Press Releases
WASHINGTON—Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) was arrested during a civil disobedience at the Supreme Court of the United States this afternoon, in protest of the Supreme Court stripping away core constitutional rights and overturning Roe v. Wade. These types of protests have led to arrests of lawmakers in the past.
WASHINGTON–Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) issued the following statement after the Congressional Workers Union announced that staff in her office and 7 other House offices filed petitions for union representation.
WASHINGTON–Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) issued the following statement after the House passed two bills to protect reproductive rights. The first bill, the Women’s Health Protection Act codifies Roe v. Wade into law. The second bill, the Ensuring Access to Abortion Act protects women and pregnant people from being able to cross state lines to obtain abortions legally. Rep. Omar is a cosponsor of both bills.
WASHINGTON–Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) issued the following statement on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA):
MINNEAPOLIS—Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) released the following statement after the far-right Supreme Court ruled that the Biden Administration cannot regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants that contribute to global warming under the Clean Air Act.
WASHINGTON–Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) issued the following statement after the House passed the bipartisan gun violence prevention bill.
WASHINGTON–Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court released their decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
WASHINGTON—Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Vice Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Global Human Rights, released the following statement after the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced the U.S. will provide nearly $105 million in critical humanitarian aid to the Horn of Africa and the World Bank approved a $55 million International Development Assistance (IDA) grant to support Somalia's economic recovery.
WASHINGTON — Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and Representative Ilhan Omar (MN-05), whip of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, issued the following statement on the House passage of the Keep Kids Fed Act, legislation to extend the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)'s waiver authority to provide school meals for millions of children across the country:
WASHINGTON– Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) introduced a resolution today to condemn human rights violations and violations of international religious freedom in India, including those targeting Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Dalits, Adivasis, and other religious and cultural minorities. The resolution calls on the Secretary of State to designate India as a Country of Particular Concern under the International Religious Freedom Act, which has been recommended by the independent, bipartisan U.S.