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02/08/2022 Letter to Hon. Merrick Garland, Attorney General Dept. of Justice - Pressley, Clyburn, Jones Lead Congressional Black Caucus Members in Urging DOJ to Aggressively Increase Efforts to Protect Voting Rights
10/13/2021 Rush Statement on Passing of Timuel Black
07/27/2021 Letter to the Hon. Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General of Government Accountability Office - As Racial Disparities in Home Appraisal Values Increase, Rush Requests Study on Appraisal Disparities and Causes
07/21/2021 Letter to Hon. Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of Transportation - Vice Chair Strickland Leads CBC in Call for Equity in American Rail Infrastructure
06/09/2021 Rush, Booker Introduce Landmark Bicameral Bill To Lift Veil Of Secrecy And Ensure Transparency In Farm Subsidy Recipients
05/25/2021 Rush Statement Marking One Year Since George Floyd's Murder
05/21/2021 Letter to Hon. Anthony Blinken, Secretary of State - Dingell, Lowenthal Lead 56 Members of Congress in Calling for Palestinian Humanitarian Relief, Support of Current Ceasefire
05/10/2021 Rush, Cohen, Lee Convene Virtual Forum Examining FBI's COINTELPRO Operation
05/04/2021 Rush Introduces Legislation To Require Full, Public Release of COINTELPRO Files
04/30/2021 Letter to the Hon. Marcy Kaptur, Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies, and Michael Simpson, Ranking Member - Rush Leads 10 Appropriations Letters Requesting Funding For Priorities Including Women's Heart Health, Clean Energy, Kidney Disease, Public School Infrastructure
04/27/2021 Rush, Walberg, Raskin Lead Bipartisan Push to Reform Civil Asset Forfeiture Laws
04/27/2021 Walberg, Raskin Lead Bipartisan Push to Reform Civil Asset Forfeiture Laws
04/22/2021 Rush, Merkley, Schakowsky, Jayapal Reintroduce Resolution Recognizing Children's Fundamental Rights And Need For Climate Recovery Planning On Earth Day
04/13/2021 Rush: Missing Black Women "An American Tragedy" At Panel on Missing Black Women and Girls
04/06/2021 Letter to Honorable Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Dingell, Pocan, Khanna Lead 76 Members of Congress in Calling on Biden-Harris Administration to Press For End of Yemeni Blockade
03/31/2021 Letter to David Uejio, Acting Director of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Merkley, Wyden, Colleagues Urge Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council to Address Racial Disparities in Housing Appraisal Industry
03/29/2021 Rush, Bacon Introduce Legislation To Honor Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley With Congressional Gold Medal
03/16/2021 Clarke Introduces Resolution to Address the Federal Government's Role in Redlining
02/03/2021 Rush Introduces Legislation Celebrating Black History Month
01/05/2021 Rush Announces His Legislative Priorities on the Opening of the 117th Congress
12/25/2020 Rush Requests House Judiciary Committee Hold Hearings on Anjanette Young's Treatment by Chicago Police
10/16/2020 Rush, Bacon Introduce Legislation To Honor Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley
10/15/2020 Letter to the Hon. Adam Klein, Chairman of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, the Hon. Edward Felten, the Hon. Jane Nitze, the Hon. Travis LeBlanc, and the Hon. Aditya Bamzai, Board Members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board - Rush, Eshoo, Wyden Demand Investigation of Federal Agencies Surveilling Black Lives Matter Protests
07/22/2020 Letter to Attorney William Barr, Attorney General and Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security - Rep. Kirkpatrick Joins Colleagues in Demanding Answers About Deployment of Unidentified Federal Law Enforcement Personnel and Ongoing Actions in Portland
07/17/2020 Letter to Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House and Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader - Rush, Tlaib Call on House Leadership to Prohibit the Use of Federal Funds to Purchase or Use Facial Recognition Software
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