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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
Rep. Shontel Brown, ...
June 27, 2022
Letter to The Honorable Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Department of Agriculture - "Congressman Biggs Challenges USDA's Woke Gender Policy Changes"
Rep. Warren Davidson, ...
June 27, 2022
Letter to Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture - Challenging USDA's Woke Gender Policy Changes
Rep. Warren Davidson, ...
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. Warren Davidson, ...
Feb. 24, 2022
Letter to Hon. Antony Blinken, Secretary of State - Quigley, Equality Caucus Urge Secretary Blinken to Protect LGBTQ+ Rights In Ukraine
Rep. Marcy Kaptur, ...
June 21, 2019
Beatty Rule Earns Praise at Financial Services Committee Hearing
Rep. Joyce Beatty
May 17, 2019
Fighting for Women and Parents' Rights
Rep. Warren Davidson
Nov. 16, 2018
Letter to President Donald Trump - Lawmakers See Troubling Language in Trade Deal
Rep. Warren Davidson, ...
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
Rep. Marcy Kaptur, ...
July 26, 2017
Davidson Responds to President Trump's Announcement on Military Transgender Policy
Rep. Warren Davidson
July 5, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Concerns About Student Civil Rights
Rep. Joyce Beatty, ...
June 22, 2016
Letter to The Honorable Robert Mcdonald, Secretary U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - Concerns Surrounding the Spring 2016 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Rep. Warren Davidson, ...
June 9, 2016
Letter to the Hon. Barack Obama, President of the United States - Expand LGBT Protections In The Trans-Pacific Partnership
Rep. Marcy Kaptur, ...
May 17, 2016
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Hensarling, Fellow Conservatives Send Letter Challenging President's School Bathroom Mandate
Rep. Jim Jordan, ...
May 16, 2016
Letter to Barack Obama, President - School Bathrrom Guidance
Rep. Jim Jordan, ...
April 28, 2016
Letter to Chairman Goodlatte - Calls for Judiciary Hearing on Equality Act
Rep. Marcy Kaptur, ...
July 27, 2015
Letter to John Kerry, Secretary of State - LGBT Foreign Service Officers
Rep. Marcy Kaptur, ...
June 26, 2015
Beatty Applauds Supreme Court Decision Recognizing Marriage Equality
Rep. Joyce Beatty
June 26, 2015
Jordan Statement on Supreme Court Marriage Ruling
Rep. Jim Jordan
April 28, 2015
Jordan Statement on Marriage Oral Arguments Before Supreme Court
Rep. Jim Jordan
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
Rep. Joyce Beatty, ...
Sept. 30, 2014
Letter to Carolyn Colvin, Commisioner of the Social Security Administration - Same Sex Couples and Social Security Benefits
Rep. Joyce Beatty, ...
May 29, 2014
Letter to John Kerry, Secretary of State - Human Rights Abuses in Honduras
Rep. Marcy Kaptur, ...
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
Rep. Joyce Beatty, ...
March 14, 2014
Letter to John Kerry, Secretary of State - Anti-LGBT Legislation
Rep. Joyce Beatty, ...
June 26, 2013
Congresswoman Beatty's Statement on the Supreme Court Ruling of Marriage Equality
Rep. Joyce Beatty
March 12, 2013
Letter to His Excellency V.B. Rybak - Reject Anti-LGBT Legislation
Rep. Marcy Kaptur, ...
March 1, 2013
212 Members of Congress File Historic Amicus Brief on DOMA Case before U.S. Supreme Court
Rep. Marcy Kaptur, ...
Sept. 7, 2012
Pelosi, Nadler, 143 House Members File New Amicus Brief on Federal Case Against DOMA
Rep. Marcy Kaptur, ...
June 15, 2011
Letter to Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State - Uphold and Defend Human Rights Overseas
Rep. Marcy Kaptur, ...
March 22, 2011
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Concern over Decision to Not Enforce the Defense of Marriage Act
Rep. Bob Latta, ...
Oct. 7, 2009
Issa, Jordan Call On Towns, Kucinich To Hold Hearing On Obama's Latest Czar
Rep. Jim Jordan
Dec. 9, 2007
Advertiser Tribune - Latta Delivers Pro-life Message In B.G.
Rep. Bob Latta
Sept. 14, 2007
Representative Bob Latta Announces Candidacy for Congress in Ohio's Fifth Congressional District; Praises Service of Congressman Paul Gillmor
Rep. Bob Latta
Feb. 27, 2004
Why We Need a Constitutional Amendment to Define Marriage
Rep. Mike Turner
Jan. 1, 2020
Issue Position: LGBTQ Rights
Rep. Joyce Beatty
Jan. 1, 2018
Issue Position: LGBTQ Rights
Rep. Joyce Beatty
Jan. 1, 2011
Issue Position: Pro-Life and Family Issues
Rep. Jim Jordan
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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
Rep.Shontel Brown, ...
June 27, 2022
Letter to The Honorable Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Department of Agriculture - "Congressman Biggs Challenges USDA's Woke Gender Policy Changes"
Rep.Warren Davidson, ...
June 27, 2022
Letter to Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture - Challenging USDA's Woke Gender Policy Changes
Rep.Warren Davidson, ...
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.Warren Davidson, ...
Feb. 24, 2022
Letter to Hon. Antony Blinken, Secretary of State - Quigley, Equality Caucus Urge Secretary Blinken to Protect LGBTQ+ Rights In Ukraine
Rep.Marcy Kaptur, ...
June 21, 2019
Beatty Rule Earns Praise at Financial Services Committee Hearing
Rep.Joyce Beatty
May 17, 2019
Fighting for Women and Parents' Rights
Rep.Warren Davidson
Nov. 16, 2018
Letter to President Donald Trump - Lawmakers See Troubling Language in Trade Deal
Rep.Warren Davidson, ...
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
Rep.Marcy Kaptur, ...
July 26, 2017
Davidson Responds to President Trump's Announcement on Military Transgender Policy
Rep.Warren Davidson
July 5, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Concerns About Student Civil Rights
Rep.Joyce Beatty, ...
June 22, 2016
Letter to The Honorable Robert Mcdonald, Secretary U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - Concerns Surrounding the Spring 2016 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Rep.Warren Davidson, ...
June 9, 2016
Letter to the Hon. Barack Obama, President of the United States - Expand LGBT Protections In The Trans-Pacific Partnership
Rep.Marcy Kaptur, ...
May 17, 2016
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Hensarling, Fellow Conservatives Send Letter Challenging President's School Bathroom Mandate
Rep.Jim Jordan, ...
May 16, 2016
Letter to Barack Obama, President - School Bathrrom Guidance
Rep.Jim Jordan, ...
April 28, 2016
Letter to Chairman Goodlatte - Calls for Judiciary Hearing on Equality Act
Rep.Marcy Kaptur, ...
July 27, 2015
Letter to John Kerry, Secretary of State - LGBT Foreign Service Officers
Rep.Marcy Kaptur, ...
June 26, 2015
Beatty Applauds Supreme Court Decision Recognizing Marriage Equality
Rep.Joyce Beatty
June 26, 2015
Jordan Statement on Supreme Court Marriage Ruling
Rep.Jim Jordan
April 28, 2015
Jordan Statement on Marriage Oral Arguments Before Supreme Court
Rep.Jim Jordan
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
Rep.Joyce Beatty, ...
Sept. 30, 2014
Letter to Carolyn Colvin, Commisioner of the Social Security Administration - Same Sex Couples and Social Security Benefits
Rep.Joyce Beatty, ...
May 29, 2014
Letter to John Kerry, Secretary of State - Human Rights Abuses in Honduras
Rep.Marcy Kaptur, ...
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
Rep.Joyce Beatty, ...
March 14, 2014
Letter to John Kerry, Secretary of State - Anti-LGBT Legislation
Rep.Joyce Beatty, ...
June 26, 2013
Congresswoman Beatty's Statement on the Supreme Court Ruling of Marriage Equality
Rep.Joyce Beatty
March 12, 2013
Letter to His Excellency V.B. Rybak - Reject Anti-LGBT Legislation
Rep.Marcy Kaptur, ...
March 1, 2013
212 Members of Congress File Historic Amicus Brief on DOMA Case before U.S. Supreme Court
Rep.Marcy Kaptur, ...
Sept. 7, 2012
Pelosi, Nadler, 143 House Members File New Amicus Brief on Federal Case Against DOMA
Rep.Marcy Kaptur, ...
June 15, 2011
Letter to Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State - Uphold and Defend Human Rights Overseas
Rep.Marcy Kaptur, ...
March 22, 2011
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Concern over Decision to Not Enforce the Defense of Marriage Act
Rep.Bob Latta, ...
Oct. 7, 2009
Issa, Jordan Call On Towns, Kucinich To Hold Hearing On Obama's Latest Czar
Rep.Jim Jordan
Dec. 9, 2007
Advertiser Tribune - Latta Delivers Pro-life Message In B.G.
Rep.Bob Latta
Sept. 14, 2007
Representative Bob Latta Announces Candidacy for Congress in Ohio's Fifth Congressional District; Praises Service of Congressman Paul Gillmor
Rep.Bob Latta
Feb. 27, 2004
Why We Need a Constitutional Amendment to Define Marriage
Rep.Mike Turner
Jan. 1, 2020
Issue Position: LGBTQ Rights
Rep.Joyce Beatty
Jan. 1, 2018
Issue Position: LGBTQ Rights
Rep.Joyce Beatty
Jan. 1, 2011
Issue Position: Pro-Life and Family Issues
Rep.Jim Jordan
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