Rep. Omar’s statement on the violence in the West Bank: "I am horrified by the rampage of Israeli settlers in the Palestinian villages of the West Bank this weekend that led to the torching of dozens of cars and houses, took an innocent life and injured over 100.

The new border policy flies in the face of international and U.S. law and basic morality.

It will put the lives of countless asylum-seekers at risk. "The right to seek asylum is a fundamental human right. So core are the rights of refugees and asylum seekers that the United States of America led two separate UN conventions explicitly outlining the legal obligations of States to protect them."

Today, we led over 70 elected officials from the United States and Brazil in condemning recent insurrections in our countries and the coordination between far-right agitators. Here’s what we said: theguardian.com/world/2023/jan… As lawmakers in Brazil and the United States, we stand united against the efforts by authoritarian, anti-democratic far-right actors to overturn legitimate election results and overthrow our democracies

Just voted NO on the Republican bill to establish a select committee to investigate the agencies overseeing accountability for the January 6th insurrection.

(Thread) In 1975, the Senate created a bipartisan Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities.

Just voted NO on the $850+ billion Pentagon budget. (THREAD) The annual pentagon spending bill now totals over $850 billion. That’s more than $55 billion over what the President requested. It is unconscionable to spend a record-breaking amount on our defense budget while thousands of Minnesotans in my district struggle to make ends meet.

It has been an honor to serve as Whip of the Congressional @USProgressives 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, @RepKatiePorter for her incredible leadership these past two years, along with our unwavering Chairwoman @RepJayapal.

Four years ago, when I arrived in Washington to be sworn in to Congress, with many firsts next to my name, my father was beaming. It wasn’t just that I was going to serve in the United States Congress, it was that I was serving with *this* Speaker of the House. Nancy Pelosi is a first among firsts—the first woman to ever serve as Speaker of the House and the first to lead any party in any chamber of the U.S. Congress.

This week, Congress is in recess which means we’re back in our communities for a district work period.

We wanted to take you behind the scenes and show you what a district work period entails.

Here’s what we’ve been up to: ⬇️ Yesterday, we started the day off with the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners talking about maternal health, housing, transit, and mental health.

Today marks one year since the attacks of January 6th. I will never forget the experience of fearing for my life, my fellow members, and staff on a day designed to show the strength of our democracy. I will never forget the call I made to the father of my children, asking him to tell my children I loved them if I couldn’t.

Like many of us, I have watched the immense human tragedy in Afghanistan in horror. My heart goes out to the Afghan people, especially the many Afghans who risked their lives for a safer, freer Afghanistan...

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...as well the of countless Americans who served in this conflict, thousands of whom made the ultimate sacrifice.

Our office has received a lot of inquiries from people in Afghanistan or from family/friends of someone who is trying to evacuate safely. (THREAD) U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and their immediate family members trying to leave safely, you should submit this repatriation assistance request: forms.office.com/pages/response…

If you have district ties, please contact our office at MN05.info@mail.house.gov with your information.

.@SecPompeo is *refusing* to testify before @HouseForeign, the committee that oversees the State Department, about the escalation with Iran.

Since the administration is not allowing us to do our constitutional oversight, I will share what I would have asked him. The President has repeatedly said he is looking for a deal with Iran after he tore up the JCPOA.

Why, after leaving the JCPOA, after maximum pressure, after killing Soleimani, after threatening to bomb cultural sites, would the Iranians be more likely to agree to a new deal?

It is clear to me that based on the people Betsy Devos surrounds herself with, and her own profiteering off the backs of our communities, she is unfit to oversee the Department of Education. Betsy Devos is selecting aids that profit off the billions of taxpayer dollars flowing from the Dept of Education to corporate interests.

This is a serious, credible report of civilian casualties as a result of U.S. airstrikes in Somalia—despite the Trump Admin’s denials amnesty.org/en/latest/news… .@amnesty interviewed over 150 eyewitnesses, relatives, and experts. They found that 14 civilians were killed and 8 more injured in just 5 drone strikes in the past two years, in violation of international law.

Quick thread on why the Voting Rights Advancement Act is so important In 2013, the Supreme Court gutted Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act– making it more difficult for black and minority voters to vote