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Press Releases

May 20, 2024

WASHINGTON—Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) released the following statement following the applications for arrest warrants for senior Hamas and Israeli leadership for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court:

May 6, 2024

WASHINGTON—Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) released the following statement following reports that the Israeli army is evacuating the eastern neighborhoods of Rafah in preparation for a military ground operation. 

May 2, 2024

WASHINGTON– Ilhan Omar (MN-05), Representatives Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), Barbara Lee (CA-13), Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Gwen Moore (WI-04), Summer Lee (PA-12) and Maxwell Frost (FL-10) announced the reintroduction of the Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair or CROWN Act in th

April 20, 2024

WASHINGTON–Today, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) released the following statement after voting on a series of foreign aid supplemental bills. 

April 19, 2024

WASHINGTON– Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) released the following statement in response to House Republicans' floor agenda this week.

April 15, 2024

WASHINGTON — Rep. Ilhan Omar, Chair of the U.S Africa Policy Working Group Released a Statement on the One-Year Anniversary of the Sudanese Civil War:

April 14, 2024

WASHINGTON—Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN) released the following statement following Iran's attack on Israel. 

April 9, 2024

Washington – Rep. Ilhan Omar signed a letter to President Biden and Secretary Blinken, alongside 55 Democrats led by Representatives Pocan, McGovern and Schakowsky urging the Biden Administration to withhold pending and future weapons assistance to Israel. This comes following the seven humanitarian aid workers from World Central Kitchen, including one American, killed in an Israeli airstrike.