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Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Mark DeSaulnier Representing the 11th District of California

Washington, D.C. — Today, the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) announced four newly constituted Task Forces aimed at helping Democrats reclaim the House majority in 2026—with a sharp, populist, pro-working-class agenda that meets the moment.

These four Task Forces—focused on lowering costs, ending corporate greed, fighting corruption, and securing better pay and benefits—are part of a broader effort by the CPC to define a Democratic governing agenda that is clear, popular, easy to understand, and quickly delivers material benefits to working people. Congressman Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10) was named Vice Chair of the Task Force on Better Pay and Benefits.

Among other work, the Task Forces will be focused on advancing a slate of policy proposals members have been working on internally for several months that are not only progressive, but also enjoy support from voters across the ideological and demographic spectrum—from suburban voters to non-college-educated to independents—and could be passed by a Democratic House after the midterms. New polling from Data for Progress finds these policies enjoy a supermajority and give a 9-point advantage for Democrats who lead with these themes compared to a generic Democratic message against a Republican opponent.

The four new Task Forces are:

• Lowering Costs

  Chair: Rep. Yassamin Ansari

• Fighting Corruption

  Chair: Rep. Dave Min
  Vice Chair: Rep. Hank Johnson

• Ending Corporate Greed

  Chair: Rep. Becca Balint

• Better Pay and Benefits

  Chair: Rep. Emily Randall
  Vice Chair: Rep. Mark DeSaulnier

“In a time of record-breaking income inequality and rampant corporate greed, it is more important than ever that we as Democrats reassert and reinforce our commitment to working people,” said Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10). “As both a former union member and small business owner, I have seen firsthand how American workers have for too long been taken advantage of by big corporations and greedy CEOs. I am proud to help lead the Task Force for Better Pay and Benefits as Vice Chair to restore power to working people, the engine of our economy, so they can continue to be the best, most productive labor force in the world while living with the respect and dignity they deserve.”

“In my family and in my community, I’ve seen firsthand how good Union wages and pensions open doors to stability, to opportunity, to economic security. I’ve seen my grandparents, my teachers, my neighbors afford homes and vacations and childcare because they had good jobs. But over the years, affording a good life has gotten harder and harder,” said Rep. Emily Randall (WA-06). “Our neighbors deserve leaders who put people before profits and stand up for what’s right. They deserve leaders who understand that an economy that is centered on working people is a stronger economy for everyone. As Chair of the Better Pay and Benefits Task Force, I’m committed to fighting for fairer wages, stronger benefits, safer workplaces, and an economy that puts working people first – right at the center of our policies.”

Video from the press conference available HERE.
 

Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Linda Sanchez (38th District of CA)

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Linda T. Sánchez and nine of her colleagues called on the Trump administration to restore Social Security numbers of more than 6,300 legally present immigrants that were listed as “unverified,” months after declaring them deceased. 

“These people are our neighbors, our friends, and our community members,” the members wrote. “Invalidating their Social Security numbers will wreak havoc on their lives. SSA’s action could bar them from receiving federal benefits, working, or opening a bank account, and could even cut their citizen children off from survivor benefits in the event of their death. Using intimidation and manipulation to oust law-abiding, legally present individuals from our country is cruel and un-American.”

In April, the SSA improperly classified these immigrants as deceased to encourage them to self-deport. Although the agency later reclassified them as “unverified,” their Social Security numbers remain flagged in systems used by federal agencies, employers and financial institutions.

This misclassification reportedly stems from an enforcement policy implemented during the Trump administration targeting immigrants. As a result, thousands now face financial and legal uncertainty – many with U.S. citizen children who may now be denied essential survivor benefits.

In addition to Sánchez, the letter was signed by Representatives Gwen Moore (D-Wis.), Mike Thompson (D-Calif.), Danny Davis (D-Ill.), Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), Dwight Evans (D-Pa.), Judy Chu (D-Calif.), Paul D. Tonko (D-N.Y.) and Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.)

Full text of the letter is available here and follows: 

July 18, 2025

The Honorable Frank Bisignano
Commissioner
Social Security Administration
6401 Security Blvd.
Baltimore, MD 21235

Dear Commissioner Bisignano: 

We write out of grave concern for the 6,300 immigrants who the Social Security Administration (SSA) first listed as dead, and who have now had their Social Security numbers rendered unverifiable. We are alarmed that SSA took this unprecedented action with the punitive intent of “terminating” immigrants’ financial lives to encourage them to self-deport, and we urge you to restore these individuals’ Social Security numbers as soon as possible.

These 6,300 individuals have reportedly been targeted in a Trump Administration immigration enforcement effort focused on people who were legally present and eligible to work until the Administration abruptly terminated their lawful status.

In April, SSA wrongfully classified these legally present, living immigrants as dead – a shocking and unprecedented action by SSA designed to throw people into financial limbo. Almost three months later, SSA has now reportedly reclassified these individuals: they are no longer “dead” but will instead be flagged as “unverified” by the systems used by other agencies, financial institutions, employers, and others to check Social Security numbers.

These people are our neighbors, our friends, and our community members. Invalidating their Social Security numbers will wreak havoc on their lives. SSA’s action could bar them from receiving federal benefits, working, or opening a bank account, and could even cut their citizen children off from survivor benefits in the event of their death. Using intimidation and manipulation to oust law-abiding, legally present individuals from our country is cruel and un-American.

We ask that within two weeks you provide answers to the following questions regarding SSA’s action to render the Social Security numbers of 6,300 immigrants unverifiable, these individuals’ status, and your future plans:

1. Who requested that SSA take this action? Was the request made or supported by Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Kristi L. Noem or any employee of the White House?
    
2. Who at SSA authorized this action? Please provide copies of all signed memoranda regarding this action, including any between the Department of Homeland Security and SSA.
    
3. What flags or special indicators have SSA placed in agency systems for the Social Security numbers of these 6,300 individuals?
    
4. When a third party such as another federal agency, an employer, or a financial institution uses one of SSA’s Social Security number verification systems or data exchanges, what response will be provided for the 6,300 individuals as a result of these flags?
    
5. What is your assessment of how this action will affect the 6,300 individuals, including potential financial loss?
    
6. Has SSA been asked to take similar action against additional immigrants, beyond the 6,300? If so, who has requested this action, how many additional individuals may be affected, and when?

We urge you to restore these individuals’ Social Security numbers as soon as possible. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Sincerely,

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Linda Sanchez (38th District of CA)

WASHINGTON – Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Linda T. Sánchez released the following statement in response to the Trump administration announcing a Section 301 trade investigation of Brazil:

“It is unacceptable that President Trump is weaponizing the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and Section 301 authority to subvert democracy, prop up his friends and target his foes. 

“This investigation is clearly being driven by the president’s own political motives. You need to look no further than his letter to Brazil, citing grievances that range from Brazil’s treatment of his far-right ally Bolsonaro to the country’s efforts to crack down on hate speech. 

“And it’s rich to focus on Brazil’s anti-corruption efforts when President Trump’s administration is refusing to enforce the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and is engaging in blatant self-dealing and grifting.

“It’s completely anti-democratic and corrupt for American trade policies to benefit one individual’s personal interests. House Republicans must join Democrats in reclaiming our constitutional trade authority and stop enabling this president’s incessant abuses of power.”

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (District of Columbia)

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD), and Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) today introduced a bill which would remove the plaque and inscriptions bearing Francis Newlands’ name from Chevy Chase Circle a federal park located in both the District of Columbia and in Maryland’s 8^th Congressional District, which Raskin represents. Newlands was a U.S. senator from Nevada, a conservationist and the founder of the Chevy Chase Land Company, which developed the Chevy Chase neighborhood. Newlands was also a segregationist and held racist views. The Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands held a hearing on the bill in 2022, where Norton testified that “Newlands does not deserve to be honored on federal land.”

“I’ve long called for statues dedicated to Confederates and segregationists to be placed in museums, where they can be better contextualized, instead of being showcased in locations that connote honor,” CongresswomanNorton said. “However, there is no redeeming value in preserving an honorific to an avowed and unrepentant racist. The plaque and fountain in Chevy Chase Circle tell no story. They are meant only to honor Newlands, a segregationist who argued that voting rights won for African Americans as a result of the Civil War should be repealed. Newlands belongs in the dust bins of history, not preserved on a traffic circle that symbolizes the unity between the nation’s capital and the state of Maryland.”

“Associating an avowed segregationist and white supremacist with Chevy Chase Circle is an affront to the people of Maryland and D.C.,” said Rep. Raskin. “I’m partnering with Congresswoman Norton and Senators Van Hollen and Alsobrooks on legislation to remove Francis Newlands’ name from the Circle’s fountain and reclaim this beautiful space at the intersection of the Free State and the Capital City—two proudly diverse and welcoming places—for the recreation and enjoyment of all our neighbors.”

“Francis Newlands was a white supremacist who worked to make his developments, including Chevy Chase, inaccessible to Black, Jewish, and working class families. We should not be memorializing him and the bigoted policies he stood for – the legacies of which are still harmful to this day. Instead of glorifying those who promoted exclusion and division, we should be working together to build communities that support growth and economic inclusion for all,” said Senator Van Hollen.

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (District of Columbia)

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House Committee on Appropriations marked up and passed the fiscal year 2026 (FY 26) Financial Services and General Government (FSSG) Appropriations bill tonight, which Norton said includes an outrageous and irresponsible number of anti-home rule riders. Republicans try to attach the riders to the annual D.C. spending bill to exert control over local D.C. matters, despite their positions as federal officials who do not represent D.C. residents. Significantly, the bill would halve funding for DCTAG, a program established by a 1999 Norton bill. DCTAG makes up the difference for D.C. residents between in-state and out-of-state tuition up to $10,000 at public institutions of higher education in the U.S.

“It is unsurprising that at a time when there are more frequent Republican attacks on D.C. home rule than any time since the 1990s, the D.C. appropriations bill reported out of a Republican-controlled subcommittee contains numerous and extensive riders that would overrule the expressed will of D.C. residents,” Norton said. “I am particularly appalled by the 50% cut in funding for DCTAG, a program created in 1999 by a bill I authored that simply helps pay for students who are D.C. residents to attend college.

“I will use every tool at my disposal to stop these riders from becoming law, and I commit to reminding my fellow lawmakers across the aisle that D.C. residents deserve consideration equal to that given to as their own constituents.”

As reported out of the subcommittee today, the bill:

• Would provide $20 million for the D.C. Tuition Assistance Grant Program (DCTAG), a 50% decrease from the current funding level.
• Would permit anyone with a concealed carry permit from any state or territory to carry a concealed handgun in D.C. and on WMATA.
• Would prohibit D.C. from spending its own local funds on abortion services for low-income women.
• Would prohibit D.C. from using local funds to carry out its Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Amendment Act of 2014.
• Would repeal D.C.’s Death with Dignity Act and prohibit enacting any similar act.
• Would require D.C. to submit a report on its enforcement of the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act.
• Would prohibit D.C. from spending its own local funds to enforce its vehicle emission standards.
• Would prohibit D.C. from using local funds to carry out its automated traffic enforcement law.
• Would prohibit D.C. from using its local funds to enact or carry out any law which prohibits motorists from making right turns on red.
• Would repeal the provision of D.C.’s Anti-Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation law, or Anti-SLAPP law, that exempts from that law any claim brought by the D.C. government.
• Would prohibit D.C. from using local funds to implement its law allowing noncitizens to vote in local elections or on activities related to enrolling or registering noncitizens into voter rolls for local elections.
• Would prohibit D.C. from using local funds to implement its Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022.
• Would repeal parts of the Youth Rehabilitation Amendment Act of 2018 that allows courts to use sentencing alternatives for a person who was sentenced as an adult but was under the age of 24 at the time the person committed a crime, changing that age back to 22.
• Would prohibit the use of funds to implement, administer, or enforce any COVID–19 mask or vaccine mandate.
• Would prohibit the use of funds to commercialize recreational marijuana.
• Would prohibit the use of funds to implement the Insurance Regulation Amendment Act of 2024, which relates to reproductive health care and gender-affirming care.
• Would prohibit funds to implement or enforce provisions of the Consumer Protection Act against oil and gas companies for environmental claims.

Despite Republican control of the House, Norton secured several key victories for D.C., including the first increase in the annual and lifetime award caps for DCTAG recipients since the program was created in 1999.

“I was pleased the bill that passed out of subcommittee tonight maintained several wins I secured for D.C., including increasing the DCTAG yearly cap from $10,000 to $15,000 and lifetime award cap from $50,000 to $75,000, a change I have requested for many years. Even in the face of funding for the overall program being cut by half, these increases are a positive for DCTAG recipients. I will continue to work to secure full funding for DCTAG.”

The bill also maintains the provision to exempt the D.C. government from a federal government shutdown in FY 2027, a provision Norton has gotten enacted every year since FY 2015. It also approves D.C. to spend under its FY 26 local budget.

Norton secured the following victories in the bill:

• Increasing the yearly cap on DCTAG to $15,000 from $10,000 and increasing the lifetime cap from $50,000 to $75,000.
• Requiring ratably reducing the amount of tuition and fee payment of each eligible DCTAG student who receives more than $10,000 for the award year if there are insufficient funds.
• Exempting D.C. from federal government shutdowns in FY 2027.
• Providing $5.7 million for D.C. Water Clean Rivers Project.
• Providing $70 million for the Emergency Planning and Security Fund. The fund pays for the unique public safety and security costs the District incurs as the nation’s capital, and is designed to cover the District’s costs upfront so D.C. does not need to expend local funds and then seek an appropriation to be reimbursed for such costs after the fact.
• Providing $600,000 for the Major General David F. Wherley, Jr. District of Columbia National Guard Retention and College Access Program.
• Providing $4 million to combat HIV/AIDS in D.C.

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (District of Columbia)

WASHINGTON, D.C.–– Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced her District of Columbia Courts Home Rule Act today, which would give the D.C. Council authority over the jurisdiction and organization of the local D.C. courts. The D.C. Home Rule Act expressly prohibits D.C. from enacting any law with respect to any provision of the D.C. Code that relates to the jurisdiction and organization of the local D.C. courts. Congress can give D.C. this authority even before the District becomes the 51st state.

“The District has never had authority over its local courts, even before 1997 when it was responsible for paying for the courts’ operations,” Norton said. “As the duly elected and accountable local legislature for the District, it is irresponsible for the D.C. Council to be left on the sidelines while Congress, which could not care less about the local D.C. courts, remains in charge of improving their operations. My bill would correct this wrong and increase democratic autonomy and self-government for the District.”

Under the Home Rule Act, the D.C. Council has no authority to “enact any act, resolution, or rule with respect to any provision of title 11 of the District of Columbia Code (relating to organization and jurisdiction of the District of Columbia courts).”

In 1997, under the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act, the federal government assumed the costs for several state-level functions from D.C., including the local D.C. courts. This bill would not affect the authority of the President to nominate, or the Senate to confirm, local D.C. judges, which has been within their purview since the creation of the District’s modern local court system in 1970.

Norton’s introductory statement follows.

Statement of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton

on the Introduction of the District of Columbia Courts Home Rule Act

 

July 21, 2025

Today, I introduce the District of Columbia Courts Home Rule Act.  This bill would give the Council of the District of Columbia authority over the jurisdiction and organization of the local D.C. courts.  The D.C. Home Rule Act (HRA) prohibits the Council from enacting any law with respect to title 11 of the D.C. Code, which relates to the jurisdiction and organization of the local D.C. courts. 

More than 50 years after passage of the HRA and notwithstanding the importance of the local D.C. courts to D.C., the Council, which is the legislative body accountable to D.C. residents, is left on the sidelines while Congress, which could not care less about the local D.C. courts, remains the only legislative body that can amend title 11 of the D.C. Code.

Under the HRA, the Council has no authority to “enact any act, resolution, or rule with respect to any provision of title 11 of the District of Columbia Code (relating to organization and jurisdiction of the District of Columbia courts).”  Title 11 of the D.C. Code primarily relates to the rules of criminal and civil procedure, court administration, the branches of the courts, jury service and admission to the bar. 

D.C. has never had authority over its local courts, even when it was responsible for paying for them.  Under the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997, the federal government assumed from D.C. the costs for several state-level functions, including the courts.  This bill would not change the federal government’s responsibility for funding the local D.C. courts or the authority of the President to nominate, and the Senate to confirm, local D.C. judges.

This bill is an important step to increase self-government for D.C.  I urge my colleagues to support it.

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (District of Columbia)

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House Committee on Appropriations today released the text of its fiscal year 2026 (FY 26) Financial Services and General Government (FSSG) Appropriations bill, which Norton said includes an outrageous number of anti-home rule riders. Republicans try to attach the riders to the annual D.C. spending bill to exert control over local D.C. matters, despite their positions as federal officials who do not represent D.C. residents. Significantly, the bill would halve funding for DCTAG, a program established by a 1999 Norton bill. DCTAG makes up the difference for D.C. residents between in-state and out-of-state tuition up to $10,000 at public institutions of higher education in the U.S.

“I am outraged at the number and scope of anti-D.C. home rule riders in the bill released today,” Norton said. “In my long career representing D.C. residents in Congress, I have rarely seen a bill as unreasonable and patronizing to the more than 700,000 people who live in the nation’s capital as this one. I will use every tool at my disposal to stop these riders from becoming law, and I commit to reminding my fellow lawmakers across the aisle that D.C. residents deserve the same consideration as their own constituents at every opportunity.” 

The text released today:

• Would permit anyone with a concealed carry permit from any state or territory to carry a concealed handgun in D.C. and on WMATA.
• Would provide $20 million for the D.C. Tuition Assistance Grant Program (DCTAG), a 50% decrease from the current funding level.
• Would prohibit D.C. from spending its own local funds on abortion services for low-income women.
• Would prohibit D.C. from using local funds to carry out its Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Amendment Act of 2014.
• Would repeal D.C.’s Death with Dignity Act, and prohibits enacting any similar act.
• Would require D.C. to submit a report on its enforcement of the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act.
• Would prohibit D.C. from spending its own local funds to enforce its vehicle emission standards.
• Would prohibit D.C. from using local funds to carry out its automated traffic enforcement law.
• Would prohibit D.C. from using its local funds to enact or carry out any law which prohibits motorists from making right turns on red.
• Would repeal the provision of D.C.’s Anti-Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation law, or Anti-SLAPP law, that exempts from that law any claim brought by the D.C. government.
• Would prohibit D.C. from using local funds to implement its law allowing noncitizens to vote in local elections or on activities related to enrolling or registering noncitizens into voter rolls for local elections.
• Would prohibit D.C. from using local funds to implement its Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022.
• Would repeal parts of the Youth Rehabilitation Amendment Act of 2018 that allows courts to use sentencing alternatives for a person who was sentenced as an adult but was under the age of 24 at the time the person committed a crime, changing that age back to 22.
• Would prohibit the use of funds to implement, administer, or enforce any COVID–19 mask or vaccine mandate.
• Would prohibit the use of funds to commercialize recreational marijuana.
• Would prohibit the use of funds to implement the Insurance Regulation Amendment Act of 2024, which relates to reproductive health care and gender-affirming care.
• Would prohibit funds to implement or enforce provisions of the Consumer Protection Act against oil and gas companies for environmental claims.

Among the anti-home rule riders are several victories secured by Norton, despite Republican control of the House.

“Even among the long list of anti-home rule riders in the bill text released today, there are a number of victories for residents of the nation’s capital,” Norton said. “I was pleased to secure these wins for the District, including increasing the DCTAG yearly cap from $10,000 to $15,000 and lifetime award cap from $50,000 to $75,000, a change I have requested for years. Even in the face of funding for the overall program being cut by half, these increases are a positive for D.C. residents who are recipients of the program. I will continue to work to secure full funding for DCTAG.”

The bill also maintains the provision to exempt the D.C. government from a federal government shutdown in FY 2026, a provision she has gotten enacted every year since FY 2015. It also approves D.C. to spend under its FY 26 local budget.

Norton also secured the following victories in the bill:

• Increasing the yearly cap on DCTAG to $15,000 from $10,000 and increasing the lifetime cap from $50,000 to $75,000.
• Requiring ratably reducing the amount of tuition and fee payment of each eligible DCTAG student who receives more than $10,000 for the award year if there are insufficient funds.
• Exempting D.C. from federal government shutdowns in FY 2026.
• Providing $5.7 million for D.C. Water Clean Rivers Project.
• Providing $70 million for the Emergency Planning and Security Fund. The fund pays for the unique public safety and security costs the District incurs as the nation’s capital, and is designed to cover the District’s costs upfront so D.C. does not need to expend local funds and then seek an appropriation to be reimbursed for such costs after the fact.
• Providing $600,000 for the Major General David F. Wherley, Jr. District of Columbia National Guard Retention and College Access Program.
• Providing $4 million to combat HIV/AIDS in D.C.

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (District of Columbia)

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced her bill to give the District of Columbia the authority to appoint all members of the D.C. Board of Zoning Adjustment (Board), except when the Board is performing functions regarding an application by a foreign mission with respect to a chancery. Under current law, in general, the Board consists of a representative of the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) and the D.C. Zoning Commission, each of whom may be a federal official, and three mayoral appointees, subject to D.C. Council approval. The Board has no authority over federal property and Norton’s bill would not alter the Board’s authority.

“The District of Columbia should be free to set its own local land-use policies like every other jurisdiction in the United States,” Norton said. “We face local issues, such as a growing population and economic development, that require local solutions. Land use is a quintessentially local issue. The Board of Zoning Adjustment should be accountable to District residents and local elected officials.”

When the Board is performing functions regarding an application by a foreign mission with respect to the location, expansion, or replacement of a chancery, the Board consists of the Executive Director of NCPC, the Director of the National Park Service (or, if the President so designates, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Interior or the Administrator of General Services), and the three mayoral appointees. Norton’s bill would not change this composition.

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Hank Johnson (GA-04)

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), ranking member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet, released the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 along partisan lines this week allowing President Donald Trump to dismantle the Education Department — and to go through with laying off nearly 1,400 employees.

“The Supreme Court’s recent ruling allows Donald Trump to dismantle the Department of Education now, while challenges to the legality of his action remain to be decided at a later date. The damage will have already been done when the cases arrive back before the Court for final decision. This breathtaking shift of power to the Presidency does grievous harm to the system of checks and balances that has enabled 249 years of American democracy to thrive. Under our Constitution, Congress has the sole authority to dismantle any U.S. department — not Donald Trump or billionaire drug-addled Elon Musk’s ‘DOGE.’ It’s as if the Supreme Court of the United States is hellbent on a mission to restructure American governance regardless of the clear and unambiguous wording of the Constitution.”

Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (8th District of Illinois)

CHICAGO– Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08) issued the following statement in response to the hateful vandalism of several buildings in the Little Village neighborhood, including swastikas and anti-immigrant graffiti:

“These cowardly acts of hate are meant to intimidate and divide, but they will fail. I stand with the people of Little Village and the community organizations targeted in this vile attack. There is no place for anti-immigrant extremism or Nazi imagery in any of our neighborhoods. At a time when immigrant communities are under siege, we must stand shoulder to shoulder against xenophobia and all forms of hate.”