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WASHINGTON, D.C. Sept. 26, 2019 — U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) on Thursday sent a letter to Steve Linick, Inspector General for the Department of State, demanding he investigate whether any Department of State officials enabled Rudy Giuliani to advance political activities on behalf of President Trump, including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, U.S. Special […]

Washington, D.C. Sept. 27, 2019 — Today, Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Rep. Adam Schiff, the Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter to Secretary of State Michael Pompeo […]

Washington, D.C. Sept. 27, 2019 – Today House Appropriations Chairwoman Nita Lowey (NY-17) and House Budget Chairman John Yarmuth (KY-03) sent a letter to the Trump administration requesting documents and answers regarding the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB’s) involvement in the withholding of foreign aid, including nearly $400 million in crucial security assistance funding […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. Sept. 26, 2019— More than 300 former national security professionals—many of whom have served administrations of both parties—today issued a public statement commending the Congressional impeachment inquiry and encouraging vigorous efforts to ascertain additional facts and hold President Trump to account, as warranted. “As national security professionals, many of us have long been […]

Washington, D.C. Sept. 27, 2019– Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks on the Floor of the House of Representatives in support of S.J. Res. 54, a Joint Resolution terminating President Trump’s unlawful emergency declaration.  Below are the Speaker’s remarks: Speaker Pelosi.  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I thank the gentleman for yielding, and thank you for making […]

Sept. 26, 2019 – Immigration enforcement may be a federal responsibility, but state governments have a great deal of power over the conditions under which immigrants are detained. At a time when over-crowded detention facilities are failing to meet even the minimum standards of humane treatment, states must step up and exercise their authority to […]

New York, September 26, 2019 — Today, through the Presidential Determination on refugees, the Trump Administration confirmed it is proposing an annual admissions ceiling for refugees at 18,000 for fiscal year 2020. This represents another drastic reduction in the United States’ refugee admissions goal, which on average has exceeded 95,000 since 1980. David Miliband, President […]

Washington, DC September 26, 2019 –  Today, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence released the declassified whistleblower complaint. The complaint can be viewed here, and the Intelligence Community Inspector General letter regarding the complaint can be viewed here. Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) made the following statement: “The Committee this morning will be releasing the declassified whistleblower […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. September 25, 2019 – Today, Rep. Adam Schiff, the Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, […]

Washington, D.C. September 24, 2019 – Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks announcing the House of Representatives is moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry.  Below are the Speaker’s remarks as delivered: Speaker Pelosi.  Good afternoon.  Last Tuesday, we observed the anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution on September 17. Sadly, on that day, the Intelligence […]

Baltimore, MD, Sept. 24, 2019 – A federal court yesterday rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to dismiss the City of Baltimore’s lawsuit challenging the State Department’s efforts to make it harder for immigrants to show that they are not likely to become a “public charge.” The administration’s policy change made it easier to deny visas, leading to […]

Sept. 24, 2019 – Two years ago I was driving through Texas, my final stop as I filmed immigration detention centers across the country. I was struck by the size and geographic range of these facilities, and the massive profits being made from the incarceration of immigrants. How did a system designed to process new […]

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 23, 2019 — On Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit delivered a forceful rebuke of the Federal Communications Commission and overturned the agency’s latest attempts to eliminate long-standing limits on local-media ownership. An alliance of public-interest groups — Common Cause, the Communications Workers of America, Free Press, the Media […]

Washington, D.C. Sept. 23, 2019 – Despite tough talk about the Cuban regime and the harm it continues to inflict on its own citizens, President Trump and his administration have reversed decades of policy to protect Cuban refugees from return to Cuba where they may be persecuted. The administration is deporting more and more Cubans, […]

Sept. 23, 2019 – In the Trump administration’s rush to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, 22 archaeological sites could be damaged or entirely destroyed. This warning comes from an internal National Park Service report that details how new border fencing, bulldozers, excavators, and Border Patrol four-wheelers could irrevocably harm ancient remnants of Native American tribes […]

Sept. 23, 2019 – In summer 2018, the Trump administration attempted to deter asylum-seeking families from coming to the United States by separating children from their parents at the southern border. It was immediately clear that separated children’s trauma would be long-lasting. Now, the Department of Health and Human Service’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) […]

Washington D.C. September 23, 2019 – Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) issued the following statement on the news that President Trump’s Department of the Interior will transfer 560 acres of federally protected public lands to the U.S. Army for the construction of 70 miles of Trump’s unpopular border wall, paid for with taxpayer money. Grijalva recently released […]

Sept. 20, 2019 – A new report by EPI Distinguished Fellow Lawrence Mishel and Director of Government Affairs Celine McNicholas critiques a recent National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel advice memo that claims Uber drivers should be considered independent contractors rather than employees. The authors argue that even if you accept the legal framework […]