Press Releases
WASHINGTON—Representative Ilhan Omar released the following statement after Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson completed her first day of confirmation hearings in the Senate Judiciary Committee.
"Yesterday was historic. The poise, eloquence and professionalism of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is a reminder to Black women across the country that you belong anywhere your dreams will take you—including on the highest court in the land.
Washington– Today, Representative Omar voted to fund $17,000,000 in Community Project Funding that she previously secured for Minnesota's 5th Congressional District. This funding, included in the appropriations government funding package, responds directly to some of the most pressing needs in her district.
Washington - Today, Rep. Ilhan Omar issued the following statement after voting "no" on the Suspending Energy Imports from Russia Act.
WASHINGTON — Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) today introduced the Amir Locke End Deadly No-Knock Warrants Act, which will establish strict limitations on the use of no-knock warrants in drug-related investigations. The legislation also bans quick-knock warrants, all nighttime warrants, as well as the use of flash-bang stun grenades, other explosive devices, chemical weapons, or any military-grade firearm.
WASHINGTON—Today, Rep. Ilhan Omar released the following statement in response to Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine.
WASHINGTON—Today, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) wrote a letter calling on the Biden Administration for answers regarding the current sanctions policy in Somalia. The letter calls for a reexamination over the sanctions issued in 2010 and 2012 that remain in place. Since the sanctions were initially enacted, the situation in Somalia has changed dramatically and the letter asks how the sanctions policy plays in the larger strategy toward Somalia.
WASHINGTON—Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) wrote a letter to the Secretary of Agriculture, Thomas Vilsack calling for information regarding the reports of fraudulent misuse of federal funding by a non-profit organization intended to help feed the most vulnerable in her district. The non-profit reportedly stole and laundered over $200 million in federal funds from the USDA for personal benefits instead of feeding children.
WASHINGTON—Today, Rep. Ilhan Omar released the following statement after the Biden Administration announced continued military involvement in Yemen.
WASHINGTON—Today, Rep. Ilhan Omar released the following statement in response to the proposed Ukraine defense bill.
"A Russian invasion of Ukraine would be catastrophic and must be avoided at all costs. A core progressive principle is opposing war, and it should go without saying that I strongly oppose the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine. The United States and our allies should be doing everything we can to stop another disastrous war and pursue all possible diplomatic avenues to resolve this crisis peacefully.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y), and United States Representatives Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), and Katie Porter (D-Calif.) led more than 80 Senate and House colleagues calling on the Biden administration to release the Department of Education's (ED) memo outlining the administration's legal authority to cancel federal student loan debt and immediately cancel up to $50,000 of debt for Federal student loan borrowers.