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Oct. 6, 2022
Letter to Shalanda Young, Director of the Office of Budget and Management - Senator Baldwin Leads 117 Members of Congress in Asking the Biden Administration to Request Budget Funding that Adequately Reflects the President's Priority to Advance LGBTQI+ Rights Around the World
Sen. Ruben Gallego, ...
July 14, 2022
Letter to Hon. Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Warner, Kaine Join Colleagues in Pressing VA Secretary to End Discrimination Against Same-Sex Spouses
Sen. Mark Kelly, ...
July 6, 2022
Letter to Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture - Rep. Norman Leads Probe Into Possible Inappropriate Restrictions on USDA Funding for Free and Low-cost Meals for Economically Disadvantaged Students
Rep. Paul Gosar, ...
June 27, 2022
Letter to The Honorable Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Department of Agriculture - "Congressman Biggs Challenges USDA's Woke Gender Policy Changes"
Rep. Andy Biggs, ...
June 27, 2022
Letter to Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture - Challenging USDA's Woke Gender Policy Changes
Rep. Andy Biggs, ...
April 18, 2022
Letter to Antony Blinken, Secretary of State - Cicilline, Meeks, Castro, Titus Call on State Department to Expand Opportunities for LGBTQI+ Diplomats
Sen. Ruben Gallego, ...
March 31, 2022
Letter to Mark Emmert, NCAA President - Congressman Mo Brooks Joins Colleagues In Writing to NCAA President Defending Women's Athletics: Males Competing in Female Athletics a "Moral Stain"
Rep. Andy Biggs, ...
Feb. 15, 2022
Letter to Hon. Xavier Becerra, Secretary U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Janet Woodcock M.D., Acting Commissioner Food and Drug Administration, and Jeffrey Zients, Coordinator Covid-19 Response Team - AS ARIZONA FACES CRITICAL BLOOD SHORTAGE, STANTON CALLS ON FDA TO END ANTI-LGBT DONATION BAN
Rep. Greg Stanton
Dec. 9, 2021
Letter to Hon. Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury, and Hon. Charles P. Rettig, Commissioner of the IRS, Hickenlooper, Bennet Join Murray, Wyden, and Colleagues in Call to Ensure All Eligible Same-Sex Couples Receive Pension Survivor Benefits
Sen. Mark Kelly, ...
July 30, 2020
Letter to Ben Carson, Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development - Wexton Leads Bicameral Response to Trump Administration's Anti-Trans Equal Access Rule Change
Sen. Ruben Gallego, ...
March 19, 2020
Stanton Urges Feds to Lift 'Unnecessary' Ban on Gay, Bisexual Blood Donations
Rep. Greg Stanton
Jan. 10, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader and the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - 70+ House Members Urge Senate to Reject Judicial Nominee Vandyke for his Anti-LGBTQ+ Beliefs
Sen. Ruben Gallego, ...
Dec. 9, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, and the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - Rep. Lee Sends Letter to Senate Leadership, Pens Op-Ed Opposing Nevada Judicial Nominee VanDyke for Anti-LGBTQ+ Beliefs
Sen. Ruben Gallego, ...
Dec. 9, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Hon. Jennifer Moughalian, Acting Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources and Acting Chief Financial Officer of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Velázquez, Craig and Maloney Press HHS on Removal of LGBTQ Protections
Sen. Ruben Gallego, ...
Oct. 22, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary U.S. Department of Education, and the Hon. Kenneth L. Marcus, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights U.S. Department of Education - Bonamici Leads 58 Lawmakers in Demanding DeVos Protect Civil Rights of LGBTQ Students
Sen. Ruben Gallego, ...
Sept. 16, 2019
Stanton Statement Regarding Arizona Supreme Court's Brush and Nib Decision
Rep. Greg Stanton
June 26, 2019
Stanton Celebrates LGBTQ Pride Month with Action
Rep. Greg Stanton
May 17, 2019
Equality Act
Rep. Greg Stanton
May 17, 2019
House Passes Historic Equality Act to End Discrimination Against Lgbtq Americans
Rep. Greg Stanton
May 17, 2019
Rep. Ruben Gallego Joins House Democrats to Pass the Equality Act
Sen. Ruben Gallego
May 13, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Bonamici Leads Effort to Call on DeVos to Reinstate Protections for Transgender Students; Joined by 44 Colleagues
Sen. Ruben Gallego, ...
Jan. 29, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Michael Pompeo, Sec. of State - House Members Condemn Violence Against LGBT People In Chechnya
Sen. Ruben Gallego, ...
Nov. 16, 2018
Letter to President Donald Trump - Lawmakers See Troubling Language in Trade Deal
Rep. Paul Gosar, ...
Oct. 5, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - Schneider Leads 100+ Democratic Members Urging Trump Administration to Reverse Decision to Deny Visas to Same-Sex Partners of Foreign Diplomats
Sen. Ruben Gallego, ...
Sept. 6, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - End Ban on Medically Necessary Treatments for Transgender Veterans
Sen. Ruben Gallego, ...
May 23, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Mick Mulvaney, Office of Management and Budget Director - ICYMI: 127 Democrats Urge OMB Director Mulvaney to Reject Discriminatory Health Care Proposal
Sen. Ruben Gallego, ...
March 27, 2018
Letter to Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - More Than 100 Democrats to Call on Department of Health and Human Services to Put Patients First and Withdraw Discriminatory Refusal of Care Rule
Sen. Ruben Gallego, ...
Aug. 4, 2017
Letter to the Hon. James Mattis, Secretary of Defense and Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff - Trump's Ban on Transgender Military Servicemembers
Sen. Ruben Gallego, ...
June 16, 2017
Letter to President Donald J. Trump - LGBTQ Pride Month Proclamation
Sen. Ruben Gallego, ...
April 4, 2017
Rep. Gallego Statement on Equal Pay Day
Sen. Ruben Gallego
Feb. 7, 2017
Rep. Ruben Gallego Renamed to Leadership of Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus
Sen. Ruben Gallego
Nov. 16, 2016
A Perilous Moment
Sen. Ruben Gallego
July 14, 2016
Letter to the Hon. Barack Obama, President of the United States - Prohibit LGBT Discrimination in Government Contracting
Sen. Ruben Gallego, ...
June 20, 2016
Letter to Robert M. Califf, Commisioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration - End Discriminatory Blood Ban on Gay and Bisexual Men
Sen. Ruben Gallego, ...
June 13, 2016
Rep. Ruben Gallego Statement on Orlando Shooting
Sen. Ruben Gallego
May 31, 2016
Letter to Governor Pat McCrory - Condemning North Carolina's Anti-LGBT Law for Enabling Discrimination Against Veterans
Sen. Ruben Gallego, ...
May 17, 2016
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Hensarling, Fellow Conservatives Send Letter Challenging President's School Bathroom Mandate
Rep. Paul Gosar, ...
May 16, 2016
Letter to Barack Obama, President - School Bathrrom Guidance
Rep. Paul Gosar, ...
April 28, 2016
Letter to Chairman Goodlatte - Calls for Judiciary Hearing on Equality Act
Rep. David Schweikert, ...
April 27, 2016
Letter to John H. Thompson, Director of the US Census Bureau - Rep. Grijalva, Sen. Baldwin Lead Bipartisan Effort to Add LGBT Data to Census Survey
Sen. Ruben Gallego, ...
April 5, 2016
Letter to Chairman Culberson and Ranking Member Honda - Census Bureau to Expand Data Collection on LBGT Individuals
Sen. Ruben Gallego, ...
March 23, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Jeh Johnson, Secretary of Homeland Security - LGBT Immigrants
Sen. Ruben Gallego, ...
Oct. 26, 2015
Letter to Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration and Loretta Lynch, Attoney General - Lawmakers Call on Social Security Administration to Treat Same-Sex Marriages Equally
Sen. Ruben Gallego, ...
July 28, 2015
Congressman Gallego Helps Lead Effort to Ensure Full LGBT Equality as Original Co-sponsor of the Equality Act
Sen. Ruben Gallego
July 27, 2015
Letter to John Kerry, Secretary of State - LGBT Foreign Service Officers
Sen. Ruben Gallego, ...
July 23, 2015
Letter to Arne Duncan, Department of Education Secretary - Ensuring LGBTQ Equality
Sen. Ruben Gallego, ...
July 14, 2015
Letter to Secretary Duncan, Department of Education - Protecting LGBTQ Students from Discrimination
Sen. Ruben Gallego, ...
July 9, 2015
Letter to Loretta Lynch, Attorney General - Same-Sex Marriage Licenses
Sen. Ruben Gallego, ...
June 8, 2015
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - LGBT Discrimination
Sen. Ruben Gallego, ...
June 1, 2015
Congressman Gallego on LGBT Pride Month
Sen. Ruben Gallego
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Oct. 6, 2022
Letter to Shalanda Young, Director of the Office of Budget and Management - Senator Baldwin Leads 117 Members of Congress in Asking the Biden Administration to Request Budget Funding that Adequately Reflects the President's Priority to Advance LGBTQI+ Rights Around the World
Sen.Ruben Gallego, ...
July 14, 2022
Letter to Hon. Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Warner, Kaine Join Colleagues in Pressing VA Secretary to End Discrimination Against Same-Sex Spouses
Sen.Mark Kelly, ...
July 6, 2022
Letter to Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture - Rep. Norman Leads Probe Into Possible Inappropriate Restrictions on USDA Funding for Free and Low-cost Meals for Economically Disadvantaged Students
Rep.Paul Gosar, ...
June 27, 2022
Letter to The Honorable Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Department of Agriculture - "Congressman Biggs Challenges USDA's Woke Gender Policy Changes"
Rep.Andy Biggs, ...
June 27, 2022
Letter to Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture - Challenging USDA's Woke Gender Policy Changes
Rep.Andy Biggs, ...
April 18, 2022
Letter to Antony Blinken, Secretary of State - Cicilline, Meeks, Castro, Titus Call on State Department to Expand Opportunities for LGBTQI+ Diplomats
Sen.Ruben Gallego, ...
March 31, 2022
Letter to Mark Emmert, NCAA President - Congressman Mo Brooks Joins Colleagues In Writing to NCAA President Defending Women's Athletics: Males Competing in Female Athletics a "Moral Stain"
Rep.Andy Biggs, ...
Feb. 15, 2022
Letter to Hon. Xavier Becerra, Secretary U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Janet Woodcock M.D., Acting Commissioner Food and Drug Administration, and Jeffrey Zients, Coordinator Covid-19 Response Team - AS ARIZONA FACES CRITICAL BLOOD SHORTAGE, STANTON CALLS ON FDA TO END ANTI-LGBT DONATION BAN
Rep.Greg Stanton
Dec. 9, 2021
Letter to Hon. Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury, and Hon. Charles P. Rettig, Commissioner of the IRS, Hickenlooper, Bennet Join Murray, Wyden, and Colleagues in Call to Ensure All Eligible Same-Sex Couples Receive Pension Survivor Benefits
Sen.Mark Kelly, ...
July 30, 2020
Letter to Ben Carson, Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development - Wexton Leads Bicameral Response to Trump Administration's Anti-Trans Equal Access Rule Change
Sen.Ruben Gallego, ...
March 19, 2020
Stanton Urges Feds to Lift 'Unnecessary' Ban on Gay, Bisexual Blood Donations
Rep.Greg Stanton
Jan. 10, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader and the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - 70+ House Members Urge Senate to Reject Judicial Nominee Vandyke for his Anti-LGBTQ+ Beliefs
Sen.Ruben Gallego, ...
Dec. 9, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, and the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - Rep. Lee Sends Letter to Senate Leadership, Pens Op-Ed Opposing Nevada Judicial Nominee VanDyke for Anti-LGBTQ+ Beliefs
Sen.Ruben Gallego, ...
Dec. 9, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Hon. Jennifer Moughalian, Acting Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources and Acting Chief Financial Officer of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Velázquez, Craig and Maloney Press HHS on Removal of LGBTQ Protections
Sen.Ruben Gallego, ...
Oct. 22, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary U.S. Department of Education, and the Hon. Kenneth L. Marcus, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights U.S. Department of Education - Bonamici Leads 58 Lawmakers in Demanding DeVos Protect Civil Rights of LGBTQ Students
Sen.Ruben Gallego, ...
Sept. 16, 2019
Stanton Statement Regarding Arizona Supreme Court's Brush and Nib Decision
Rep.Greg Stanton
June 26, 2019
Stanton Celebrates LGBTQ Pride Month with Action
Rep.Greg Stanton
May 17, 2019
Equality Act
Rep.Greg Stanton
May 17, 2019
House Passes Historic Equality Act to End Discrimination Against Lgbtq Americans
Rep.Greg Stanton
May 17, 2019
Rep. Ruben Gallego Joins House Democrats to Pass the Equality Act
Sen.Ruben Gallego
May 13, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Bonamici Leads Effort to Call on DeVos to Reinstate Protections for Transgender Students; Joined by 44 Colleagues
Sen.Ruben Gallego, ...
Jan. 29, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Michael Pompeo, Sec. of State - House Members Condemn Violence Against LGBT People In Chechnya
Sen.Ruben Gallego, ...
Nov. 16, 2018
Letter to President Donald Trump - Lawmakers See Troubling Language in Trade Deal
Rep.Paul Gosar, ...
Oct. 5, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - Schneider Leads 100+ Democratic Members Urging Trump Administration to Reverse Decision to Deny Visas to Same-Sex Partners of Foreign Diplomats
Sen.Ruben Gallego, ...
Sept. 6, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - End Ban on Medically Necessary Treatments for Transgender Veterans
Sen.Ruben Gallego, ...
May 23, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Mick Mulvaney, Office of Management and Budget Director - ICYMI: 127 Democrats Urge OMB Director Mulvaney to Reject Discriminatory Health Care Proposal
Sen.Ruben Gallego, ...
March 27, 2018
Letter to Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - More Than 100 Democrats to Call on Department of Health and Human Services to Put Patients First and Withdraw Discriminatory Refusal of Care Rule
Sen.Ruben Gallego, ...
Aug. 4, 2017
Letter to the Hon. James Mattis, Secretary of Defense and Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff - Trump's Ban on Transgender Military Servicemembers
Sen.Ruben Gallego, ...
June 16, 2017
Letter to President Donald J. Trump - LGBTQ Pride Month Proclamation
Sen.Ruben Gallego, ...
April 4, 2017
Rep. Gallego Statement on Equal Pay Day
Sen.Ruben Gallego
Feb. 7, 2017
Rep. Ruben Gallego Renamed to Leadership of Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus
Sen.Ruben Gallego
Nov. 16, 2016
A Perilous Moment
Sen.Ruben Gallego
July 14, 2016
Letter to the Hon. Barack Obama, President of the United States - Prohibit LGBT Discrimination in Government Contracting
Sen.Ruben Gallego, ...
June 20, 2016
Letter to Robert M. Califf, Commisioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration - End Discriminatory Blood Ban on Gay and Bisexual Men
Sen.Ruben Gallego, ...
June 13, 2016
Rep. Ruben Gallego Statement on Orlando Shooting
Sen.Ruben Gallego
May 31, 2016
Letter to Governor Pat McCrory - Condemning North Carolina's Anti-LGBT Law for Enabling Discrimination Against Veterans
Sen.Ruben Gallego, ...
May 17, 2016
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Hensarling, Fellow Conservatives Send Letter Challenging President's School Bathroom Mandate
Rep.Paul Gosar, ...
May 16, 2016
Letter to Barack Obama, President - School Bathrrom Guidance
Rep.Paul Gosar, ...
April 28, 2016
Letter to Chairman Goodlatte - Calls for Judiciary Hearing on Equality Act
Rep.David Schweikert, ...
April 27, 2016
Letter to John H. Thompson, Director of the US Census Bureau - Rep. Grijalva, Sen. Baldwin Lead Bipartisan Effort to Add LGBT Data to Census Survey
Sen.Ruben Gallego, ...
April 5, 2016
Letter to Chairman Culberson and Ranking Member Honda - Census Bureau to Expand Data Collection on LBGT Individuals
Sen.Ruben Gallego, ...
March 23, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Jeh Johnson, Secretary of Homeland Security - LGBT Immigrants
Sen.Ruben Gallego, ...
Oct. 26, 2015
Letter to Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration and Loretta Lynch, Attoney General - Lawmakers Call on Social Security Administration to Treat Same-Sex Marriages Equally
Sen.Ruben Gallego, ...
July 28, 2015
Congressman Gallego Helps Lead Effort to Ensure Full LGBT Equality as Original Co-sponsor of the Equality Act
Sen.Ruben Gallego
July 27, 2015
Letter to John Kerry, Secretary of State - LGBT Foreign Service Officers
Sen.Ruben Gallego, ...
July 23, 2015
Letter to Arne Duncan, Department of Education Secretary - Ensuring LGBTQ Equality
Sen.Ruben Gallego, ...
July 14, 2015
Letter to Secretary Duncan, Department of Education - Protecting LGBTQ Students from Discrimination
Sen.Ruben Gallego, ...
July 9, 2015
Letter to Loretta Lynch, Attorney General - Same-Sex Marriage Licenses
Sen.Ruben Gallego, ...
June 8, 2015
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - LGBT Discrimination
Sen.Ruben Gallego, ...
June 1, 2015
Congressman Gallego on LGBT Pride Month
Sen.Ruben Gallego
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