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MINNEAPOLIS—Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) released the following statement on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s approval of Minnesota to the SNAP online purchasing pilot program. This approval will allow SNAP recipients in Minnesota the ability to use EBT cards for online grocery orders.
MINNEAPOLIS—Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) released the following statement after a member of the Minneapolis community passed away after contracting COVID-19.
MINNEAPOLIS—Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) released the following statement after Somalia labeled Voice of America journalist Harun Maruf a “threat” to security.
MINNEAPOLIS— Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) issued the following statement on the coronavirus outbreak at the Senior Care Community Center in New Hope. At least twelve residents at the care facility have contracted and passed away from the novel coronavirus. Last year, Rep. Omar was able to visit the care facility.
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.