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John Lewis' Public Statements on Issue: Minors and Children

Deceased

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Date Title
05/12/2020 Lewis, Neal, Davis, Wyden Condemn Rule Enabling Further Harm to LGBTQ+ and Native American Foster Youth
04/17/2020 Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader - Hurd Advocates for COVID-19 Funding for Children's Hospitals
06/13/2019 Gillibrand Announces "Every Child Deserves a Family" Legislation to End Discrimination Against LQBTQ Adoptive Parents, Foster Parents and Children in the Federal Foster Care System and Help Give More Children a Loving Home
06/05/2019 Reps. Lewis and Gonzalez-Colon: Every Child Deserves a Family
02/15/2019 Reps. Lewis and Gallego Introduce Bill to Pave the Way to Higher ED for DREAMers
01/23/2019 Key House Democrats Condemn HHS Waiver Condoning Discrimination in Foster Care in South Carolina
07/20/2018 Letter to Ronald Vitiello, Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Washington State Democrats Join 139 Members of House and Senate to Speak Out Against Charging Migrant Parents Up to $8/Min. to Speak With Their Kids
06/20/2018 Immigration and Children
06/07/2018 Letter to the Hon. John Carter, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Homeland Security and the Hon. Lucille Roybal-Allard, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Homeland Security - Jayapal, Thompson, and Lofgren Lead 108 Lawmakers Urging Appropriators to Stop DHS from Separating Families
06/09/2017 Gillibrand Introduces Legislation To End Discrimination Against Potential LGBT Adoptive and Foster Parents Based on Their Sexual Orientation; Open More Loving Homes To Children Being Left Behind
02/07/2017 Hearing of the Oversight Subcommittee and Social Security Subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee - Opening Statement of Rep. Lewis, Hearing on Representative Payee Program
12/07/2016 Letter to President Barack Obama - Presidential Pardons for DACA Recipients.
07/18/2016 Letter to Mr. Andrew M. Slavitt, Acting Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services - Update Lead Screening Policy to Protect Children
05/16/2016 Letter to Chairman John Kline and Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott, US House Committee on Education and the Workforce - House Child Nutrition Bill
11/04/2015 Hire More Heroes Act of 2015
10/01/2015 Letter to John Boehner, Speaker of the House - Commonsense Gun Legislation
10/01/2015 Letter to Albert Siu, M.D., M.S.P.H., Chairperson, U.S. Preventative Services Task Force - Concerns Regarding the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force's Decision on Autisim Screenings
06/24/2015 Letter to Secretary Jeh Johnson, Department of Homeland Security - Family Detention Facilities
06/10/2015 Letter to Lamar Alexander and Patty Murray, Chairman and Ranking Member, respectively, of the Senate HELP Committee - Every Child Achieves Act
05/27/2015 Letter to Jeh Johnson, Secretary of Homeland Security - Family Detention
02/26/2015 Providing for Further Consideration of H.R. 5, Student Success Act
12/15/2014 Letter to Sylvia Burwell, Director of Health and Human Services - Protect LGBT Unaccompanied Minors
10/06/2014 Letter to Roger Goodell, Commissioner of the National Football League, Allan Selig, Commissioner of Major League Baseball, Adam Silver, Commissioner of the National Basketball Association, Gerry Bettman, Commissioner of the Natural Hockey League, and Don Garber, Commissioner of Major League Soccer - Responding to and Preventing Violent Crimes
09/18/2014 In Support of the National Parents Corps Act of 2014
06/12/2014 Introduction of the National Nonviolence Week Resolution

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