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Joaquin Castro's Public Statements on Issue: Constitution

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On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for U.S. House (TX) - District 20

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10/21/2022 Letter to Mr. Richard C. Visek, Acting Legal Advisor for the US Department of State - Jacobs, Castro Lead Call for Biden Administration to Affirm Global Commitment to Protecting Sexual and Reproductive Rights Post­-dobbs
06/30/2022 Letter to John N. Nkengasong, Ambassador-at-Large and Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally - Congresswoman Titus, Senator Markey Lead Fight for LGBTQI+ Protections
12/15/2021 Letter to Hon. Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury, and Hon. Antony Blinken, Secretary of State - Wyden, Schiff, Meeks and Maloney Lead House and Senate Democrats in Callng for Magnitsky Act Sanctions Against Companies That Enable Human Rights Abuses
10/20/2021 Letter to the Hon. Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State - Reps. Castro, Cicilline, Titus and Congressional Members Urge State Department to Rescind Policy Prohibiting Diplomats from Defending Marriage Equality
07/01/2021 Letter to the Hon. Merrick Garland, US Attorney General - Reps. Veasey, Castro & Congressional Democrats Urge Department of Justice to Investigate Unconstitutional Voter Suppression in Texas
05/26/2021 Letter to the Hon. Merrick Garland, Attorney General - Rep. Veasey and Texas Colleagues Urge Attorney General to Protect the Right to Vote for Texans
05/21/2021 Letter to Hon. Anthony Blinken, Secretary of State - Dingell, Lowenthal Lead 56 Members of Congress in Calling for Palestinian Humanitarian Relief, Support of Current Ceasefire
04/06/2021 Letter to Honorable Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Dingell, Pocan, Khanna Lead 76 Members of Congress in Calling on Biden-Harris Administration to Press For End of Yemeni Blockade
07/22/2020 Letter to Attorney William Barr, Attorney General and Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security - Rep. Kirkpatrick Joins Colleagues in Demanding Answers About Deployment of Unidentified Federal Law Enforcement Personnel and Ongoing Actions in Portland
07/02/2020 Letter to Acting Secretary Micheal Kozak and Director General Carol M. Perez - Reps. Butterfield, Bass and Sens. Booker, Markey Urge the State Department to Address Racial Discrimination Faced by Foreign Service Officers
06/09/2020 Letter to the Hon. Mary Glendon, Ambassador and Chair of the Commission on Unalienable Rights, and Dr. Peter Berkowitz, Executive Secretary of the Commission on Unalienable Rights - Chairs Castro and Raskin Raise Concerns that Upcoming Report by State Department's "unalienable Rights" Commission Will Harm Global Human Rights
06/05/2020 Letter to the Hon. Mark Morgan, Acting Commissioner of Customs and Border Patrol, and the Hon. Matthew Albence, Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Durbin, Duckworth Join Harris, Colleagues In Letter Demanding Answers On ICE & CBP Involvement In Policing Ongoing Protests
06/04/2020 Letter to the Hon. William P. Barr, Attorney General - Rep. Davis Joins Letter to Attorney General Barr on Assault on Rule of Law
05/22/2020 Letter to Betsy DeVos, Department of Education Secretary, and Kenneth L. Marcus, Department of Education Assistant Secretary - Reps Speier, Kuster, Pressley and Slotkin Lead Letter Urging the Department of Education to Rescind its Indefensible Title IX Rule
04/17/2020 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Meng Calls on DeVos to Ensure Civil Rights Protections for Students During COVID-19 Crisis
04/01/2020 Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Congressman Al Green and Colleagues Send Letter to President Trump Condemning Anti-Asian Discrimination and Violence Linked to COVID-19
03/13/2020 Letter to the Hon. Robert Redfield, Dir. of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - House Congressional Tri-Caucus Calls on CDC to Expand Coronavirus Materials for Non-English Speakers
12/05/2019 Letter to the Hon. Eric Dreiband, Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Dept. of Justice - Reps. Kathleen Rice, Nydia Velázquez, and Joaquin Castro Call on DOJ to Investigate Housing Discrimination on Long Island
11/18/2019 Letter to Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos - Committee Democrats Condemn Education Department Proposal to Eliminate Collection of Critical Civil Rights Data
06/06/2019 Letter to Secretary Pompeo, Secretary of State - Brooks, Frankel Urge Pompeo to Include Afghan Women in Peace Talks
01/09/2019 Letter to Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - Engel to Pompeo: Condemn Bolsonaro's Assault on Human Rights
12/14/2018 Letter to Hon. Kirstjen Nielson, Kevin K McAleenan, John V Kelly - NM, TX Lawmakers Demand Answers on Death of 7-Year-Old Migrant Child in CBP Custody
10/09/2018 Letter to President Donald Trump - Raise Jamal Khashoggi's Disappearance with the Governments of Saudi Arabia and Turkey
08/24/2018 Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - Engel Leads Bipartisan Group Pushing for Justice for Victims of Mass Atrocities in Burma
06/13/2018 Letter to David Leach, CEO of Greyhound Lines Inc. - Resist CBP Immigration Raids on Buses

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