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MINNESOTA, USA — Right now, states have different laws when it comes to protecting workers in excessive heat.
According to the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, states like California and Washington have specific outdoor heat exposure standards, but Minnesota does not.
Minnesota does have hot and cold standards for work that occurs indoors, but not outdoors. However, Minnesota Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) says employers have a “responsibility to protect workers from heat-related hazards.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and U.S.
WASHINGTON-- Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Chair of the US-Africa Policy Working Group, and Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA), Co-Chair of the Ethiopia Caucus and a Member of the US-Africa Policy Working Group are co-leading a letter to USAID Administrator Samantha Power asking for a resumption of food aid to Ethiopia.
WASHINGTON–Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), along with one-hundred and twelve members of Congress, are calling on the Biden Administration to implement an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) workplace heat standard as quickly as possible.
The members released a letter urging the “fastest possible implementation… given the dire threat to the lives of workers exposed to extreme heat.”
WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) released the following statement on H.Con.Res. 57.
"I’m voting against this resolution. It was designed by MAGA Republicans to target and shame a colleague, Pramila Jayapal, for comments for which she apologized and clarified.
"While I strongly agree with explicitly and affirmatively rejecting xenophobia and antisemitism, conflating antisemitism with criticism of the Israeli government is wrong.
MINNEAPOLIS—Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) released the following statement following Russia's termination of the Black Sea grain deal.
“Russia’s termination of the Black Sea grain deal with Ukraine will lead to humanitarian catastrophe. By terminating this deal, Putin is effectively plunging millions around the world into famine and starvation.
“Ukraine accounts for 10% of the world wheat market, 15% of the corn market, and 13% of the barley market.
MINNEAPOLIS—Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) released the following statement following House passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI-12) and Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (MN-05) introduced the Justice for Syrians Resolution to direct the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) to use the vote and influence of the United States to establish an international justice mechanism to finally hold Syrian Dictator Bashar al-Assad accountable for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
MINNEAPOLIS—Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) released the following statement after it was reported that the United States plans to send cluster munitions—controversial weapons banned in 108 countries—to Ukraine. Rep. Omar will also co-lead an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act prohibiting the sale of cluster munitions.
“Cluster munitions are illegal under international law. A total of 123 countries have ratified the convention to ban their use under all circumstances—including nearly all our allies.
MINNEAPOLIS—Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) released the statement following the Supreme Court's decision on student debt.
"43 million Americans. That’s how many people the rightwing partisan justices on the Supreme Court just condemned to years—sometimes a lifetime—of debt thanks to their own corruption. This court with a single decision has transferred $1.6 trillion back onto the shoulders of the working and middle class. This will prevent Americans from opening businesses, from starting families, paying rent, and paying medical bills.