Press Releases
WASHINGTON—Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) today sent a letter to the heads of all U.S. banking regulators calling on them to improve banking access for immigrant communities and communities of color. The letter is co-lead by Sen. Ed Markey, Rep. Rashida Tlaib and Rep. Joyce Beatty and co-signed by Sen.
WASHINGTON—Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) issued the following statement after securing a vote on 7 days of sick leave for railroad workers.
“Railroad corporations are raking in record profits — over $20 billion last year alone.
“Meanwhile, their workers do not even have the basic protections of a single day of paid or unpaid sick time. In the face of these record profits, railroad workers have made a simple, dignified request for the basic protections of paid leave. And we in Congress need to listen to them.
WASHINGTON–Today, the House passed legislation authored by Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) to rename a post office location in Minneapolis, Minnesota after the late Representative Martin Olav Sabo, who represented her current district, the 5th District of Minnesota, for nearly three decades. The legislation garnered bipartisan support from the Minnesota Congressional delegation.
WASHINGTON–Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) issued the following statement after House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy threatened to strip her from her seat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
“From the moment I was elected, the Republican Party has made it their mission to use fear, xenophobia, Islamophobia and racism to target me on the House Floor and through millions of dollars of campaign ads.
WASHINGTON – Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) released the following statement after Speaker Nancy Pelosi made an announcement to step down from House Democratic leadership in the next Congress.
WASHINGTON—Today, Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) led a letter to Special Envoy John Kerry urging the U.S. to support loss & damage (L&D) funding to help developing countries recover from climate disasters. This fund should channel new public funding from developed to developing countries to help them recover from climate disasters. This L&D proposal could be a small yet important first step in pushing U.S.
WASHINGTON—Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), and Jesús G. “Chuy” García today led a letter to President Joe Biden asking his Administration to pardon allsimple marijuana possession offenses, regardless of immigration status, and prioritize decriminalizing and rescheduling marijuana and reopening the immigration cases of those who were deported for marijuana-related offenses.
MINNEAPOLIS—Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) issued the following statement after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the designation of Ethiopia for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months. Rep. Omar has been a longtime advocate for the people of Ethiopia, including a Temporary Protected Status designation. In September 2021, she co-led letter with Rep. Joe Neguse specifically asking the Administration to designate TPS for Ethiopia.
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) issued the following statement today after President Biden announced a pardon of federal marijuana possession offenses, called on governors to do the same, and initiated the process of reviewing how marijuana is scheduled under federal law.
WASHINGTON – Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) released the following statement after workers in her office unanimously voted to form a union. Rep. Omar's office became one of the first to unionize, along with workers in the offices of Rep. Andy Levin and Rep. Ro Khanna.