Press Releases
WASHINGTON—Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) released the following statement after the United States imposed sanctions on senior officials in the International Criminal Court (ICC).
WASHINGTON—Rep. Ilhan Omar released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reversed their decision to extend waivers that will allow states and schools the flexibility to more easily operate emergency summer meal programs until the end of this year.
WASHINGTON—Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), and Andre Carson (D-IN) led a letter to the Department of Homeland Security calling for a full investigation into allegations that ICE fed detainees pork, in violation of their religious tenets.
WASHINGTON— Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME) wrote a letter in response to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue's claim that extending school meal waivers would go beyond the scope of the USDA's authority.
WASHINGTON—The blatant disregard for human life, especially Black lives, is on display once again in our country's police departments. This time in Kenosha, Wisconsin and Lafayette, Louisiana. Both men were shot in the back by police officers. Jacob Blake is paralyzed from the waist down and Trayford Pellerin is dead.
WASHINGTON– Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN), Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), and Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) today introduced the Israeli Annexation Non-Recognition Act, a bill to prohibit the United States from formally recognizing or providing U.S.
WASHINGTON—Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) led a letter to oppose the Trump Administration's plan to invest $1 billion in controversial projects in Honduras over the next three years through the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC).
WASHINGTON— Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) introduced the Make Billionaires Pay Act, legislation to tax the obscene wealth increases raked in by billionaires during the ongoing pandemic in order to pay for the medical expenses of average Americans.
WASHINGTON— Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME), and 119 Members of Congress wrote to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue urging him to renew waivers to address food insecurity among children.