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10/30/2023 Murray, Sanders, Wyden, Baldwin Lead 44 Senators in Urging the Biden Administration to Require Insurers to Fully Cover Over-the-Counter Birth Control, With No Out-of-Pocket Costs or Prescription Barrier
11/17/2022 Letter to Robert Califf, Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration - Hirono, Lawmakers Urge FDA to Consider Steps to Protect and Expand Access to Medication Abortion
09/23/2022 Tweet - "The Iranian people, led by young women, are demonstrating for their freedom and for a better life. The government has responded by killing dozens of protesters. I call upon the Iranian government to address the needs of their citizens, not kill them."
08/02/2022 Letter to Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Antony Blinken, Secretary of State, Samantha Power, Administrator for the US Agency for International Development - Schakowsky, Lee, Blumenthal, and Booker Lead Colleagues in Pressing Federal Agencies to Reinforce Helms Amendment Exceptions to Countries and Organizations That Receive U.S. Foreign Assistance
07/22/2022 Tweet - "Unbelievable! Not only are Republicans anti-choice but almost all of them in the House just voted against Americans, women and men, having the right to contraception. While the whole world laughs, they want to take us back to the 1800s. Ain't gonna happen."
07/13/2022 Letter to Joseph Biden, President of the United States, and Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health & Human Services - Urging Biden Administration to Declare a National Public Health Emergency on Reproductive Rights
06/25/2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Murray, Democrats Push Biden for "Bold Action" to Protect Abortion Access in a Post-Roe America
05/19/2022 Letter to Hon. Lina Khan, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission - Warner, Colleagues Urge FTC to Protect Data Privacy of Women Seeking Reproductive Healthcare
05/17/2022 Tweet - "The loudest voices in the Republican Party demanding that women be forced to give birth against their will are exactly the same people who oppose virtually every effort here in Congress designed to improve life for children and their mothers."
05/11/2022 Tweet - "It is no great secret that women throughout the history of our country have had to fight for their basic human rights against all forms of patriarchy, so today let us be absolutely clear: When it comes to women's rights, we cannot go backwards. We must go forward."
03/01/2022 Letter to Hon. Tom Vilsack, Secretary U.S. Department of Agriculture - Representatives Young, Moore Lead 112 House and Senate Colleagues in Urging USDA to Update the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Food Packages, Ensure Access to Healthy Food for Low-Income Families
02/16/2022 Letter to Secretary Becerra, Secretary Walsh, and Secretary Yellen - Van Hollen, Hassan Crack Down on Insurance Companies That Illegally Deny Women Access to Birth Control
02/16/2022 Letter to Hon. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Hon. Marty Walsh, Secretary of Labor, and Hon. Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury - Kaine Joins Colleagues in Effort to Crack Down on Insurance Companies That Illegally Deny Women Access to Birth Control
12/07/2021 Tweet - "In the richest country in the history of the world, mothers should have a right to spend time with their newborns. We must enact paid family and medical leave NOW."
08/17/2021 Letter to Hon. Antony Blinken, Secretary of State; and Hon. Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security - Shaheen, Menendez Lead Bipartisan Letter Urging Biden Administration to Protect Afghan Women Leaders in Wake of Taliban Takeover
08/17/2021 Letter to Hon. Antony Blinken, Secretary of State and Hon. Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security - Kaine Joins Menendez, Shaheen, & Senate Colleagues in Bipartisan Letter Urging Biden Admin to Protect Afghan Women Leaders in Wake of Taliban Takeover in Afghanistan
08/17/2021 Letter to Hon. Antony Blinken, Secretary of State; and Hon. Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security - Senator Hassan, Colleagues Join Senators Shaheen, Menendez-Led Bipartisan Letter Urging Biden Administration to Protect Afghan Women Leaders in Wake of Taliban Takeover
08/16/2021 Letter to Hon. Antony Blinken, Secretary of State; and Hon. Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security - Senators to Biden Administration: Protect Afghan Women Leaders in Wake of Taliban Takeover
12/01/2020 Letter to Honorable Richard Shelby, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, Honorable Nita Lowey, Chairwoman of the Committee on Appropriations, Honorable Patrick Leahy, Vice Chairman of the Committee of Appropriations, and Honorable Kay Granger, Ranking Member of the Committee on Appropriations - As Record Numbers Of New Yorkers Face Food Insecurity, Gillibrand Urges Congress To Invest $6 Billion To Meet Growing Nutrition Needs
11/19/2020 Letter to the Hon. Joseph Cuffari, Inspector General of the Dept. of Homeland Security, the Hon. Christopher Wray, Dir. of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Hon. Tony Pham, Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Dir. of the Dept. of Homeland Security, and the Hon. Eric Dreiband, Assistant Attorney General of the Dept. of Justice - Menendez, Booker Join Colleagues in Demanding Trump Admin. Halt Deportations of Victims of Medical Malpractice by ICE Doctor
09/18/2020 Letter to the Hon. Joseph V. Cuffari, Inspector General of Homeland Security - Bennet, Colleagues Call of DHS IG to Swiftly Investigate Alleged Forced Hysterectomies at ICE Facility
06/19/2020 Letter to Steven Mnuchin Secretary, U.S. Department of Treasury, and Charles Rettig Commissioner Internal Revenue Service - Cortez Masto Leads Push To Ensure Survivors Of Domestic Violence Can Access Their Economic Impact Payment
05/22/2020 Letter to the Hon. Jovita Carranza, Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, and the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury - Wyden, Merkley Call on Trump Administration To Stop Targeting Critical Health Care Providers Based On Political Ideology
04/13/2020 Letter to the Hon. Mitchell McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, the Hon. Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader, the Hon. Richard Shelby, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and the Hon. Patrick Leahy, Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee - Amid Coronavirus Pandemic, Klobuchar, Murkowski, Casey, Colleagues Urge Support for Victims and Survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
04/13/2020 Feinstein, Harris, Colleagues Reintroduce Resolution Designating April 11-17 as Black Maternal Health Week
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