Today, Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson's (FL-24) bipartisan House Resolution 573, condemning the abduction of Nigerian schools girls by Boko Haram, passed unanimously by the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The Congresswoman issued the following statement:"Today, the Foreign Affairs Committee acted together on behalf of the young women in Nigeria by condemning the latest act of terror… Read more »
Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson (FL-24), Congressman Ed Royce (CA-39), Congressman Eliot L. Engel (NY-16), Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL-26), Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-4), and Congressman Karen Bass (CA-37) introduced House Resolution 573, a resolution condemning the abduction of Nigerian school girls by the terrorist group Boko Haram. The Members issued the following… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson (FL-24) led a bipartisan group of Members of Congress in the introduction of a resolution condemning the abduction of Nigerian school girls by the terrorist group Boko Haram, which has claimed responsibility. Many Members of Congress co-sponsored the resolution including Reps. Ed Royce (CA-39), Eliot L. Engel (NY-16), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL-27),… Read more »
Thursday March 27, 2014 MIAMI - Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson (FL-24) will travel to Haiti on Friday, March 28, 2014, at the invitation of House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairwoman-emeritus Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL-27). The purpose of the trip is to examine the findings of a Governmental Accountability Office report, commissioned through the House Foreign Affairs Committee, which… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson (FL-24) and four other Members of Congress who also serve as leading advocates for development assistance, disaster recovery, and human rights in Haiti–United States Representatives Yvette Clarke, John Conyers, Barbara Lee and Maxine Waters –released the following statement on the fourth anniversary of the 2010 earthquake: Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson (FL-24) and four other Members of Congress who also serve as leading advocates for development assistance, disaster recovery, and human rights in Haiti–United States Representatives Yvette Clarke, John Conyers, Barbara Lee and Maxine Waters –released the following statement on the fourth anniversary of the 2010 earthquake: Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson (FL-24) issued the following statement after the US House of Representatives passed the Assessing Progress in Haiti Act, H.R. 3509 on which she served as an original co-sponsor: Read more »
Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson (FL-24), released the following statement about the passing of South Africa's first black president, anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela. Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson (FL-24) and Congressman Joseph P. Kennedy III (MA-4) submitted a letter to President Danilo Medina of the Dominican Republic in response to a recent Dominican court ruling that makes many Dominican citizens of Haitian descent into outsiders in their own country. Read more »
Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson (FL-24), a long-time advocate for Haiti and Haitian Americans, was invited this week by the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs to represent her constituents at a hearing titled, "Haiti: Is U.S. AID Effective?" Read more »
