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April 9, 2021
WASHINGTON—Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) released the following statement on President Biden's FY2022 budget proposal.
"The domestic budget President Biden proposed is a critical first step to meeting Americans' basic needs—from housing to child care to investments in schools and effective government.
April 9, 2021
WASHINGTON—Rep. Omar (D-MN) released an op-ed today with activist Tara Houska on the damage that would occur with the implementation of the Line 3 pipeline in Minnesota.
April 2, 2021

WASHINGTON—Today, Reps Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Jim McGovern (D-MA), and Joaquin Castro (D-TX) celebrated the repeal of sanctions on International Criminal Court (ICC) staff previously imposed by the Trump Administration.

March 31, 2021

WASHINGTON–Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) issued the following statement after President Biden unveiled his $2 trillion infrastructure plan to rebuild and reshape the economy:

March 26, 2021

WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), along with Congresswomen Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) and Ilhan Omar (MN-05),re-introduced the Ending Punitive, Unfair, School-based Harm that is Overt and Unresponsive to Trauma (Ending PUSHOUT) Act, bold legislation to end the punitive pushout of girls of color from schools and disrupt the school-to-confinement path

Issues:Education
March 22, 2021

WASHINGTON– Today, Congressmembers Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), Barbara Lee (CA-13), Ilhan Omar (MN-05), Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and Gwen Moore (WI-04) announced the reintroduction of the Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair or CROWN Act in the House of Representatives, simultaneously releasing a letter sent to Vice President Kamala Harris ur

March 17, 2021
WASHINGTON—Today, the House passed a historic reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, including three amendments authored by Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), including a bipartisan amendment with Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL).
"This is much-needed legislation," Rep. Omar said.
March 15, 2021

WASHINGTON—Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) led a letter to President Biden's Director of Domestic Policy, Susan Rice and Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas urging the Biden administration to issue an additional Executive Order announcing a plan to phase out contracts between ICE and state, county, and local jails and prisons.

Issues:Immigration