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Oct. 18, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Andrew Wheeler, Acting Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency - Bonamici, Beyer Lead 96 Colleagues in Opposing Plans to Eliminate the EPA's Office of the Science Advisor
Keith Ellison, ...
Aug. 27, 2018
Brief Amici Curiae of Members of Congress
Keith Ellison, ...
May 25, 2018
Letter to Jeffrey Bezos, CEO of Amazon, Inc. - Ellison and Cleaver Ask About Police Use of Amazon's Facial Recognition Software
Keith Ellison, ...
May 9, 2018
Rep. Ellison to Pai: Were You Aware of Appointee's Alleged Multimillion-Dollar Fraud Scheme?
Keith Ellison
March 21, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Ajit V. Pai, Chairman, FCC - Protect Lifeline Program
Keith Ellison, ...
Nov. 15, 2017
Letter to the Honorable Ajit Pai, Chairman of Federal Communications Commission - Lifeline Program
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 10, 2017
Letter to President Donald Trump - Jayapal, Kihuen And Krishnamoorthi Demand President Trump To Stop Surveilling Immigrants And American Citizens
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 5, 2017
Letter to Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Franken, Nolan, Ellison, McCollum, Walz to FCC: Abandon Efforts to Lower High-Speed Internet Standards
Keith Ellison, ...
Sept. 15, 2017
Letter to Mr. Richard F. Smith, Equifax CEO - Demanding Answers from CEO on Data Cyber Breach
Keith Ellison, ...
Sept. 7, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Moving the Universal Service Fund to Department of Treasury
Keith Ellison, ...
July 12, 2017
Rep. Shea-Porter Statement on the Introduction of H.R. 3175, the Online Privacy Act
Keith Ellison, ...
May 19, 2017
Rep. Ellison Statement on Trump Administration's Attack on Net Neutrality
Keith Ellison
April 6, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Chairman Mike Simpson and the Hon. Ranking Member Marcy Kaptur of the House Appropriations Committee on Energy and Water Development - FY 2018 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill
Keith Ellison, ...
April 6, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Rodney Frelinghuysen, Chairman, the Hon. Nita Lowey, Ranking Member of Committee on Appropriations, the Hon. Tom Cole, Chairman, and the Hon. Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, & Education - Increase Federal Funding for Medical Research
Keith Ellison, ...
Feb. 13, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Expand Broadband Access to Low-Income Households
Keith Ellison, ...
Nov. 10, 2016
Letter to the Hon. Harold Rogers - Prioritize Funding for National Institutes of Health
Keith Ellison, ...
Nov. 10, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Harold Rogers, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Honorable Nita Lowey, Ranking Member of the Committee on Appropriations of the U.S. House of Representatives - Call for Increased Funding for the National Institutes of Health for Fiscal Year 2017
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 7, 2016
Letter to the Hon. Mary Jo White, Chair, Securities and Exchange Commission - Modernize Crowdfunding Regulations
Keith Ellison, ...
May 19, 2016
Payne, Jr., Nearly 90 Members Issue Joint Statement on Verizon Labor Negotiations
Keith Ellison, ...
March 23, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Tom Cole, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations Subcomittee on Labor, HHS, and Education, the Honorable Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of the Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, and Education, the Honorable John Culbertson, Chairman of the Subcomittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, and the Honorable Michael M. Honda, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies - Computer Science for All Funding
Keith Ellison, ...
Feb. 11, 2016
Letter to Tom Wheeler, Chairman Federal Communications Commission - Offer Support, Guidance to FCC on its Plan to Expand Broadband Access through Lifeline Program
Keith Ellison, ...
May 20, 2015
Letter to Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, Charles Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Patrick Leahy, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Harry Reid, Senate Minority Leader, Richard Burr, Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and Dianne Feinstein, Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence - Surveillance Activity Concerns
Keith Ellison, ...
March 18, 2015
Letter to Charlie Dent, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Regulated Agencies, Sanford Bishop, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Military Construction - Funding for the President's budget request for the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical and Prosthetic Research
Keith Ellison, ...
Feb. 26, 2015
Progressive Caucus Applauds FCC on Net Neutrality Ruling
Keith Ellison, ...
Feb. 5, 2015
Letter to Edith Ramirez, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission - Altered Images of People in Ads
Keith Ellison, ...
Feb. 4, 2015
Ellison, Grijalva Commend FCC Chairman's Net Neutrality Proposal
Keith Ellison
Feb. 3, 2015
Letter to Thomas Wheeler, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Guarenteeing Net Neutrality
Keith Ellison
Dec. 18, 2014
Letter to Tom Wheeler, Chair of the Federal Communications Commission - Now is the Time to Act on Net Neutrality and Title II
Keith Ellison, ...
Nov. 10, 2014
Ellison, Grijalva Applaud President's Push for Net Neutrality
Keith Ellison, ...
Nov. 10, 2014
Letter to John Boehner, Speaker of the House and Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader - Urging Restoration of NIH Funding in Lame Duck
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 9, 2014
Klobuchar, Franken, Ellison, Walz Announce Minnesota Researchers to Receive Over $1.6 Million as Part of the NIH "BRAIN" Initiative
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 8, 2014
Huffington Post - Net Neutrality Matters to Communities of Color
Keith Ellison
Sept. 25, 2014
Letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler, Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, Commissioner Ajit Pai, and Commissioner Michael O'Rielly - Ending Discriminatory Blocking of Online LGBT Resources
Keith Ellison, ...
May 14, 2014
Ellison, Grijalva Lead Letter to FCC Chairman Demanding Net Neutrality
Keith Ellison
May 14, 2014
Letter to Thomas Wheeler, Federal Communications Commission Chairman- Demanding-Net-Neutrality
Keith Ellison, ...
March 11, 2014
Letter to James Comery, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation - Improve DNA Testing for Law Enforcement
Keith Ellison, ...
Dec. 12, 2013
Letter to Michael Huerta, Federal Aviation Administration - Urging FAA to Not Allow Cell Phone Calls in Flight
Keith Ellison, ...
Dec. 11, 2013
Letter to Tom Wheeler, Chairmans of the Federal Communications Commission - DeFazio Sponsors Bill to Ban Cell Phone Conversations on Planes
Keith Ellison, ...
July 26, 2013
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Limitations of NSA
Keith Ellison, ...
June 27, 2013
Ellison Statement On Senate Immigration Bill
Keith Ellison
April 18, 2013
Rep. Keith Ellison: Cyber Intelligence Bill Violates Americans' Fundamental Right To Privacy
Keith Ellison
March 5, 2013
MSNBC "The Ed Show" - Transcript: Medicare
Keith Ellison
Feb. 25, 2013
MSNBC "The Ed Show" - Transcript: Budget
Keith Ellison, ...
Jan. 22, 2013
President Obama's Inaugural Speech
Keith Ellison
Oct. 2, 2012
Rep. Keith Ellison Marks National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Keith Ellison
Dec. 14, 2011
Letter to Robert A. Niblock, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Lowe's Companies, Inc.
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 22, 2010
MSNBC "The Ed Show" - Transcript
Keith Ellison
June 17, 2010
Letter to The Honorable Julius Genachowski, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission
Keith Ellison, ...
Aug. 4, 2007
Protect America Act of 2007
Keith Ellison
Issue Position: Ethics and Government Accountability
Keith Ellison
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Oct. 18, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Andrew Wheeler, Acting Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency - Bonamici, Beyer Lead 96 Colleagues in Opposing Plans to Eliminate the EPA's Office of the Science Advisor
Keith Ellison, ...
Aug. 27, 2018
Brief Amici Curiae of Members of Congress
Keith Ellison, ...
May 25, 2018
Letter to Jeffrey Bezos, CEO of Amazon, Inc. - Ellison and Cleaver Ask About Police Use of Amazon's Facial Recognition Software
Keith Ellison, ...
May 9, 2018
Rep. Ellison to Pai: Were You Aware of Appointee's Alleged Multimillion-Dollar Fraud Scheme?
Keith Ellison
March 21, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Ajit V. Pai, Chairman, FCC - Protect Lifeline Program
Keith Ellison, ...
Nov. 15, 2017
Letter to the Honorable Ajit Pai, Chairman of Federal Communications Commission - Lifeline Program
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 10, 2017
Letter to President Donald Trump - Jayapal, Kihuen And Krishnamoorthi Demand President Trump To Stop Surveilling Immigrants And American Citizens
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 5, 2017
Letter to Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Franken, Nolan, Ellison, McCollum, Walz to FCC: Abandon Efforts to Lower High-Speed Internet Standards
Keith Ellison, ...
Sept. 15, 2017
Letter to Mr. Richard F. Smith, Equifax CEO - Demanding Answers from CEO on Data Cyber Breach
Keith Ellison, ...
Sept. 7, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Moving the Universal Service Fund to Department of Treasury
Keith Ellison, ...
July 12, 2017
Rep. Shea-Porter Statement on the Introduction of H.R. 3175, the Online Privacy Act
Keith Ellison, ...
May 19, 2017
Rep. Ellison Statement on Trump Administration's Attack on Net Neutrality
Keith Ellison
April 6, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Chairman Mike Simpson and the Hon. Ranking Member Marcy Kaptur of the House Appropriations Committee on Energy and Water Development - FY 2018 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill
Keith Ellison, ...
April 6, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Rodney Frelinghuysen, Chairman, the Hon. Nita Lowey, Ranking Member of Committee on Appropriations, the Hon. Tom Cole, Chairman, and the Hon. Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, & Education - Increase Federal Funding for Medical Research
Keith Ellison, ...
Feb. 13, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Expand Broadband Access to Low-Income Households
Keith Ellison, ...
Nov. 10, 2016
Letter to the Hon. Harold Rogers - Prioritize Funding for National Institutes of Health
Keith Ellison, ...
Nov. 10, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Harold Rogers, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Honorable Nita Lowey, Ranking Member of the Committee on Appropriations of the U.S. House of Representatives - Call for Increased Funding for the National Institutes of Health for Fiscal Year 2017
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 7, 2016
Letter to the Hon. Mary Jo White, Chair, Securities and Exchange Commission - Modernize Crowdfunding Regulations
Keith Ellison, ...
May 19, 2016
Payne, Jr., Nearly 90 Members Issue Joint Statement on Verizon Labor Negotiations
Keith Ellison, ...
March 23, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Tom Cole, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations Subcomittee on Labor, HHS, and Education, the Honorable Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of the Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, and Education, the Honorable John Culbertson, Chairman of the Subcomittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, and the Honorable Michael M. Honda, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies - Computer Science for All Funding
Keith Ellison, ...
Feb. 11, 2016
Letter to Tom Wheeler, Chairman Federal Communications Commission - Offer Support, Guidance to FCC on its Plan to Expand Broadband Access through Lifeline Program
Keith Ellison, ...
May 20, 2015
Letter to Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, Charles Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Patrick Leahy, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Harry Reid, Senate Minority Leader, Richard Burr, Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and Dianne Feinstein, Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence - Surveillance Activity Concerns
Keith Ellison, ...
March 18, 2015
Letter to Charlie Dent, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Regulated Agencies, Sanford Bishop, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Military Construction - Funding for the President's budget request for the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical and Prosthetic Research
Keith Ellison, ...
Feb. 26, 2015
Progressive Caucus Applauds FCC on Net Neutrality Ruling
Keith Ellison, ...
Feb. 5, 2015
Letter to Edith Ramirez, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission - Altered Images of People in Ads
Keith Ellison, ...
Feb. 4, 2015
Ellison, Grijalva Commend FCC Chairman's Net Neutrality Proposal
Keith Ellison
Feb. 3, 2015
Letter to Thomas Wheeler, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Guarenteeing Net Neutrality
Keith Ellison
Dec. 18, 2014
Letter to Tom Wheeler, Chair of the Federal Communications Commission - Now is the Time to Act on Net Neutrality and Title II
Keith Ellison, ...
Nov. 10, 2014
Ellison, Grijalva Applaud President's Push for Net Neutrality
Keith Ellison, ...
Nov. 10, 2014
Letter to John Boehner, Speaker of the House and Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader - Urging Restoration of NIH Funding in Lame Duck
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 9, 2014
Klobuchar, Franken, Ellison, Walz Announce Minnesota Researchers to Receive Over $1.6 Million as Part of the NIH "BRAIN" Initiative
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 8, 2014
Huffington Post - Net Neutrality Matters to Communities of Color
Keith Ellison
Sept. 25, 2014
Letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler, Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, Commissioner Ajit Pai, and Commissioner Michael O'Rielly - Ending Discriminatory Blocking of Online LGBT Resources
Keith Ellison, ...
May 14, 2014
Ellison, Grijalva Lead Letter to FCC Chairman Demanding Net Neutrality
Keith Ellison
May 14, 2014
Letter to Thomas Wheeler, Federal Communications Commission Chairman- Demanding-Net-Neutrality
Keith Ellison, ...
March 11, 2014
Letter to James Comery, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation - Improve DNA Testing for Law Enforcement
Keith Ellison, ...
Dec. 12, 2013
Letter to Michael Huerta, Federal Aviation Administration - Urging FAA to Not Allow Cell Phone Calls in Flight
Keith Ellison, ...
Dec. 11, 2013
Letter to Tom Wheeler, Chairmans of the Federal Communications Commission - DeFazio Sponsors Bill to Ban Cell Phone Conversations on Planes
Keith Ellison, ...
July 26, 2013
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Limitations of NSA
Keith Ellison, ...
June 27, 2013
Ellison Statement On Senate Immigration Bill
Keith Ellison
April 18, 2013
Rep. Keith Ellison: Cyber Intelligence Bill Violates Americans' Fundamental Right To Privacy
Keith Ellison
March 5, 2013
MSNBC "The Ed Show" - Transcript: Medicare
Keith Ellison
Feb. 25, 2013
MSNBC "The Ed Show" - Transcript: Budget
Keith Ellison, ...
Jan. 22, 2013
President Obama's Inaugural Speech
Keith Ellison
Oct. 2, 2012
Rep. Keith Ellison Marks National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Keith Ellison
Dec. 14, 2011
Letter to Robert A. Niblock, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Lowe's Companies, Inc.
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 22, 2010
MSNBC "The Ed Show" - Transcript
Keith Ellison
June 17, 2010
Letter to The Honorable Julius Genachowski, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission
Keith Ellison, ...
Aug. 4, 2007
Protect America Act of 2007
Keith Ellison
Issue Position: Ethics and Government Accountability
Keith Ellison
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