Press Releases
WASHINGTON—Today, Congressmembers Ilhan Omar (MN-05), Rashida Tlaib (MI-13), Joyce Beatty (OH-03), and Emanuel Cleaver, II (MO-05) sent two letters cosigned by 18 of their colleagues to federal financial regulators and three big banks calling on them all to address banking disparities and difficulties experienced by individuals, businesses, and charities that "bank while Muslim."
WASHINGTON— Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) led a letter to House Leadership today calling for protections for refugees, asylees, and other immigrants in the next COVID-19 emergency legislative package.
MINNEAPOLIS— Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) launched a new Medium page highlighting constituent casework stories during the coronavirus pandemic. The first article focuses on ways Rep. Omar's office assisted constituents during this unprecedented time.
WASHINGTON— Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) unveiled the Rent and Mortgage Cancellation Act, a bill to institute a nationwide cancellation of rents and home mortgage payments through the duration of the coronavirus pandemic. The bill would constitute a full payment forgiveness, with no accumulation of debt for renters or homeowners and no negative impact on their credit rating or rental history.
WASHINGTON— Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) sent a letter to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Deputy Assistant Secretary Loren Sweatt today requesting a comprehensive investigation into Amazon's recent dismissal of two employees at a warehouse facility in Shakopee, Minnesota. The employees were involved in organizing efforts and helped file a complaint with a group of Shakopee facility workers to OSHA in early April. The formal compliant came after workers at dozens of Amazon facilities nationwide tested positive for COVID-19.
WASHINGTON— Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) today unveiled the SNAP Online Purchasing Flexibility Act, a bill which would require the Secretary of Agriculture to allow all states that meet the necessary requirements to participate in the online purchasing program by allowing approved retail food stores to accept online transactions of SNAP benefits. The bill would expand the existing Department of Agriculture (USDA) SNAP online purchasing pilot program from 8 states to all states.
WASHINGTON— Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) today introduced the Recovery Rebates Improvement Act and sent a letter to the Department of Treasury to request guidance on eligibility of recovery rebates. While the recently passed CARES Act provide millions of Americans with direct economic assistance, the bill leaves out many noncitizens and mixed status families—even if members of the family are citizens. The Recovery Rebates Improvement Act fixes the major error by expanding the special rule for the military in the CARES Act.
WASHINGTON— Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) led Members of Congress on a series of letters to the CEOs of American companies today, calling on them to stop the use of forced labor of the Uyghur Muslim population in China. The Australian Strategic Policy Institute has painstakingly tracked both forced transfers of workers from Xinjiang to other parts of China, and the use of Uyghur labor in factories within Xinjiang.