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WASHINGTON—Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) announced today that she has joined the House Democracy Partnership (HDP) as a Member. The HDP serves as the House’s preeminent forum to strengthen bilateral and multilateral relationships with legislatures around the world and support the development of independent and effective legislative institutions globally. Established by the U.S.
WASHINGTON – Today, as Republicans nationwide target vulnerable students, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), in partnership with Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) and Ilhan Omar (MN-05), re-introduced the Ending PUSHOUT Act, their legislation to end the punitive pushout of girls of color from schools. The Ending PUSHOUT Act calls out the harmful ways in which students are criminalized and overpoliced at school and invests in safe and nurturing school environments for all students, especially girls of color.
MINNEAPOLIS – Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) joined a bicameral congressional delegation to Vietnam and Indonesia. The delegation worked to advance both bilateral relations as well as multilateral relations with members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
MINNEAPOLIS—Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) released the following statement on the violence in Sudan.
“I am deeply concerned about the violence between Sudan’s military and paramilitary RSF this weekend that has taken the lives of at least 56 people, including 3 Word Food Program workers, and injured over 500.
"This news is particularly devastating given the Sudanese people’s hopes for a transition to democracy in 2019 and sadly a predictable outcome of the military coup in 2021—given the international community’s failure to hold the RSF and military accountable.
In 2021, Congress passed the landmark American Rescue Plan signed into law by President Joe Biden. Among other policies, the bill dramatically expanded the Child Tax Credit to up to $3,600 for children under 6 and $3,000 for children between the ages of 6 and 17. These payments represented the biggest anti-poverty initiatives in a generation. As a result of the expanded Child Tax Credit, survival checks during the pandemic and expanded unemployment assistance, child poverty hit a historic low in 2021.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden was winding up for a speech at a Minnesota clean energy facility when he spotted a lawmaker in the crowd whom he wanted to recognize.
“I want to thank you for being here,” Biden said, gesturing toward Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar during his recent visit. “You never stop working to level the playing field for everybody.”
MINNEAPOLIS—Today, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI-12), along with Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (MN-05) and Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04), re-introduced the End Child Poverty Act, which would replace the Child Tax Credit (CTC) and the child provisions in the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) with a Universal Child Benefit that would provide a payment of $393 per child per month to families.
FRIDLEY—Representative Ilhan Omar welcomed President Joe Biden to her district today, meeting him on the tarmac at Minneapolis - St. Paul International Airport and touring the Cummins electrolyzer facility in Fridley with the President. The Fridley facility is Cummins' first electrolyzer manufacturing facility in the United States. The electolyzers manufactured here produce clean hydrogen energy that help decrease carbon emissions and reduce our carbon footprint. The Inflation Reduction Act, which President Biden signed last year and Rep.
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar met Thursday with His Excellency Jonatan Vseviov, Secretary General of the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. They discussed the importance of continued international support for Ukraine’s defense, and the centrality of accountability for war crimes and the crime of aggression. They also discussed Estonia’s efforts to support Ukrainian refugees and the Swedish and Finnish applications to join NATO.