omar released the following statement on the protests in Israel.
“I am inspired by the hundreds of thousands of Israelis taking to the streets to protest the right-wing Israeli government’s plans to overhaul the independent judiciary and centralize power. I am especially inspired by the demands from many protesters to end the illegal occupation of Palestinian land and halt Prime Minister Netanyahu’s push for what amounts to full annexation of Palestinian land.