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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, ...
Sept. 6, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - End Ban on Medically Necessary Treatments for Transgender Veterans
Keith Ellison, ...
June 5, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Jim Mattis, Secretary of Defense - End Transgender Ban in the Military
Keith Ellison, ...
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
Keith Ellison, ...
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
Keith Ellison, ...
Aug. 29, 2017
Letter to Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Representatives Urge Trump to Reverse Transgender Military Ban
Keith Ellison, ...
May 11, 2017
Letter to Heather Menne, Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living - Reinstate LGBT Demographic Questions on the NSOAAP
Keith Ellison, ...
March 10, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Jefferson Sessions, Attorney General of the United States - Investigate Recent Murders of African-American Transgender Women
Keith Ellison, ...
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
Keith Ellison, ...
June 12, 2016
Rep. Ellison Statement on Shooting at Orlando Nightclub
Keith Ellison
May 19, 2016
Rep. Ellison Statement on House Republican Vote to Discriminate Against LGBT Americans
Keith Ellison
March 23, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Jeh Johnson, Secretary of Homeland Security - LGBT Immigrants
Keith Ellison, ...
March 3, 2016
Letter to Edith Ruiz, Chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission, Julie Brill, Federal Trade Commissioner, Terrell McSweeny, Federal Trade Commissioner, Maureen Ohlhausen, Federal Trade Commissioner, and Joshua Wright, Federal Trade Commissioner - Conversion Therapy
Keith Ellison, ...
Dec. 18, 2015
Keith Ellison: Stop denying insurance coverage for gender reassignment
Keith Ellison
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
Keith Ellison, ...
July 27, 2015
Letter to John Kerry, Secretary of State - LGBT Foreign Service Officers
Keith Ellison, ...
July 9, 2015
Letter to Loretta Lynch, Attorney General - Same-Sex Marriage Licenses
Keith Ellison, ...
June 26, 2015
Rep. Ellison Celebrates Supreme Court Ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges
Keith Ellison
June 8, 2015
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - LGBT Discrimination
Keith Ellison, ...
March 6, 2015
Brief of 167 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and 44 U.S. Senators as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners
Keith Ellison, ...
Dec. 15, 2014
Letter to Sylvia Burwell, Director of Health and Human Services - Protect LGBT Unaccompanied Minors
Keith Ellison, ...
Dec. 15, 2014
Letter to Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services - Drop Ban on Blood Donations from Gay Men
Keith Ellison, ...
Dec. 4, 2014
Rep. Ellison Statement on Minnesota High School League Decision on Trans Athletes
Keith Ellison
Dec. 2, 2014
Letter to Grande Lum, Director of the Community Relations Service - Transgender Law Enforcement Training
Keith Ellison
Oct. 6, 2014
Ellison, Grijalva: Thirty States Down--Twenty to Go
Keith Ellison, ...
Sept. 30, 2014
Letter to Carolyn Colvin, Commisioner of the Social Security Administration - Same Sex Couples and Social Security Benefits
Keith Ellison, ...
Sept. 29, 2014
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Use Executive Action to Protect LGBT Immigrants
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, ...
Sept. 12, 2014
Progressive Caucus Calls for Bold Action in Immigration Executive Order
Keith Ellison
July 21, 2014
Ellison, Grijalva: No American Should Fear Discrimination Because of Who They Love
Keith Ellison
May 29, 2014
Letter to John Kerry, Secretary of State - Human Rights Abuses in Honduras
Keith Ellison, ...
March 18, 2014
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Merkley Leads Over 200 Members of Congress in Calling for Executive Order Protecting LGBT Workers from Workplace Discrimination
Keith Ellison, ...
March 14, 2014
Letter to John Kerry, Secretary of State - Anti-LGBT Legislation
Keith Ellison, ...
Nov. 7, 2013
Ellison, Grijalva: House Must Act to End Workplace Discrimination
Keith Ellison
Aug. 2, 2013
Letter to Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Reevaluate Discriminatory Blood Donation Policy
Keith Ellison, ...
June 26, 2013
Rep Keith Ellison: America Is One Step Closer To Liberty And Justice For All
Keith Ellison
May 21, 2013
Letter to Boy Scouts of America, National Council - Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation
Keith Ellison, ...
May 14, 2013
Rep. Ellison Applauds Passage Of Marriage Equality In Minnesota
Keith Ellison
March 12, 2013
Letter to His Excellency V.B. Rybak - Reject Anti-LGBT Legislation
Keith Ellison, ...
March 1, 2013
212 Members of Congress File Historic Amicus Brief on DOMA Case before U.S. Supreme Court
Keith Ellison, ...
Feb. 28, 2013
Rep. Keith Ellison: Violence Against Women Act Passage A Victory For The Wellstone Legacy
Keith Ellison
Jan. 22, 2013
President Obama's Inaugural Speech
Keith Ellison
Sept. 20, 2012
One Year After Don't Ask Don't Tell Repeal, Let's Keep Moving Towards Inclusion
Keith Ellison
Sept. 20, 2012
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
Keith Ellison
Sept. 7, 2012
Pelosi, Nadler, 143 House Members File New Amicus Brief on Federal Case Against DOMA
Keith Ellison, ...
July 10, 2012
Pelosi, Nadler, 130 House Members File Amicus Brief on Federal Case Against DOMA
Keith Ellison, ...
June 8, 2012
Letter to the Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services
Keith Ellison, ...
May 16, 2012
Congressman Keith Ellison Opposes Republican Bill That Weakens The Violence Against Women Act
Keith Ellison
Nov. 2, 2011
Pelosi, 132 House Members File Amicus Brief in Landmark Court Challenge to DOMA
Keith Ellison, ...
June 15, 2011
Letter to Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State - Uphold and Defend Human Rights Overseas
Keith Ellison, ...
Date
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Politician
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, ...
Sept. 6, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - End Ban on Medically Necessary Treatments for Transgender Veterans
Keith Ellison, ...
June 5, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Jim Mattis, Secretary of Defense - End Transgender Ban in the Military
Keith Ellison, ...
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
Keith Ellison, ...
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
Keith Ellison, ...
Aug. 29, 2017
Letter to Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Representatives Urge Trump to Reverse Transgender Military Ban
Keith Ellison, ...
May 11, 2017
Letter to Heather Menne, Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living - Reinstate LGBT Demographic Questions on the NSOAAP
Keith Ellison, ...
March 10, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Jefferson Sessions, Attorney General of the United States - Investigate Recent Murders of African-American Transgender Women
Keith Ellison, ...
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
Keith Ellison, ...
June 12, 2016
Rep. Ellison Statement on Shooting at Orlando Nightclub
Keith Ellison
May 19, 2016
Rep. Ellison Statement on House Republican Vote to Discriminate Against LGBT Americans
Keith Ellison
March 23, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Jeh Johnson, Secretary of Homeland Security - LGBT Immigrants
Keith Ellison, ...
March 3, 2016
Letter to Edith Ruiz, Chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission, Julie Brill, Federal Trade Commissioner, Terrell McSweeny, Federal Trade Commissioner, Maureen Ohlhausen, Federal Trade Commissioner, and Joshua Wright, Federal Trade Commissioner - Conversion Therapy
Keith Ellison, ...
Dec. 18, 2015
Keith Ellison: Stop denying insurance coverage for gender reassignment
Keith Ellison
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
Keith Ellison, ...
July 27, 2015
Letter to John Kerry, Secretary of State - LGBT Foreign Service Officers
Keith Ellison, ...
July 9, 2015
Letter to Loretta Lynch, Attorney General - Same-Sex Marriage Licenses
Keith Ellison, ...
June 26, 2015
Rep. Ellison Celebrates Supreme Court Ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges
Keith Ellison
June 8, 2015
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - LGBT Discrimination
Keith Ellison, ...
March 6, 2015
Brief of 167 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and 44 U.S. Senators as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners
Keith Ellison, ...
Dec. 15, 2014
Letter to Sylvia Burwell, Director of Health and Human Services - Protect LGBT Unaccompanied Minors
Keith Ellison, ...
Dec. 15, 2014
Letter to Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services - Drop Ban on Blood Donations from Gay Men
Keith Ellison, ...
Dec. 4, 2014
Rep. Ellison Statement on Minnesota High School League Decision on Trans Athletes
Keith Ellison
Dec. 2, 2014
Letter to Grande Lum, Director of the Community Relations Service - Transgender Law Enforcement Training
Keith Ellison
Oct. 6, 2014
Ellison, Grijalva: Thirty States Down--Twenty to Go
Keith Ellison, ...
Sept. 30, 2014
Letter to Carolyn Colvin, Commisioner of the Social Security Administration - Same Sex Couples and Social Security Benefits
Keith Ellison, ...
Sept. 29, 2014
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Use Executive Action to Protect LGBT Immigrants
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, ...
Sept. 12, 2014
Progressive Caucus Calls for Bold Action in Immigration Executive Order
Keith Ellison
July 21, 2014
Ellison, Grijalva: No American Should Fear Discrimination Because of Who They Love
Keith Ellison
May 29, 2014
Letter to John Kerry, Secretary of State - Human Rights Abuses in Honduras
Keith Ellison, ...
March 18, 2014
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Merkley Leads Over 200 Members of Congress in Calling for Executive Order Protecting LGBT Workers from Workplace Discrimination
Keith Ellison, ...
March 14, 2014
Letter to John Kerry, Secretary of State - Anti-LGBT Legislation
Keith Ellison, ...
Nov. 7, 2013
Ellison, Grijalva: House Must Act to End Workplace Discrimination
Keith Ellison
Aug. 2, 2013
Letter to Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Reevaluate Discriminatory Blood Donation Policy
Keith Ellison, ...
June 26, 2013
Rep Keith Ellison: America Is One Step Closer To Liberty And Justice For All
Keith Ellison
May 21, 2013
Letter to Boy Scouts of America, National Council - Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation
Keith Ellison, ...
May 14, 2013
Rep. Ellison Applauds Passage Of Marriage Equality In Minnesota
Keith Ellison
March 12, 2013
Letter to His Excellency V.B. Rybak - Reject Anti-LGBT Legislation
Keith Ellison, ...
March 1, 2013
212 Members of Congress File Historic Amicus Brief on DOMA Case before U.S. Supreme Court
Keith Ellison, ...
Feb. 28, 2013
Rep. Keith Ellison: Violence Against Women Act Passage A Victory For The Wellstone Legacy
Keith Ellison
Jan. 22, 2013
President Obama's Inaugural Speech
Keith Ellison
Sept. 20, 2012
One Year After Don't Ask Don't Tell Repeal, Let's Keep Moving Towards Inclusion
Keith Ellison
Sept. 20, 2012
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
Keith Ellison
Sept. 7, 2012
Pelosi, Nadler, 143 House Members File New Amicus Brief on Federal Case Against DOMA
Keith Ellison, ...
July 10, 2012
Pelosi, Nadler, 130 House Members File Amicus Brief on Federal Case Against DOMA
Keith Ellison, ...
June 8, 2012
Letter to the Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services
Keith Ellison, ...
May 16, 2012
Congressman Keith Ellison Opposes Republican Bill That Weakens The Violence Against Women Act
Keith Ellison
Nov. 2, 2011
Pelosi, 132 House Members File Amicus Brief in Landmark Court Challenge to DOMA
Keith Ellison, ...
June 15, 2011
Letter to Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State - Uphold and Defend Human Rights Overseas
Keith Ellison, ...
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