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Nov. 10, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Mark Calabria, Dir. of the Federal Housing Finance Agency - Brown, Reed Question FHFA on GSE Loan Sales That Could Remove Vital Borrower Protections Sen. Jack Reed, ...
Nov. 9, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Janet Dhillon, Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Foxx, Cline Praise EEOC's Efforts to Increase Transparency Rep. Ben Cline, ...
Nov. 8, 2020 CNN "CNN Newsroom" - Transcript: Interview with Congresswoman Nikema Williams Rep. Nikema Williams
Nov. 8, 2020 CNN "State of the Union with Jake Tapper" - Transcript: Interview with Congressman James Clyburn Rep. Jim Clyburn
Nov. 8, 2020 CNN "CNN Newsroom" - Transcript: Interview with Congressman James Clyburn Rep. Jim Clyburn
Nov. 7, 2020 Tweet - "The greatest economic crisis in 75 years. The greatest public health crisis in a century. The climate crisis. Worsening income inequality and racial injustice. The American people have placed their faith in Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to confront these challenges head-on." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Nov. 6, 2020 Bonamici Statement on Portland Protests Rep. Suzanne Bonamici
Nov. 3, 2020 Maryland Delegation Members Recognize $300,000 Federal Award to Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission Sen. Chris Van Hollen, ...
Nov. 2, 2020 Congressman Cohen Receives 100 Percent Score from the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Rep. Steve Cohen
Nov. 2, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Christopher Wray, Dir. of the Federal Bureau of Investigation - Congressman Cohen Asks FBI Director to Investigate Efforts to Deny Voters the Right to a Free and Fair Election Rep. Alma Adams, ...
Oct. 30, 2020 Pingree, 100+ Members Introduce Resolution Affirming the Supreme Court's Marriage Equality Precedent Rep. Chellie Pingree
Oct. 29, 2020 Tweet - "Over 800k of the 1.1 million who recently left the workforce due to the pandemic are women -- 40% are Latinas. We must make #EqualPay the law of the land, so that a Latina doesn't have to work for 22 months to earn the same as a white male. #LatinaEqualPayDay" Rep. Nancy Pelosi
Oct. 28, 2020 Cardin, Van Hollen, Raskin, Trone Demand Better Protection of African-american Historic Sites in Capital Beltway Widening Rep. Jamie Raskin
Oct. 28, 2020 Rosen, Lankford Recognize One Year Anniversary of Senate Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Anti-Semitism Sen. Jacky Rosen, ...
Oct. 28, 2020 Hearing of the Senate Commerce, Science. and Transportation Committee - Opening Statement of Sen. Rosen, Hearing on Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter, and Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google on instances of anti-Semitism, white supremacy, and foreign disinformation on their platforms Sen. Jacky Rosen
Oct. 28, 2020 Congressman Cohen Deplores Impact of Trump Executive Order Jeopardizing Diversity Training Rep. Steve Cohen
Oct. 27, 2020 Tweet - "Originalism is the MAGA of judicial philosophies. We cannot allow an 18th century understanding of the Constitution to dictate what happens in 21st century America." Sen. Dick Durbin
Oct. 27, 2020 Tweet - "Justice Kavanaugh & his conservative allies last night disenfranchised Wisconsin voters whose ballots are mailed before Election Day but arrive after. Voter suppression is alive and well in the GOP. It's clear that we must enact my Constitutional guarantee of a right to vote." Sen. Dick Durbin
Oct. 27, 2020 Letter to David Yost, Attorney General of Ohio - Brown, Kaptur, Beatty, Fudge, Ryan Demand Answers From Ohio Attorney General Yost Regarding His Affiliation With Voter Suppression Advocate Rep. Joyce Beatty, ...
Oct. 27, 2020 Congressman Al Green on #EndSARS, "Black Lives Matter Wherever They May Be." Rep. Al Green
Oct. 26, 2020 Tweet - "Adding Judge Barrett to form a 6-3 conservative Supreme Court is a direct threat to Americans' access to affordable health care, voting rights, reproductive rights, marriage equality, & more. I will vote no on her nomination because I know #WhatsAtStake." Sen. Dick Durbin
Oct. 26, 2020 Tweet - "Democrats spent this weekend trying to delay the #SCOTUS vote --unsuccessfully, I might add, and with no dispute over Judge Amy Coney Barrett's obvious qualifications. The Senate will perform its constitutional duty today & Democrats can't stop that." Sen. John Thune
Oct. 26, 2020 Tweet - "A warming planet. Workers falling behind. Dark money flooding politics. The curtailing of the right to choose. The limiting of voting rights. Those are the consequences of this nomination. We will never not stop fighting for the health care, lives, and freedoms of Americans." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Oct. 26, 2020 Pelosi Statement on Confirmation of Justice Amy Coney Barrett Rep. Nancy Pelosi
Oct. 26, 2020 Letter to Honorable Eugene Scalia, Secretary of Labor - Bonamici, Adams Lead Call to Protect Workplace Rights for Women Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, ...
Oct. 23, 2020 Senators Booker, Stabenow, Whitehouse, Blumenthal, Brown, Cardin, Van Hollen Unveil New Report on Consequences for Core Civil Rights Protections of Special Interest Campaign to Capture Our Courts Sen. Dick Blumenthal, ...
Oct. 22, 2020 Reps. Johnson, Beatty Introduce New Legislation to Combat Discrimination in Our Nation's Financial Services Industry Sen. Elizabeth Warren, ...
Oct. 22, 2020 Tweet - "Judge Barrett's record is full of red flags when it comes to LGBTQ rights. If she is confirmed, the right of Americans to simply be who they are and love who they love is at risk. Marriage equality is at risk. We can't take that chance--I'm voting to #BlockBarrett." Sen. Dick Durbin
Oct. 22, 2020 Letter to the Hon. William Barr, Attorney General of the Dept. of Justice - Loeffler, Cotton to AG Barr: Investigate Racial Segregation in Schools Sen. Tom Cotton, ...
Oct. 21, 2020 Brown, Senate Democrats Introduce New Legislation to Combat Discrimination in Our Nation's Financial Services Industry Sen. Tina Smith, ...
Oct. 21, 2020 CNN "CNN Newsroom" - Transcript: Interview with Congressman James Clyburn Rep. Jim Clyburn
Oct. 21, 2020 U.S. Senator Tina Smith Backs Push to Outlaw Discrimination in Our Nation's Financial Services Industry Sen. Tina Smith
Oct. 21, 2020 Tweet - "Our Constitution forbids disqualifying people from public service due to their religious beliefs. The far left has either forgotten this or just doesn't care. It only underscores why we need well-informed jurists like Judge Barrett to protect our Constitution & Americans' rights." Sen. Mitch McConnell
Oct. 21, 2020 Tweet - "Health disparities among the Latino community in our state have exacerbated the impact of COVID-19. I joined with my colleagues in urging @GovLarryHogan to deliver targeted relief to Latino families & focus on halting the spread of the virus." Rep. Steny Hoyer
Oct. 20, 2020 Schiff Introduces Legislation to Protect Journalists from Human Rights Abuses Sen. Adam Schiff
Oct. 19, 2020 Tweet - "The Community Reinvestment Act was enacted to facilitate investment in marginalized communities after decades of redlining & discriminatory lending practices. The Trump Admin. is gutting the CRA--in the middle of a pandemic & economic crisis no less. Congress must act to #SaveCRA." Sen. Dick Durbin
Oct. 19, 2020 Tweet - "Judge Barrett on the Supreme Court would be a threat to Americans' rights to: Affordable health care Marry whom they love Join a union Reproductive freedoms Voting Democrats are fighting for Americans' health care and fundamental rights. #WhatsAtStake" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Oct. 19, 2020 Tweet - "Tonight, I'm forcing action on a vote to undo the Trump admin gutting the Community Reinvestment Act The GOP's made a mockery of the Supreme Court process And we aren't going to have business as usual in the Senate I won't stand by as the Trump admin guts this civil rights law" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Oct. 19, 2020 Heinrich, Senate Democrats To American People: Do Not Allow Trump To Undermine Nov. 3 Election Results Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
Oct. 19, 2020 Tweet - "Judge Barrett would not say: If voter intimidation is illegal. (It is.) If Congress is empowered to protect the right to vote. (We are.) If the president can unilaterally change the date of the election. (He cannot.) The GOP process is a sham, and Democrats are fighting it." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Oct. 18, 2020 Tweet - "Judge Barrett was a constitutional law professor--she knows all about the explicit language in our Constitution regarding the peaceful transfer of power after an election. Her outright refusal to commit to honoring those principles is deeply concerning." Sen. Dick Durbin
Oct. 17, 2020 Tweet - "We stand with the women rallying all across New York and America today. We will not stop fighting for Ruth Bader Ginsburg's legacy. We will not stop fighting for women's rights, for civil rights, for health care, and more. #WomensMarch" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Oct. 16, 2020 Steube Urges Administration to Protect Veterans' Second Amendment Rights Rep. Greg Steube
Oct. 16, 2020 Rush, Bacon Introduce Legislation To Honor Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Rep. Don Bacon
Oct. 15, 2020 Tweet - "Judge Barrett's originalism gives me no comfort. As @chicagosmayor says, the originalist view "excluded over 50% of the people living in America today," including women, people of color, and LGBTQ Americans. The Constitution we cherish belongs to "we the people" -- all of us." Sen. Dick Durbin
Oct. 15, 2020 Rep. Ted Budd Introduces Bill to Limit Big Tech Censorship Sen. Ted Budd
Oct. 15, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Adam Klein, Chairman of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, the Hon. Edward Felten, the Hon. Jane Nitze, the Hon. Travis LeBlanc, and the Hon. Aditya Bamzai, Board Members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board - Rush, Eshoo, Wyden Demand Investigation of Federal Agencies Surveilling Black Lives Matter Protests Sen. Ron Wyden, ...
Oct. 14, 2020 Tweet - "Today should have been George Floyd's 47th birthday. We will not stop working to ensure that the unjust and inhuman way his life was taken never happens to another American. It is long past time for the Senate to pass the Justice in Policing Act." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Oct. 14, 2020 Durbin: Affordable Care Act, Gun Safety Laws, Voting Rights, Election Integrity At Stake With This Supreme Court Nomination Sen. Dick Durbin
Oct. 13, 2020 Tweet - "Judge Barrett: Sexual orientation and gender identity are not "preference". LGBTQ+ rights are human rights. We cannot turn back the clock. Democrats will not stop fighting for LGBTQ+ rights. #WhatsAtStake" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Date Title Politician
Nov. 10, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Mark Calabria, Dir. of the Federal Housing Finance Agency - Brown, Reed Question FHFA on GSE Loan Sales That Could Remove Vital Borrower Protections Sen.Jack Reed, ...
Nov. 9, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Janet Dhillon, Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Foxx, Cline Praise EEOC's Efforts to Increase Transparency Rep.Ben Cline, ...
Nov. 8, 2020 CNN "CNN Newsroom" - Transcript: Interview with Congresswoman Nikema Williams Rep.Nikema Williams
Nov. 8, 2020 CNN "State of the Union with Jake Tapper" - Transcript: Interview with Congressman James Clyburn Rep.Jim Clyburn
Nov. 8, 2020 CNN "CNN Newsroom" - Transcript: Interview with Congressman James Clyburn Rep.Jim Clyburn
Nov. 7, 2020 Tweet - "The greatest economic crisis in 75 years. The greatest public health crisis in a century. The climate crisis. Worsening income inequality and racial injustice. The American people have placed their faith in Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to confront these challenges head-on." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Nov. 6, 2020 Bonamici Statement on Portland Protests Rep.Suzanne Bonamici
Nov. 3, 2020 Maryland Delegation Members Recognize $300,000 Federal Award to Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission Sen.Chris Van Hollen, ...
Nov. 2, 2020 Congressman Cohen Receives 100 Percent Score from the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Rep.Steve Cohen
Nov. 2, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Christopher Wray, Dir. of the Federal Bureau of Investigation - Congressman Cohen Asks FBI Director to Investigate Efforts to Deny Voters the Right to a Free and Fair Election Rep.Alma Adams, ...
Oct. 30, 2020 Pingree, 100+ Members Introduce Resolution Affirming the Supreme Court's Marriage Equality Precedent Rep.Chellie Pingree
Oct. 29, 2020 Tweet - "Over 800k of the 1.1 million who recently left the workforce due to the pandemic are women -- 40% are Latinas. We must make #EqualPay the law of the land, so that a Latina doesn't have to work for 22 months to earn the same as a white male. #LatinaEqualPayDay" Rep.Nancy Pelosi
Oct. 28, 2020 Cardin, Van Hollen, Raskin, Trone Demand Better Protection of African-american Historic Sites in Capital Beltway Widening Rep.Jamie Raskin
Oct. 28, 2020 Rosen, Lankford Recognize One Year Anniversary of Senate Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Anti-Semitism Sen.Jacky Rosen, ...
Oct. 28, 2020 Hearing of the Senate Commerce, Science. and Transportation Committee - Opening Statement of Sen. Rosen, Hearing on Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter, and Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google on instances of anti-Semitism, white supremacy, and foreign disinformation on their platforms Sen.Jacky Rosen
Oct. 28, 2020 Congressman Cohen Deplores Impact of Trump Executive Order Jeopardizing Diversity Training Rep.Steve Cohen
Oct. 27, 2020 Tweet - "Originalism is the MAGA of judicial philosophies. We cannot allow an 18th century understanding of the Constitution to dictate what happens in 21st century America." Sen.Dick Durbin
Oct. 27, 2020 Tweet - "Justice Kavanaugh & his conservative allies last night disenfranchised Wisconsin voters whose ballots are mailed before Election Day but arrive after. Voter suppression is alive and well in the GOP. It's clear that we must enact my Constitutional guarantee of a right to vote." Sen.Dick Durbin
Oct. 27, 2020 Letter to David Yost, Attorney General of Ohio - Brown, Kaptur, Beatty, Fudge, Ryan Demand Answers From Ohio Attorney General Yost Regarding His Affiliation With Voter Suppression Advocate Rep.Joyce Beatty, ...
Oct. 27, 2020 Congressman Al Green on #EndSARS, "Black Lives Matter Wherever They May Be." Rep.Al Green
Oct. 26, 2020 Tweet - "Adding Judge Barrett to form a 6-3 conservative Supreme Court is a direct threat to Americans' access to affordable health care, voting rights, reproductive rights, marriage equality, & more. I will vote no on her nomination because I know #WhatsAtStake." Sen.Dick Durbin
Oct. 26, 2020 Tweet - "Democrats spent this weekend trying to delay the #SCOTUS vote --unsuccessfully, I might add, and with no dispute over Judge Amy Coney Barrett's obvious qualifications. The Senate will perform its constitutional duty today & Democrats can't stop that." Sen.John Thune
Oct. 26, 2020 Tweet - "A warming planet. Workers falling behind. Dark money flooding politics. The curtailing of the right to choose. The limiting of voting rights. Those are the consequences of this nomination. We will never not stop fighting for the health care, lives, and freedoms of Americans." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Oct. 26, 2020 Pelosi Statement on Confirmation of Justice Amy Coney Barrett Rep.Nancy Pelosi
Oct. 26, 2020 Letter to Honorable Eugene Scalia, Secretary of Labor - Bonamici, Adams Lead Call to Protect Workplace Rights for Women Rep.Suzanne Bonamici, ...
Oct. 23, 2020 Senators Booker, Stabenow, Whitehouse, Blumenthal, Brown, Cardin, Van Hollen Unveil New Report on Consequences for Core Civil Rights Protections of Special Interest Campaign to Capture Our Courts Sen.Dick Blumenthal, ...
Oct. 22, 2020 Reps. Johnson, Beatty Introduce New Legislation to Combat Discrimination in Our Nation's Financial Services Industry Sen.Elizabeth Warren, ...
Oct. 22, 2020 Tweet - "Judge Barrett's record is full of red flags when it comes to LGBTQ rights. If she is confirmed, the right of Americans to simply be who they are and love who they love is at risk. Marriage equality is at risk. We can't take that chance--I'm voting to #BlockBarrett." Sen.Dick Durbin
Oct. 22, 2020 Letter to the Hon. William Barr, Attorney General of the Dept. of Justice - Loeffler, Cotton to AG Barr: Investigate Racial Segregation in Schools Sen.Tom Cotton, ...
Oct. 21, 2020 Brown, Senate Democrats Introduce New Legislation to Combat Discrimination in Our Nation's Financial Services Industry Sen.Tina Smith, ...
Oct. 21, 2020 CNN "CNN Newsroom" - Transcript: Interview with Congressman James Clyburn Rep.Jim Clyburn
Oct. 21, 2020 U.S. Senator Tina Smith Backs Push to Outlaw Discrimination in Our Nation's Financial Services Industry Sen.Tina Smith
Oct. 21, 2020 Tweet - "Our Constitution forbids disqualifying people from public service due to their religious beliefs. The far left has either forgotten this or just doesn't care. It only underscores why we need well-informed jurists like Judge Barrett to protect our Constitution & Americans' rights." Sen.Mitch McConnell
Oct. 21, 2020 Tweet - "Health disparities among the Latino community in our state have exacerbated the impact of COVID-19. I joined with my colleagues in urging @GovLarryHogan to deliver targeted relief to Latino families & focus on halting the spread of the virus." Rep.Steny Hoyer
Oct. 20, 2020 Schiff Introduces Legislation to Protect Journalists from Human Rights Abuses Sen.Adam Schiff
Oct. 19, 2020 Tweet - "The Community Reinvestment Act was enacted to facilitate investment in marginalized communities after decades of redlining & discriminatory lending practices. The Trump Admin. is gutting the CRA--in the middle of a pandemic & economic crisis no less. Congress must act to #SaveCRA." Sen.Dick Durbin
Oct. 19, 2020 Tweet - "Judge Barrett on the Supreme Court would be a threat to Americans' rights to: Affordable health care Marry whom they love Join a union Reproductive freedoms Voting Democrats are fighting for Americans' health care and fundamental rights. #WhatsAtStake" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Oct. 19, 2020 Tweet - "Tonight, I'm forcing action on a vote to undo the Trump admin gutting the Community Reinvestment Act The GOP's made a mockery of the Supreme Court process And we aren't going to have business as usual in the Senate I won't stand by as the Trump admin guts this civil rights law" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Oct. 19, 2020 Heinrich, Senate Democrats To American People: Do Not Allow Trump To Undermine Nov. 3 Election Results Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
Oct. 19, 2020 Tweet - "Judge Barrett would not say: If voter intimidation is illegal. (It is.) If Congress is empowered to protect the right to vote. (We are.) If the president can unilaterally change the date of the election. (He cannot.) The GOP process is a sham, and Democrats are fighting it." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Oct. 18, 2020 Tweet - "Judge Barrett was a constitutional law professor--she knows all about the explicit language in our Constitution regarding the peaceful transfer of power after an election. Her outright refusal to commit to honoring those principles is deeply concerning." Sen.Dick Durbin
Oct. 17, 2020 Tweet - "We stand with the women rallying all across New York and America today. We will not stop fighting for Ruth Bader Ginsburg's legacy. We will not stop fighting for women's rights, for civil rights, for health care, and more. #WomensMarch" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Oct. 16, 2020 Steube Urges Administration to Protect Veterans' Second Amendment Rights Rep.Greg Steube
Oct. 16, 2020 Rush, Bacon Introduce Legislation To Honor Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Rep.Don Bacon
Oct. 15, 2020 Tweet - "Judge Barrett's originalism gives me no comfort. As @chicagosmayor says, the originalist view "excluded over 50% of the people living in America today," including women, people of color, and LGBTQ Americans. The Constitution we cherish belongs to "we the people" -- all of us." Sen.Dick Durbin
Oct. 15, 2020 Rep. Ted Budd Introduces Bill to Limit Big Tech Censorship Sen.Ted Budd
Oct. 15, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Adam Klein, Chairman of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, the Hon. Edward Felten, the Hon. Jane Nitze, the Hon. Travis LeBlanc, and the Hon. Aditya Bamzai, Board Members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board - Rush, Eshoo, Wyden Demand Investigation of Federal Agencies Surveilling Black Lives Matter Protests Sen.Ron Wyden, ...
Oct. 14, 2020 Tweet - "Today should have been George Floyd's 47th birthday. We will not stop working to ensure that the unjust and inhuman way his life was taken never happens to another American. It is long past time for the Senate to pass the Justice in Policing Act." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Oct. 14, 2020 Durbin: Affordable Care Act, Gun Safety Laws, Voting Rights, Election Integrity At Stake With This Supreme Court Nomination Sen.Dick Durbin
Oct. 13, 2020 Tweet - "Judge Barrett: Sexual orientation and gender identity are not "preference". LGBTQ+ rights are human rights. We cannot turn back the clock. Democrats will not stop fighting for LGBTQ+ rights. #WhatsAtStake" Sen.Chuck Schumer
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