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WASHINGTON – Today,  Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) released the following statement on her support for a resolution condemning bigotry toward Haitian people. Members of the Haiti Caucus, Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost, Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, and Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, authored this resolution. 

WASHINGTON – Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) released the following statement ahead of the historic Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on hate crimes in America.

WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (MN-05) introduced the Shrinkflation Reduction Act, aimed at enhancing pricing transparency for consumers and combating the deceptive practice of shrinkflation.

WASHINGTON—Reps Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) today introduced a resolution to support the goals and ideals of World Drowning Prevention Day. This resolution will also encourage intergovernmental cooperation to develop new drowning prevention policies. 

WASHINGTON–Today, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) released the following statement on Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress:

“I will not be attending Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress.

WASHINGTON– Today, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (MN-05) delivered a floor speech highlighting the impact of the PACT Act and urging more Minnesota veterans to enroll in the program.

Rep. Omar hosted a briefing with Ambassador Geeta Rao Gupta, the U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues, for the US-Africa Policy Working Group.

WASHINGTON—Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) led a letter urging President Joe Biden and Attorney General Garland to establish an Office for Missing and Murdered Black Women and Girls within the Department of Justice (DOJ) to address alarming disparities in violence.