Miami, FL – Today, Congresswoman Wilson issued the following statement following the passage of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act:"Today, I voted to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. While it is lamentable that it took Mr. Floyd's public execution by Minneapolis police officers to build widespread national support for this long overdue legislation, I am grateful… Read more »
Miami, FL – Today, Congresswoman Wilson issued the following statement to recognize the 155th celebration of Juneteenth, when federal officials arrived in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation:"Each year on June 19, African Americans celebrate Juneteenth to commemorate the end of slavery and remember our ancestors and the inhumane treatment… Read more »
Miami, FL – Today, Congresswoman Wilson issued the following statement on the Supreme Court's ruling on the White House's effort to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program:"I am celebrating today's landmark Supreme Court ruling that prohibits the Trump administration from rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program with the thousands of Hispanic and… Read more »
Congresswoman Wilson this week introduced the Vote from Home America Act (H.R. 7118). The legislation calls for states to send an absentee ballot with a pre-paid, self-addressed return envelope to every registered voter for this year's upcoming federal elections. Co-sponsors include Representatives David Cicilline (RI-1) and Mark Takano (CA-41)."The COVID-19 pandemic has upended nearly… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Wilson hosted a forum titled "An Impending Crisis: COVID-19 in Haiti, Ongoing Instability, and the Dangers of Continued U.S. Deportations," featuring House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel; Leonie Hermantin, Haitian community leader and director of Development, Communications, and Strategic Planning for the Sant La Haitian Neighborhood Center; Clarel… Read more »
Miami, FL – Representatives Frederica Wilson and Al Lawson, Jr., sent a letter this week to President Donald Trump urging him to amend Florida's Major Disaster Declaration to allow the state to administer the Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. D-SNAP enables people who are not typically eligible for SNAP but have been impacted by a disaster to receive food benefits.… Read more »
Miami, FL – Congresswoman Wilson applauds the passage of The Heroes Act, House Democrats’ urgently-needed legislation to address the unprecedented coronavirus health and economic crisis and provide desperately needed support for struggling families and essential workers, with funds for testing and tracing measures, key support for frontline workers and strengthened assistance for the American people. Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Wilson introduced the Haitian Deportation Relief Act, which calls for the suspension of deportations of Haitian nationals until the COVID-19 pandemic has ended in both the United States and Haiti. The legislation also requires the Department of Homeland Security prioritize migrants whose detention has been deferred and who do not pose a public safety risk for… Read more »
Miami, FL – Congresswoman Wilson led a letter to State Surgeon General Scott Rivkees and Governor Ron DeSantis seeking information related to ensuring safe access to dialysis treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic and the risk that COVID-19 poses to Floridians with kidney disease.Forty-thousand Floridians are living with end-stage renal disease and are at heightened risk for severe… Read more »
Congresswoman Wilson is leading a letter to House leadership urging Congress to include more than $200 billion in the next coronavirus relief package. The pandemic has had a devastating impact on state and local government budgets as a result of massive losses of tax revenues. In addition, while schools have been closed for several weeks and will not reopen until the fall, they have had… Read more »
