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Aug. 15, 2018 Meng Introduces Proposed Constitutional Amendment to Lower the Voting Age in America to 16 Years Old Rep. Grace Meng
Aug. 15, 2018 Cardin, Boozman Introduce Resolution to Elevate U.S. Efforts to End Violence Against Children Sen. John Boozman, ...
Aug. 14, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security - Take Immediate Steps to Reunite Children and Families Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, ...
Aug. 11, 2018 Tweet - "I'll keep saying it: The Trump Admin should immediately reverse course on this heartless & dangerous policy that puts the health of mothers at risk. That's why I joined my colleagues in introducing the Stop Shackling and Detaining Pregnant Women Act." Sen. Patty Murray
Aug. 10, 2018 Tweet - "It's been a month and a half since a judge ordered the Trump Admin to reunite the families it separated. How are there still over 500 kids yet to see their parents? The zero-tolerance policy, and this incompetent attempt to reunite children, is a stain on our great nation." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 10, 2018 Tweet - "I'll keep saying it: The Trump Admin should immediately reverse course on this heartless & dangerous policy that puts the health of mothers at risk. That's why I joined my colleagues in introducing the Stop Shackling and Detaining Pregnant Women Act." Sen. Patty Murray
Aug. 9, 2018 Letter to Richard H. Anderson, President and CEO of National Passenger Rail Corporation - Tonko Leads Bipartisan Effort to Save Toys for Tots Holiday Train Rep. Paul Tonko, ...
Aug. 8, 2018 Tweet - "All around the country--in cities, suburbs, and rural communities--families are struggling to find and afford high-quality child care. My conversation with @HeidiMurkoff on how we can address this crisis by ensuring #ChildCare4All" Sen. Patty Murray
Aug. 8, 2018 Tweet - "Every child in America should know that we're committed to helping them succeed and achieve their dreams, and every working parent should have the peace of mind that comes with knowing their children are being cared for in a safe and nurturing environment. #ChildCare4All" Sen. Patty Murray
Aug. 7, 2018 Tweet - "We've got to do away with the mindset that lack of affordable, high-quality child care is somebody else's problem. This is on all of us to fix and provide #ChildCare4All." Sen. Patty Murray
Aug. 7, 2018 Tweet - "I can't go anywhere without somebody telling me a personal story about calling dozens of child care centers with no success. So I sat down with @HeidiMurkoff to discuss what we can do to address our nation's child care crisis." Sen. Patty Murray
Aug. 7, 2018 Tweet - "All around the country--in cities, suburbs, and rural communities--families are struggling to find and afford high-quality child care. My conversation with @HeidiMurkoff on how we can address this crisis by ensuring #ChildCare4All" Sen. Patty Murray
Aug. 7, 2018 Tweet - "I recently sat down with @HeidiMurkoff to discuss our nation's child care crisis, because every parent should be able to go to work knowing their child is safe, and every child should deserves to be set up for success. Watch our conversation here:" Sen. Patty Murray
Aug. 3, 2018 Letter to Ronald Vitiello, Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Kevin McAleenan, Commissioner for US Customs and Border Protection, and Scott Lloyd, Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement - Demands Immediate Investigation into Reported Death of Child Held at Texas ICE Facility Rep. Norma Torres, ...
Aug. 3, 2018 Tweet - "Nearly 600. This is completely unacceptable. I won't rest until the Trump Administration reunites every child who was forcibly separated and is held responsible for this zero-tolerance humanitarian disaster." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 3, 2018 Merkley, Duckworth Lead Senate Resolution Marking World Breastfeeding Week, National Breastfeeding Month Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 2, 2018 Gillibrand Announces Senate Passage Of Her Provisions To Protect Military Families From Intimate Partner And Child Abuse Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
Aug. 2, 2018 Gillibrand Announces Senate Passage Of Her Provisions To Protect Military Families From Intimate Partner And Child Abuse Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
Aug. 2, 2018 Wagner, Rubio Announce Conservative Paid Family Leave Legislation Rep. Ann Wagner
Aug. 2, 2018 Tweet - "Trump Admin officials told us this week that giving them the authority to indefinitely detain parents & kids together would help solve the crisis at the border they created. Locking up children in detention facilities isn't a solution, it's just more cruelty by this White House." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 2, 2018 Tweet - "What is the Trump Administration doing to reunite the 711 "lost" children with their parents, who were forcibly removed from their mothers & fathers at the border? We cannot rest until every child is safely back in their parents' arms." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 2, 2018 Tweet - "The zero-tolerance immigration policy has been an unmitigated disaster from start to finish. The Trump Administration never kept sufficient records for the kids they forcibly separated from their parents, and seemingly had no intention to reunite them. Inexcusable." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 2, 2018 Tweet - "It's false to say that previous administrations had a policy of intentionally separating children from their parents. This policy began in April when AG Sessions ordered zero-tolerance. It started as a bright idea in the Trump White House and ended up being a disaster." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 1, 2018 Shaheen Legislation to Bolster Pediatric Cancer Research and Public Outreach in New Hampshire Passes the Senate Sen. Cynthia Shaheen
Aug. 1, 2018 USA Today - New Parents Face the 'Social Insecurity' of Our Time, so Let's Help
Rep. Ann Wagner, ...
Aug. 1, 2018 Tweet - "Trump Administration ignored warnings from their agency's own public health experts that separating a child from his or her parent would cause trauma. Inexcusable, and nothing short of gross negligence." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 1, 2018 Family Internment Sen. Jeff Merkley
Aug. 1, 2018 Tweet - "Medical experts have told us that an ICE detention center is no place for a child. DHS' own medical consultants say family detention poses a "high risk of harm to children and their families." It's not "summer camp."" Sen. Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018 Durbin Calls On DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen To Step Down In Wake Of Failure To Reunite "Deleted" Families Sen. Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018 Durbin Statement On Completion Of Internal Investigation Of Heartland Alliance Into Allegations Of Physical & Emotional Abuse At Chicago Facility Sen. Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018 MSNBC "All in with Chris Hayes" - Transcript: Interview with Sen. Mazie Hirono Sen. Mazie Hirono
July 31, 2018 Tweet - "The Trump Administration should own up to its cruel decision to forcibly separate children at the border, and the humanitarian disaster that ensued in its aftermath. There is no one else to blame for this chaos." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018 Tweet - "The Trump Admin's child separation policy is more than a bureaucratic lapse in judgment. It is -- and was -- a cruel policy inconsistent with the bedrock values of this nation. We can have border security without bullying. We can be safe without treating toddlers as terrorists." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018 Tweet - "In the name of the 711 lost children, the families that have been "deleted" by her agency, and common decency, I'm calling on Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, the architect of this humanitarian disaster, to step down." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018 Tweet - "On Secretary Nielsen's watch, nearly 2,700 children have been separated from their parents & more than 700 children still have not been reunited with their families -- including over 400 whose parents were apparently deported & more than 90 whose parents cannot be located at all." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018 Tweet - ""Government-sanctioned child abuse." That's what the American Academy of Pediatrics called President Trump's zero tolerance child separation policy, and this story shows why. It's heartbreaking." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 30, 2018 Durbin To E-Cigarette Industry: Gummy Bear-Flavored Liquid Nicotine Helps Adults Quit Smoking? Prove It Sen. Dick Durbin
July 30, 2018 Senator Collins Joins Bipartisan Group in Introducing Legislation to Study Impact of Technology and Media on Children Sen. Susan Collins
July 29, 2018 Tweet - "A combination of cruelty and incompetence by the Trump Administration brought us to this day. Now they must reunite the 711 "deleted" children still separated from their parents. We will not rest until they do." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 27, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Alex M. Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Honorable Neomi Rao, Administrator of Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Request Extension for Public Comment Period on Title X Gag Rule Sen. Chris Van Hollen, ...
July 27, 2018 Hoyer Statement on Trump Administration's Failure to Meet a Second Deadline to Reunite Separated Children with Their Parents Rep. Steny Hoyer
July 27, 2018 Castro Statement on Administration's Failure to Meet Second Court-Ordered Family Reunification Deadline Rep. Joaquin Castro
July 27, 2018 Tweet - ".@POTUS must abide by the court ruling and reunite these children with their families. He must work to address this unnecessary crisis of his own making. It is shameful that @HouseGOP has done nothing to address these forced separations of parents & children." Rep. Steny Hoyer
July 27, 2018 New Bipartisan ChiPACC Act Provides Better Medicaid Coverage to Children in Need Rep. Michael McCaul, ...
July 27, 2018 Tweet - "One in three children who were forcibly removed from their parents arms remain separated today. The United States of America is a caring and compassionate nation, but this humanitarian disaster created by our President has tarnished our reputation around the world." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 27, 2018 Tweet - "The Trump Administration has now missed two court-imposed deadlines & failed to #ReuniteEveryChild. This policy is reprehensible, morally outrageous, & a form of child abuse that will affect these children for many years to come. http://bit.ly/2OltS8w #FamiliesBelongTogether" Rep. Steny Hoyer
July 26, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Greg Walden, Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee and the Hon. Michael Burgess, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Health Committee on Energy and Commerce - Pallone & Green Renew Demand for Public Hearing on Children Separated from Their Families Rep. Frank Pallone, ...
July 26, 2018 Dingell, Kuster Criticize DHS for Failing to Answer Questions on Separated Children Rep. Debbie Dingell, ...
July 26, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Schiff Asks HHS for Update on Implementation of HIPAA Provisions Allowing Providers to Share Health Information with Families During Certain Crisis Situations Sen. Adam Schiff
July 26, 2018 Luján, Kennedy Introduce Bill to Strengthen Kids' Access to Health Care Sen. Ben Luján, ...
Date Title Politician
Aug. 15, 2018 Meng Introduces Proposed Constitutional Amendment to Lower the Voting Age in America to 16 Years Old Rep.Grace Meng
Aug. 15, 2018 Cardin, Boozman Introduce Resolution to Elevate U.S. Efforts to End Violence Against Children Sen.John Boozman, ...
Aug. 14, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security - Take Immediate Steps to Reunite Children and Families Sen.Catherine Cortez Masto, ...
Aug. 11, 2018 Tweet - "I'll keep saying it: The Trump Admin should immediately reverse course on this heartless & dangerous policy that puts the health of mothers at risk. That's why I joined my colleagues in introducing the Stop Shackling and Detaining Pregnant Women Act." Sen.Patty Murray
Aug. 10, 2018 Tweet - "It's been a month and a half since a judge ordered the Trump Admin to reunite the families it separated. How are there still over 500 kids yet to see their parents? The zero-tolerance policy, and this incompetent attempt to reunite children, is a stain on our great nation." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 10, 2018 Tweet - "I'll keep saying it: The Trump Admin should immediately reverse course on this heartless & dangerous policy that puts the health of mothers at risk. That's why I joined my colleagues in introducing the Stop Shackling and Detaining Pregnant Women Act." Sen.Patty Murray
Aug. 9, 2018 Letter to Richard H. Anderson, President and CEO of National Passenger Rail Corporation - Tonko Leads Bipartisan Effort to Save Toys for Tots Holiday Train Rep.Paul Tonko, ...
Aug. 8, 2018 Tweet - "All around the country--in cities, suburbs, and rural communities--families are struggling to find and afford high-quality child care. My conversation with @HeidiMurkoff on how we can address this crisis by ensuring #ChildCare4All" Sen.Patty Murray
Aug. 8, 2018 Tweet - "Every child in America should know that we're committed to helping them succeed and achieve their dreams, and every working parent should have the peace of mind that comes with knowing their children are being cared for in a safe and nurturing environment. #ChildCare4All" Sen.Patty Murray
Aug. 7, 2018 Tweet - "We've got to do away with the mindset that lack of affordable, high-quality child care is somebody else's problem. This is on all of us to fix and provide #ChildCare4All." Sen.Patty Murray
Aug. 7, 2018 Tweet - "I can't go anywhere without somebody telling me a personal story about calling dozens of child care centers with no success. So I sat down with @HeidiMurkoff to discuss what we can do to address our nation's child care crisis." Sen.Patty Murray
Aug. 7, 2018 Tweet - "All around the country--in cities, suburbs, and rural communities--families are struggling to find and afford high-quality child care. My conversation with @HeidiMurkoff on how we can address this crisis by ensuring #ChildCare4All" Sen.Patty Murray
Aug. 7, 2018 Tweet - "I recently sat down with @HeidiMurkoff to discuss our nation's child care crisis, because every parent should be able to go to work knowing their child is safe, and every child should deserves to be set up for success. Watch our conversation here:" Sen.Patty Murray
Aug. 3, 2018 Letter to Ronald Vitiello, Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Kevin McAleenan, Commissioner for US Customs and Border Protection, and Scott Lloyd, Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement - Demands Immediate Investigation into Reported Death of Child Held at Texas ICE Facility Rep.Norma Torres, ...
Aug. 3, 2018 Tweet - "Nearly 600. This is completely unacceptable. I won't rest until the Trump Administration reunites every child who was forcibly separated and is held responsible for this zero-tolerance humanitarian disaster." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 3, 2018 Merkley, Duckworth Lead Senate Resolution Marking World Breastfeeding Week, National Breastfeeding Month Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 2, 2018 Gillibrand Announces Senate Passage Of Her Provisions To Protect Military Families From Intimate Partner And Child Abuse Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
Aug. 2, 2018 Gillibrand Announces Senate Passage Of Her Provisions To Protect Military Families From Intimate Partner And Child Abuse Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
Aug. 2, 2018 Wagner, Rubio Announce Conservative Paid Family Leave Legislation Rep.Ann Wagner
Aug. 2, 2018 Tweet - "Trump Admin officials told us this week that giving them the authority to indefinitely detain parents & kids together would help solve the crisis at the border they created. Locking up children in detention facilities isn't a solution, it's just more cruelty by this White House." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 2, 2018 Tweet - "What is the Trump Administration doing to reunite the 711 "lost" children with their parents, who were forcibly removed from their mothers & fathers at the border? We cannot rest until every child is safely back in their parents' arms." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 2, 2018 Tweet - "The zero-tolerance immigration policy has been an unmitigated disaster from start to finish. The Trump Administration never kept sufficient records for the kids they forcibly separated from their parents, and seemingly had no intention to reunite them. Inexcusable." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 2, 2018 Tweet - "It's false to say that previous administrations had a policy of intentionally separating children from their parents. This policy began in April when AG Sessions ordered zero-tolerance. It started as a bright idea in the Trump White House and ended up being a disaster." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 1, 2018 Shaheen Legislation to Bolster Pediatric Cancer Research and Public Outreach in New Hampshire Passes the Senate Sen.Cynthia Shaheen
Aug. 1, 2018 USA Today - New Parents Face the 'Social Insecurity' of Our Time, so Let's Help
Rep.Ann Wagner, ...
Aug. 1, 2018 Tweet - "Trump Administration ignored warnings from their agency's own public health experts that separating a child from his or her parent would cause trauma. Inexcusable, and nothing short of gross negligence." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 1, 2018 Family Internment Sen.Jeff Merkley
Aug. 1, 2018 Tweet - "Medical experts have told us that an ICE detention center is no place for a child. DHS' own medical consultants say family detention poses a "high risk of harm to children and their families." It's not "summer camp."" Sen.Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018 Durbin Calls On DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen To Step Down In Wake Of Failure To Reunite "Deleted" Families Sen.Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018 Durbin Statement On Completion Of Internal Investigation Of Heartland Alliance Into Allegations Of Physical & Emotional Abuse At Chicago Facility Sen.Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018 MSNBC "All in with Chris Hayes" - Transcript: Interview with Sen. Mazie Hirono Sen.Mazie Hirono
July 31, 2018 Tweet - "The Trump Administration should own up to its cruel decision to forcibly separate children at the border, and the humanitarian disaster that ensued in its aftermath. There is no one else to blame for this chaos." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018 Tweet - "The Trump Admin's child separation policy is more than a bureaucratic lapse in judgment. It is -- and was -- a cruel policy inconsistent with the bedrock values of this nation. We can have border security without bullying. We can be safe without treating toddlers as terrorists." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018 Tweet - "In the name of the 711 lost children, the families that have been "deleted" by her agency, and common decency, I'm calling on Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, the architect of this humanitarian disaster, to step down." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018 Tweet - "On Secretary Nielsen's watch, nearly 2,700 children have been separated from their parents & more than 700 children still have not been reunited with their families -- including over 400 whose parents were apparently deported & more than 90 whose parents cannot be located at all." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018 Tweet - ""Government-sanctioned child abuse." That's what the American Academy of Pediatrics called President Trump's zero tolerance child separation policy, and this story shows why. It's heartbreaking." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 30, 2018 Durbin To E-Cigarette Industry: Gummy Bear-Flavored Liquid Nicotine Helps Adults Quit Smoking? Prove It Sen.Dick Durbin
July 30, 2018 Senator Collins Joins Bipartisan Group in Introducing Legislation to Study Impact of Technology and Media on Children Sen.Susan Collins
July 29, 2018 Tweet - "A combination of cruelty and incompetence by the Trump Administration brought us to this day. Now they must reunite the 711 "deleted" children still separated from their parents. We will not rest until they do." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 27, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Alex M. Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Honorable Neomi Rao, Administrator of Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Request Extension for Public Comment Period on Title X Gag Rule Sen.Chris Van Hollen, ...
July 27, 2018 Hoyer Statement on Trump Administration's Failure to Meet a Second Deadline to Reunite Separated Children with Their Parents Rep.Steny Hoyer
July 27, 2018 Castro Statement on Administration's Failure to Meet Second Court-Ordered Family Reunification Deadline Rep.Joaquin Castro
July 27, 2018 Tweet - ".@POTUS must abide by the court ruling and reunite these children with their families. He must work to address this unnecessary crisis of his own making. It is shameful that @HouseGOP has done nothing to address these forced separations of parents & children." Rep.Steny Hoyer
July 27, 2018 New Bipartisan ChiPACC Act Provides Better Medicaid Coverage to Children in Need Rep.Michael McCaul, ...
July 27, 2018 Tweet - "One in three children who were forcibly removed from their parents arms remain separated today. The United States of America is a caring and compassionate nation, but this humanitarian disaster created by our President has tarnished our reputation around the world." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 27, 2018 Tweet - "The Trump Administration has now missed two court-imposed deadlines & failed to #ReuniteEveryChild. This policy is reprehensible, morally outrageous, & a form of child abuse that will affect these children for many years to come. http://bit.ly/2OltS8w #FamiliesBelongTogether" Rep.Steny Hoyer
July 26, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Greg Walden, Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee and the Hon. Michael Burgess, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Health Committee on Energy and Commerce - Pallone & Green Renew Demand for Public Hearing on Children Separated from Their Families Rep.Frank Pallone, ...
July 26, 2018 Dingell, Kuster Criticize DHS for Failing to Answer Questions on Separated Children Rep.Debbie Dingell, ...
July 26, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Schiff Asks HHS for Update on Implementation of HIPAA Provisions Allowing Providers to Share Health Information with Families During Certain Crisis Situations Sen.Adam Schiff
July 26, 2018 Luján, Kennedy Introduce Bill to Strengthen Kids' Access to Health Care Sen.Ben Luján, ...
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