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Dwight Evans' Public Statements on Issue: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

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On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for U.S. House (PA) - District 3

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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
08/01/2022 Letter to Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury, Charles Rettig, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service - DelBene, Huffman Call on IRS to Review Tax-Exempt "Church Status' for Known Hate Group
02/08/2022 Letter to Hon. Merrick Garland, Attorney General Dept. of Justice - Pressley, Clyburn, Jones Lead Congressional Black Caucus Members in Urging DOJ to Aggressively Increase Efforts to Protect Voting Rights
07/21/2021 Letter to Hon. Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of Transportation - Vice Chair Strickland Leads CBC in Call for Equity in American Rail Infrastructure
07/01/2021 Evans: Supreme Court "Garbage' Decision Attacks Voting Rights, Senate Must Join House in Passing Strong Protections
06/01/2021 Letter to Joe Biden, President of the United States - Meng Helps Lead Bipartisan Letter Asking Biden To Respond To Rising Antisemitism
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
03/31/2021 Letter to David Uejio, Acting Director of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Merkley, Wyden, Colleagues Urge Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council to Address Racial Disparities in Housing Appraisal Industry
11/02/2020 Letter to the Hon. Christopher Wray, Dir. of the Federal Bureau of Investigation - Congressman Cohen Asks FBI Director to Investigate Efforts to Deny Voters the Right to a Free and Fair Election
09/22/2020 Evans: House Passes CROWN Act to Ban Hairstyle Discrimination
09/04/2020 Statement on Public Officials, Systemic Racism and Police Brutality
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
07/08/2020 Letter to Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission - Helsinki Commissioners Gwen Moore, Alcee Hastings, Emanuel Cleaver, and Marc Veasey Lead Call for Comprehensive Action to Address anti-Black Racism Abroad
06/24/2020 Letter to Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook - Casten Calls on Mark Zuckerberg to Address Civil Rights Issues on Facebook
06/11/2020 During National Movement to Denounce Racism and Racial Injustices, Representatives Adriano Espaillat and Dwight Evans Reiterate Their Call to Ban Federal Funding for Confederate Symbols
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
05/30/2020 Evans: What Philly Needs is Peace, Not More Violence
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
02/24/2020 Letter to David Ferriero, U.S. Archivist for the National Archives and Records Administration - Speier, Members of Congress Urge Archivist to Certify ERA Now!
05/17/2019 Let Americans Be Free to Be Themselves
01/03/2019 Evans Sworn in as Part of Democratic House Majority, Plans to Introduce Bills on Gun Reform, Health Disparities, School Repairs, Small Business
04/16/2018 Evans Introduces Bill to Reduce Health Disparities
03/05/2018 Separate and Unequal: Racism and Poverty 50 Years After the Kerner Report
02/01/2018 Letter to Janet Yellen, Chair of Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System - Promote Greater Economic Role for Women

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