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WASHINGTON–Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) issued the following statement on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA):
MINNEAPOLIS—Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) released the following statement after the far-right Supreme Court ruled that the Biden Administration cannot regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants that contribute to global warming under the Clean Air Act.
WASHINGTON–Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) issued the following statement after the House passed the bipartisan gun violence prevention bill.
WASHINGTON–Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court released their decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
WASHINGTON—Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Vice Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Global Human Rights, released the following statement after the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced the U.S. will provide nearly $105 million in critical humanitarian aid to the Horn of Africa and the World Bank approved a $55 million International Development Assistance (IDA) grant to support Somalia's economic recovery.
WASHINGTON — Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and Representative Ilhan Omar (MN-05), whip of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, issued the following statement on the House passage of the Keep Kids Fed Act, legislation to extend the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)'s waiver authority to provide school meals for millions of children across the country:
WASHINGTON– Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) introduced a resolution today to condemn human rights violations and violations of international religious freedom in India, including those targeting Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Dalits, Adivasis, and other religious and cultural minorities. The resolution calls on the Secretary of State to designate India as a Country of Particular Concern under the International Religious Freedom Act, which has been recommended by the independent, bipartisan U.S.
WASHINGTON—Today, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) led a letter to Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona requesting information and a timeline on how the Department of Education will carry out President Biden's executive order to cancel student debt.
WASHINGTON— Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) issued the following statement ahead of the January 6 Hearings.
WASHINGTON— Yesterday in the Water Resources Development Act of 2022, Congress passed language from Rep. Ilhan Omar and Sen. Amy Klobuchar to protect the future of the Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock. This legislation provides authority for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) to carry out water resources development projects and conduct studies to provide improvements to the nation's ports, inland waterways, locks, dams, flood protection, ecosystem restoration, and other water resources infrastructure.