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June 14, 2018 Tweet - "Today, I'm joining thousands of mothers, fathers, grandparents, and others in more than 60 cities across America to declare that #FamiliesBelongTogether. President Trump and AG Sessions are tearing children from their parents, and it has to stop @familiesbelong." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 13, 2018 Tweet - "The Trump Administration's inadequate efforts to reunite the children they separated from their parents at our border are appalling. The fact that they're migrants doesn't mean they aren't human beings who deserve basic & moral human treatment." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 13, 2018 Murphy, Duckworth Introduce Amendment To Prevent Trump From Withdrawing U.s. Troops From South Korea Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 13, 2018 Tweet - "President Trump may tweet that he has "great love" for our Dreamers, but what's happening behind the curtain reveals the truth. He wants to deport them." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 13, 2018 Tweet - "Women and children are making a harrowing journey to America in search of safety, but this Administration won't honor our legal and moral obligations to protect them. It's shameful." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 13, 2018 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 Sen. Dick Durbin
June 13, 2018 Tweet - "Attorney General Sessions has thrown justice and due process for immigrants out the window." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 12, 2018 Foster Statement On North Korea Summit Rep. Bill Foster
June 12, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Wilbur Ross, Commerce Secretary, and the Hon. Robert Lighthizer, US Trade Representative - Renegotiate Softwood Lumber Trade Agreement Between the U.S. & Canada Rep. Danny Davis, ...
June 12, 2018 Durbin Questions Trump Admin On Efforts To Stop Future Election Interference Sen. Dick Durbin
June 12, 2018 Durbin Statement On Trump's Meeting With North Korean Dictator Sen. Dick Durbin
June 12, 2018 Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi On Summit With Kim Jong Un: "For The Second Time In A Week, President Trump Has Sided With A Dictator Against Our Allies" Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
June 12, 2018 Schneider Statement On Summit With North Korea Rep. Brad Schneider
June 12, 2018 Letter to the Hon. James Mattis, Secretary of Defense - Avert Famine-Triggering Attack on Yemen's Major Port and Disclose Full U.S. Role in Saudi-Led War Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
June 12, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Nikki Haley, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations - Sanders and Sewell Call on Trump to Honor Treaty Obligations in Response to Scathing UN Report Rep. Danny Davis, ...
June 12, 2018 Tweet - "It is better for the leaders of nations with nuclear weapons to exchange positive words than hurl insults. But the meeting in Singapore did not produce an agreement, nor any credible plan to remove the nuclear threat from the Korean Peninsula." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 12, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Brock Long, Administrator for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the Honorable Alex Azar II, Secretary for the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services - Members of Congress Press FEMA, HHS on Federal Government's Failures on Puerto Rico Fatality Count Following Hurricane Maria Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 12, 2018 Duckworth, Durbin, Feinstein, 30 Senators Sponsor Legislation to End Separation of Immigrant Families Sen. Ladda Duckworth
June 12, 2018 Duckworth Statement on Donald Trump-Kim Jong Un Summit Sen. Ladda Duckworth
June 12, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - Senators to Pompeo: Divisive Comments by Ambassador Grenell Strain Relations with Allies Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 12, 2018 Casten Hits Roskam For "Moral Failure" On Dreamers' Future Rep. Sean Casten
June 11, 2018 Murphy, Duckworth Amendment Prohibits War With North Korea Without Congressional Authorization Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 10, 2018 Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi To President Trump: Less Tweeting, More Studying For Negotiations At North Korea Summit Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
June 8, 2018 Feinstein, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Halt Separation of Immigrant Families Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 8, 2018 Duckworth Statement on Upcoming Singapore Summit Between Donald Trump & Kim Jong Un Sen. Ladda Duckworth
June 8, 2018 As Reports Increase Of Border Patrol Agents Tearing Children Away From Their Parents, Gillibrand Introduces Legislation With 31 Senate Colleagues To Halt Separation Of Immigrant Families Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 7, 2018 Letter to William Evanina, Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center - Request Threat Assessment Due To President Trump's Reckless Cell Phone Usage Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 7, 2018 Tweet - "President Trump's policy of separating young children from their parents isn't just cruel and immoral, it's also ineffective. Why? Because these families are fleeing for their lives so nothing will stop them." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 7, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - Release Findings on Atrocities Against Rohingyas Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 7, 2018 Letter to President Donald Trump - Uphold American Values, End Cruel Policy of Separating Children from Parents at the Border Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 7, 2018 Letter to the Hon. John Carter, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Homeland Security and the Hon. Lucille Roybal-Allard, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Homeland Security - Jayapal, Thompson, and Lofgren Lead 108 Lawmakers Urging Appropriators to Stop DHS from Separating Families Rep. Bill Foster, ...
June 6, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Kevin Yoder, Chairman, and the Honorable Lucille Roybal-Allard, Ranking Member of House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security - Protecting DREAMers From Deportation Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
June 6, 2018 Tweet - "Across America there is revulsion to the idea of separating small children from their parents. This policy is causing serious trauma to children and we need your voices now to tell President Trump to end this stain on America immediately." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 6, 2018 Water Resources Development Act of 2018 Rep. Mike Bost
June 6, 2018 Immigrant Heritage Month Rep. Brad Schneider
June 6, 2018 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019--Motion to Proceed Sen. Dick Durbin
June 6, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Honorable Alex Acosta, Secretary of Labor - Concerns Over Abuses in the H-2B Visa Program that Threaten American Workers Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 6, 2018 Tweet - "AG Sessions is *choosing* to separate children from their parents at the border. That's not a law -- that's the policy of this Administration to intimidate those lawfully seeking asylum in our country." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 5, 2018 Tweet - "Make no mistake: Under President Trump, separating families fleeing persecution has become official U.S. policy. It's extreme, cruel, un-American, and has to stop." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 5, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Hon. David Kautter, Acting Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service - Calling for an End to Immigration Raids at Work Rep. Danny Davis, ...
June 5, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Jim Mattis, Secretary of Defense - End Transgender Ban in the Military Rep. Robin Kelly, ...
June 4, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Rep. Adriano Espaillat Leads Congressional Call For Secretary DeVos to Correct Testimony and Uphold Obligation to Serve All Students Rep. Mike Quigley, ...
June 4, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump - Conditions For Any Deal With North Korea Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 1, 2018 Schakowsky statement on Ambassador Friedman's comments Rep. Jan Schakowsky
June 1, 2018 Tweet - "Immigrant families fleeing violence and danger from their home countries should not have to experience more suffering in this country by being torn apart from their loved ones. Today I stand in solidarity with thousands of Americans who understand that #FamiliesBelongTogether" Sen. Dick Durbin
June 1, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Kristjen M. Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Honorable Jeff Sessions, Attorney General for the Department of Justice - House Judiciary Dems Demand Answers from DHS & DOJ Following Surge of Immigrant Family Separations at the Border Rep. Brad Schneider, ...
May 31, 2018 Tweet - "President Trump's trade war will not end well. Such recklessness alienates our allies and puts American farmers, businesses, and consumers on the hook to lose big." Sen. Dick Durbin
May 31, 2018 Letter to the Hon Thomas Homan, Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Urge Designation of Courts as Immigrant Safe Spaces Rep. Danny Davis, ...
May 30, 2018 Letter to National Security Advisor Bolton - Not to Eliminate the Role of Cybersecurity Coordinator Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
May 30, 2018 Tweet "The Trump Administration's response to Hurricane Maria has been a disaster. Now they must come clean about why it took so long to get these Americans the help they so desperately needed." Sen. Dick Durbin
Date Title Politician
June 14, 2018 Tweet - "Today, I'm joining thousands of mothers, fathers, grandparents, and others in more than 60 cities across America to declare that #FamiliesBelongTogether. President Trump and AG Sessions are tearing children from their parents, and it has to stop @familiesbelong." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 13, 2018 Tweet - "The Trump Administration's inadequate efforts to reunite the children they separated from their parents at our border are appalling. The fact that they're migrants doesn't mean they aren't human beings who deserve basic & moral human treatment." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 13, 2018 Murphy, Duckworth Introduce Amendment To Prevent Trump From Withdrawing U.s. Troops From South Korea Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 13, 2018 Tweet - "President Trump may tweet that he has "great love" for our Dreamers, but what's happening behind the curtain reveals the truth. He wants to deport them." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 13, 2018 Tweet - "Women and children are making a harrowing journey to America in search of safety, but this Administration won't honor our legal and moral obligations to protect them. It's shameful." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 13, 2018 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 Sen.Dick Durbin
June 13, 2018 Tweet - "Attorney General Sessions has thrown justice and due process for immigrants out the window." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 12, 2018 Foster Statement On North Korea Summit Rep.Bill Foster
June 12, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Wilbur Ross, Commerce Secretary, and the Hon. Robert Lighthizer, US Trade Representative - Renegotiate Softwood Lumber Trade Agreement Between the U.S. & Canada Rep.Danny Davis, ...
June 12, 2018 Durbin Questions Trump Admin On Efforts To Stop Future Election Interference Sen.Dick Durbin
June 12, 2018 Durbin Statement On Trump's Meeting With North Korean Dictator Sen.Dick Durbin
June 12, 2018 Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi On Summit With Kim Jong Un: "For The Second Time In A Week, President Trump Has Sided With A Dictator Against Our Allies" Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
June 12, 2018 Schneider Statement On Summit With North Korea Rep.Brad Schneider
June 12, 2018 Letter to the Hon. James Mattis, Secretary of Defense - Avert Famine-Triggering Attack on Yemen's Major Port and Disclose Full U.S. Role in Saudi-Led War Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
June 12, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Nikki Haley, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations - Sanders and Sewell Call on Trump to Honor Treaty Obligations in Response to Scathing UN Report Rep.Danny Davis, ...
June 12, 2018 Tweet - "It is better for the leaders of nations with nuclear weapons to exchange positive words than hurl insults. But the meeting in Singapore did not produce an agreement, nor any credible plan to remove the nuclear threat from the Korean Peninsula." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 12, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Brock Long, Administrator for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the Honorable Alex Azar II, Secretary for the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services - Members of Congress Press FEMA, HHS on Federal Government's Failures on Puerto Rico Fatality Count Following Hurricane Maria Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 12, 2018 Duckworth, Durbin, Feinstein, 30 Senators Sponsor Legislation to End Separation of Immigrant Families Sen.Ladda Duckworth
June 12, 2018 Duckworth Statement on Donald Trump-Kim Jong Un Summit Sen.Ladda Duckworth
June 12, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - Senators to Pompeo: Divisive Comments by Ambassador Grenell Strain Relations with Allies Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 12, 2018 Casten Hits Roskam For "Moral Failure" On Dreamers' Future Rep.Sean Casten
June 11, 2018 Murphy, Duckworth Amendment Prohibits War With North Korea Without Congressional Authorization Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 10, 2018 Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi To President Trump: Less Tweeting, More Studying For Negotiations At North Korea Summit Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
June 8, 2018 Feinstein, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Halt Separation of Immigrant Families Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 8, 2018 Duckworth Statement on Upcoming Singapore Summit Between Donald Trump & Kim Jong Un Sen.Ladda Duckworth
June 8, 2018 As Reports Increase Of Border Patrol Agents Tearing Children Away From Their Parents, Gillibrand Introduces Legislation With 31 Senate Colleagues To Halt Separation Of Immigrant Families Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 7, 2018 Letter to William Evanina, Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center - Request Threat Assessment Due To President Trump's Reckless Cell Phone Usage Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 7, 2018 Tweet - "President Trump's policy of separating young children from their parents isn't just cruel and immoral, it's also ineffective. Why? Because these families are fleeing for their lives so nothing will stop them." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 7, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - Release Findings on Atrocities Against Rohingyas Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 7, 2018 Letter to President Donald Trump - Uphold American Values, End Cruel Policy of Separating Children from Parents at the Border Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 7, 2018 Letter to the Hon. John Carter, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Homeland Security and the Hon. Lucille Roybal-Allard, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Homeland Security - Jayapal, Thompson, and Lofgren Lead 108 Lawmakers Urging Appropriators to Stop DHS from Separating Families Rep.Bill Foster, ...
June 6, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Kevin Yoder, Chairman, and the Honorable Lucille Roybal-Allard, Ranking Member of House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security - Protecting DREAMers From Deportation Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
June 6, 2018 Tweet - "Across America there is revulsion to the idea of separating small children from their parents. This policy is causing serious trauma to children and we need your voices now to tell President Trump to end this stain on America immediately." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 6, 2018 Water Resources Development Act of 2018 Rep.Mike Bost
June 6, 2018 Immigrant Heritage Month Rep.Brad Schneider
June 6, 2018 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019--Motion to Proceed Sen.Dick Durbin
June 6, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Honorable Alex Acosta, Secretary of Labor - Concerns Over Abuses in the H-2B Visa Program that Threaten American Workers Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 6, 2018 Tweet - "AG Sessions is *choosing* to separate children from their parents at the border. That's not a law -- that's the policy of this Administration to intimidate those lawfully seeking asylum in our country." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 5, 2018 Tweet - "Make no mistake: Under President Trump, separating families fleeing persecution has become official U.S. policy. It's extreme, cruel, un-American, and has to stop." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 5, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Hon. David Kautter, Acting Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service - Calling for an End to Immigration Raids at Work Rep.Danny Davis, ...
June 5, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Jim Mattis, Secretary of Defense - End Transgender Ban in the Military Rep.Robin Kelly, ...
June 4, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Rep. Adriano Espaillat Leads Congressional Call For Secretary DeVos to Correct Testimony and Uphold Obligation to Serve All Students Rep.Mike Quigley, ...
June 4, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump - Conditions For Any Deal With North Korea Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 1, 2018 Schakowsky statement on Ambassador Friedman's comments Rep.Jan Schakowsky
June 1, 2018 Tweet - "Immigrant families fleeing violence and danger from their home countries should not have to experience more suffering in this country by being torn apart from their loved ones. Today I stand in solidarity with thousands of Americans who understand that #FamiliesBelongTogether" Sen.Dick Durbin
June 1, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Kristjen M. Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Honorable Jeff Sessions, Attorney General for the Department of Justice - House Judiciary Dems Demand Answers from DHS & DOJ Following Surge of Immigrant Family Separations at the Border Rep.Brad Schneider, ...
May 31, 2018 Tweet - "President Trump's trade war will not end well. Such recklessness alienates our allies and puts American farmers, businesses, and consumers on the hook to lose big." Sen.Dick Durbin
May 31, 2018 Letter to the Hon Thomas Homan, Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Urge Designation of Courts as Immigrant Safe Spaces Rep.Danny Davis, ...
May 30, 2018 Letter to National Security Advisor Bolton - Not to Eliminate the Role of Cybersecurity Coordinator Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
May 30, 2018 Tweet "The Trump Administration's response to Hurricane Maria has been a disaster. Now they must come clean about why it took so long to get these Americans the help they so desperately needed." Sen.Dick Durbin
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