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WASHINGTON—Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN) released the following statement following South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s declaration of martial law.
WASHINGTON—Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) released the following statement following the announcement of arrest warrants made by the International Criminal Court for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and also Mohammed Deif, the military commander of Hamas on October 7th.
WASHINGTON—Rep. Ilhan Omar released the following statement on voting NO on HRes 1449.
“I voted NO on HRes 1449 because the bill endorses the harmful definition of IHRA that dangerously conflates legitimate criticism of Israel to antisemitism and further harms our ability to address antisemitism. I condemn antisemitism unequivocally, however this resolution does nothing to combat antisemitism. I will continue to stand against any attempt to silence genuine concerns of the Israeli government as antisemitism.”
WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, Rep. Omar joined a letter to President Biden, led by Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI-12) and Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01), questioning the involvement of the U.S. Armed Forces in the Israeli government’s expanding regional war across the Middle East, including in the ground invasions of Lebanon and Gaza, and the recent exchanges of hostilities between Israel and Iran.
On Friday, MinnesotaRep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) will introduce a potentially groundbreaking piece of federal legislation in the House of Representatives â one allocating $10 billion in funding to fight Long Covid, the increasingly widespread, chronic condition that follows many Covid infections. The Long Covid Research Moonshot Act is a companion bill to one that Sen.
WASHINGTON– Today, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (MN-05) and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) introduced the Long Covid Research Moonshot Act which would provide the National Institutes of Health (NIH) with $1 billion in mandatory funding per year for a decade to support studies, the pursuit of treatments, and the expansion of care for U.S. patients impacted by the condition. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) introduced companion legislation last month.
WASHINGTON– Today, U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) and U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) announced the reintroduction of the No Shame at School Act, a bill aimed at ending lunch shaming practices in schools nationwide.
WASHINGTON—Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN) released the following statement following Israel’s attacks in Lebanon.
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.