Congressman Keith Ellison

Representing the 5th District of Minnesota

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Nov 12, 2014

WASHINGTON—Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) led a letter to the president today with Representatives Keith Ellison (D-MN), Karen Bass (D-CA) and Barbara Lee (CA) calling for the administration to authorize trained and protected US military personnel to provide direct care to Ebola patients in West Africa, to resist calls for a travel ban air on passengers from West Afr

Nov 10, 2014

WASHINGTON – Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) Co-Chairs Reps. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) and Keith Ellison (D-MN) released the following statement today after President Obama came out in favor of net neutrality through Title II reclassification of the Internet. 

Nov 10, 2014

MINNEAPOLIS--Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN) released the following statement today after the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) released a statement reminding financial depository institutions and the broader financial se

Nov 10, 2014

MINNEAPOLIS—Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) released the following statement today ahead of Veterans Day, which takes place tomorrow, November 11. 

“Today we honor the extraordinary sacrifice of our veterans and their families during a time of multiple deployments around the world. We also pause today to remember the soldiers who are no longer with us. 

Nov 10, 2014

WASHINGTON – Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) Co-Chairs Reps. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) and Keith Ellison (D-MN) released the following statement today after the close of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit where American negotiators continued pushing to finalize the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

Oct 17, 2014

MINNEAPOLIS—Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) released the following statement today after the Minneapolis City Council passed and Mayor Betsy Hodges signed a resolution to begin a sister-city partnership with Bosaso, Somalia’s third largest city.

Oct 9, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken along with Representatives Keith Ellison and Tim Walz announced that Minnesota researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester and the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis will receive over $1.6 million as part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) “BRAIN” Initiative.

Oct 6, 2014

WASHINGTON—Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) Co-Chairs Reps. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) and Keith Ellison (D-MN) released the following statement today after the Supreme Court declined to review lower-court rulings on marriage equality in Virginia, Utah, Oklahoma, Indiana and Wisconsin.

Oct 4, 2014

On September 23rd, Rep. Ellison (D-MN) joined Mr. El-Ghasim Wade, the Interim Director of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), on a conference call to discuss reports that Somali women and girls have been raped and assaulted by AMISOM soldiers in Mogadishu

Oct 2, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken and U.S. Representatives Collin Peterson, Betty McCollum, John Kline, Michele Bachmann, Keith Ellison, Tim Walz, Erik Paulsen, and Rick Nolan announced that Small Business Administration (SBA) Economic Injury Disaster Loans are now available to small businesses and other organizations affected by flooding in 49 counties.