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WASHINGTON—Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) released the following statement today after being elected Deputy Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

“It has been an honor to serve as Whip of the Congressional Progressive Caucus for the past two terms, and I am thrilled to take on the challenge of serving our Caucus as Deputy Chair. I want to thank my friend and colleague, our current Deputy Chair Katie Porter, for her incredible leadership these past two years, along with our unwavering Chairwoman Pramila Jayapal.

WASHINGTON—Today, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) voted to send the Respect for Marriage Act to President Biden’s desk. This landmark legislation takes several key steps to defend marriage equality: officially repealing the unconstitutional “Defense of Marriage Act” (DOMA), upholding couples’ right to equal protection under federal law and requiring states to recognize valid out-of-state marriages.

WASHINGTON—Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) today sent a letter to the heads of all U.S. banking regulators calling on them to improve banking access for immigrant communities and communities of color. The letter is co-lead by Sen. Ed Markey, Rep. Rashida Tlaib and Rep. Joyce Beatty and co-signed by Sen.

WASHINGTON—Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) issued the following statement after securing a vote on 7 days of sick leave for railroad workers.

“Railroad corporations are raking in record profits — over $20 billion last year alone. 

“Meanwhile, their workers do not even have the basic protections of a single day of paid or unpaid sick time. In the face of these record profits, railroad workers have made a simple, dignified request for the basic protections of paid leave. And we in Congress need to listen to them. 

WASHINGTON–Today, the House passed legislation authored by Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) to rename a post office location in Minneapolis, Minnesota after the late Representative Martin Olav Sabo, who represented her current district, the 5th District of Minnesota, for nearly three decades. The legislation garnered bipartisan support from the Minnesota Congressional delegation. 

WASHINGTON–Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) issued the following statement after House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy threatened to strip her from her seat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

“From the moment I was elected, the Republican Party has made it their mission to use fear, xenophobia, Islamophobia and racism to target me on the House Floor and through millions of dollars of campaign ads. 

WASHINGTON – Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) released the following statement after Speaker Nancy Pelosi made an announcement to step down from House Democratic leadership in the next Congress. 

WASHINGTON—Today, Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) led a letter to Special Envoy John Kerry urging the U.S. to support loss & damage (L&D) funding to help developing countries recover from climate disasters. This  fund should channel new public funding from developed to developing countries to help them recover from climate disasters. This L&D proposal could be a small yet important first step in pushing U.S.