Stories / Issue · Sep 8 – Oct 6, 2026
| Action type | Wk ofSep 79 | Wk ofSep 1415 | Wk ofSep 2114 | Wk ofSep 2812 | Wk ofOct 55 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Requested actionDeclarations, investigations, decisions | 1 | |||||
| Sent lettersTo agencies, companies, officials | 13 | |||||
| HearingsHeld, testified or questioned | 1 | |||||
| StatementsResponses to news | 4 | |||||
| CriticizedA policy, decision or person | 11 | |||||
| PraisedCredit for a decision or person | 1 | |||||
| Visits and eventsTours, town halls, site visits | 2 | |||||
| Announced fundingGrants and approvals | 2 | |||||
| Filed or pushed billsNew, reintroduced or passed | 15 | |||||
| Other | 5 |
+18 more with fewer actions
DWarner VA, DVan Hollen MD $46M
Filed amicus brief opposing HUD's $46 million cut to fair housing enforcement organizations.
Requested hearing with FHFA Director Bill Pulte on inspector general funding cuts.
Requested Senate Banking Committee hearing with FHFA Director Bill Pulte on inspector general funding cuts.
Introduced bill to protect parents from child-welfare system involvement over gender identity disputes.
DWarner VA, DVan Hollen MD, DBeyer VA
Urged Trump administration to withdraw EEOC rule eliminating civil rights protections for federal employees.
Secured Senate committee passage of bill designating Museum of the Blind People's Movement as national museum.
Introduced bill to prevent federal child-welfare funds from punishing parents over gender-related decisions.
Introduced resolution supporting Hawaiian History Month and criticized Trump administration's targeting of Hawaiian programs.
Responded to report documenting 240 percent rise in anti-South Asian hate posts on X.
Introduced bipartisan resolution honoring Olmstead decision protecting disability rights.
Sent letter to DOJ and New Jersey Attorney General requesting investigation into Linden's discriminatory zoning against Jewish community.
Attended 25th Annual Korean Harvest Festival of New Jersey to celebrate Korean-American community and Chuseok.
Sent letter to Meta demanding action on antisemitic content and bot accounts on social media.
Hosted Hispanic Heritage Month roundtable with North Jersey community leaders.
Led letter to Revlon demanding answers on contaminated cosmetics affecting Black consumers.
Filed amicus brief supporting Holocaust survivors' art recovery rights under the HEAR Act.
DVan Hollen MD, DElfreth MD $8.6M
Announced $8.6 million in federal funding to increase security at religious institutions.
Filed amicus brief supporting Holocaust survivors' lawsuits to recover Nazi-confiscated art under the HEAR Act.
Delivered Senate floor speech warning about violence within transgender movement and criticizing gender-affirming care.
Criticized President Trump for banning CNN, MSNBC and Politico from White House grounds.
Condemned social media posts calling for political assassinations by Libertarian Party of New Hampshire.
Demanded Law School Admission Council restore accounts restricted based on Iranian nationality.
Condemned Nike and Converse for racist imagery in sneaker advertising campaign.
Sent letter to UNC-Chapel Hill urging proactive student safety measures after racial incidents.
Condemned rise of anti-South Asian hate and criticized Republicans for tolerating bigoted rhetoric.
Condemned stabbing of Sikh truck driver and denounced Trump DHS racist post.
Urged House and Senate to pass bipartisan Right to Worship Act establishing protest-free buffer zones.
Highlighted legislation establishing Fort Ontario Holocaust Refugee Shelter as national historical park.
Introduced bipartisan bill to install plaque at Lincoln Memorial marking Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech location.
Announced House passage of bill requiring civil liberties training for DHS intelligence employees.
Reintroduced constitutional amendment to eliminate slavery exception in 13th Amendment.
Criticized Trump DHS for using Sikh identity in anti-immigrant post targeting South Asian Americans.
Condemned racist social media post targeting South Asian students at University of Texas.
Condemned Texas GOP nominee's xenophobic tweet targeting South Asian students.
Condemned DHS social media post depicting a man labeled 'Mr. Singh' in a deportation graphic.
Highlighted local support for bipartisan Right to Worship Act protecting religious services.
Criticized Trump administration's assault on museums and removal of Black history exhibits.
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