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Oct. 23, 2018
Letter to Daniel Coats, Director of National Intelligence - Hanabusa Questions if U.S. Intelligence Knew of Khashoggi Plot
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, ...
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, ...
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 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 1, 2018
Letter to the President Donald Trump - Demand Answers for the Trump Administration's Pitiful Rate of Refugee Resettlement
Keith Ellison, ...
April 5, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Revise Burdensome Disaster Funding Application Process
Keith Ellison, ...
March 28, 2018
Thompson, Ellison Statement on Trump Ending Liberian Immigration Program
Keith Ellison, ...
March 19, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Rodney Frelinghuysen, the Hon. Nita Lowey, the Hon. John Carter, and the Hon. Lucille Roybal-Allard - FY19 Appropriations Requests to Protect Communities at Risk of Flooding
Keith Ellison, ...
March 13, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Leader of the House, the Hon. Rodney Frelinghuysen, Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Hon. Nita Lowey, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Appropriations - 83 Democrats Demand Dream Act Be Added to Omnibus & That Funding for Deportations, Detention and Walls Be Stripped
Keith Ellison, ...
March 8, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury - Congressman Serrano Leads Bicameral Letter Urging Treasury Secretary Mnuchin to Expedite and Expand Community Disaster Loan for Puerto Rico
Keith Ellison, ...
Jan. 10, 2018
Ellison on FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017
Keith Ellison
Nov. 9, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Elaine C. Duke, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security - Reverse Administration Decision to Expose Thousands to Dangerous Deportations
Keith Ellison, ...
Nov. 3, 2017
Letter to the Honorable Elaine C. Duke, Secretary of Homeland Security - Fully Extend TPS for Haitian Beneficiaries
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 24, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Department of Education, and the Hon. Mick Mulvaney, White House Office of Management & Budget - Provide Relief to Schools in Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 18, 2017
Letter to President Donald J. Trump - Increase Refugee Intake
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 5, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Jeb Hensarling, Committee on Financial Services Chairman - Second Hearing on Credit Reporting Failures
Keith Ellison, ...
Sept. 27, 2017
Letter to President Donald Trump - Congress Members Sends Letter to President Trump Urging Him to Rebuild Communications Infrastructure in Puerto Rico
Keith Ellison, ...
Sept. 27, 2017
Letter to President Trump - Deploy Additional Resources to Puerto Rico in Response to Hurricane Maria
Keith Ellison, ...
Sept. 19, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Scott Pruitt, EPA - Boost Emergency Preparedness, Superfund Cleanup
Keith Ellison, ...
Aug. 11, 2017
Letter to Ryan Zinke, Secretary of the Interior - Opposing Atlantic Offshore Drilling
Keith Ellison, ...
July 21, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Rex Tillerson, Secretary of State - Do Not Close Cybersecurity Office
Keith Ellison, ...
April 4, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Rodney Frelinghuysen, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, the Hon. NIta Lowey, Ranking Member, the Hon. John Carter, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Homeland Security, the Hon. Lucille Roybal-Allard, Ranking Member - Flood Mapping
Keith Ellison, ...
March 16, 2017
Comprehensive Legislation Would Safeguard Future Elections from Cyber-Attacks
Keith Ellison, ...
Feb. 23, 2017
Letter to the Hon. John F. Kelly, Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, the Hon. Jeff Sessions, Attorney General of the U.S. Department of Justice, The Hon. James B. Comey, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation - Bomb Threats Made Against Jewish Community Centers
Keith Ellison, ...
Feb. 1, 2017
Letter to the Honorable John F. Kelly, Secretary of Homeland Security - Presidential Muslim-Ban Executive Order
Keith Ellison, ...
Feb. 1, 2017
Letter to Hon. Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States - Trump's Chaotic Refugee Ban
Keith Ellison, ...
Dec. 1, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Barack Obama, President of the United States - Call for the Total Elimination of the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 20, 2016
Letter to the Hon. Barack Obama, President of the United States - Issue Federal Disaster Declaration for Minnesota Communities Impacted by Devastating Flooding
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 13, 2016
Congresswoman Lee Leads Congressional Progressive Caucus Members in Calling for Greater Global Security by Advancing a No-First-Use Nuclear Policy
Keith Ellison, ...
Sept. 29, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Jeh Johnson, Secretary of the Dept. of Homeland Security - Urging Enhanced Due Process Protections for No-Fly List
Keith Ellison, ...
June 8, 2016
Letter to the Honorable John Carter and the Honorable Lucille Roybal-Allard - TSA Delays and Improve Efficiency and Increase Workforce
Keith Ellison, ...
April 13, 2016
Rep. Ellison Statement on Daesh's Threat
Keith Ellison
Feb. 25, 2016
Letter to House & Senate Leadership - Request to Fund Contraceptive Care to Combat Zika Virus Outbreak
Keith Ellison, ...
Feb. 4, 2016
Letter to the Hon. John Kerry, Secretary of State and Jeh Johnson, Secretary of Homeland Security - Strengthen Visa Waiver Program to Protect Dual Nationals, American Visitors to Iran
Keith Ellison, ...
Dec. 11, 2015
Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader, U.S. Senate, and the Hon. Harry Reid, Minority Leader, U.S. Senate - Consider Improvements To Visa Waiver Bill Provisions
Keith Ellison, ...
Dec. 8, 2015
Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015
Keith Ellison
July 15, 2015
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States, and Jeh Johnson, Secretary of Homeland Security - Request for Assessment on Right-Wing Extremist Groups
Keith Ellison, ...
July 14, 2015
Congressional Progressive Caucus Applauds Final P5+1 Nuclear Agreement
Keith Ellison, ...
June 16, 2015
CPC Amendment Requiring Audit of Drone Killings Rejected by Rules Committee
Keith Ellison, ...
May 21, 2015
Letter to Loretta Lynch, Attorney General - Potential Targeting of Federal Employees
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, ...
May 7, 2015
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Support of Iran Negotiations Signed by 150 Members
Keith Ellison, ...
April 15, 2015
Rep. Ellison Statement on North Minneapolis Fire
Keith Ellison
March 3, 2015
Rep. Ellison Statement on DHS Funding
Keith Ellison
Feb. 27, 2015
Motion to Instruct Conferees on H.R. 240, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015
Keith Ellison
Feb. 25, 2015
Providing for Further Consideration of H.R. 529, Section 529 College Savings Plans Amendments; Providing for Consideration of H.R. 5, Student Success Act; And for Other Purposes
Keith Ellison
Feb. 25, 2015
DHS Shutdown
Keith Ellison
Feb. 13, 2015
Letter to John Boehner, Speaker of the House of Representatives - Funding the Department of Homeland Security
Keith Ellison, ...
Date
Title
Politician
Oct. 23, 2018
Letter to Daniel Coats, Director of National Intelligence - Hanabusa Questions if U.S. Intelligence Knew of Khashoggi Plot
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, ...
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, ...
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 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 1, 2018
Letter to the President Donald Trump - Demand Answers for the Trump Administration's Pitiful Rate of Refugee Resettlement
Keith Ellison, ...
April 5, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Revise Burdensome Disaster Funding Application Process
Keith Ellison, ...
March 28, 2018
Thompson, Ellison Statement on Trump Ending Liberian Immigration Program
Keith Ellison, ...
March 19, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Rodney Frelinghuysen, the Hon. Nita Lowey, the Hon. John Carter, and the Hon. Lucille Roybal-Allard - FY19 Appropriations Requests to Protect Communities at Risk of Flooding
Keith Ellison, ...
March 13, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Leader of the House, the Hon. Rodney Frelinghuysen, Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Hon. Nita Lowey, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Appropriations - 83 Democrats Demand Dream Act Be Added to Omnibus & That Funding for Deportations, Detention and Walls Be Stripped
Keith Ellison, ...
March 8, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury - Congressman Serrano Leads Bicameral Letter Urging Treasury Secretary Mnuchin to Expedite and Expand Community Disaster Loan for Puerto Rico
Keith Ellison, ...
Jan. 10, 2018
Ellison on FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017
Keith Ellison
Nov. 9, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Elaine C. Duke, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security - Reverse Administration Decision to Expose Thousands to Dangerous Deportations
Keith Ellison, ...
Nov. 3, 2017
Letter to the Honorable Elaine C. Duke, Secretary of Homeland Security - Fully Extend TPS for Haitian Beneficiaries
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 24, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Department of Education, and the Hon. Mick Mulvaney, White House Office of Management & Budget - Provide Relief to Schools in Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 18, 2017
Letter to President Donald J. Trump - Increase Refugee Intake
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 5, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Jeb Hensarling, Committee on Financial Services Chairman - Second Hearing on Credit Reporting Failures
Keith Ellison, ...
Sept. 27, 2017
Letter to President Donald Trump - Congress Members Sends Letter to President Trump Urging Him to Rebuild Communications Infrastructure in Puerto Rico
Keith Ellison, ...
Sept. 27, 2017
Letter to President Trump - Deploy Additional Resources to Puerto Rico in Response to Hurricane Maria
Keith Ellison, ...
Sept. 19, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Scott Pruitt, EPA - Boost Emergency Preparedness, Superfund Cleanup
Keith Ellison, ...
Aug. 11, 2017
Letter to Ryan Zinke, Secretary of the Interior - Opposing Atlantic Offshore Drilling
Keith Ellison, ...
July 21, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Rex Tillerson, Secretary of State - Do Not Close Cybersecurity Office
Keith Ellison, ...
April 4, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Rodney Frelinghuysen, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, the Hon. NIta Lowey, Ranking Member, the Hon. John Carter, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Homeland Security, the Hon. Lucille Roybal-Allard, Ranking Member - Flood Mapping
Keith Ellison, ...
March 16, 2017
Comprehensive Legislation Would Safeguard Future Elections from Cyber-Attacks
Keith Ellison, ...
Feb. 23, 2017
Letter to the Hon. John F. Kelly, Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, the Hon. Jeff Sessions, Attorney General of the U.S. Department of Justice, The Hon. James B. Comey, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation - Bomb Threats Made Against Jewish Community Centers
Keith Ellison, ...
Feb. 1, 2017
Letter to the Honorable John F. Kelly, Secretary of Homeland Security - Presidential Muslim-Ban Executive Order
Keith Ellison, ...
Feb. 1, 2017
Letter to Hon. Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States - Trump's Chaotic Refugee Ban
Keith Ellison, ...
Dec. 1, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Barack Obama, President of the United States - Call for the Total Elimination of the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 20, 2016
Letter to the Hon. Barack Obama, President of the United States - Issue Federal Disaster Declaration for Minnesota Communities Impacted by Devastating Flooding
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 13, 2016
Congresswoman Lee Leads Congressional Progressive Caucus Members in Calling for Greater Global Security by Advancing a No-First-Use Nuclear Policy
Keith Ellison, ...
Sept. 29, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Jeh Johnson, Secretary of the Dept. of Homeland Security - Urging Enhanced Due Process Protections for No-Fly List
Keith Ellison, ...
June 8, 2016
Letter to the Honorable John Carter and the Honorable Lucille Roybal-Allard - TSA Delays and Improve Efficiency and Increase Workforce
Keith Ellison, ...
April 13, 2016
Rep. Ellison Statement on Daesh's Threat
Keith Ellison
Feb. 25, 2016
Letter to House & Senate Leadership - Request to Fund Contraceptive Care to Combat Zika Virus Outbreak
Keith Ellison, ...
Feb. 4, 2016
Letter to the Hon. John Kerry, Secretary of State and Jeh Johnson, Secretary of Homeland Security - Strengthen Visa Waiver Program to Protect Dual Nationals, American Visitors to Iran
Keith Ellison, ...
Dec. 11, 2015
Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader, U.S. Senate, and the Hon. Harry Reid, Minority Leader, U.S. Senate - Consider Improvements To Visa Waiver Bill Provisions
Keith Ellison, ...
Dec. 8, 2015
Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015
Keith Ellison
July 15, 2015
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States, and Jeh Johnson, Secretary of Homeland Security - Request for Assessment on Right-Wing Extremist Groups
Keith Ellison, ...
July 14, 2015
Congressional Progressive Caucus Applauds Final P5+1 Nuclear Agreement
Keith Ellison, ...
June 16, 2015
CPC Amendment Requiring Audit of Drone Killings Rejected by Rules Committee
Keith Ellison, ...
May 21, 2015
Letter to Loretta Lynch, Attorney General - Potential Targeting of Federal Employees
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, ...
May 7, 2015
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Support of Iran Negotiations Signed by 150 Members
Keith Ellison, ...
April 15, 2015
Rep. Ellison Statement on North Minneapolis Fire
Keith Ellison
March 3, 2015
Rep. Ellison Statement on DHS Funding
Keith Ellison
Feb. 27, 2015
Motion to Instruct Conferees on H.R. 240, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015
Keith Ellison
Feb. 25, 2015
Providing for Further Consideration of H.R. 529, Section 529 College Savings Plans Amendments; Providing for Consideration of H.R. 5, Student Success Act; And for Other Purposes
Keith Ellison
Feb. 25, 2015
DHS Shutdown
Keith Ellison
Feb. 13, 2015
Letter to John Boehner, Speaker of the House of Representatives - Funding the Department of Homeland Security
Keith Ellison, ...
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