Stories / Issue · Aug 2 – Oct 6, 2026
| Action type | Wk ofJul 9 | Wk ofJul 16 | Wk ofJul 23 | Wk ofJul 308 | Wk ofAug 69 | Wk ofAug 1311 | Wk ofAug 209 | Wk ofAug 2713 | Wk ofSep 315 | Wk ofSep 1013 | Wk ofSep 1713 | Wk ofSep 2417 | Wk ofOct 17 | Total |
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| Requested actionDeclarations, investigations, decisions | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Sent lettersTo agencies, companies, officials | 27 | |||||||||||||
| HearingsHeld, testified or questioned | 3 | |||||||||||||
| StatementsResponses to news | 14 | |||||||||||||
| CriticizedA policy, decision or person | 22 | |||||||||||||
| PraisedCredit for a decision or person | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Visits and eventsTours, town halls, site visits | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Announced fundingGrants and approvals | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Filed or pushed billsNew, reintroduced or passed | 26 | |||||||||||||
| Other | 8 |
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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.
↳ Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch Resignation · Release ↗
Participated in national listening tour addressing rising hate against South Asian Americans.
Led letter demanding Education Department reinstate discrimination prevention guidelines for career and technical education.
Participated in national listening tour addressing rising hate crimes against South Asian Americans.
House passed bipartisan bill prohibiting colleges receiving federal aid from engaging in BDS boycotts.
Criticized Republicans' attacks on 14th Amendment birthright citizenship at hearing.
Criticized Republicans for attempting to strip children of constitutional citizenship rights.
Announced opposition to H.R. 4795, which restricts university boycotts of Israel and conditions federal funding on certification.
Led national roundtable with South Asian lawmakers to combat rising hate.
Demanded DOJ investigate pattern of Black Americans found hanging from trees.
Condemned racial harassment of Black students at University of North Carolina.
Voted to censure Rep. Chuck Edwards for unprofessional conduct toward female staff members.
Criticized Republican attacks on birthright citizenship and 14th Amendment protections.
Condemned hate crime shooting at LGBTQIA+ bar in Tucson and called for gun control legislation.
Joined amicus brief urging Supreme Court to protect LGBTQ+ students from discrimination in preschools.
Spoke at 63rd Anniversary March on Washington event, criticizing Trump administration and Supreme Court.
Introduced bill requiring schools to notify parents about abortion information.
Hosted roundtable discussion with faith and community leaders on parental rights, religious liberty and child safety.
Joined letter urging EEOC to reverse proposal ending workplace demographic data collection.
↳ EEOC Civil Rights Protections Rule Proposal · Release (2 members) ↗
Called on Republican leadership to bring bipartisan resolution condemning antisemitic rhetoric to floor vote.
Led 179 members of Congress filing amicus brief opposing religious exemption from preschool nondiscrimination policy.
Condemned Twitch streamer Hasan Piker's antisemitic comments targeting Michigan Jews and a state senator.
Sent letter to Treasury Secretary demanding resumption of Harriet Tubman on $20 bill effort.
Led House members in opposing Education Department's rollback of civil rights protections under Title VI.
Released statement on FBI hate crimes report showing elevated antisemitic attacks against Jewish Americans.
Cosponsored bill to expand radiation exposure compensation for downwinder communities.
Sent letter to Treasury Secretary urging resumption of Harriet Tubman on $20 bill effort.
Condemned antisemitic campaign video by Republican Daniel Bilzerian in Florida primary race.
Led 36 lawmakers urging Homeland Security to remove grant funding rules deterring religious organizations.
DMarkey MA, DBlunt Rochester DE
Demanded Education Department withdraw rule eliminating Equity Assistance Centers.
Introduced bill to protect minority-owned small businesses in federal contracting program.
Introduced bipartisan legislation to protect houses of worship from disruption.
Criticized Trump executive orders expanding restrictions on birthright citizenship.
Introduced bill to protect First Amendment right to worship by establishing protection zones.
Urged Yale University to reject settlement with Trump Administration over admissions investigation.
Introduced resolution condemning DOJ action targeting disability rights enforcement.
Opposed Todd Blanche confirmation, warning his confirmation endorses nationwide abortion ban.
Expressed concerns that Kids Online Safety Act could be weaponized against LGBTQ+ youth under Trump administration.
Questioned judicial nominee Anna St. John on her opposition to ending forced arbitration in sexual assault cases.
Criticized Senate hearing targeting Muslim community as scapegoating and political opportunism.
Demanded answers from Education Secretary on outsourcing civil rights enforcement to DOJ.
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