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• Reps. Grijalva, Schiff & Sen. Baldwin Denounce Exclusion of LGBT Data from Consideration for Census
  https://grijalva.house.gov/reps-grijalva-schiff-sen-baldwin-denounce-exclusion-lgbt-data-consideration-census/
  .... Rep. Schiff led a letter for FY 2017 and FY 2018 to House appropriators requesting funding for the U.S. Census Bureau to conduct data collection on the LGBT community. The federal government, states, and local communities use census data to determine...
• Reps. Grijalva, Schweikert & Sen. Menendez Introduce the Traveling Exotic Animal and Public Safety P
  https://grijalva.house.gov/reps-grijalva-schweikert-sen-menendez-introduce-the-traveling-exotic-animal-and-public-safety-protection-act-to-stop-circus-suffering/
  ... Menendez (D-NJ) introduced companion legislation in the Senate. In December of 2018, New Jersey set precedent by becoming the first state in the nation to ban exotic animals in traveling shows. Since then, Hawaii and California have followed suit...
• Pressley, Green Reintroduce Bill to Strengthen Oversight of Big Banks and Protect Consumers - Ayanna
  https://pressley.house.gov/2024/09/25/pressley-green-reintroduce-bill-to-strengthen-oversight-of-big-banks-and-protect-consumers/
  ... Floyd in 2020.  In March 2023, Rep. Pressley joined Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Congresswoman Katie Porter (CA-47), and dozens of lawmakers in  introducing legislation  to repeal Republicans’ rollback of critical banking protections in 2018...
• Brownley Applauds House Passage of Assault Weapons Ban - Congresswoman Julia Brownley
  https://juliabrownley.house.gov/brownley-applauds-house-passage-of-assault-weapons-ban/
  ... of 2022.   “Assault weapons are the weapons of choice for mass shooters. They have no place in the hands of consumers,” said Congresswoman Julia Brownley. “The people of Ventura County know firsthand the destruction that assault weapons can cause. In 2018...
• Joe Neguse Didn’t Come to Congress to Fight Wildfires. Climate Change Had Other Plans | Congressman
  https://neguse.house.gov/media/in-the-news/joe-neguse-didnt-come-congress-fight-wildfires-climate-change-had-other-plans
  ... close to what the state is experiencing today. Since voters in this part of the state first elected Neguse to Congress in 2018, wildfires have become an increasingly central challenge. Nine of the 20 largest fires in the state have taken place since...
• Grant Applicants | U.S. Representative William Timmons
  https://timmons.house.gov/services/grant-applicants.htm
  ... on federal grants, loans, and nonfinancial assistance for projects, as well as on private funding. Prepared by the Congressional Research Service for Members of Congress, updated December 2018. How Best to Find Information Key Federal Funding Sources Related...
• Congressional rep focuses on women’s issues - Congresswoman Julia Brownley
  https://juliabrownley.house.gov/congressional-rep-focuses-womens-issues/
  ... professionals she believes greater bipartisanship might emerge closer to the November 2018 congressional elections. “Our Constitution will be challenged,” she said. “But I believe more and more, Republicans are beginning to see the president...
• 2022 Member Designated Infrastructure Projects | Congressman Mike Kelly
  https://kelly.house.gov/resources/2022-member-designated-infrastructure-projects
  ..., Baldwin Street Exit Sponsor: Crawford County Amount: $2,000,000 Location: City of Meadville and West Mead Township Community Benefit: In 2018 a Corridor Study sought to determine whether the four lanes were still necessary in this area. The study found...
• Bipartisan, Bicameral Coalition Rolls Out New Bill to Reform NSA Surveillance & Protect Americans’ R
  https://lofgren.house.gov/media/press-releases/bipartisan-bicameral-coalition-rolls-out-new-bill-reform-nsa-surveillance
  ... this important legislation." "In 2018, five years after the public learned about the NSA's bulk telephone metadata dragnet, the government still collected over 434 million phone records under a single program that had only 11 targets. While the call detail...
• House Judiciary Dems Urge DHS to Designate Cameroon for Temporary Protected Status | Congresswoman Z
  https://lofgren.house.gov/media/press-releases/house-judiciary-dems-urge-dhs-designate-cameroon-temporary-protected-status
  ...] and that the number of displaced persons living in Cameroon now stands at 1.8 million, a 58% increase since 2018.[12] An estimated 40,000 Cameroonians living in the United States cannot return home to these devastating conditions and are in desperate need...