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Dec. 4, 2018
Letter to John Kelly, Acting Inspector General - Gomez Leads 82 House Democrats in Calling for Investigation on TPS Termination
Keith Ellison, ...
Nov. 14, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security - Members of Congress Call for the Resignation of Secretary Nielsen
Keith Ellison, ...
Nov. 1, 2018
Letter to the Hon. James Mattis, Secretary of Defense - Smith Leads House Democrats in Demanding Answers on Trump Border Deployment
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 29, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - Rep Speier Calls on Administration to Reevaluate Saudi Relationship
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 26, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - Rep. Khanna Urges Secretary Pompeo to Uphold Democratic Values in Brazil
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 24, 2018
Letter to President Donald Trump - Holding Honduran Government Accountable for Human Rights
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 23, 2018
Letter to Daniel Coats, Director of National Intelligence - Hanabusa Questions if U.S. Intelligence Knew of Khashoggi Plot
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 22, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Daniel Coats, Director of the Office of National Intelligence - Connolly Joins More than 50 Members of Congress in Calling On the Trump Administration to Release Evidence of Prior U.S. Awareness of the Saudi Plot to Capture Khashoggi
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 18, 2018
Letter to President Donald Trump - House Members Call for Sanctions After Jamal Khashoggi Murder
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 12, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Hon. Michael Pompeo, Secretary of State - Halt Deportation of Black Mauritanians
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 12, 2018
Letter to Saudi Ambassador to the United States - Transparency in Jamal Khashoggi Affair
Keith Ellison, ...
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
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 5, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Rep. Danny K. Davis Condemns Transfer of Migrant Children to Tent City in Dark of Night in Letter to HHS and DHS Secretaries
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 4, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - Defazio, Lee, Jones Demand Trump Administration Provide Documentation Justifying Continued Us Involvement in Yemeni Civil War
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 1, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - House Leaders Decry Omission of Reproductive Health in Annual Human Rights Report
Keith Ellison, ...
Sept. 28, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of the US Department of State - Reps. Smith, Price, Welch and Over 100 House Democrats Urge Trump Administration to Reverse Decision To Slash Critical Aid for Regional Stability in the Middle East
Keith Ellison, ...
Sept. 28, 2018
Letter to President Donald Trump - Foster Announces Support for Legislation to Reverse Refugee Restrictions
Keith Ellison, ...
Sept. 18, 2018
Letter to President Donald Trump - 130 Lawmakers Condemn Trump Remarks on Hurricane Death Toll in Puerto Rico
Keith Ellison, ...
Sept. 17, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Mitchell McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, the Hon. Paul D. Ryan, House Speaker, the Hon. Richard Shelby, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and the Hon. Rodney Frelinghuysen, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee - Harris, Espaillat Lead Lawmakers in Letter Urging Gop Leadership, Appropriators to Reject Expansion of Family Immigration Detention
Keith Ellison, ...
Sept. 14, 2018
Letter to Donald Trump, President of the United States - Consult With Congress on Military Action in Syria
Keith Ellison, ...
Sept. 12, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Jeff Sessions III, Attorney General of the U.S. - 118 House Democrats to AG Sessions: Reverse Decision Ending Asylum for Victims of Domestic, Gang, and Gender-Based Violence
Keith Ellison, ...
July 30, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State and Ambassador John Bolton, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs - House Democrats Call on Trump Administration to Address Growing Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza
Keith Ellison, ...
July 20, 2018
Letter to Ronald Vitiello, Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Washington State Democrats Join 139 Members of House and Senate to Speak Out Against Charging Migrant Parents Up to $8/Min. to Speak With Their Kids
Keith Ellison, ...
July 18, 2018
Congress to Eliminate Funding for the Election Assistance Commission
Keith Ellison
July 17, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Mac Thornberry, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, the Hon. Adam Smith, Ranking Member, the Hon. John McCain, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, the Hon. Jack Reed, Ranking Member, the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader, the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Majority Leader, the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader, and the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader - Reject Attempt to Undermine Science-Based Decision-Making in Endangered Species Act and Marine Mammal Protection Act
Keith Ellison, ...
July 13, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security and the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - 83 Members of Congress Urge the Administration to Extend and Redesignate Temporary Protected Status for Somalia
Keith Ellison, ...
July 12, 2018
Members of Congress Release Statement Opposing Demolition In Khan Al-Ahmar
Keith Ellison, ...
June 28, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Jeff Sessions, Attorney General, the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen Secretary of Homeland Security, the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Comply with Injunction, Reunite Families Separated at Border
Keith Ellison, ...
June 27, 2018
The Mercury News - Preserve Family Reunification for Immigrants of Color, Too
Keith Ellison, ...
June 21, 2018
Securing America's Future Act of 2018
Keith Ellison
June 21, 2018
Letter to Secretary Nielsen and Secretary Pompeo - Re-designate Temporary Protected Status for Yemen
Keith Ellison, ...
June 21, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Rodney Frelinghuysen, House Appropriations Chairman, and Nita Lowey, Ranking Member - Demand House Appropriations Committee Reject Family Separations in Upcoming Funding Bills
Keith Ellison, ...
June 18, 2018
Pocan, Ellison, and Johnson Urge Colombia's New President-Elect to Advance Peace Process
Keith Ellison, ...
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
Keith Ellison, ...
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
Keith Ellison, ...
June 5, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Jim Mattis, Secretary of Defense - End Transgender Ban in the Military
Keith Ellison, ...
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
Keith Ellison, ...
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
Keith Ellison, ...
May 29, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - Protect Colombian Human Rights Defenders, Social Leaders Amid Dangerous Escalation of Targeted Murders
Keith Ellison, ...
May 24, 2018
U.S. House Makes Clear That There is No Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iran
Keith Ellison, ...
May 23, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Betsy Devos, Secretary of Education - Lawmakers Blast DeVos, Department of Education for Continuing to Fail Higher Ed. in Puerto Rico
Keith Ellison, ...
May 21, 2018
Letter to Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel - Schakowsky and Colleagues Urge PM Netanyahu Not to Demolish Palestinian Village
Keith Ellison, ...
May 16, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Rep. Love And Jayapal Lead 130 In Bipartisan Support Of Work Authorization Of H-4 Dependent Spouses
Keith Ellison, ...
May 15, 2018
Letter to Bob Corker, Chair of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and Bob Menendez, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations - Congresswoman Barbara Lee and Congressman Walter Jones Outline Bipartisan AUMF Principles
Keith Ellison, ...
May 8, 2018
Letter to Hon. Richard Burr, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman, and the Hon. Mark Warner, Ranking Member - Reject Haspel CIA Nomination
Keith Ellison, ...
May 8, 2018
CPC Opposes Trump's Decision to Withdraw from the Iran Nuclear Agreement
Keith Ellison, ...
May 7, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Hon. Mick Mulvaney, Director of the Office of Management and Budget - Oppose DHS Public Charge Rule
Keith Ellison, ...
May 1, 2018
Letter to the President Donald Trump - Demand Answers for the Trump Administration's Pitiful Rate of Refugee Resettlement
Keith Ellison, ...
April 23, 2018
Letter to the Honorable John Sullivan, Deputy Secretary of State - Condemning Anti-Semitism in Europe
Keith Ellison, ...
April 17, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security - TPS Rulings
Keith Ellison, ...
Date
Title
Politician
Dec. 4, 2018
Letter to John Kelly, Acting Inspector General - Gomez Leads 82 House Democrats in Calling for Investigation on TPS Termination
Keith Ellison, ...
Nov. 14, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security - Members of Congress Call for the Resignation of Secretary Nielsen
Keith Ellison, ...
Nov. 1, 2018
Letter to the Hon. James Mattis, Secretary of Defense - Smith Leads House Democrats in Demanding Answers on Trump Border Deployment
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 29, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - Rep Speier Calls on Administration to Reevaluate Saudi Relationship
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 26, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - Rep. Khanna Urges Secretary Pompeo to Uphold Democratic Values in Brazil
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 24, 2018
Letter to President Donald Trump - Holding Honduran Government Accountable for Human Rights
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 23, 2018
Letter to Daniel Coats, Director of National Intelligence - Hanabusa Questions if U.S. Intelligence Knew of Khashoggi Plot
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 22, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Daniel Coats, Director of the Office of National Intelligence - Connolly Joins More than 50 Members of Congress in Calling On the Trump Administration to Release Evidence of Prior U.S. Awareness of the Saudi Plot to Capture Khashoggi
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 18, 2018
Letter to President Donald Trump - House Members Call for Sanctions After Jamal Khashoggi Murder
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 12, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Hon. Michael Pompeo, Secretary of State - Halt Deportation of Black Mauritanians
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 12, 2018
Letter to Saudi Ambassador to the United States - Transparency in Jamal Khashoggi Affair
Keith Ellison, ...
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
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 5, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Rep. Danny K. Davis Condemns Transfer of Migrant Children to Tent City in Dark of Night in Letter to HHS and DHS Secretaries
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 4, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - Defazio, Lee, Jones Demand Trump Administration Provide Documentation Justifying Continued Us Involvement in Yemeni Civil War
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 1, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - House Leaders Decry Omission of Reproductive Health in Annual Human Rights Report
Keith Ellison, ...
Sept. 28, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of the US Department of State - Reps. Smith, Price, Welch and Over 100 House Democrats Urge Trump Administration to Reverse Decision To Slash Critical Aid for Regional Stability in the Middle East
Keith Ellison, ...
Sept. 28, 2018
Letter to President Donald Trump - Foster Announces Support for Legislation to Reverse Refugee Restrictions
Keith Ellison, ...
Sept. 18, 2018
Letter to President Donald Trump - 130 Lawmakers Condemn Trump Remarks on Hurricane Death Toll in Puerto Rico
Keith Ellison, ...
Sept. 17, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Mitchell McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, the Hon. Paul D. Ryan, House Speaker, the Hon. Richard Shelby, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and the Hon. Rodney Frelinghuysen, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee - Harris, Espaillat Lead Lawmakers in Letter Urging Gop Leadership, Appropriators to Reject Expansion of Family Immigration Detention
Keith Ellison, ...
Sept. 14, 2018
Letter to Donald Trump, President of the United States - Consult With Congress on Military Action in Syria
Keith Ellison, ...
Sept. 12, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Jeff Sessions III, Attorney General of the U.S. - 118 House Democrats to AG Sessions: Reverse Decision Ending Asylum for Victims of Domestic, Gang, and Gender-Based Violence
Keith Ellison, ...
July 30, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State and Ambassador John Bolton, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs - House Democrats Call on Trump Administration to Address Growing Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza
Keith Ellison, ...
July 20, 2018
Letter to Ronald Vitiello, Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Washington State Democrats Join 139 Members of House and Senate to Speak Out Against Charging Migrant Parents Up to $8/Min. to Speak With Their Kids
Keith Ellison, ...
July 18, 2018
Congress to Eliminate Funding for the Election Assistance Commission
Keith Ellison
July 17, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Mac Thornberry, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, the Hon. Adam Smith, Ranking Member, the Hon. John McCain, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, the Hon. Jack Reed, Ranking Member, the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader, the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Majority Leader, the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader, and the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader - Reject Attempt to Undermine Science-Based Decision-Making in Endangered Species Act and Marine Mammal Protection Act
Keith Ellison, ...
July 13, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security and the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - 83 Members of Congress Urge the Administration to Extend and Redesignate Temporary Protected Status for Somalia
Keith Ellison, ...
July 12, 2018
Members of Congress Release Statement Opposing Demolition In Khan Al-Ahmar
Keith Ellison, ...
June 28, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Jeff Sessions, Attorney General, the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen Secretary of Homeland Security, the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Comply with Injunction, Reunite Families Separated at Border
Keith Ellison, ...
June 27, 2018
The Mercury News - Preserve Family Reunification for Immigrants of Color, Too
Keith Ellison, ...
June 21, 2018
Securing America's Future Act of 2018
Keith Ellison
June 21, 2018
Letter to Secretary Nielsen and Secretary Pompeo - Re-designate Temporary Protected Status for Yemen
Keith Ellison, ...
June 21, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Rodney Frelinghuysen, House Appropriations Chairman, and Nita Lowey, Ranking Member - Demand House Appropriations Committee Reject Family Separations in Upcoming Funding Bills
Keith Ellison, ...
June 18, 2018
Pocan, Ellison, and Johnson Urge Colombia's New President-Elect to Advance Peace Process
Keith Ellison, ...
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
Keith Ellison, ...
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
Keith Ellison, ...
June 5, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Jim Mattis, Secretary of Defense - End Transgender Ban in the Military
Keith Ellison, ...
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
Keith Ellison, ...
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
Keith Ellison, ...
May 29, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - Protect Colombian Human Rights Defenders, Social Leaders Amid Dangerous Escalation of Targeted Murders
Keith Ellison, ...
May 24, 2018
U.S. House Makes Clear That There is No Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iran
Keith Ellison, ...
May 23, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Betsy Devos, Secretary of Education - Lawmakers Blast DeVos, Department of Education for Continuing to Fail Higher Ed. in Puerto Rico
Keith Ellison, ...
May 21, 2018
Letter to Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel - Schakowsky and Colleagues Urge PM Netanyahu Not to Demolish Palestinian Village
Keith Ellison, ...
May 16, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Rep. Love And Jayapal Lead 130 In Bipartisan Support Of Work Authorization Of H-4 Dependent Spouses
Keith Ellison, ...
May 15, 2018
Letter to Bob Corker, Chair of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and Bob Menendez, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations - Congresswoman Barbara Lee and Congressman Walter Jones Outline Bipartisan AUMF Principles
Keith Ellison, ...
May 8, 2018
Letter to Hon. Richard Burr, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman, and the Hon. Mark Warner, Ranking Member - Reject Haspel CIA Nomination
Keith Ellison, ...
May 8, 2018
CPC Opposes Trump's Decision to Withdraw from the Iran Nuclear Agreement
Keith Ellison, ...
May 7, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Hon. Mick Mulvaney, Director of the Office of Management and Budget - Oppose DHS Public Charge Rule
Keith Ellison, ...
May 1, 2018
Letter to the President Donald Trump - Demand Answers for the Trump Administration's Pitiful Rate of Refugee Resettlement
Keith Ellison, ...
April 23, 2018
Letter to the Honorable John Sullivan, Deputy Secretary of State - Condemning Anti-Semitism in Europe
Keith Ellison, ...
April 17, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security - TPS Rulings
Keith Ellison, ...
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