mr HILARY SHELTON

Regarding the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: support Increased payments for primary care providers and for vaccine administration; Ensuring health care providers deliver affordable, high-quality telehealth services that meet patient needs; and the development of a coordinated national strategy to address rural telehealth needs across the country. Regarding the Hospital OPPS: support making the health care system collect and report information about the ways in which they are failing people of color, and stop the health care industry programs that increase the cost of health care by implementing payment parity across care settings. Support Medicare and the 340B program.

Continue to support a COVID pandemic relief package that includes all families (including legal immigrants and mixed-status families) in support measures and provides a retroactive fix for the CARES Act exclusion of immigrant families from stimulus payments. Continue to support ensuring that immigrants have equitable access to COVID vaccines.

Support provisions in the Civil Rights Legacy Protection Act which would establish federal penalties against vandalism of civil rights memorials and monuments across the United States, as is currently afforded other national monuments and Veterans memorials. Support crucial provisions in the Julius Rosenwald and the Rosenwald Schools Act, which directs the Department of the Interior to study the sites associated with the life and legacy of Julius Rosenwald, a part-owner and President of Sears, Roebuck and Company and a noted philanthropist who helped finance construction of 5,357 schools in 15 southern states between 1912 and 1932. The study shall include a special emphasis on specified sites, including certain Rosenwald Schools. In conducting such study, Interior shall (1) evaluate the national significance of the sites; and (2) determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the sites as a unit of the National Park System, including an interpretive center in or near Chicago, Illinois.

Continue to oppose the CFPBs proposed major reorganization of the Division of Supervision, Enforcement, And Fair Lending (SEFL). Continue to oppose the Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus approach to consumers with Limited English Proficiency in the recently finalized Debt Collection Practices (Regulation F) rule, and to encourage the Bureau to provide greater protections in its upcoming disclosure rule under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Continue to oppose the Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus approach to consumers with Limited English Proficiency in the previously finalized Debt Collection Practices (Regulation F) rule, and to encourage the Bureau to provide greater protections in its upcoming disclosure rule under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Continue to oppose CFPB plans to conduct testing of new payday loan disclosures, as payday lenders would point to new required disclosures to resist meaningful consumer protections against unaffordable payday loans.

Continue to advocate for FHFA to significantly increase the GSEs affordable housing goals, particularly the low-income purchase goal. Furthermore, FHFA and the GSEs should take measures that make rate-term refinancing more available to lower-wealth borrowers and borrowers of color. In addition to bolstering access to responsible mortgage credit, the GSEs should also take all possible actions to mitigate foreclosures and to support affordable loan modifications for homeowners who have been hit hard by the COVID pandemic and recession. Regarding the proposed housing goals for the GSEs: Tightening credit standards in the wake of COVID-19 are predictable but troubling signs that lower-income and minority homebuyers are facing barriers to access and affordability; goal-setting for 2022-2024 should reflect that the Enterprises must provide leadership in the mortgage market and not lag the market in making mortgage credit available. The agency should consider setting higher benchmark housing goals but also adopting pricing, product, outreach and other affordable housing policies that support the Enterprises meeting them; and continue to advocate to the FHFA and the agency's newly-created Division of Research and Statistics should provide topline data and trend insights into Enterprise acquisitions and affordable housing activities related to the goal-qualifying segments of the market and create new measurements to track the progress of minority homebuyers. Support legislation that would increase funding for HUDs Fair Housing Initiatives Program, make changes to the FHIP, reinstate the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule, and provide additional funds for research into housing discrimination. Support the CDC by extending their eviction moratorium and making key improvements to shore-up protections for renters. Support initiatives which include provisions to provide more support for unemployment, direct payments, and business loans to combat the economic effects of the Covid pandemic and extend eviction moratorium as continuously needed. Continue to provide low- and moderate-income families with economic stimulus resources.

Continue to support an increase in supplemental funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).

Support the EEOC withdrawing or suspending action on discriminatory provisions in the Compliance Manual Section on Religious Discrimination (Compliance Manual).

Supporting the Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping. Worked to advance concepts against advocating anti-racism and sexism as being real, historical and present-day phenomena and undermines important and necessary employer initiatives aimed at understanding and dismantling racist, sexist, and discriminatory structures Support House and Senate Resolutions, which urge the establishment of a United States Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Support the EEOC continuing to withdraw or suspend action on the proposed Trump Administration update of the Compliance Manual Section on Religious Discrimination (Compliance Manual).

Continue to support funding the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) at the necessary funding levels allowing the government to more thoroughly access this health hazard.

Support of the critical importance of getting the Dietary Guidelines right and ensuring that they serve all Americans, especially during this urgent time where the state of our health is so crucial in the fight against Covid19. Support an extension of 60 days on the comment period for the Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) proposed rule entitled: Restoration of Milk, Whole Grains, and Sodium Flexibilities (85 FR 75241)

Continue to support the inclusion of the COBRA subsidies that were in the original HEROES Act, so that laid-off workers have the option to affordably continue the coverage they receive through employers. Regarding the Hospital OPPS: support making the health care system collect and report information about the ways in which they are failing people of color, and stop the policy distractions that too many in the health care industry continue to play that increase the cost of health care by implementing payment parity across care settings. Continue our support for Medicare and the 340B program. Continue to urge the leadership of the House and Senate to implement protocols and controls that go far beyond testing alone to mitigate the spread of COVID in the U.S. Capitol complex, the greater Washington, D.C., area, while also prioritizing the protection of essential workers necessary to uphold the functions of the U.S. government in a time of crisis. Support a Pandemic Prevention Plan, which would invest in domestic programs, systems, and supply chains that will help improve Americans health outcomes, combat the spread of new disease, and ramp up public health capacity during global health emergencies; support global public health efforts to identify and mitigate the spread of new diseases before they become global pandemics; create new permanent positions including high-paying public health jobs to rebuild our depleted public health workforce and ensure the rapid deployment of contact tracers and other support workers during future pandemics; address the systemic racism and discrimination embedded in our health care system and pass legislation ensuring that health care treatments, pandemic countermeasures, vaccines, and primary disease prevention measures are accessible for all Americans; and halt the environmental degradation that increases the likelihood of global pandemics. Support of the critical importance of getting the Dietary Guidelines right and ensuring that they serve all Americans, especially during this urgent time where the state of our health is so crucial in the fight against Covid. Support funding the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) at the highest possible level. Support the CDC extending their eviction moratorium and making key improvements to shore-up protections for renters. Equity must be paramount in the distribution of the COVID vaccines. The process of developing, testing, and approving COVID vaccines must be transparent. Clinical trials must include representation from diverse communities in order to ensure vaccine efficacy and trust in the process. We advocate for all communities to be engaged in the COVID vaccines distribution process to provide education and address vaccine hesitancy in communities of color. Robust data collection around vaccine development and distribution must be an instrumental part of our nations COVID response. Once a COVID vaccine has been approved by the FDA, it must be free and accessible for all people; and strenuous efforts must be employed in all planning of a vaccine mandate. Support COVID Relief which includes provisions to provide additional funding for unemployment, direct payments, and business loans to combat the economic effects of the Covid pandemic and extends eviction moratorium by at least an additional month, and appropriates resources for emergency rental payments, as needed. Provides low- and moderate-income families with a needed economic stimulus.

Continue to support the amendment to pilot postal banking in the upcoming appropriations package.

Continue to support increased funding in the amount of the stimulus check received by low-and moderate-income Americans. Support the COVID relief which includes provisions that increase funding resources for unemployment, direct payments, and business loans to combat the economic effects of the Covid pandemic and extend the eviction moratorium and adequate funding in emergency rental payments. Provide low- and moderate-income families with full funding from the economic stimulus.

Continue to support the COVID Relief and fiscal support, which includes provisions to assist with unemployment, direct payments, and business loans to combat the economic effects of the Covid pandemic and extends eviction moratorium and emergency rental payments. Provides low- and moderate-income families with much-needed economic stimulus.

Support HR 51, making DC a state and allowing it all the rights and responsibilities of statehood, in the 117th Congress.

Support a waiver for Lloyd Austin to be Secretary of Defense under President Joe Biden; support Lloyd Austin's confirmation.

Continue to work to protect the right to vote for Americans across the country from the growing and real threat of violent white supremacist activity. Because White supremacist activities have elevated to a national threat priority earlier last year; we also recognize that intelligence shows that white supremacists pose a grave threat to our country. We continue to work to increase the FBIs resources and focus on white supremacist activities. Support House initiatives for the operating and programmatic expenses of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission in any end-of-year funding package. Continue to support Lloyd Austin's confirmation.

Continue to support civil rights principles in the era of big data. Specifically, we need to end high-tech profiling; ensure justice in automated decisions; preserve Constitutional principles; ensure that technology serves people historically subject to discrimination; define responsible use of personal Information and enhance individual rights, and make systems transparent and accountable. Support extending the Lifeline waivers throughout the full length of the pandemic. Continue to support that a broadband subsidy is included in a COVID stimulus package.

Supported measures to increase the amount of the stimulus check received by low-and moderate-income Americans. Support regulatory policies which include provisions to provide billions for unemployment, direct payments, and business loans to combat the economic effects of the Covid pandemic and extend eviction moratorium in emergency rental payments. Provides low- and moderate-income families with additional much-needed economic stimulus.

Continue to oppose the OCC proposed rule that would force large banks to do business, against their will, with industries that harm the public.

Continue to support the inclusion of the COBRA subsidies that were in the original HEROES Act, so that laid-off workers have the option to affordably continue the coverage they receive through employers in any future HEROES Act. Regarding the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: support Increased payments for primary care providers and for vaccine administration; Ensuring health care providers deliver affordable, high-quality telehealth services that meet patient needs; and the development of a coordinated national strategy to address rural telehealth needs across the country.

Continue to oppose any legislative provision in any stimulus package that provides businesses with immunity from COVID-related lawsuits, including the so-called Safe to Work Act. Continue to oppose the EEOC considering revoking the delegation of litigation authority that currently resides with the EEOC General Counsel. This change would require the Commission to vote on all EEOC litigation, even non-controversial or individual cases, in order to proceed. Support the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act to ensure that pregnant workers can continue to do their jobs by requiring employers to make workplace adjustments for those workers who need them due to pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions. These accommodations are often low-cost and temporary, such as a stool to sit on during ones shift or free and easy continuous access to clean, potable water. Support important provisions in the National Apprenticeship Act which would create and define the responsibilities for an Office of Apprenticeship (OA) within DOL. The OA's responsibilities include (1) supporting the development of apprenticeship models; (2) recognizing qualified state apprenticeship agencies, and operating apprenticeship offices in states without a recognized agency; (3) providing technical assistance to state agencies; (4) periodically updating requirements for each occupation in the apprenticeship program and determining whether to approve new occupations for the program; and (5) awarding grants.

Support legislative measures which restore the option to appeal for complaints. Support measures to continue to require the Department of Education OCR to notify all applicable complainants of this option. These measures also require OCR to share a report on these activities with Congress. Continue to support the Counseling Not Criminalization In Schools Act, which would divert federal funding away from school-based law enforcement and toward evidence-based and trauma-informed services that create positive learning environments. Support eliminating student debt. Oppose the U.S. Department of Educations interim final rule, CARES Act Programs; Equitable Services to Students and Teachers in Non-Public Schools (Docket ID ED-2020-OESE-0091).

Continue to support civil rights principles in the era of big data. Specifically, we need to end high-tech profiling; ensure justice in automated decisions; preserve Constitutional principles; ensure that technology serves people historically subject to discrimination; define responsible use of personal Information and enhance individual rights, and make systems transparent and accountable. Continue to support extending the Lifeline waivers throughout the full length of the COVID pandemic.

Continue to support supplemental funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)

Support bills that would remove the age requirement for those seeking an expungement order for first-time drug possession offenses. Support the criminal justice provisions contained in the HEROES Act and urge these essential measures remain in any bipartisan package agreement achieved by Congress. Support crucial measures in the Counseling Not Criminalization In Schools Act, which would divert federal funding away from school-based law enforcement and toward evidence-based and trauma-informed services that create positive learning environments. Support measures to extend the suspension on federal student loans. Urge the Department of Justice, including the FBI and the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice to protect the right to vote for Americans across the country from the growing and real threat of violent white supremacist activity. White supremacist activity was elevated to a national threat priority earlier this year; you have also acknowledged that intelligence shows that white supremacists pose a grave threat to our country. Advocate for additional resources for the FBI to focus on white supremacist activities. Continue to work to oppose any legislative provision in any stimulus package that provides businesses with immunity from COVID-related lawsuits, including the so-called Safe to Work Act. Support the Cost of Police Misconduct Act, which incentivizes law enforcement agencies to make public resources expended by cities or counties on judgments and settlements related to police misconduct. Support the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act (MORE) which Removes marijuana from the list of scheduled substances under the Controlled Substances Act and eliminates criminal penalties for an individual who manufactures, distributes, or possesses marijuana. The bill also requires the Bureau of Labor Statistics to regularly publish demographic data on cannabis business owners and employees; establishes a trust fund to support various programs and services for individuals and businesses in communities impacted by the war on drugs; imposes a reasonable tax on cannabis products and requires revenues to be deposited into the trust fund; prohibits the denial of federal public benefits to a person on the basis of certain cannabis-related conduct or convictions; prohibits the denial of benefits and protections under immigration laws on the basis of a cannabis-related event (e.g., conduct or a conviction); establishes a process to expunge convictions and conduct sentencing review hearings related to federal cannabis offenses, and directs the Government Accountability Office to study the societal impact of cannabis legalization. Support the HBCU Propelling Agency Relationships Towards a New Era of Results for Students Act or the HBCU PARTNERS Act, which requires federal agencies that regularly interact with HBCUs to submit annual plans for strengthening the capacity of HBCUs to participate in federal programs. Among other things, the plans must establish how the agencies intend to increase the capacity of HBCUs to compete effectively for grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements.

Support legislation to prevent law enforcement and intelligence agencies from obtaining in exchange for anything of value, subscriber or customer records, that the agencies would otherwise only be able to compel the production of through a warrant, court order, or other legal processes. Support amending the Foreign Information and Surveillance Act (FISA) to strengthen and expand the role of the independent amici who appear before the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in certain cases; removing Sec. 9307 from the Senate IAA, which makes the establishment of a Social Media Data and Threat Analysis Center mandatory; and make a one-time report in last years IAA on best practices to protect the privacy and civil liberties of Chinese Americans into an annual report that also covers civil rights.

Support a waiver for Lloyd Austin to be Secretary of Defense under President Joe Biden; support Lloyd Austin's confirmation

Support that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the Commission) extend by a minimum of 30 days the comment period for responding to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), RIN 3046-AB19, Update of Commissions Conciliation Procedures Oppose any legislative provision in any stimulus package that provides businesses with immunity from COVID-related lawsuits, including the so-called Safe to Work Act. Support the EEOC withdrawing or suspending action on the proposed November 2020 update of the Compliance Manual Section on Religious Discrimination (Compliance Manual) Oppose the EEOC considering revoking the delegation of litigation authority that currently resides with the EEOC General Counsel. This change would require the Commission to vote on all EEOC litigation, even non-controversial or individual cases, in order to proceed Support H.R. 2694, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act to ensure that pregnant workers can continue to do their jobs by requiring employers to make workplace adjustments for those workers who need them due to pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions. These accommodations are often low-cost and temporary, such as a stool to sit on during ones shift or free and easy continuous access to clean, potable water Support HR 8294, the National Apprenticeship Act which would create and define the responsibilities for an Office of Apprenticeship (OA) within DOL. The OA's responsibilities include (1) supporting the development of apprenticeship models; (2) recognizing qualified state apprenticeship agencies, and operating apprenticeship offices in states without a recognized agency; (3) providing technical assistance to state agencies; (4) periodically updating requirements for each occupation in the apprenticeship program and determining whether to approve new occupations for the program; and (5) awarding grants

Support HR 51, making DC a state and allowing it all the rights and responsibilities of statehood, in the 117th Congress

Support of the critical importance of getting the Dietary Guidelines right and ensuring that they serve all Americans, especially during this urgent time where the state of our health is so crucial in the fight against Covid19. Support an extension of 60 days on the comment period for the Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) proposed rule entitled: Restoration of Milk, Whole Grains, and Sodium Flexibilities (85 FR 75241)

Support a new COVID relief package that includes all families (including legal immigrants and mixed-status families) in support measures and provides a retroactive fix for the CARES Act exclusion of immigrant families from stimulus payments Support ensuring that immigrants have equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines

Regarding the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: support Increased payments for primary care providers and for vaccine administration; Ensuring health care providers deliver affordable, high quality telehealth services that meet patient needs; and the development of a coordinated national strategy to address rural telehealth needs across the country Regarding the Hospital OPPS: support making the health care system collect and report information about the ways in which they are failing people of color; and stop the games that health care industry plays that increase the cost of health care by implementing payment parity across care settings Support Medicare and the 340B program

Support the EEOC withdrawing or suspending action on the proposed November 2020 update of the Compliance Manual Section on Religious Discrimination (Compliance Manual).

Support the 4th amendment is not for sale act, legislation to prevent law enforcement and intelligence agencies from obtaining in exchange for anything of value subscriber or customer records that the agencies would otherwise only be able to compel the production of through a warrant, court order, or other legal process Support amending the Foreign Information and Surveillance Act (FISA) to strengthen and expand the role of the independent amici who appear before the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in certain cases (Leahy-Lee amendment); removing Sec. 9307 from the Senate IAA, which makes the establishment of a Social Media Data and Threat Analysis Center mandatory; and make a one-time report in last years IAA on best practices to protect privacy and civil liberties of Chinese Americans into an annual report that also covers civil rights.

Support civil rights principles in the era of big data. Specifically, we need to end high tech profiling ; ensure justice in automated decisions; preserve Constitutional principles; ensure that technology serves people historically subject to discrimination; defining responsible use of personal Information and enhance individual rights; and make systems transparent and accountable. Support extending the Lifeline waivers throughout the full length of the pandemic Support that a broadband subsidy to be included in a COVID stimulus package

Support H.R. 9051, the Caring for Americans with Supplemental Help Act of 2020 to increase the amount of the stimulus check received by low-and moderate-income Americans by $1,400 per person. Support HR 133, the COVID-19 Relief and fiscal 2021 omnibus, which includes provisions to provide more than $900 billion for unemployment, direct payments, and business loans to combat the economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and extends eviction moratorium by a month and appropriates $25 billion in emergency rental payments. Provides low- and moderate income families with $600 economic stimulus.

Support HR 8994, which restores the option to appeal for complaints filed in the Mar-Nov 2018 window and require the Department of Education OCR to notify all applicable complainants of this option. The bill also requires OCR to share a report on these activities with Congress Support HR 7848 / S. 4630, the Counseling Not Criminalization In Schools Act, which would divert federal funding away from school-based law enforcement and toward evidence-based and trauma informed services that create positive learning environments Support eliminating student debt Oppose the U.S. Department of Educations interim final rule, CARES Act Programs; Equitable Services to Students and Teachers in Non-Public Schools (Docket ID ED-2020-OESE-0091), published in the Federal Register on July 1, 2020.

Support H.R. 9051, the Caring for Americans with Supplemental Help Act of 2020 to increase the amount of the stimulus check received by low-and moderate-income Americans by $1,400 per person. Support HR 133, the COVID-19 Relief and fiscal 2021 omnibus, which includes provisions to provide more than $900 billion for unemployment, direct payments, and business loans to combat the economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and extends eviction moratorium by a month and appropriates $25 billion in emergency rental payments. Provides low- and moderate income families with $600 economic stimulus.

Support HR 133, the COVID-19 Relief and fiscal 2021 omnibus, which includes provisions to provide more than $900 billion for unemployment, direct payments, and business loans to combat the economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and extends eviction moratorium by a month and appropriates $25 billion in emergency rental payments. Provides low- and moderate income families with $600 economic stimulus.

Support funding the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) at the House-passed funding level of $240 million in fiscal year 2021 Support the Kaptur-Pascrell amendment to pilot postal banking in the FY 2021 appropriations package at $2 million. Support the House-passed $19.1 million for the operating and programmatic expenses of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission in any end-of-year funding package Support HR 133, the COVID-19 Relief and fiscal 2021 omnibus, which includes provisions to provide more than $900 billion for unemployment, direct payments, and business loans to combat the economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and extends eviction moratorium by a month and appropriates $25 billion in emergency rental payments. Provides low- and moderate income families with $600 economic stimulus.

Support funding the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) at the House-passed funding level of $240 million in fiscal year 2021

FHFA should significantly increase the GSEs affordable housing goals, particularly the low-income purchase goal. Furthermore, FHFA and the GSEs should take measures that make rate term refinancing more available to lower wealth borrowers and borrowers of color. In addition to bolstering access to responsible mortgage credit, the GSEs should also take all possible actions to mitigate foreclosures and to support affordable loan modifications for homeowners who have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic and recession Regarding the proposed housing goals for the GSEs: Tightening credit standards in the wake of COVID-19 are predictable but troubling signs that lower-income and minority home buyers are facing barriers to access and affordability; goal-setting for 2021 should reflect that the Enterprises must provide leadership in the mortgage market and not lag the market in making mortgage credit available. The agency should consider setting higher benchmark housing goals but also adopting pricing, product, outreach and other affordable housing policies that support the Enterprises meeting them; and throughout 2021, FHFA and the agencys newly-created Division of Research and Statistics should provide topline data and trend insights into Enterprise acquisitions and affordable housing activities related to the goal-qualifying segments of the market and create new measurements to track the progress of minority home buyers Support letter from Senators Brown and Menendez to FHFA Director Mark Calabria which argues that to better assist minority and low-income borrowers and reduce risk for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises), the housing goals for 2021 increase the share of Enterprise refinance guarantees that benefit low-income families and ensure that no such homeowner is negatively affected by an adverse market charge. Support S.4969 , the Senate counterpart to H.R. 149 the Housing Fairness Act. This legislation would increase funding for HUDs Fair Housing Initiatives Program, make changes to the FHIP, reinstate the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule, and provide additional funds for research into housing discrimination Support the CDC extending their eviction moratorium through March 2021 and making key improvements to shore-up protections for renters Support HR 133, the COVID-19 Relief and fiscal 2021 omnibus, which includes provisions to provide more than $900 billion for unemployment, direct payments, and business loans to combat the economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and extends eviction moratorium by a month and appropriates $25 billion in emergency rental payments. Provides low- and moderate income families with $600 economic stimulus.

Support the Kaptur-Pascrell amendment to pilot postal banking in the FY 2021 appropriations package at $2 million.

Support the inclusion of the COBRA subsidies that were in the original HEROES Act, so that laid-off workers have the option to affordably continue the coverage they receive through employers in any future HEROES Act Regarding the Hospital OPPS: support making the health care system collect and report information about the ways in which they are failing people of color; and stop the games that health care industry plays that increase the cost of health care by implementing payment parity across care settings Support Medicare and the 340B program Support that the leadership of the House and Senate implement protocols and controls that go far beyond testing alone to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in the Capitol complex and greater Washington, D.C., area, while also prioritizing the protection of essential workers necessary to uphold the functions of the U.S. government in a time of crisis. Support a Pandemic Prevention Plan, which would invest in domestic programs, systems, and supply chains that will help improve Americans health outcomes, combat the spread of new disease, and ramp up public health capacity during global health emergencies; support global public health efforts to identify and mitigate the spread of new diseases before they become global pandemics; create at least 250,000 permanent, high-paying public health jobs to rebuild our depleted public health workforce and ensure the rapid deployment of contact tracers and other support workers during future pandemics; address the systemic racism and discrimination embedded in our health care system and pass legislation ensuring that health care treatments, pandemic countermeasures, vaccines, and primary disease prevention measures are accessible for all; and halt the environmental degradation that increases the likelihood of global pandemics Support of the critical importance of getting the Dietary Guidelines right and ensuring that they serve all Americans, especially during this urgent time where the state of our health is so crucial in the fight against Covid19. Support funding the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) at the House-passed funding level of $240 million in fiscal year 2021 Support the CDC extending their eviction moratorium through March 2021 and making key improvements to shore-up protections for renters Equity must be paramount in the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine. The process of developing, testing, and approving COVID-19 vaccines must be transparent. Clinical trials must include representation from diverse communities in order to ensure vaccine efficacy and trust in the process. Communities must be engaged in the COVID-19 vaccine distribution process to provide education and address vaccine hesitancy in communities of color. Robust data collection around vaccine development and distribution must be an instrumental part of our nations COVID-19 response. Once a COVID-19 vaccine has been approved by the FDA, it must be free and accessible for all people; and Strenuous efforts must be employed before any discussion of a vaccine mandate. Support an extension of 60 days on the comment period for the Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) proposed rule entitled: Restoration of Milk, Whole Grains, and Sodium Flexibilities (85 FR 75241) Support HR 133, the COVID-19 Relief and fiscal 2021 omnibus, which includes provisions to provide more than $900 billion for unemployment, direct payments, and business loans to combat the economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and extends eviction moratorium by a month and appropriates $25 billion in emergency rental payments. Provides low- and moderate income families with $600 economic stimulus.

Oppose the OCC proposed rule would force large banks to do business, against their will, with industries that harm the public

Oppose the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court Oppose filling the US Supreme Court seat left vacant by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg; it should be filled by the next POTUS Support extending statutory reporting deadlines for apportionment and redistricting data from April to July 2021, to give the U.S. Census Bureau sufficient time to thoroughly implement complex data processing activities and complete the most accurate 2020 Census possible What plans do all the relevant components of the Department of Justice, including the FBI and the Civil Rights Division, have to protect the right to vote for Americans across the country from the growing and real threat of violent white supremacist activity? White supremacist activity was elevated to a national threat priority earlier this year; you have also acknowledged that intelligence shows that white supremacists pose a grave threat to our country. How has this increased the FBIs resources and focus on white supremacist activity in these weeks running up to the election and beyond? Support the House-passed $19.1 million for the operating and programmatic expenses of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission in any end-of-year funding package Oppose the nomination of Thomas Kirsch to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Support a waiver for Lloyd Austin to be Secretary of Defense under President Joe Biden; support Lloyd Austin's confirmation Oppose the nomination of Justin Walker to the D.C. Court of Appeals

Oppose the CFPBs proposed major reorganization of the Division of Supervision, Enforcement, And Fair Lending (SEFL). Oppose the Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus approach to consumers with Limited English Proficiency in the recently finalized Debt Collection Practices (Regulation F) rule, and to encourage the Bureau to provide greater protections in its upcoming disclosure rule under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Oppose the Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus approach to consumers with Limited English Proficiency in the recently finalized Debt Collection Practices (Regulation F) rule, and to encourage the Bureau to provide greater protections in its upcoming disclosure rule under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Oppose CFPB plans to conduct testing of new payday loan disclosures, as payday lenders would point to new required disclosures to resist meaningful consumer protections against unaffordable payday loans

Support $10B in supplemental funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)

Support the inclusion of the COBRA subsidies that were in the original HEROES Act, so that laid-off workers have the option to affordably continue the coverage they receive through employers in any future HEROES Act Regarding the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: support Increased payments for primary care providers and for vaccine administration; Ensuring health care providers deliver affordable, high quality telehealth services that meet patient needs; and the development of a coordinated national strategy to address rural telehealth needs across the country. Support HR 133, the COVID-19 Relief and fiscal 2021 omnibus, which includes provisions to provide more than $900 billion for unemployment, direct payments, and business loans to combat the economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and extends eviction moratorium by a month and appropriates $25 billion in emergency rental payments. Provides low- and moderate income families with $600 economic stimulus.

Support civil rights principles in the era of big data. Specifically, we need to end high tech profiling ; ensure justice in automated decisions; preserve Constitutional principles; ensure that technology serves people historically subject to discrimination; defining responsible use of personal Information and enhance individual rights; and make systems transparent and accountable. Support extending the Lifeline waivers throughout the full length of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Support $10B in supplemental funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)

Oppose the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court Support H.R. 8560, the Kenneth P. Thompson Begin Again Act. This bill would remove the age requirement for those seeking an expungement order for first-time drug possession offenses Support the criminal justice provisions contained in the HEROES Act and urge these essential measures remain in any bipartisan package agreement achieved by Congress Support HR 7848 / S. 4630, the Counseling Not Criminalization In Schools Act, which would divert federal funding away from school-based law enforcement and toward evidence-based and trauma informed services that create positive learning environments Support the to extend the suspension on federal student loans to at least September 2021 What plans do all the relevant components of the Department of Justice, including the FBI and the Civil Rights Division, have to protect the right to vote for Americans across the country from the growing and real threat of violent white supremacist activity? White supremacist activity was elevated to a national threat priority earlier this year; you have also acknowledged that intelligence shows that white supremacists pose a grave threat to our country. How has this increased the FBIs resources and focus on white supremacist activity in these weeks running up to the election and beyond? Oppose any legislative provision in any stimulus package that provides businesses with immunity from COVID-related lawsuits, including the so-called Safe to Work Act. Support the Cost of Police Misconduct Act , HR 8908 , which incentivizes law enforcement agencies to make public how much their city or county spends on judgements and settlements related to police misconduct Oppose the nomination of Thomas Kirsch to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Support HR 3884, the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act (MORE) which Removes marijuana from the list of scheduled substances under the Controlled Substances Act and eliminates criminal penalties for an individual who manufactures, distributes, or possesses marijuana. The bill also requires the Bureau of Labor Statistics to regularly publish demographic data on cannabis business owners and employees; establishes a trust fund to support various programs and services for individuals and businesses in communities impacted by the war on drugs; imposes a 5% tax on cannabis products and requires revenues to be deposited into the trust fund; prohibits the denial of federal public benefits to a person on the basis of certain cannabis-related conduct or convictions; prohibits the denial of benefits and protections under immigration laws on the basis of a cannabis-related event (e.g., conduct or a conviction); establishes a process to expunge convictions and conduct sentencing review hearings related to federal cannabis offenses; and directs the Government Accountability Office to study the societal impact of cannabis legalization Support S. 461, the HBCU Propelling Agency Relationships Towards a New Era of Results for Students Act or the HBCU PARTNERS Act, which requires federal agencies that regularly interact with HBCUs to submit annual plans for strengthening the capacity of HBCUs to participate in federal programs. Among other things, the plans must establish how the agencies intend to increase the capacity of HBCUs to compete effectively for grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements Oppose the nomination of Justin Walker to the D.C. Court of Appeals

Oppose the Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping issued by President Trump on September 22, 2020. It attempts to erase the very concept of racism and sexism as being real, historical and present-day phenomena and undermines important and necessary employer initiatives aimed at understanding and dismantling racist, sexist, and discriminatory structures Support H.Con.Res. 100 / S.Con.Res. 50, which urge the establishment of a United States Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Support the EEOC withdrawing or suspending action on the proposed November 2020 update of the Compliance Manual Section on Religious Discrimination (Compliance Manual).

Support S.4193, the 1619 Act, which authorizes $10 million dollars over 5 years to support African American History education programs through workshops and professional development activities for public school educators; expands the National Museum of African American History and Culture professional development programs, through activities such as local, regional, and national workshops, teacher trainings with African American history education partners, and engagement with local educational agencies and schools; requires the museum to maintain a website where public school educators can find curriculum materials and best practices on African American history; authorizes the United States African American History and Culture Council to help develop the competitive criteria for grants, select the content for the website, and lead fundraising efforts for the program; encourages State education agencies to work with schools and take advantage of the program; and prioritizes grants to schools with no current African American history education programs Support Student Debt Cancellation, Not just Suspensions in any COVID-19 legislation. Support S. 4360, the Counseling not Criminalization in schools Act, to address the needs of marginalized students, ensure schools are welcoming for students, and improve academic outcomes by diverting Federal funding away from school-based law enforcement and toward services that are evidence-based, inclusive, racially and gender responsive, and trauma informed services Support substantial funding specifically for K-12 education and higher education, in an upcoming legislative package designed to address the continuing challenges and aftermath presented by COVID-19 Support a Department of Education Civil Rights Data Collection that is comprehensive, timely, and accessible to all. Support public education and oppose mechanisms to spend public dollars on private schools, including through private school voucher programs. Support urge all students, educators, and families to rally to advance inclusive and welcoming environments in all schools that celebrate and affirm LGBTQ+ students and staff. Support H,R, 8474, the Jobs and Justice Act, which is an omnibus bill to advance Black families, with provisions to combat the spread of COVID-19, advance economic and educational opportunities, address health disparities, reform the criminal justice system from end to end, and expand access to the ballot. Support immediate and comprehensive action to ensure equal educational opportunity during the COVID-19 public health crisis and beyond. Support an aggressive, bold, effective and comprehensive stimulus package to provide relief for much of the needless suffering and a myriad of areas that is occurring across our nation as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Oppose the U.S. Department of Educations (Department) interim final rule (the Rule), CARES Act Programs; Equitable Services to Students and Teachers in Non-Public Schools (Docket ID ED-2020-OESE-0091), published in the Federal Register on July 1, 2020. The Rule compels public school districts to illegally divert essential CARES Act funds for public schools for the benefit of private schools, or face unlawful limitations on the way that those funds can be spent in public schools. Both options provided to districts are in direct contravention of the CARES Act. The Rule subverts the will of Congress and harms American children in public schools. Support H.R. 2574, the Equity and Inclusion Enforcement Act which would restore the right to individual civil actions in cases involving disparate impact in public education, thus empowering parents and communities to address - through robust enforcement - racial inequities. Support HR 2639, the Strength in Diversity Act which uses federal resources to promote and support school districts in developing, implementing, or expanding voluntary diversity initiatives they already have in place.

Support FHFA and the GSEs take steps to ensure that all tenants living in properties with GSE-backed multifamily mortgages are made aware of the protections available to them. Oppose the CFPBs supplemental proposed rule on debt collection. The Bureau proposes to permit collectors to collect time-barred debt if collectors disclose to consumers during the initial contact and on any required validation notice that the debt is time-barred. The supplemental proposed rule provides model language and forms that debt collectors may use to comply with the proposed time-barred debt disclosure requirements. We have deep concerns about the proposed disclosures as well as the research the CFPB relied upon to formulate the disclosures. Support the OCC adopting a precautionary approach to digital banking activities, refraining from assuming these activities are similar to those already permitted via regulations, or that they should be permitted at all, as advocated in our comment to the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - National Bank and Federal Savings Association Digital Activities [Docket ID OCC-2019-0028; RIN 1557-AE74; 85 FR. 40827]. Oppose the CFPB's proposed time-barred debt disclosures, which will only serve as cover for abusive practices. Support additional information be made public from Fannie, Freddie and FHFA about the real world impacts of the agencys re-proposed capital rule on a number of issues: mortgage rates/pricing; the Enterprises cross-subsidization strategy; their mission business; and, how it might intersect with the CFPBs proposal to replace the so-called GSE patch and specifically the QM rules safe harbor provisions Support the Bureaus proposed LIBOR changes, but much more is required. Both industry and consumers would benefit from a clear deadline for ending use of the LIBOR and for more guidance on the meaning of critical terminology. The rule also needs stronger safeguards for new indices and margin replacements. The disclosure changes are appropriate, but should be expanded to closed-end credit and to cover future index changes. Support S. 4801 to provide that all persons shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, and accommodations of financial institutions. Oppose S. 4159 (Thune), which would gut the E-Sign Act, which requires that when lenders, banks and others want to send legally required information like disclosures electronically, they must ensure that people are able to access the information in the manner sent and keep a copy Oppose the OCCs proposed rule that blesses the rent-a-bank scheme. Predatory lenders use the rent-a-bank scheme to EVADE state interest rate limits and issue loans of 100% APR and more. Support a 60-day extension of the comment period for the recently announced proposed rule on the seasoned QM loan definition. Oppose treating the GSEs the GSEs as banks and therefore requires bank-like capital. This leads to gratuitously high capital levels that run directly contrary to the GSEs charter mission to promote access to mortgage credit to underserved borrowers, to serve a countercyclical role in the mortgage market, and to reasonably support the safety and soundness of the GSEs and the system as a whole. Support meaningful fair lending and consider and verify provisions in any modified Qualified Mortgage rule Support the CFPB ensuring borrower protections for four key issues: fair lending, pricing caps, short-reset adjustable rate mortgages, and consider and verify. Support that the CDFI Fund (1) limit Small Dollar Loan Program grants to programs priced at the lower of an 18% APR (with limits on fees outside of the APR to prevent evasions) or applicable state interest rate limits, and (2) limit eligibility to lenders whose entire portfolios are priced at the lower of a fee-inclusive 36% APR or applicable state interest rate limits. We also urge the Fund to limit high-risk features and aggressive debt collection practices. Oppose the CFPBs proposed rule allowing loans to season into qualified mortgage (QM) status. Support S. 4614, legislation to provide that the United States Postal Service may provide certain basic financial services. Support Federal Reserve steps to update CRA rules

Support the resolution to Transform, Heal, and Renew by Investing in a Vibrant Economy (THRIVE) Act, which proclaims that it is the duty of the Federal Government to respond to the crises of racial injustice, mass unemployment, the COVID-19 pandemic, and climate change with a bold and holistic national mobilization. Support an aggressive, bold, effective and comprehensive stimulus package to provide relief for much of the needless suffering and a myriad of areas that is occurring across our nation as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Support The Fairness for Seniors and People with Disabilities During COVID-19 Act protects vulnerable seniors, survivors, and people with severe disabilities who receive Social Security or SSI from having to repay benefits that SSA has overpaid during the COVID-19 pandemic (extra benefits paid from March 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020). The bill also protects individuals who would have had their SSI benefits cut off from retroactive loss of Medicaid. Oppose the Presidential memorandum deferring the payroll tax for certain workers over the next several months Support HR 8171, the Save our Social Security Now Act which would overturn the President's Executive Order to reduce Payroll Taxes. Support the Social Security Administration (SSA) collecting and regularly reporting data about race and ethnicity. We already know that due to differences in earnings over time and other factors, Social Security benefit amounts are lower for people of color than for White beneficiaries. However, we cannot understand the scope or cause of much of the racial disparities in the Social Security system, including in rates of denials, allowances, or other outcomes, until we have a more accurate and comprehensive snapshot of the racial and ethnic makeup of claimants and beneficiaries.

Support the inclusion of the Pandemic TANF Assistance Act, so families can access flexible emergency assistance to cover groceries, utility bills, rent, and other basic necessities in any future COVID-19 stimulus package. Support HR 7916 , the Removing Barriers to Basic Needs Act of 2020, which would lift the lifetime ban on individuals with a drug felony conviction from receiving SNAP and TANF during the pandemic Support HR 7916 , the Removing Barriers to Basic Needs Act of 2020, which would lift the lifetime ban on individuals with a drug felony conviction from receiving SNAP and TANF during the pandemic

Oppose the nomination of William Pendley for Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Support the immediate removal of Mr. William Perry Pendley from his role leading the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Support the Reconciliation in Place Names Act legislation to create a board to review offensive names of geographic features (i.e. those incorporating racial slurs, honoring those who perpetuated racism or committed atrocities, or other similarly unsuitable names) and recommend features in need of name changes.

Support the Finding Alternatives to Mass Incarceration: Lives Improved by Ending Separation Act of 2020 (FAMILIES Act) which would create a Parenting Sentencing Alternative (PSA) at the federal level while also funding current states with PSA programs and states interested in planning for such program. Support an extension of WIC waivers in any COVID-19 stimulus package. USDA waiver authority (first granted by the Families First Act) is essential for enabling remote services. Without these waivers, clinics will have to reopen on October 1 - forcing pregnant women and young kids to show up in-person well before states are ready to safely open clinic doors. Support HR 7327, the Child Care for Economic Recovery Act -- Child Care is Essential-which would provide $50 billion in relief funding for child care Support $50 billion for child care in the next COVID-19 package. Oppose the the HEALS Acts $15 billion investment which would keep the system afloat for less than two months and falls far short of the at least $50 billion that is needed to stabilize the system. Support H,R, 8474, the Jobs and Justice Act, which is an omnibus bill to advance Black families, with provisions to combat the spread of COVID-19, advance economic and educational opportunities, address health disparities, reform the criminal justice system from end to end, and expand access to the ballot.

Support S. 4315 / HR 8019, the Climate Equity Act, which would hold the United States government accountable for ensuring that frontline communities are at the heart of the decision-making process whenever it considers a policy, regulation, or rule with a climate or environmental nexus-which would broadly include policies to address pollution, emissions, transportation, housing, infrastructure, agriculture, resilience, natural disasters, jobs, workforce development, and more. Support the resolution to Transform, Heal, and Renew by Investing in a Vibrant Economy (THRIVE) Act, which proclaims that it is the duty of the Federal Government to respond to the crises of racial injustice, mass unemployment, the COVID-19 pandemic, and climate change with a bold and holistic national mobilization

Support the invaluable role of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in containing the COVID-19 virus and resist any efforts that would undermine its mission. Oppose the recent guidance for hospitals to direct daily COVID-19 data reports to HHS via a system managed by a private contractor. Support an aggressive, bold, effective and comprehensive stimulus package to provide relief for much of the needless suffering and a myriad of areas that is occurring across our nation as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Support Public health leaders and policymakers in that they must ensure they are maximizing benefit, treating people equally, providing a clear benefit and prioritizing those who are worst off.

Support Postmaster General Louis DeJoy resigning or be dismissed. Support H.R. 8015, the Delivering for America Act. This bill prohibits the USPS from making changes to operations or levels of service from those that were in effect on January 1, 2020, establishes requirements for the processing of election mail, and provides $25 billion the Postal Service Fund. Support a letter going to Postmaster General DeJoy highlighting the adverse effects recent mail delays specifically have on our nations seniors. Support S. 4614, legislation to provide that the United States Postal Service may provide certain basic financial services.

Support FHFA and the GSEs take steps to ensure that all tenants living in properties with GSE-backed multifamily mortgages are made aware of the protections available to them Oppose the CFPBs supplemental proposed rule on debt collection. The Bureau proposes to permit collectors to collect time-barred debt if collectors disclose to consumers during the initial contact and on any required validation notice that the debt is time-barred. The supplemental proposed rule provides model language and forms that debt collectors may use to comply with the proposed time-barred debt disclosure requirements. We have deep concerns about the proposed disclosures as well as the research the CFPB relied upon to formulate the disclosures. Support the OCC adopting a precautionary approach to digital banking activities, refraining from assuming these activities are similar to those already permitted via regulations, or that they should be permitted at all, as advocated in our comment to the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - National Bank and Federal Savings Association Digital Activities [Docket ID OCC-2019-0028; RIN 1557-AE74; 85 FR. 40827]. Oppose the CFPB's proposed time-barred debt disclosures, which will only serve as cover for abusive practices. Support additional information be made public from Fannie, Freddie and FHFA about the real world impacts of the agencys re-proposed capital rule on a number of issues: mortgage rates/pricing; the Enterprises cross-subsidization strategy; their mission business; and, how it might intersect with the CFPBs proposal to replace the so-called GSE patch and specifically the QM rules safe harbor provisions. Support the Bureaus proposed LIBOR changes, but much more is required. Both industry and consumers would benefit from a clear deadline for ending use of the LIBOR and for more guidance on the meaning of critical terminology. The rule also needs stronger safeguards for new indices and margin replacements. The disclosure changes are appropriate, but should be expanded to closed-end credit and to cover future index changes. Support S. 4801 to provide that all persons shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, and accommodations of financial institutions. Oppose S. 4159 (Thune), which would gut the E-Sign Act, which requires that when lenders, banks and others want to e are able to access the information in the manner sent and keep a copy an send legally required information like disclosures electronically, they must ensure that people are able to access the information in the manner sent and keep a copy Oppose the OCCs proposed rule that blesses the rent-a-bank scheme. Predatory lenders use the rent-a-bank scheme to EVADE state interest rate limits and issue loans of 100% APR and more. Support a 60-day extension of the comment period for the recently announced proposed rule on the seasoned QM loan definition. Oppose treating the GSEs the GSEs as banks and therefore requires bank-like capital. This leads to gratuitously high capital levels that run directly contrary to the GSEs charter mission to promote access to mortgage credit to underserved borrowers, to serve a countercyclical role in the mortgage market, and to reasonably support the safety and soundness of the GSEs and the system as a whole. Support meaningful fair lending and consider and verify provisions in any modified Qualified Mortgage rule Support the CFPB ensuring borrower protections for four key issues: fair lending, pricing caps, short-reset adjustable rate mortgages, and consider and verify. Support that the CDFI Fund (1) limit Small Dollar Loan Program grants to programs priced at the lower of an 18% APR (with limits on fees outside of the APR to prevent evasions) or applicable state interest rate limits, and (2) limit eligibility to lenders whose entire portfolios are priced at the lower of a fee-inclusive 36% APR or applicable state interest rate limits. We also urge the Fund to limit high-risk features and aggressive debt collection practices. Oppose the CFPBs proposed rule allowing loans to season into qualified mortgage (QM) status. Support S. 4614, legislation to provide that the United States Postal Service may provide certain basic financial services. Support Federal Reserve steps to update CRA rules

Oppose the inclusion of a reauthorization of the PATRIOT Act / FISA in any Continuing Resolution or other must-pass legislation. Support the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act, which closes loopholes in the law that currently permit data brokers and other firms without a direct relationship to consumers to sell Americans private information to the government without a court order. Support an investigation into the Trump administrations efforts to politicize intelligence activity with respect to the threat white supremacists pose to national security and the direct link to the undermining of civil and human rights. Support efforts to hold Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf and the other political appointees at the Department of Homeland Security accountable for their dangerous efforts to coverup what they perceived as politically damaging intelligence activity regarding the threat of white supremacist activity

Oppose the Presidential memorandum deferring the payroll tax for certain workers over the next several months Support HR 8171, the Save our Social Security Now Act which would overturn the President's Executive Order to reduce Payroll Taxes.

Support Civil Rights Principles for Hiring Assessment Technologies (Hiring assessments should not discriminate; Hiring assessments should measure traits and skills that are important to job performance; Applicants should be meaningfully notified about how they will be assessed; Hiring assessments should be thoroughly and regularly audited; and Federal and state policymakers should develop new legal and technical standards. In addressing the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress has yet to address the needs of people who need language and communications assistance. Support Congress addressing the lack of resources and civil rights enforcements Support H.R. 8436, the Equal Health Care for All Act, which would to apply a civil rights frame to the issue of inequitable care. Support HR40, which establishes a commission to review Reparations proposals Support a Department of Education Civil Rights Data Collection that is comprehensive, timely, and accessible to all. Support S. 4801 to provide that all persons shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, and accommodations of financial institutions. Support legislation to provide funding for state and local responses to include LEP populations, as well as ensure that federal agencies take steps to ensure equal access to COVID-19 programs. This bill expands upon the already introduced COVID-19 Language Access Act (H.R.6623). Support S. 4533, the Anti-Racism in Public Health Act of 2020, which would to provide for public health research and investment into understanding and eliminating structural racism and police violence Support urge all students, educators, and families to rally to advance inclusive and welcoming environments in all schools that celebrate and affirm LGBTQ+ students and staff. Support H,R, 8474, the Jobs and Justice Act, which is an omnibus bill to advance Black families, with provisions to combat the spread of COVID-19, advance economic and educational opportunities, address health disparities, reform the criminal justice system from end to end, and expand access to the ballot. Support the Social Security Administration (SSA) collecting and regularly reporting data about race and ethnicity. We already know that due to differences in earnings over time and other factors, Social Security benefit amounts are lower for people of color than for White beneficiaries. However, we cannot understand the scope or cause of much of the racial disparities in the Social Security system, including in rates of denials, allowances, or other outcomes, until we have a more accurate and comprehensive snapshot of the racial and ethnic makeup of claimants and beneficiaries. Support an investigation into the Trump administrations efforts to politicize intelligence activity with respect to the threat white supremacists pose to national security and the direct link to the undermining of civil and human rights. Support Californias Proposition 16, which would repeal the ban on affirmative action in public higher education, government contracting, and public employment. Express our strong concerns about Facebooks repeated failure to meaningfully address the vast proliferation of hate on its platforms. Support an aggressive, bold, effective and comprehensive stimulus package to provide relief for much of the needless suffering and a myriad of areas that is occurring across our nation as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Support Amendment #2252 to S. 4049 the National Defense Authorization Act for 2021, which would amend the DoD 1033 program and have the effect of demilitarizing local law enforcement by limiting certain types of military equipment from being transferred to them and restoring previously established accountability and transparency measures. Support the prioritization of the Military Family Basic Needs Allowance in the NDAA conference process

Support the Holistic Economic Aid for Low Income Neighborhood Growth (HEALING) Act, which would authorize a new $11 billion set-aside within the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program, specifically reserved for historically disinvested communities. Support an aggressive, bold, effective and comprehensive stimulus package to provide relief for much of the needless suffering and a myriad of areas that is occurring across our nation as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Support the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act, which closes loopholes in the law that currently permit data brokers and other firms without a direct relationship to consumers to sell Americans private information to the government without a court order.

Support the NO BAN Act, which ends the immigration ban on Muslims from various countries. Support the Inclusion of Immigrants and their U.S. Citizen Family Members in Stimulus Relief; COVID-19 Testing and Care for ALL, Regardless of Immigration Status; and the Protection for Individuals with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Temporary Protected Status (TPS). Oppose any anomalies or any other funding mechanism that would increase funding for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) or Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in a Fiscal Year 2021 Continuing Resolution, including the staffing level anomaly requested for CBP by the Office of Management and Budget

Support accelerated scientific advances to improve and sustain the health of all Americans, reduce health disparities, lower healthcare spending, strengthen our food system, improve military readiness, and accelerate discoveries and economic growth. Support an extension of WIC waivers in any COVID-19 stimulus package. USDA waiver authority (first granted by the Families First Act) is essential for enabling remote services. Without these waivers, clinics will have to reopen on October 1 - forcing pregnant women and young kids to show up in-person well before states are ready to safely open clinic doors. Support HR 6200 which would extend and make improvements to the Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) program. Support an aggressive, bold, effective and comprehensive stimulus package to provide relief for much of the needless suffering and a myriad of areas that is occurring across our nation as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Support an emergency appropriation of at least $100 million in any future COVID-19 legislation for housing counseling Support a suspension of the new Disparate Impact rule Support FHFA and the GSEs take steps to ensure that all tenants living in properties with GSE-backed multifamily mortgages are made aware of the protections available to them Support a federal moratorium to cover the gap between the impending expiration of CARES Act protections, and the clear intent of Congress to continue, if not extend and expand, the eviction moratorium protections in the HEROES Act. Support the inclusion of mortgage assistance in the next covid-19 relief package, including forbearances for all kinds of loans, options to resume regular payments after forbearance or be evaluated for other affordable options before foreclosure, notices to borrowers facing a covid hardship describing their options, establishing a mortgage assistance fund, and supporting broad access to safe and affordable credit. Support meaningful fair lending and consider and verify provisions in any modified Qualified Mortgage rule Oppose the CFPBs proposed rule allowing loans to season into qualified mortgage (QM) status. Support an aggressive, bold, effective and comprehensive stimulus package to provide relief for much of the needless suffering and a myriad of areas that is occurring across our nation as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Support Medicaid section 1115 demonstrations that will work to mitigate racial disparities rather than making them worse. Oppose policies that increase racial disparities such as pending proposals to impose punitive work requirements on parents with very low incomes in Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and South Dakota and support programs such as pending and future state section 1115 demonstration proposals to extend postpartum coverage to reduce maternal and infant mortality. Support accelerated scientific advances to improve and sustain the health of all Americans, reduce health disparities, lower healthcare spending, strengthen our food system, improve military readiness, and accelerate discoveries and economic growth Support HR 7286 / S 4524 the Quit Because of COVID-19 Act, which would expand tobacco cessation coverage to ensure all Medicaid and Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) enrollees have access to the full array of proven tobacco cessation treatments at this critical time. Support the invaluable role of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in containing the COVID-19 virus and resist any efforts that would undermine its mission. Oppose the recent guidance for hospitals to direct daily COVID-19 data reports to HHS via a system managed by a private contractor. Support H.R. 8436, the Equal Health Care for All Act, which would to apply a civil rights frame to the issue of inequitable care. Support an extension of WIC waivers in any COVID-19 stimulus package. USDA waiver authority (first granted by the Families First Act) is essential for enabling remote services. Without these waivers, clinics will have to reopen on October 1 - forcing pregnant women and young kids to show up in-person well before states are ready to safely open clinic doors. Support HR 8061 , the Community Immunity During COVID-19 Act which would provide robust funding to develop, scale, and evaluate local initiatives to promote recommended vaccinations during this pandemic. Support Congress saving jobs and promoting economic recovery by prioritizing comprehensive health coverage in the next COVID-19 legislative package. Support extend Co-Pay assistance support to Medicare Part D beneficiaries for the extent of the pandemic. Support S. 4533, the Anti-Racism in Public Health Act of 2020, which would to provide for public health research and investment into understanding and eliminating structural racism and police violence Support H.R. 8141, to reduce health inequities experienced by individuals who are members of historically racial and ethnic minority groups under State plans under the community mental health services block grant program. Support a bipartisan letter urges the administration to take immediate policy action to mobilize community health workers as part of the COVID-19 response and long-term health recovery. Support H,R, 8474, the Jobs and Justice Act, which is an omnibus bill to advance Black families, with provisions to combat the spread of COVID-19, advance economic and educational opportunities, address health disparities, reform the criminal justice system from end to end, and expand access to the ballot. Support S. 4536 / H.R.7983, the COVID-19 in Corrections Data Transparency Act which would require the collection and reporting of key data on the spread and effect of coronavirus within all of the nations correctional facilities. Support S. 4819, the Health Equity and Accountability Act, a blueprint of smart, bold policy solutions that will eliminate barriers to coverage, expand access to affordable care and strengthen the health care system for all, especially for communities affected by health disparities. Support the Mental Health Justice Act, which creates a grant program to pay for hiring, training, salary, benefits and additional expenses for mental health provider first responder units (these mental health providers will act as a sort of mental health SWAT Team - when 911 is called because someone is in a mental health crisis, they will be the first on the scene to help the individual and can divert them to appropriate community resources); and provides technical assistance from the Disability Rights Section of the Civil Rights Division at DOJ and from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) (grant recipients will receive technical assistance for the establishment and operation of the program. Additionally, states and localities may apply for technical assistance from SAMHSA/DOJ if they choose to use their own funding for the program costs from another portion of the law enforcement budget). Support S. 4737, the Community Immunity During COVID-19 Act, which directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to covered health departments to increase the rate of recommended immunizations. Support an aggressive, bold, effective and comprehensive stimulus package to provide relief for much of the needless suffering and a myriad of areas that is occurring across our nation as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Support Public health leaders and policymakers in that they must ensure they are maximizing benefit, treating people equally, providing a clear benefit and prioritizing those who are worst off.

Support Civil Rights Principles for Hiring Assessment Technologies (Hiring assessments should not discriminate; Hiring assessments should measure traits and skills that are important to job performance; Applicants should be meaningfully notified about how they will be assessed; Hiring assessments should be thoroughly and regularly audited; and Federal and state policymakers should develop new legal and technical standards. Support the assembly of a diverse interdisciplinary panel of experts with deep knowledge of the EEOC regulatory process, including complaint investigations, EEOC data sources, and the role of data analysis in enforcement; Ensure that the panel has access to EEOC data sources, including the charge data, EEO-1 Component 1 (composition) data as well as Component 2 data.; and solicit input from a wide swath of stakeholders, including EEOC and OFCCP staff and leadership, womens rights and civil rights advocates, plaintiff-side litigators, and scholarly experts on sex and race discrimination in the workplace when evaluating the quality and utility of the EEO-1 pay data collected for 2017 and 2018. Support H,R, 8474, the Jobs and Justice Act, which is an omnibus bill to advance Black families, with provisions to combat the spread of COVID-19, advance economic and educational opportunities, address health disparities, reform the criminal justice system from end to end, and expand access to the ballot. Support the Holistic Economic Aid for Low Income Neighborhood Growth (HEALING) Act, which would authorize a new $11 billion set-aside within the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program, specifically reserved for historically disinvested communities. Support an extension of the comment period on the NPRM on an interpretive regulation to redefine how to determine if someone is an employee or independent contractor under the FLSA released 9/22/2020 for at least 30 days. Support an aggressive, bold, effective and comprehensive stimulus package to provide relief for much of the needless suffering and a myriad of areas that is occurring across our nation as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Support H.R. 2694, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act which would ensure that pregnant workers can continue to do their jobs by requiring employers to make workplace adjustments for those workers who need them due to pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions. These accommodations are often low-cost and temporary, such as a stool to sit on during ones shift or free and easy continuous access to clean, potable water.

Express our strong concerns about Facebooks repeated failure to meaningfully address the vast proliferation of hate on its platforms.

Support the Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus (CFPB) September 2019 decision to maintain public access to the Bureaus Consumer Complaint database and to continue to publish the complaint details, the narrative portion of consumers complaints. However, we are compelled to urge you to address our concerns about the CFPBs decision to bury the most essential element of the complaint data-the narratives. Oppose the CFPB's proposed time-barred debt disclosures, which will only serve as cover for abusive practices. Support the Bureaus proposed LIBOR changes, but much more is required. Both industry and consumers would benefit from a clear deadline for ending use of the LIBOR and for more guidance on the meaning of critical terminology. The rule also needs stronger safeguards for new indices and margin replacements. The disclosure changes are appropriate, but should be expanded to closed-end credit and to cover future index changes. Support the Payment Choice Act (H.R. 2650, S. 4145) which would mandate that all retail businesses accept cash as a valid form of payment. It would also ban a business from charging a higher price for a cash payment than for other forms of payment. It would apply only to physical brick-and-mortar stores and not to sales by internet, telephone or by mail order.

support the election protection provisions in HR 6800, the HEREOS Act. This provides $3.6 billion and voting rights guardrails that are necessary to help state and local governments adequately prepare for the November 2020 elections. Support the Holistic Economic Aid for Low Income Neighborhood Growth (HEALING) Act, which would authorize a new $11 billion set-aside within the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program, specifically reserved for historically disinvested communities. Support an aggressive, bold, effective and comprehensive stimulus package to provide relief for much of the needless suffering and a myriad of areas that is occurring across our nation as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Support Medicaid section 1115 demonstrations that will work to mitigate racial disparities rather than making them worse. Oppose policies that increase racial disparities such as pending proposals to impose punitive work requirements on parents with very low incomes in Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and South Dakota and support programs such as pending and future state section 1115 demonstration proposals to extend postpartum coverage to reduce maternal and infant mortality. Support HR 7286 / S 4524 the Quit Because of COVID-19 Act, which would expand tobacco cessation coverage to ensure all Medicaid and Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) enrollees have access to the full array of proven tobacco cessation treatments at this critical time. Support extending Co-Pay assistance support to Medicare Part D beneficiaries for the extent of the pandemic. Support an aggressive, bold, effective and comprehensive stimulus package to provide relief for much of the needless suffering and a myriad of areas that is occurring across our nation as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Support the election protection provisions in HR 6800, the HEREOS Act. This provides $3.6 billion and voting rights guardrails that are necessary to help state and local governments adequately prepare for the November 2020 elections. Oppose the nomination of William Pendley for Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Support HR 4, support that we honor the life and legacy of the late Representative John Lewis by passing federal legislation to safeguard the fundamental right to vote. H.R. 4 would restore, repair, and strengthen the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Support extending the statutory reporting deadlines for the 2020 Census by four months. Support language in the next Senate COVID relief package that would extend the statutory reporting deadlines for the 2020 Census by four months. This language is necessary to ensure the Census Bureau is not forced to rush remaining enumeration operations and critical data review, processing, and tabulation activities. Support legislation to provide funding for state and local responses to include LEP populations, as well as ensure that federal agencies take steps to ensure equal access to COVID-19 programs. This bill expands upon the already introduced COVID-19 Language Access Act (H.R.6623). Support S. 4665 / H. R.8362 , the STOCK Act, which would require Members of Congress and senior executive branch officials, including the president and vice president, to declare grants, loans or contracts received from the federal government on their personal financial disclosure reports; and Financial disclosures required under the STOCK Act by members of Congress and senior executive branch officials, including the president and vice president, be made available to the public in an on-line database that is fully searchable, sortable and downloadable. Support a 60-day extension of the comment period for the recently announced proposed rule on the seasoned QM loan definition. Support S.4571, the 2020 Census Deadline Extensions Act to extend the statutory deadlines for apportionment and redistricting. Support H,R, 8474, the Jobs and Justice Act, which is an omnibus bill to advance Black families, with provisions to combat the spread of COVID-19, advance economic and educational opportunities, address health disparities, reform the criminal justice system from end to end, and expand access to the ballot. Support H.R. 6017, the Twenty First Century Courts Act, which would enhance the accountability of, as well as accessibility and transparency within, the federal judiciary Support the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act, which closes loopholes in the law that currently permit data brokers and other firms without a direct relationship to consumers to sell Americans private information to the government without a court order. Support an investigation into the Trump administrations efforts to politicize intelligence activity with respect to the threat white supremacists pose to national security and the direct link to the undermining of civil and human rights. Support efforts to hold Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf and the other political appointees at the Department of Homeland Security accountable for their dangerous efforts to coverup what they perceived as politically damaging intelligence activity regarding the threat of white supremacist activity. Support not considering any nominee to fill the seat left empty on the U.S. Supreme Court by Judge Ginsburgs passing until after the next President is sworn in. Support an aggressive, bold, effective and comprehensive stimulus package to provide relief for much of the needless suffering and a myriad of areas that is occurring across our nation as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Support the election protection provisions in HR 6800, the HEREOS Act. This provides $3.6 billion and voting rights guardrails that are necessary to help state and local governments adequately prepare for the November 2020 elections. Support Student Debt Cancellation, Not just Suspensions in any COVID-19 legislation Support the Inclusion of Immigrants and their U.S. Citizen Family Members in Stimulus Relief; COVID-19 Testing and Care for ALL, Regardless of Immigration Status; and the Protection for Individuals with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Temporary Protected Status (TPS)Support HR 7327, the Child Care for Economic Recovery Act- Child Care is Essential-which would provide $50 billion in relief funding for child care. Support $50 billion for child care in the next COVID-19 package. Oppose the the HEALS Acts $15 billion investment which would keep the system afloat for less than two months and falls far short of the at least $50 billion that is needed to stabilize the system Support substantial funding specifically for K-12 education and higher education, in an upcoming legislative package designed to address the continuing challenges and aftermath presented by COVID-19 Support legislation to provide funding for state and local responses to include LEP populations, as well as ensure that federal agencies take steps to ensure equal access to COVID-19 programs. This bill expands upon the already introduced COVID-19 Language Access Act (H.R.6623). Oppose any anomalies or any other funding mechanism that would increase funding for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) or Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in a Fiscal Year 2021 Continuing Resolution, including the staffing level anomaly requested for CBP by the Office of Management and Budget. Support H,R, 8474, the Jobs and Justice Act, which is an omnibus bill to advance Black families, with provisions to combat the spread of COVID-19, advance economic and educational opportunities, address health disparities, reform the criminal justice system from end to end, and expand access to the ballot. Support the prioritization of the Military Family Basic Needs Allowance in the NDAA conference process. Support the bipartisan Walberg amendment to the Department of Justice portion of H.R 7617. This amendment, which would end civil asset forfeiture. Support an aggressive, bold, effective and comprehensive stimulus package to provide relief for much of the needless suffering and a myriad of areas that is occurring across our nation as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Oppose S. 178, the Delivering Immediate Relief to Americas Families, Schools and Small Businesses Act. These unprecedented times require extraordinary, bold, new, and well-honed leadership and empathy by our federal government. The Delivering Immediate Relief to Americas Families, Schools and Small Businesses Act is not bold, comprehensive, nor does it meet the immediate and diverse needs of the American people right now.

Support S. 4095, the Emergency Broadband Connections Act (EBCA), which authorizes $8.8 billion in order to guarantee a $50 emergency broadband benefit ($75 in tribal areas) to every eligible low-income household in the country that makes a request to their Internet Service Provider (ISP) and to offer a one-time discount for ISP-provided devices; provides benefits to households within 135 percent of the federal poverty guideline, recently laid off, furloughed, applied for or approved for state unemployment insurance, participate in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Medicaid, National School Lunch (NSL), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Federal Public Housing Assistance (FPHA), the Veterans Pension and Survivors Benefit, or receive Federal Pell Grants; and improves the existing Federal Communications Commissions low-income Lifeline program to offer unlimited voice minutes and texting. Support that the FCC adopt the strongest possible legal framework for Lifelines support of broadband Internet access service (BIAS); modify its previous position and ensure voice services receive enhanced Lifeline support in light of the COVID-19 public health crisis; and extend and establish other temporary measures to ensure Lifeline is accessible during COVID-19 public health emergency. Regarding the FCCs Lifeline program: support 1) extending the COVID waivers until the end of the year; 2) fully restoring the voice-only support to $9.25; and 3) pausing minimum standards at their current 3 GB level until the 2021 study. Support the inclusion of the Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act of 2019 in any COVID-19 relief package. The Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act of 2019 requires the Federal Communications Commission to ensure charges for payphone services in correctional institutions, are just and reasonable

Oppose the work of the US State Departments Commission on Unalienable Rights and any potential report or output that undermines the international human rights system and purports to reinterpret its respective treaties and monitoring bodies Support HR 6798, the Haitian Deportation Relief Act, which would that would halt deportations to Haiti until the COVID-19 crisis has ended in both Haiti and in the US. It would also require DHS to consider detainees whose deportation has been deferred for Alternatives to Detention.

Support the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve developing and deploy one or more liquidity facilities through which mortgage servicers covering forborne consumer payments can obtain funding to cover potential shortfalls of advances to bondholders and other parties who are compensated from borrower payments during the declared COVID-19 emergency Support Congress instituting a 36% annual interest rate cap and codifying a ban on confessions of judgments for all small business loans to ensure that small business owners are able to defend their businesses in court in light of the COVID-19 pandemic Support provisions included in the next Coronavirus response legislation to protect people's homes, cars, credit, bank accounts and more from evictions/foreclosures, debt collection, car repossessions, predatory lenders, etc Support the inclusion of the Medical Debt Relief Act (S1581 / HR 6470 Porter) in future covid-19 relief legislation Support the Treasury directing the SBA to designate returned corporate PPP funds to CDFIs and MDIs to ensure that small businesses of color can access the funds. Support the inclusion of the credit reporting protections in the HEROES Act in the next COVID-19 relief package, or pass it separately as S. 3508. These protections would establish a temporary moratorium on negative credit reporting for the COVID-19 emergency period plus four months, with the option for consumers to obtain an additional nine months of relief. It would address the looming credit reporting damage from missed bills due to lost jobs or income, which could prevent consumers from getting affordable credit, jobs, housing and more for the next seven years Support the Senate to include the debt collection protections in the HEROES Act in the next stimulus package in order to protect consumers, nonprofits and small businesses from the most aggressive forms of debt collection so that they can concentrate on getting their families, businesses and the economy back on their feet. In particular, the bill puts a moratorium on: * evictions and foreclosures * wage garnishment * bank account garnishment * car repossessions * incarceration for nonpayment of debts, including fees and fines. Support h. con. Res. 90, to overturn the OCCs rule on the Community Reinvestment Act Oppose FDICs NPRM regarding Industrial Loan Companies (ILCs). The proposal fails to consider that expansion of ILCs, including those acquired by financial companies, will erode consumer protections and expose consumers to severe harm. Existing ILCs are already disproportionately involved in rent-a-bank partnerships, including very high-cost schemes. New ILCs are likely to attract precisely the high-cost non-bank lenders that want to avoid state laws. The FDIC should crack down on existing ILCs engaged in rent-a-bank schemes and should not approve new ILC charters. [If the FDIC does approve new charters, it should impose severe limitations on the activity of the ILC itself.] No final ILC rule should permit the FDIC to waive the conditions prescribed therein. The high-cost lending that proliferation of ILCs would enable causes severe harm to communities, with a history of causing particular harm to communities of color.

Oppose Docket EL20-42 on the ground that the passage of this petition would have a negative impact on the civil and human rights of many Americans who have been given the precedent to choose where their power generation comes from as a result of the net-metering laws established at the state level.

Support fixing issues with Medicare and marketplace enrollment that are currently acting as barriers for older adults and people with disabilities to access health care coverage Support new web tool allowing quick registration for Economic Impact Payments for people who did not file a tax return for 2018 or 2019. Support the continued continue to work on automatically issuing payments to the millions of low-income people with disabilities and veterans with disabilities who rely on SSI or VA Disability Compensation and Veterans Pension benefits. Oppose the deadline, announced on 4/20/2020, for Social Security beneficiaries to file taxes or utilize the new web tool to claim economic impact payments for child dependents under the age of 17 or wait until 2021 to claim the payments. Support providing tenants with a way to identify whether their homes are covered by the CARES Act. Support Congress taking additional urgent action to protect their lives and well-being during the COVID-19 health emergency

Support the enactment of policies and sufficient funding to protect low- and moderate-income people from economic disaster and to meet the urgent needs of the most vulnerable people in our nation. Support nondiscrimination in care protections; ensuring LGBTQ+ data collection in COVID-19 reporting; and redress economic harms. Support S. 3774, the Community Capital Investment Act, which would support the efforts of community investment institutions to provide loans and forbearance for small businesses, minority-owned businesses and consumers, especially in low-income and underserved communities.

Support the Treasury directing the SBA to designate returned corporate PPP funds to CDFIs and MDIs to ensure that small businesses of color can access the funds. Support the SBA reconsidering the provisions of a proposed rule in the implementation of the PPP and other loan programs that discriminate against individuals who have a record of arrest or conviction. Support the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act, or H.R. 266, which provides $484 billion to small businesses, hospitals and health care providers. Support the Paycheck Protection Flexibility Act, which modifies provisions related to the forgiveness of loans made to small businesses under the Paycheck Protection Program

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, oppose waivers under the IDEA and Rehab Act, as the Department of Education was instructed to support under the CARES Act Support inclusion of the Help Students Vote Act (H.R. 2807/S. 1514) in a Phase 4 stimulus package that addresses the COVID-19 crisis. This would direct colleges to designate a campus administrator as Campus Vote Coordinator as the identified source for students with questions about voter registration; ensure the campus is consistently communicating with students about registration deadlines and upcoming elections, and that voter registration forms are easily accessible; and allow public and private institutions of higher education to apply for federal grants to expand nonpartisan student voter engagement efforts. Oppose the Department of Educations Demonstration Grants for Indian Children and Youth Program proposed rule that would allow for more educational choice, including allowing for private school vouchers Oppose the inclusion of the microgrants program or any other private school voucher program in the next coronavirus stimulus bill. Support include student debt cancellation in the next coronavirus package, and to extend suspension of those payments through the end of 2020 Support Congress incorporating student loan cancellation in any future COVID-19 relief package. Support HR 6363, the Student Debt Emergency Relief Act which provides for monthly federal student loan payments and interest accrual being canceled, at a minimum of $30,000 for each student borrower, at the conclusion of this crisis. Support $1 billion in supplemental funding for Title III in the next COVID package to address the needs of English Learners Support at least $175 billion of funding aimed at stabilizing state budgets to be directed toward K-12; $50 billion toward higher education; $2 billion for an Emergency Connectivity Fund administered through the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) E-rate program to support distance and remote learning and an additional amount for higher education students; expansion of nutrition assistance programs for students and families; funding for extended learning opportunities to help students make up for lost learning time; and future funding that takes into account that students may need additional academic, social-emotional, and physical supports as they return to school. Support the preservation Civil Rights Protections in education and Halt Unrelated Rulemaking; An assurance Ensure Funds are Targeted to Marginalized Students; An assurance that oversight of Federal Funding; an assurance marginalized Students Have Access to Distance Learning; an assurance that Equal Educational Opportunity for Students with Disabilities, English Learners, Students Experiencing Homelessness, and Migrant Youth; an assurance that Students Have Access to Nutritional Supports; an assurance that Educators and Other School Staff are Safe and Protected; an assurance that the Health, Well-Being, and Education of Children in Secure and Congregate Settings is protected; the cancellation of Student Loan Debt; and Maintaining Access to Supports for College Students Support Private School voucher language in HEROES bill, H.R. 6800, response to the Coronavirus pandemic to Prevent Funneling Federal Funds to Private Schools Oppose the Presidents Proclamation on the Suspension of Entry as Nonimmigrants of Certain Students and Researchers from the Peoples Republic of China. Oppose S. 3920 the SECURE CAMPUS Act which prohibits students and researchers from China from entering the U.S.

Support an extension of the critical Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) supplement to unemployment benefits.

Support a delay in the comment period for the HUD faith-based NRPM Support a delay in the implementation of the rulemaking process for the proposed regulations implementing the Revised Requirements Under Community Planning and Development Housing Programs (FR-6152) as it may disrupt homeless services and emergency services Support in-language resources to make sure that consumers with limited English proficiency (LEP) are made aware of their options for COVID-19 hardship assistance, including translated notices and directions on how to request a forbearance, information on how to get in contact with a housing counselor who speaks the consumer's preferred language, and coordinated outreach to LEP communities Support the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) suspending all non-emergency rulemaking until at least 30 days after the national emergency declared on March 13, 2020 has ended. Support the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve developing and deploy one or more liquidity facilities through which mortgage servicers covering forborne consumer payments can obtain funding to cover potential shortfalls of advances to bondholders and other parties who are compensated from borrower payments during the declared COVID-19 emergency Support improved access to forbearance options and comprehensive options for borrowers post-forbearance. Also support improvements in the current loss mitigation protocol. Support HUD for implementing flexible communication policies for forbearance and also for making partial claims the primary means of post-forbearance loss mitigation for those who have recovered from COVID-19 hardships. Support HUD, however, implementing a modification program for those who cannot qualify for a partial claim and also to fix issues with its loss mitigation protocol Oppose CFPB decision to suspend the reporting of information under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) during the COVID-19 pandemic. The reduction of the frequency of this critical reporting could allow discrimination in mortgage lending to go unchecked at a time when consumers are particularly vulnerable. In addition, the decision to eliminate HMDA reporting for more than one thousand lenders removes a critical consumer protection. Support providing tenants with a way to identify whether their homes are covered by the CARES Act. Support $700 million in federal support for housing counseling through the Housing Counseling Assistance Program, including counseling and mitigation services through a new Housing Counseling and Foreclosure Mitigation (HCFM) program. Support a single consumer-facing portal to provide information to consumers on mortgage and rental relief options available under the CARES Act and subsequent legislative and administrative actions in effect during the National Emergency. Support the Emergency Rental Assistance and Rental Market Stabilization Act which would provide $100 billion in emergency rental assistance. Support a bill prevents the GSEs and FHA from charging increased fees for people seeking loan refinances or purchase loans when they have inquired about, requested or received a mortgage forbearance Support FHFA to immediately rescind its mortgage letter requiring a 20% indemnification requirement for validly underwritten loans that goes into forbearance post-closing but before the loan can be insured and for FHFA to rescind its announced penalty of 500-700 basis points on loans similarly situated as these terms create an unnecessarily constricting access to credit Support hr 6704 / s 4098, the Coronavirus Housing Counseling Improvement Act which authorizes $700 million in housing counseling funding distributed through the NeighborWorks network. Support hr 7301 the Emergency Housing Protections and Relief Act of 2020. This legislation would authorize about $194 billion in housing aid to homeowners, renters, and people experiencing homelessness, expand moratoriums on foreclosures and evictions, authorize federal loans for rental property owners and mortgage servicers, and offer bankruptcy relief, among other provisions.

Support the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve developing and deploy one or more liquidity facilities through which mortgage servicers covering forborne consumer payments can obtain funding to cover potential shortfalls of advances to bondholders and other parties who are compensated from borrower payments during the declared COVID-19 emergency Support Congress instituting a 36% annual interest rate cap and codifying a ban on confessions of judgments for all small business loans to ensure that small business owners are able to defend their businesses in court in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Support provisions included in the next Coronavirus response legislation to protect people's homes, cars, credit, bank accounts and more from evictions/foreclosures, debt collection, car repossessions, predatory lenders, etc Support the inclusion of the Medical Debt Relief Act (S1581 / HR 6470 Porter) in future covid-19 relief legislation Support the Treasury directing the SBA to designate returned corporate PPP funds to CDFIs and MDIs to ensure that small businesses of color can access the funds. Support the inclusion of the credit reporting protections in the HEROES Act in the next COVID-19 relief package, or pass it separately as S. 3508. These protections would establish a temporary moratorium on negative credit reporting for the COVID-19 emergency period plus four months, with the option for consumers to obtain an additional nine months of relief. It would address the looming credit reporting damage from missed bills due to lost jobs or income, which could prevent consumers from getting affordable credit, jobs, housing and more for the next seven years Support the Senate to include the debt collection protections in the HEROES Act in the next stimulus package in order to protect consumers, nonprofits and small businesses from the most aggressive forms of debt collection so that they can concentrate on getting their families, businesses and the economy back on their feet. In particular, the bill puts a moratorium on: * evictions and foreclosures * wage garnishment * bank account garnishment * car repossessions * incarceration for nonpayment of debts, including fees and fines. Support h. con. Res. 90, to overturn the OCCs rule on the Community Reinvestment Act Oppose FDICs NPRM regarding Industrial Loan Companies (ILCs). The proposal fails to consider that expansion of ILCs, including those acquired by financial companies, will erode consumer protections and expose consumers to severe harm. Existing ILCs are already disproportionately involved in rent-a-bank partnerships, including very high-cost schemes. New ILCs are likely to attract precisely the high-cost non-bank lenders that want to avoid state laws. The FDIC should crack down on existing ILCs engaged in rent-a-bank schemes and should not approve new ILC charters. [If the FDIC does approve new charters, it should impose severe limitations on the activity of the ILC itself.] No final ILC rule should permit the FDIC to waive the conditions prescribed therein. The high-cost lending that proliferation of ILCs would enable causes severe harm to communities, with a history of causing particular harm to communities of color.

Support inclusion of the Help Students Vote Act (H.R. 2807/S. 1514) in a Phase 4 stimulus package that addresses the COVID-19 crisis. This would direct colleges to designate a campus administrator as Campus Vote Coordinator as the identified source for students with questions about voter registration; ensure the campus is consistently communicating with students about registration deadlines and upcoming elections, and that voter registration forms are easily accessible; and allow public and private institutions of higher education to apply for federal grants to expand nonpartisan student voter engagement efforts. Support Congressional leaders acting swiftly to install actors who will take their oversight duties seriously and prioritize the public interest in naming commissioners to oversee the COVID stimulus money Oppose the rapid judicial confirmations of Cory Wilson and Justin Walker who both explicitly support dismantling the healthcare protections we need most right now. Support a cessation of the consideration of lifetime judicial nominees at a time when a continued focus on addressing the COID-19 pandemic should be paramount. Support nomination of Jocelyn Samuels to EEOC Oppose the proposed CFPB task force stacked with anti-consumer people planning recommendations on how to weaken consumer protection law and the CFPB's work and instead urge the CFPB to focus on protecting consumers during the COVID-10 pandemic Support HR 7135, legislation to severely curtail the Presidents ability under the 1807 Insurrection Act to use military forces in American cities without explicit Congressional approval Support HR 7217 / S 3957, legislation to remove all statues of individuals who voluntarily served the Confederate States of America from display in the United States Capitol Support the Trump administration provide necessary transparency and disclosure of the trillions of dollars in federal money being spent on the Coronavirus response Support s 2233 / hr 7291, to nullify the effect of the recent executive order that requires Federal agencies to share citizenship data derived from the 2020 census Support including supplemental funding to help the Census Bureau cover costs related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its conduct of the 2020 Census Support h. con. Res. 90, to overturn the OCCs rule on the Community Reinvestment Act Oppose the nomination of Anthony Tata to be Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. Support s. 4019 / hr 7232 establishing Juneteenth as a national holiday

Support new web tool allowing quick registration for Economic Impact Payments for people who did not file a tax return for 2018 or 2019. Support the continued continue to work on automatically issuing payments to the millions of low-income people with disabilities and veterans with disabilities who rely on SSI or VA Disability Compensation and Veterans Pension benefits. Oppose the deadline, announced on 4/20/2020, for Social Security beneficiaries to file taxes or utilize the new web tool to claim economic impact payments for child dependents under the age of 17 or wait until 2021 to claim the payments.

Support new web tool allowing quick registration for Economic Impact Payments for people who did not file a tax return for 2018 or 2019. Support the continued continue to work on automatically issuing payments to the millions of low-income people with disabilities and veterans with disabilities who rely on SSI or VA Disability Compensation and Veterans Pension benefits. Support providing tenants with a way to identify whether their homes are covered by the CARES Act.

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, support a nationwide moratorium on juvenile fines and fees - an immediate freeze on new monetary charges and collection of past debt. Oppose the use of the new PATTERN risk assessment tool, recently developed and authorized under the FIRST STEP Act, as a limiting factor in discretionary determinations about which people in federal prison can and cannot be transferred to Home Confinement during this pandemic Support the CDC updating their guidelines to include both decarceration and expanding healthcare access for incarcerated people and newly released individuals as vital public health strategies for curbing the virus in and out of facilities, and to save lives Support the Booker/Jeffries Emergency Community Supervision Act of 2020 that seeks home confinement for those vulnerable and detained in the Bureau of Prisons Support temporarily lifting the Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Act and provide additional crisis intervention services and supports Support the Federal Bureau of Prisons including disaggregated data, including the age, race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, and disability for incarcerated persons and staff who have contracted, recovered, and died from COVID-19. BOP should also include this same demographic information in its reporting of those it is releasing to home confinement. Additionally, BOP should be reporting the number of people released through compassionate release with demographic information. Support our courts and policymakers ensuring that our rights and protections are not abridged and that our democracy works for all of us. Oppose the rapid judicial confirmations of Cory Wilson and Justin Walker who both explicitly support dismantling the healthcare protections we need most right now. Oppose allowing businesses seeking immunity from potential liability related to workers or customers who contract COVID-19 Support a cessation of the consideration of lifetime judicial nominees at a time when a continued focus on addressing the COID-19 pandemic should be paramount. Support the inclusion of provisions to protect, release, and support the reentry of incarcerated people in the COVID-19 response package Support the Emergency GRACE Act to expedite grants of compassionate release by allowing individuals to make direct petitions to the court Support the Department of Justice opening a full and thorough hate crimes investigation into the horrific killing of Ahmaud Arbery. Also support a federal civil rights pattern or practice investigation into the local district attorneys, including the Office of the District Attorney of the Brunswick Judicial Circuit and the Office of the District Attorney of the Waycross Judicial Circuit, as well as of the Glynn County Police Department, for systemic constitutional abuses. Support Federal statutory reforms on a range of policing issues, including use of force, police accountability, racial profiling, militarization, data collection, and training. DOJ should investigate the killings of Breanna Taylor and George Floyd Call for greater oversight hearing into OJJDP, especially given the guidance pf 5-17-2020, which was contrary to accepted wisdom that juvenile detention is dangerous, retraumatizing, and can expose youth to potential physical and sexual harm Support HR 7135, legislation to severely curtail the Presidents ability under the 1807 Insurrection Act to use military forces in American cities without explicit Congressional approval Support the Strong Communities Act would provide grants to attend school or academy to local law enforcement recruits who agree to serve in a law enforcement agency in their community for at least 4 years Support that there is no statutory cause of action for those who suffer constitutional injury at the hands of federal officers, like there is for those whose rights are violated by state and local officers (section 1983). Instead, victims of federal officers rely on judge-made "Bivens" claims. But the courts have consistently narrowed these claims and the Supreme Court recently threatened their continued existence. Those injured protestors deserve a statutory cause of action to sue those officers who violated their rights--federal officers must be held accountable for police brutality and other violations of constitutional right too. Closing this loophole would help ensure that the executive branch is not above the law. Support the removal of Section 343 from the Justice in Policing Act. This provision would shield information about officials who engage in racial profiling from the public. Support an extension of the 30-day comment period for the public to respond to sweeping regulatory changes that the government just proposed for cases involving individuals fleeing persecution in their home countries and seeking safe haven (asylum) in the U.S. Support whistleblower protections to be included in police reform bills Support eight priorities which are not only reasonable but reflect a bare minimum of what must be in the Justice in Policing Act for systemic police reform to occur. These priorities are: (1) the creation of a necessary use of force standard that designates force a last resort; (2) a ban on chokeholds; (3) a ban on racial profiling; (4) the establishment of a police misconduct registry; (5) inclusion of a reckless standard in 18 U.S.C. Section 242 that enables federal prosecutors to hold law enforcement accountable for Constitutional violations; (6) a prohibition on no-knock warrants, especially in drug cases; (7) the elimination of the judge-made doctrine of qualified immunity, which allows officers and other government actors to evade accountability when they violate individuals civil rights; and (8) the demilitarization of law enforcement agencies Support HR 7315, the Protecting Our Protesters Act, which would criminalize police violence against demonstrators exercising their constitutional rights Support hr 7268 / s 4000, the Andrew Kearse Accountability for Denial of Medical Care Act which would: Hold federal law enforcement officials criminally liable when they fail to obtain or provide medical care to individuals in their custody who are experiencing medical distress; Require training for federal law enforcement officials on assisting individuals in medical distress; and Direct the Inspectors General of the agencies that employ federal law enforcement officers to investigate potential violations and refer appropriate cases to the Department of Justice for prosecution Oppose s. 3985, the JUSTICE Act, and oppose the motion for the Senate to take the bill up for consideration. The bill is far too weak in terms of Police reform Support the leadership of the Department of Justice and the Civil Rights Division to empower the career attorneys and staff to do their job in enforcing federal civil rights laws without political interference Support actions to prevent the continued use and investment in face recognition technology, including by (1) passing legislation, like the Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act of 2020, which would halt the use of face recognition and prevent federal funds from being used to purchase such technology, (2) stop continued federal funding of invasive and discriminatory technologies by police, including face recognition; and (3) ensure that any policing reform bill that funds body or dash cameras prohibits the use of face recognition used in conjunction with these accountability tools. Oppose any legislation that would immunize businesses from liability from coronavirus-related claims. Support the George Floyd Justcie in Policing Act HR 7120 / S 3912

Support fixing issues with Medicare and marketplace enrollment that are currently acting as barriers for older adults and people with disabilities to access health care coverage Support temporarily lifting the Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Act and provide additional crisis intervention services and supports Support increasing FMAP to states and increasing incentive for states to expand Medicaid. Ensure access to affordable health insurance coverage for all; provide states, localities, and tribes with the financial support they need to respond effectively; protect the health and safety of the health care workforce; organize national public health capacity; and protect all patients access to care and prohibit price gouging of health care services. Support the Medicare Crisis Program, which would: enroll in Medicare any uninsured person and the household of a person who is found eligible for unemployment insurance due to COVID-19, throughout the duration of this emergency; establish a COVID-19 National Clearinghouse within the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services to purchase necessary medical and personal protective equipment, including but not limited to: respirator masks, ventilators, gloves, bodysuits, safety glasses, eye protection, isolation gowns, swabs, and more; expand insurance coverage for other uninsured people, by prohibiting cost-sharing within Medicaid and CHIP for COVID-19 vaccine and treatment for enrollees, increasing the federal matching rate for Medicaid during pandemics and economic downturns, and more; and require private insurers (including group, individual, and ERISA plans), Medicare (including Medicare Advantage plans), Medicaid and CHIP, TRICARE and Veterans Affairs plans, the Indian Health Service, and all health plans covering Federal workers to cover COVID-19 testing (regardless of the result) and treatment without cost-sharing or prior authorization. Support adding community health worker services as an optional benefit in the Medicaid program with an increased Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) for states and territories, as well as provide rapid funding for state and local health departments to deploy a community-based workforce in immediate response. Support the protection and strengthening of Medicaid and CHIP as part of upcoming COVID-19 legislation Support CMS development of guidance that will expand patient access to Medicare Part B therapies. Support additional federal Medicaid funding for state Medicaid home and community-based (HCBS) waiver programs for people with disabilities and older adults. Support the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services maintaining the following enrollment policies for the duration of the public health emergency, and longer if needed: The Special Enrollment Period for Part C and Part D; Equitable Relief for Premium Part A and Part B; and Time-Limited Equitable Relief for Marketplace Enrollees.

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, support predatory prison phone companies offering free phone and video calls with no fees to incarcerated and detained individuals immediately for the next 60 days; The prison phone industry commit to the Keep Americans Connected Pledge; and the FCC deny Securus and all companies request to stop paying into the Universal Service Fund. Support $2 to 3 billion per month for the duration of the COVID-19 emergency to support access to broadband that is adequate to meet the needs of multiple people sheltering-in-place while working and learning via video technology simultaneously. Support access to affordable broadband internet in forthcoming stimulus legislation. Support at least $175 billion of funding aimed at stabilizing state budgets to be directed toward K-12; $50 billion toward higher education; $2 billion for an Emergency Connectivity Fund administered through the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) E-rate program to support distance and remote learning and an additional amount for higher education students; expansion of nutrition assistance programs for students and families; funding for extended learning opportunities to help students make up for lost learning time; and future funding that takes into account that students may need additional academic, social-emotional, and physical supports as they return to school Support s 4095, which improves upon the House-passed Broadband expansion in the HEROES Act by: Adds receipt of a Pell grant to the eligibility criteria (this help about 40% of these low-income college students who are not otherwise eligible under the existing criteria); cannot be denied a benefit based on consideration of a credit report or credit score; Protections from upselling; Provides an informal process for consumers to report noncompliance; Adds an Inspector General and Enforcement Bureau audit of the program and a report to Congress. Clarifications include: Providers can offer better terms (lower rates/higher speeds) and that the rates charged are not more than the normal rate or special rate; Schools can verify participation in free/reduced school lunch programs; Provides attest that consumer has not previously received a connected device. New items to the Lifeline enhancement: Requires, where technically feasible, mobile broadband services to offer at no extra charge tethering and the same average download speed and data allowances offered to comparable services that are not part of Lifeline. Support the FCC providing clear guidance regarding the permissible scope of the providers of 5G service in unserved and underserved areas and the people who live in those areas would help alleviate much of the uncertainty that otherwise plagues the auction process generally for DEs.7 Poverty, rather than population density (rurality) should be the Commissions principal criterion for prioritizing communities. 5G is a massive antipoverty program, and thus prioritization according to poverty is entirely logical.

Support HR 51 / S. 631, legislation to make DC the 51st state Support giving local DC officials control over the DC National Guard, in line with each state. Revoke the Presidents authority to federalize the local DC Metropolitan Police Department. Pass H.R. 51, the DC Admissions Act, to make DC a state and to end more than two hundred years of oppression. Statehood is the permanent solution to make the residents of Washington, DC full citizens of the United States and its time has come.

Support a letter to the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency demanding FEMA address racial disparities in disaster response

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, support 1) issuing a moratorium on right-to-sue notices and tolling of all right-to-sue notices that would require a lawsuit to be filed after February 29, 2020; 2) tolling the time periods for federal workers to start and engage in the EEO process; and 3) tolling the 180/300 day filing period for private sector and state and local government charges. Oppose the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs March 17, 2020 decision to temporarily exempt and waive certain affirmative action obligations connected to supply, service, and construction federal contracts specifically to provide coronavirus relief Support the Department of Labor reinterpreting interpretations of the FFCRA which have narrowed the number of workers covered and the scope of the protections afforded, to expand outreach and education to workers about their new protections, and to ensure robust and swift enforcement Support the CDC retracting the guidance and instead provide workers with what they need and deserve: critical, enforced safety and health protections; guaranteed paid sick leave for all workers in these sectors; a presumption that infection occurred at work so workers are eligible for workers compensation benefits; and surveillance of workplace incidences of COVID-19 infection. Support the COVID-19 Every Worker Protection Act of 2020. Oppose OSHA not taking steps to issue an Emergency Temporary Standard to protect all the workers still out there on jobs across the country. Oppose allowing businesses seeking immunity from potential liability related to workers or customers who contract COVID-19 Support the Strengthening UI for Coronavirus Impacted Workers and Students Act. This bill would strengthen the CARES Act by including modified provisions from the House version of H.R. 6379, Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act, which were stripped out by the Senate. Specifically, the bill Exempts All Means-Tested Programs; Makes the $600 Federal Benefit Retroactive to Disaster Declaration; Extends the $600 Federal Benefit through December 31, 2020 with a Soft Cutoff; Provides a $600 Federal Benefit to Individuals with Reduced Hours; and Creates a $300 Federal Benefit for Recent Graduates and Students Support the Strengthening UI for Coronavirus Impacted Workers and Students Act. This bill would strengthen the CARES Act by including modified provisions from the House version of H.R. 6379, Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act, which were stripped out by the Senate. Specifically, the bill Exempts All Means-Tested Programs; Makes the $600 Federal Benefit Retroactive to Disaster Declaration; Extends the $600 Federal Benefit through December 31, 2020 with a Soft Cutoff; Provides a $600 Federal Benefit to Individuals with Reduced Hours; and Creates a $300 Federal Benefit for Recent Graduates and Students Support the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) aggressively enforce the federal standards that apply to determine whether workers can maintain their eligibility to receive regular state unemployment insurance (UI) and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) when their employers are not taking the proper health and safety precautions to protect against COVID-19, including the guidelines established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Support President Trump invoking the authority provided by the Defense Production Act (DPA) and engaging in a more comprehensive, systems-wide application of the statute. Support HR 7135, legislation to severely curtail the Presidents ability under the 1807 Insurrection Act to use military forces in American cities without explicit Congressional approval Oppose the nomination of Anthony Tata to be Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.

Support the Asian-American community, immigrant community, and others confronting a dramatic increase in hate incidents and hate crimes associated with COVID-19 Support the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program Support a halt implementation of the Department of Homeland Security and State Department public charge regulations; ensuring that access to health care is available regardless of a persons immigration status, income or categorical eligibility. Testing and treatment of COVID 19 symptoms and related health conditions, and vaccines (when available) should be covered through emergency Medicaid and other Medicaid options; ensuring access to the stimulus rebates for everyone who files tax returns, whether they use a Social Security Number or an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number; ensuring access to nutrition assistance through programs like the Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP), and extend the Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) program through the summer of 2020; ensuring that health services, and information about COVID-19 and about how to access benefit programs is available in multiple languages and through trusted community providers and that providers have the resources they need to access interpretation services; and ensuring adequate funding for Community Health Centers, which are essential providers in many immigrant and low-income communities. Oppose the practice of expelling asylum seekers, unaccompanied children, and other migrants to Mexico and other countries under the guise of a March 20 order from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on limiting travel at the borders due to COVID-19. Support Congress including immigrant families in the next COVID-19 relief package Oppose Indefinite Suspension of Protections for Unaccompanied Kids and Asylum Seekers at US Border Oppose the Presidents Proclamation on the Suspension of Entry as Nonimmigrants of Certain Students and Researchers from the Peoples Republic of China. Oppose S. 3920 the SECURE CAMPUS Act which prohibits students and researchers from China from entering the U.S. Support HR 6798, the Haitian Deportation Relief Act, which would that would halt deportations to Haiti until the COVID-19 crisis has ended in both Haiti and in the US. It would also require DHS to consider detainees whose deportation has been deferred for Alternatives to Detention. Support an extension of the 30-day comment period for the public to respond to sweeping regulatory changes that the government just proposed for cases involving individuals fleeing persecution in their home countries and seeking safe haven (asylum) in the U.S. Support the availability of immigration and naturalization fee waivers for providing discretionary funding to ensure that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) does not suspend its critically important work

Support a letter to the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency demanding FEMA address racial disparities in disaster response Oppose Indefinite Suspension of Protections for Unaccompanied Kids and Asylum Seekers at US Border Support HR 7135, legislation to severely curtail the Presidents ability under the 1807 Insurrection Act to use military forces in American cities without explicit Congressional approval Support HR 6798, the Haitian Deportation Relief Act, which would that would halt deportations to Haiti until the COVID-19 crisis has ended in both Haiti and in the US. It would also require DHS to consider detainees whose deportation has been deferred for Alternatives to Detention.

Oppose allowing businesses seeking immunity from potential liability related to workers or customers who contract COVID-19 Oppose the proposed CFPB task force stacked with anti-consumer people planning recommendations on how to weaken consumer protection law and the CFPB's work and instead urge the CFPB to focus on protecting consumers during the COVID-10 pandemic No COVID-19 response technology has been proven trustworthy and effective for combating the pandemic in the United States. Use of such technology must only be allowed if it is non-discriminatory, effective, voluntary, secure, accountable, and used exclusively for public health purposes.

Support the amendments to the FISA reauthorization bill (a.k.a. the USA Freedom Reauthorization) to protect privacy Support actions to prevent the continued use and investment in face recognition technology, including by (1) passing legislation, like the Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act of 2020, which would halt the use of face recognition and prevent federal funds from being used to purchase such technology, (2) stop continued federal funding of invasive and discriminatory technologies by police, including face recognition; and (3) ensure that any policing reform bill that funds body or dash cameras prohibits the use of face recognition used in conjunction with these accountability tools.

Support the USDA using their full administrative authority and extending all child nutrition waivers through the summer until September 30, 2020 Support immediately boosting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits and make investments in other critical nutrition programs with proven health and economic impact Support the federal Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) Support greater federal coordination and investment in nutrition research which could accelerate discoveries across numerous critical areas and positively impact public health, equity, the economy, national security, and the nations resilience to new threats.

Oppose the Department of Educations Demonstration Grants for Indian Children and Youth Program proposed rule that would allow for more educational choice, including allowing for private school vouchers

Support providing crucial supports to families facing the stress and disruptions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, by equipping the prevention and child welfare systems with the tools it needs to handle the crisis. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, support an extension of the comment period on the Request for Comment on Considerations for Additional Measures of Poverty

Support a delay in the comment period for the HUD faith-based NRPM

Support 1. $12.5 billion in immediate assistance to cover the cost of low-income water bill assistance, service restorations, shutoff moratoriums, and household water bill debt forgiveness; 2. Water shutoff protections that tie federal funds to a requirement that water providers stop all water shutoffs and restore service to previously disconnected residential customers during the COVID-19 public health emergency and for 180 days following the end of the emergency declaration; and 3. $35 billion in dedicated annual federal funding for public clean water and drinking water providers to improve our water infrastructure, make service more affordable, stimulate the economy and create up to nearly 1 million jobs across the country.

Support a national moratorium on all utility shut-offs and related stimulus funding for distributed clean energy systems and equitable water payment systems as part of COVID-19 stimulus package no. 4

Support Congressional leaders acting swiftly to install actors who will take their oversight duties seriously and prioritize the public interest in naming commissioners to oversee the COVID stimulus money Support $2 to 3 billion per month for the duration of the COVID-19 emergency to support access to broadband that is adequate to meet the needs of multiple people sheltering-in-place while working and learning via video technology simultaneously Support include student debt cancellation in the next coronavirus package, and to extend suspension of those payments through the end of 2020 Support the enactment of policies and sufficient funding to protect low- and moderate-income people from economic disaster and to meet the urgent needs of the most vulnerable people in our nation. Support increasing FMAP to states and increasing incentive for states to expand Medicaid. Ensure access to affordable health insurance coverage for all; provide states, localities, and tribes with the financial support they need to respond effectively; protect the health and safety of the health care workforce; organize national public health capacity; and protect all patients access to care and prohibit price gouging of health care services. Support nonprofits being protected by including additional emergency funding bill to address the COVID-19 pandemic Support Congress applying strong conditions on current and future Covid-19 aid laws to prevent personal profiteering by senior executives of recipient corporations Support the All Dependent Children Count Act, (H.R. 6420), and Sen. Smiths All Dependents Count Act, both of which ensure that dependents who are currently ineligible for the qualifying dependent stimulus payments of $500 per dependent authorized by the CARES Act to receive those stimulus payments. Support Congress providing robust funding for the United States Postal Service in the next coronavirus response package. Support the Emergency Rental Assistance and Rental Market Stabilization Act which would provide $100 billion in emergency rental assistance. Support $300 million in grants for allied health programs and $10 million for outreach to encourage careers in nutrition and dietetics support hr 6800, the HEROES act which provides more than $3 trillion to various governments, at all levels, small businesses, and individuals SUPPORT the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act, or H.R. 266 Support the Paycheck Protection Flexibility Act, which modifies provisions related to the forgiveness of loans made to small businesses under the Paycheck Protection Program

Support providing crucial supports to families facing the stress and disruptions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, by equipping the prevention and child welfare systems with the tools it needs to handle the crisis. Support at least $50 billion in funding dedicated to child care as part of the next stimulus package Support the dedication of resources and the creation of policies that address the urgent safety needs and long-term stability needs of survivors and their children in the next federal COVID relief package. Support the All Dependent Children Count Act, (H.R. 6420), and Sen. Smiths All Dependents Count Act, both of which ensure that dependents who are currently ineligible for the qualifying dependent stimulus payments of $500 per dependent authorized by the CARES Act to receive those stimulus payments. Support Opportunity Youth, youth of color, youth experiencing poverty, and the programs that serve them have the funding and tools to handle this once-in-a-lifetime crisis

Support the Asian-American community, immigrant community, and others confronting a dramatic increase in hate incidents and hate crimes associated with COVID-19 Support H.Res. 908, which expresses strong opposition to harmful actions towards or blaming any one racial group for spreading the Coronavirus Oppose H.Res. 907, which appears to blame Chinese and Chinese Americans for the spread of the virus. Oppose discrimination in federally funded response services, benefits, and programs based on non-merit factors such as (but not limited to) age, disability, sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity, and pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), race, color, national origin, immigration status, or religion. Support our courts and policymakers ensuring that our rights and protections are not abridged and that our democracy works for all of us. Support the collection and reporting of demographic data on COVID-19 patients, either in the next legislation or by agency action Support Congress taking additional urgent action to protect their lives and well-being during the COVID-19 health emergency Support H,Con.Res. 100, which (1) affirms, on the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first slave ship, the U.S. debt of remembrance not only to those who lived through the injustices of slavery but also to their descendants; and (2) proposes a U.S. Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation to properly acknowledge, memorialize, and be a catalyst for progress, including toward permanently eliminating persistent racial inequities. Support HR 1636 / S. 2163, legislation to establish the Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys. The legislation would create a commission housed in the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Office to study the disparities black males experience in education, criminal justice, health, and other areas. The commission would issue an annual report and recommendations to Congress. Support HR 7217 / S 3957, legislation to remove all statues of individuals who voluntarily served the Confederate States of America from display in the United States Capitol Support H.RES. 1038 / S.Res. 647, recognizing the forthcoming centennial of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Support h. con. Res. 90, to overturn the OCCs rule on the Community Reinvestment Act

Support HR 5050 / S 2833, the Veterans and Consumers Fair Credit Act which would put a 36% interest rate cap on all small dollar loans

Support HR 5078, the Prison to Proprietorship, which directs the Small Business Administration, to require women's business centers and small-business development centers to provide entrepreneurship counseling and training services to individuals incarcerated in a minimum-, low-, or medium-security prison Support HR 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Response, and Economic Stimulus (or CARES) Act, which responds to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak and its impact on the economy, public health, state and local governments, individuals, and businesses

Oppose FICA cuts in Coronavirus stimulus bill Support HR 2100, which increases social security benefits Support HR 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Act, which responds to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak by providing paid sick leave, tax credits, and free COVID-19 testing; expanding food assistance and unemployment benefits; and increasing Medicaid funding.

Support S. 270, the Paycheck Fairness Act, which would close gaps and loopholes in the Equal Pay Act of 1963 to help equalize pay between men and women. Support Congressional leaders denouncing xenophobia against the Asian American community because of the coronavirus Make public statements denouncing these anti-AAPI hate crimes and reaffirm their commitment to the safety of AAPI communities; Establish via Executive Order a Task Force to investigate anti-AAPI hate crimes with members including the FBI and DOJ; Improve hate crimes data collection practices; Improve hate crimes investigation training for law enforcement officers; and Immediately cease referring to COVID-19 by ethnicity-specific terms such as Chinese virus Support H J Res 79, which removes the arbitrary deadline for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the US Constitution Support HR 35, the Emmett Till Antilynching Act, which makes lynching a hate crime

Support HR 2339, the Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act, which bans all flavored tobacco products Support a rescision of the Administrations proposed Medicaid block grant guidance Support $105 million for the Reintegration of Ex-Offenders (RExO) program, otherwise known as the Reentry Employment Opportunities (REO) program, within the Department of Labors Employment & Training Administration in the FY21 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies appropriations bill. Support an appropriation of at least $430 million for the Housing Opportunities for People With AIDS program in Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Support the Momnibus bill, a combination of several bills all intended to address maternal mortality within Support HR 5806. The HIV-Epidemic Repayment Program, which would incentivize and support qualified clinicians and dentists to enter the field of HIV medicine and dentistry by authorizing a new program that would offer up to $250,000 in educational loan repayments to physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and dentists in exchange for up to 5 years of service in high the U.S. Support long-term public health infrastructure funding in the next iteration of a COVID-19 supplemental package-need areas Support HR 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Act, which responds to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak by providing paid sick leave, tax credits, and free COVID-19 testing; expanding food assistance and unemployment benefits; and increasing Medicaid funding Support HR 6074, the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, which provides $8.3 billion in emergency funding for federal agencies (primarily health agencies) to respond to the coronavirus outbreak Support HR 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Response, and Economic Stimulus (or CARES) Act, which responds to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak and its impact on the economy, public health, state and local governments, individuals, and businesses

Support full implementation of the Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2018, including $80,000,000 to carry out programs under Title II state formula grants of the JJDPA; $96,053,401 to carry out programs under Title V of the JJDPAmof which, 11% goes to support the Tribal Youth Program; and the remaining $86.4 million goes to support the Title V PROMISE grants Support the following for FY 21: $10 million for the Wrongful Conviction Review Program at the Department of Justice (DoJ), Bureau of Justice Assistance (the Wrongful Conviction Review Program is a part of the Capital Litigation Improvement Program); $10 million for the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Program at the DoJ, National Institute of Justice (NIJ); $30 million for the Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement Grant Program at NIJ; $4.15 million to support forensic science standards setting activities at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); $15 million for NIST to support forensic science research and measurement science Support housing resources for deeply poor families and people experiencing homelessness in any infrastructure spending package. In particular, were asking for $5 billion for the national Housing Trust Fund and $70 billion to repair public housing in FY2021 Support $105 million for the Reintegration of Ex-Offenders (RExO) program, otherwise known as the Reentry Employment Opportunities (REO) program, within the Department of Labors Employment & Training Administration in the FY21 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies appropriations bill Support full funding for juvenile justice and delinquency prevention programs for Fiscal Year 2021. Specifically, we support $176 million dollars for Titles II & V of the Act in FY2021 budget Support an appropriation of at least $430 million for the Housing Opportunities for People With AIDS program in Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Support long-term public health infrastructure funding in the next iteration of a COVID supplemental package Oppose FICA cuts in Coronavirus stimulus bill Oppose any effort, in any economic stimulus bill to deny critical loans to non-profits that receive Medicaid reimbursement In light of the economic pandemonium caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, support providing relief to struggling student borrowers; Ensuring individuals and families are safe and secure; Protect borrowers from abusive interest rates and debt collection practices; Fully funding critical financial relief efforts; Targeting relief to the most vulnerable workers; and Suspending rulemaking unrelated to the pandemic. Support HR 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Act, which responds to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak by providing paid sick leave, tax credits, and free COVID-19 testing; expanding food assistance and unemployment benefits; and increasing Medicaid funding Support HR 6074, the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, which provides $8.3 billion in emergency funding for federal agencies (primarily health agencies) to respond to the coronavirus outbreak. Support HR 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Response, and Economic Stimulus (or CARES) Act, which responds to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak and its impact on the economy, public health, state and local governments, individuals, and businesses Oppose Amdt No.1577 to HR 748; To ensure that additional unemployment benefits do not result in an individual receiving unemployment compensation that is more than the amount of wages the individual was earning prior to becoming unemployed.

Support an extension for the comment period on the faith-based proposed rules Oppose the Departments proposed changes to faith-based organizations contracting with the Department because they would: strip away religious freedom protections from people, often vulnerable and marginalized, who use government-funded social services; expand or create religious exemptions for faith-based providers, including those that would allow them to refuse to provide services; expand exemptions that allow taxpayer-funded employment discrimination; and create flawed rules for indirect aid programs that will harm the religious freedom of beneficiaries. Further oppose the 30-day comment period issued by all agencies but HUD.

Support S. 3239, naming the US Department of Transportation building the William T. Coleman Jr. Department of Transportation Headquarters Support housing resources for deeply poor families and people experiencing homelessness in any infrastructure spending package. In particular, were asking for $5 billion for the national Housing Trust Fund and $70 billion to repair public housing in FY2020

Support HR 3394, the Childrens Act for Responsible Employment. This legislation would remove the exemptions to the Fair Labor Standards Act that allow children to work unlimited hours in agriculture at the age of 12 Support HR 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Act, which responds to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak by providing paid sick leave, tax credits, and free COVID-19 testing; expanding food assistance and unemployment benefits; and increasing Medicaid funding.

Support H J Res 76, which disapproves of the Department of Educations borrower Defense and Institutional Accountability rule regarding students who took out loans to attend for-profit schools which ultimately closed In light of the economic pandemonium caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, support providing relief to struggling student borrowers; Ensuring individuals and families are safe and secure; Protect borrowers from abusive interest rates and debt collection practices; Fully funding critical financial relief efforts; Targeting relief to the most vulnerable workers; and Suspending rulemaking unrelated to the pandemic Support HR 3621, the Student Borrower Credit Improvement Act, which provides for additional consumer credit protections, sets forth requirements for credit reporting agencies, and prohibits the inclusion of specified information on credit reports.

Support the Inspector General of the Federal Reserve/Consumer Financial Protection Bureau investigate recent consumer fraud cases where the Director of the CFPB provided no or inadequate restitution to harmed consumers Oppose proposed rules by the OCC and the FDIC that pose a severe threat to state interest rate limits, including rate caps on installment loans. The rules would provide that nonbank lenders who buy or are transferred loans from banks can charge new interest on the loans at whatever rate the bank charged, regardless of state interest rate limits Support HR 5050 / S 2833, the Veterans and Consumers Fair Credit Act which would put a 36% interest rate cap on all small dollar loans Oppose proposed rules by the OCC and the FDIC that pose a severe threat to state interest rate limits, including rate caps on installment loans. The rules would provide that nonbank lenders who buy or are transferred loans from banks can charge new interest on the loans at whatever rate the bank charged, regardless of state interest rate limit Re: the CFPB Taskforce on Federal Consumer Financial Law: Why is it comprised only of reps. From the industry, and why are its meetings closed to the media? Support the CFPBs decision to propose a rule to amend the Ability-to-Repay (ATR)/ Qualified Mortgage (QM) regulation at expiration of the Government-Sponsored Enterprise (GSE) Patch, to remove a specific debt-to-income (DTI) ratio and associated references to Appendix Q from the QM definition Support the suspension of the comment period for the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) until the end of the coronavirus health emergency Oppose proposed rule Improving and Reforming Regulatory Enforcement and Adjudication; Docket No: OMB-2019-0006, as our experience over the years with regulatory enforcement by the financial regulators is that rather than being too aggressive, they have often been unduly deferential to the companies charged with violating the law and as a result, have often failed to adequately protect consumers Oppose approval of deposit insurance applications submitted by industrial banks or industrial loan companies (ILC) until it ILC rulemaking is final Support the proposed rule , but ensure opportunities to review the impact of codifying the Section 19 policy; More narrowly define dishonesty offenses and expand the exception for drug offenses; Adopt reasonable washout periods limiting consideration of older offenses; Narrow the definition of complete expungement to conform with states laws; Narrow the definition of pretrial diversion to advance the goal of rehabilitation promoted by the states and localities; Streamline the employer-sponsored and individual application process to expand the take-up rate; Reasonably expand the criteria that qualify for the de minimis exception.; Liberalize the conditions that apply when the FDIC approves bank-sponsored applications.; Expand the criteria and evidence that the FDIC considers when evaluating rehabilitation; Liberalize the conditions that apply when the FDIC approves bank-sponsored applications; Encourage the banks to inquire into an applicants criminal history only after the conditional offer stage of the hiring process; and Clarify that the banks may wait to inquire into an applicants criminal history until after the conditional offer stage of the hiring process Oppose move by the federal banking regulators (FDIC, OCC, and Fed) to issue emergency guidance on small dollar loans The guidance does expect it will not address price and will say that balloon-payment, single payment loans are ok Support protecting seniors and their spouses during the COVID-19 pandemic who may have taken out reverse mortgages Support Senator Browns comment letter to the FDIC, the OCC, and the Federal Reserve on proposed changes to the Community Reinvestment Act In light of the economic pandemonium caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, support providing relief to struggling student borrowers; Ensuring individuals and families are safe and secure; Protect borrowers from abusive interest rates and debt collection practices; Fully funding critical financial relief efforts; Targeting relief to the most vulnerable workers; and Suspending rulemaking unrelated to the pandemic.

Oppose the decimation of the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule; proposed changes to the Disparate Impact rule; support a robust Federal Housing Administration; oppose taxbreaks in the 2017 created-Opportunity Zones; oppose investment firms rules preventing investment firms from reducing affordability and safety in manufactured housing communities; oppose eviscerating the community reinvestment act. All of these moves would help abate the affordable housing crisis in the US Support housing resources for deeply poor families and people experiencing homelessness in any infrastructure spending package. In particular, were asking for $5 billion for the national Housing Trust Fund and $70 billion to repair public housing in FY2020 Support HR 149, which: Increases FHIP funding up to $58 million annually from 2021-2025, and $70 million from 2026-2031; sets aside minimum amounts for PEI and EOI (Local and National Media) grants and removes HUDs ability to exclude PEI grantees from also applying for EOI grants; ensures unspent funds are reinvested into additional FHIP grants; establishes a separate regional or national systemic testing grant within FHIP; establishes new strict timeframes during which HUD must notice and award FHIP grants; creates a separate grant program to support the development of research on housing discrimination and residential segregation; requires HUD to study the possibility of making FHIP an entitlement program; removes harmful limitations on the usage of program-earned income; and reinstates HUDs 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule Support an appropriation of at least $430 million for the Housing Opportunities for People With AIDS program in Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Oppose the nomination of Kipp Kranbuhl to be Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets at the Department of Treasury. Due to his stated views on housing finance reform Support the Affordable Housing Opportunities Made Equitable (A HOME) Act, which would develop a thoughtful and intentional approach that directly addresses discrimination and delivers housing opportunities for all Americans Support protecting seniors and their spouses during the COVID-19 pandemic who may have taken out reverse mortgages

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, support increasing the floor for the homestead exemption to $100,000; an increase in debt limits for Chapter 13 bankruptcy; an extension of the time to complete existing Chapter 13s for debtors who need it; a preservation of the Chapter 13 discharge for debtors who have made significant payments; and a protection of Covid-19 emergency payments and other benefits received by bankruptcy debtors

Support a rescision of the Administrations proposed Medicaid block grant guidance Oppose any effort, in any economic stimulus bill to deny critical loans to non-profits that receive Medicaid reimbursement Support an increase to Medicaid FMAP of at least 12% and $150 billion in direct aid to states for fiscal relief to be included in the COVID-19 Economic Stimulus legislative package Support HR 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Act, which responds to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak by providing paid sick leave, tax credits, and free COVID-19 testing; expanding food assistance and unemployment benefits; and increasing Medicaid funding.

Oppose FICA cuts in Coronavirus stimulus bill Support HR 2100, which increases social security benefits

Support the Inspector General of the Federal Reserve/Consumer Financial Protection Bureau investigate recent consumer fraud cases where the Director of the CFPB provided no or inadequate restitution to harmed consumers Support HR 5050 / S 2833, the Veterans and Consumers Fair Credit Act which would put a 36% interest rate cap on all small dollar loans

Support the Inspector General of the Federal Reserve/Consumer Financial Protection Bureau investigate recent consumer fraud cases where the Director of the CFPB provided no or inadequate restitution to harmed consumers Oppose proposed rules by the OCC and the FDIC that pose a severe threat to state interest rate limits, including rate caps on installment loans. The rules would provide that nonbank lenders who buy or are transferred loans from banks can charge new interest on the loans at whatever rate the bank charged, regardless of state interest rate limits Support HR 5050 / S 2833, the Veterans and Consumers Fair Credit Act which would put a 36% interest rate cap on all small dollar loans Oppose proposed rules by the OCC and the FDIC that pose a severe threat to state interest rate limits, including rate caps on installment loans. The rules would provide that nonbank lenders who buy or are transferred loans from banks can charge new interest on the loans at whatever rate the bank charged, regardless of state interest rate limit Support the CFPBs decision to propose a rule to amend the Ability-to-Repay (ATR)/ Qualified Mortgage (QM) regulation at expiration of the Government-Sponsored Enterprise (GSE) Patch, to remove a specific debt-to-income (DTI) ratio and associated references to Appendix Q from the QM definition Support the suspension of the comment period for the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) until the end of the coronavirus health emergency Oppose proposed rule Improving and Reforming Regulatory Enforcement and Adjudication; Docket No: OMB-2019-0006, as our experience over the years with regulatory enforcement by the financial regulators is that rather than being too aggressive, they have often been unduly deferential to the companies charged with violating the law and as a result, have often failed to adequately protect consumers Oppose approval of deposit insurance applications submitted by industrial banks or industrial loan companies (ILC) until it ILC rulemaking is final Support the proposed rule , but ensure opportunities to review the impact of codifying the Section 19 policy; More narrowly define dishonesty offenses and expand the exception for drug offenses; Adopt reasonable washout periods limiting consideration of older offenses; Narrow the definition of complete expungement to conform with states laws; Narrow the definition of pretrial diversion to advance the goal of rehabilitation promoted by the states and localities; Streamline the employer-sponsored and individual application process to expand the take-up rate; Reasonably expand the criteria that qualify for the de minimis exception.; Liberalize the conditions that apply when the FDIC approves bank-sponsored applications.; Expand the criteria and evidence that the FDIC considers when evaluating rehabilitation; Liberalize the conditions that apply when the FDIC approves bank-sponsored applications; Encourage the banks to inquire into an applicants criminal history only after the conditional offer stage of the hiring process; and Clarify that the banks may wait to inquire into an applicants criminal history until after the conditional offer stage of the hiring process Oppose move by the federal banking regulators (FDIC, OCC, and Fed) to issue emergency guidance on small dollar loans The guidance does expect it will not address price and will say that balloon-payment, single payment loans are ok Support protecting seniors and their spouses during the COVID-19 pandemic who may have taken out reverse mortgages Support Senator Browns comment letter to the FDIC, the OCC, and the Federal Reserve on proposed changes to the Community Reinvestment Act In light of the economic pandemonium caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, support providing relief to struggling student borrowers; Ensuring individuals and families are safe and secure; Protect borrowers from abusive interest rates and debt collection practices; Fully funding critical financial relief efforts; Targeting relief to the most vulnerable workers; and Suspending rulemaking unrelated to the pandemic.

Support HR 3394, the Childrens Act for Responsible Employment. This legislation would remove the exemptions to the Fair Labor Standards Act that allow children to work unlimited hours in agriculture at the age of 12 Support S. 270, the Paycheck Fairness Act, which would close gaps and loopholes in the Equal Pay Act of 1963 to help equalize pay between men and women Support HR 2474 / S 1306, the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, which protects the right to join a union Support an additional 30 days to comment on the DoL NRPM RIN 1250-AA10, Nondiscrimination Obligations of Federal Contractors and Subcontractors: Procedures to Resolve Potential Employment Discrimination Support $105 million for the Reintegration of Ex-Offenders (RExO) program, otherwise known as the Reentry Employment Opportunities (REO) program, within the Department of Labors Employment & Training Administration in the FY21 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies appropriations bill. Support HR 5991 / S 3358, the Part-Time Worker Bill of Rights, which would afford crucial protections to millions of part-time workers by expanding access to workplace benefits, ensuring that large employers offer current part-time employees access to additional hours before making new hires, and requiring employers to treat part-time and full-time workers equally when they do the same jobs Support legislation to codify the Reentry Employment Opportunities (REO) Program, which currently exists as a pilot program authorized under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). REO provides grants to organizations involved in workforce training, pre-apprenticeship, and apprenticeship programs for formerly incarcerated people, as well as those who will be released within six months In light of COV-19, we should: Update the Stafford Act to allow for individuals to apply for Disaster Unemployment Assistance without exhausting regular UI first, enabling states to avoid spending down their UI trust funds right away Raise the minimum benefit amount to 1.5 the times of the national average state UI benefit ($531) Require states to waive waiting weeks, so involuntarily unemployed workers can receive benefits as soon as possible. Provide emergency administrative funding for state unemployment insurance programs, since need will rise, and the federal government bears statutory responsibility for the costs of state administration. Support workers who need to balance work and new caregiving responsibilities related to coronavirus: This includes steps such as: Expanding the definition of good cause quits to caregiving responsibilities - including if school closures related to the virus affect parents and caregivers ability to work Requiring states to make part-time workers eligible - particularly as more workers may need to work part-time with potential school closures or caregiving responsibilities. Prevent job loss by expanding work-sharing within unemployment insurance. Work-sharing would allow for companies to move full-time workers to part-time status while workers get compensated through UI for reduced hours. Work-sharing exists in only 27 states and the District of Columbia, and should be required for every state, with a generous federal match for administrative costs for new and existing programs Expand the definition of good cause quit to employees refusing an assignment that violates health and safety standards Waive work search requirements so that people can stay home as is recommended by public health officials, especially since job search for many low-paid jobs requires in-person interviews Help states to provide UI-related services such as career counseling and reemployment assistance remotely Make sure claims related to the pandemic dont count against experience rating so that employers are not penalized for cutting back on business for health-related reasons Support Paid Sick Days for public health emergencies and Personal Family Care / Support S. 3415 / H.R. 6150 Support H.R. 2694, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which a clear, predictable rule: employers must provide reasonable accommodations for limitations arising out of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless this would pose an undue hardship. Support the Providing Americans Insured Days of Leave (PAID ) Act, which would fill the gaps left by the paid sick days and paid leave provisions in the Families First Act and would create permanent paid sick days and paid leave programs Support the Department of Labor, when interpreting the Paid Sick Leave provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, make every effort to ensure that as many working people as possible are covered by the law Support paid sick leave extension to family caregivers for people with disabilities and older adults because of care provider closure or direct care workers unavailability due to COVID-19 Support HR 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Act, which responds to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak by providing paid sick leave, tax credits, and free COVID-19 testing; expanding food assistance and unemployment benefits; and increasing Medicaid funding Oppose Amdt. No.1558 to HR 6201; To strike Federally mandated sick pay and paid family leave and replace it with financial support provided through State administered unemployment insurance systems and funds Oppose a proposed EEOC rule that would prohibit federal employees who are union representatives from utilizing official time or paid duty time to represent their co-workers in an EEO matter

Support H.R. 5053, the Justice for Juveniles Act, which exempts youth up to the age of 21 from the requirements of the Prison Litigation Reform Act Support S. 3254 / HR 5717 , which creates a buy-back program for assault weapons Support full implementation of the Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2018, including $80,000,000 to carry out programs under Title II state formula grants of the JJDPA; $96,053,401 to carry out programs under Title V of the JJDPA, of which, 11% goes to support the Tribal Youth Program; and the remaining $86.4 million goes to support the Title V PROMISE grants. Support the exclusion of mandatory minimums from the temporary extension of even trace amounts of illicit fentanyl and fentanyl analogues, and include a study on the impacts of this extended authority on public health and safety in S 3201 Support HR 4359, the PEACE Act, which would bar the use of deadly force unless necessary-- as a last resort-- to prevent imminent death or serious bodily injury, and reasonable alternatives have been exhausted. This standard is more restrictive than any current federal or state law Support the following for FY 21: $10 million for the Wrongful Conviction Review Program at the Department of Justice (DoJ), Bureau of Justice Assistance (the Wrongful Conviction Review Program is a part of the Capital Litigation Improvement Program); $10 million for the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Program at the DoJ, National Institute of Justice (NIJ); $30 million for the Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement Grant Program at NIJ; $4.15 million to support forensic science standards setting activities at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); $15 million for NIST to support forensic science research and measurement science Oppose the "Trial penalty," which is a penalty of added incarceration time imposed on someone convicted of a crime for not agreeing to take a plea deal offered prior to trial Support $105 million for the Reintegration of Ex-Offenders (RExO) program, otherwise known as the Reentry Employment Opportunities (REO) program, within the Department of Labors Employment & Training Administration in the FY21 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies appropriations bill Support full funding for juvenile justice and delinquency prevention programs for Fiscal Year 2021. Specifically, we support $176 million dollars for Titles II & V of the Act in FY2021 budget Support S. 2146 / HR 3795, the Second Look Act, which would provide an opportunity for people serving long sentences to have their sentence reviewed by a federal judge and considered for release Oppose Cory Wilsons confirmation to the Judicial seat to the US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, based largely on his stated dislike of the ACA and healthcare provisions overall Support legislation to codify the Reentry Employment Opportunities (REO) Program, which currently exists as a pilot program authorized under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). REO provides grants to organizations involved in workforce training, pre-apprenticeship, and apprenticeship programs for formerly incarcerated people, as well as those who will be released within six months Support the decarceration of prisons and jails. Specifically, using all available powers, including the powers of clemency, furlough, parole and compassionate release, dramatically reduce the prison and/or jail populations; working with local officials, advocate the maximum reduction in jail admissions; Working with local officials, advocate that local officials release the vast majority of individuals who are currently incarcerated in jails; for those individuals who remain incarcerated, ensure proper hygiene and access to medical care; for those individuals who remain incarcerated, facilitate communications home; and for everyone who has incurred debt and/or debt-related penalties, end the financial hardship associated with these debts and penalties Support requiring BOP, ICE, ORR and CPB to require a medical release or furlough to anyone who is high risk of becoming ill or is ill Support HR 5078, the Prison to Proprietorship, which directs the Small Business Administration, to require women's business centers and small-business development centers to provide entrepreneurship counseling and training services to individuals incarcerated in a minimum-, low-, or medium-security prison. Support HR 35, the Emmett Till Antilynching Act, which makes lynching a hate crime Oppose the nomination and confirmation of Judge Andrew Lynn Brasher to the US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit Support S 3190 / HR 5602, the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2020 which would enhance the federal governments efforts to prevent and solve crimes of domestic terrorism without adding new penalties

In light of COV-19, we should: Update the Stafford Act to allow for individuals to apply for Disaster Unemployment Assistance without exhausting regular UI first, enabling states to avoid spending down their UI trust funds right away Raise the minimum benefit amount to 1.5 the times of the national average state UI benefit ($531) Require states to waive waiting weeks, so involuntarily unemployed workers can receive benefits as soon as possible. Provide emergency administrative funding for state unemployment insurance programs, since need will rise, and the federal government bears statutory responsibility for the costs of state administration. Support workers who need to balance work and new caregiving responsibilities related to coronavirus: This includes steps such as: Expanding the definition of good cause quits to caregiving responsibilities - including if school closures related to the virus affect parents and caregivers ability to work Requiring states to make part-time workers eligible - particularly as more workers may need to work part-time with potential school closures or caregiving responsibilities. Prevent job loss by expanding work-sharing within unemployment insurance. Work-sharing would allow for companies to move full-time workers to part-time status while workers get compensated through UI for reduced hours. Work-sharing exists in only 27 states and the District of Columbia, and should be required for every state, with a generous federal match for administrative costs for new and existing programs Expand the definition of good cause quit to employees refusing an assignment that violates health and safety standards Waive work search requirements so that people can stay home as is recommended by public health officials, especially since job search for many low-paid jobs requires in-person interviews Help states to provide UI-related services such as career counseling and reemployment assistance remotely Make sure claims related to the pandemic dont count against experience rating so that employers are not penalized for cutting back on business for health-related reasons Support HR 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Act, which responds to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak by providing paid sick leave, tax credits, and free COVID-19 testing; expanding food assistance and unemployment benefits; and increasing Medicaid funding Support HR 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Response, and Economic Stimulus (or CARES) Act, which responds to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak and its impact on the economy, public health, state and local governments, individuals, and businesses Oppose Amdt No.1577 to HR 748; To ensure that additional unemployment benefits do not result in an individual receiving unemployment compensation that is more than the amount of wages the individual was earning prior to becoming unemployed.

Support S. 3254 / HR 5717, which creates a buy-back program for assault weapons.

Support HR 2214, the NO BAN Act, which would repeal President Trumps Muslim ban, asylum ban, and refugee ban, and make necessary reforms to the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to prevent future discriminatory bans. Support bringing HR 2241 to the floor of the full House

Support S 3190 / HR 5602, the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2020 which would enhance the federal governments efforts to prevent and solve crimes of domestic terrorism without adding new penalties.

Support HR 2339, the Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act which bans all flavored tobacco products.

Oppose Federal Communications Commissions recent harmful proposals that would limit the reach and effectiveness of the Lifeline program Support immediately prohibiting disconnections of Lifeline consumers; Within no more than one week, require Lifeline providers to offer unlimited voice minutes and unlimited texting and commensurate voice-only financial support; and Within no more than 21 days, create an emergency Lifeline broadband benefit.

Support Hr 51 / S 631, legislation to grant statehood to the District of Columbia

Support a comment letter drafted by Senator Brown urging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to continue to collect all Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data points added in the CFPBs 2015 final rule, including the data points that are enumerated in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) and those added through the CFPBs discretionary authority. Also, urge the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to maintain the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data elements that the CFPB added and enhanced pursuant to statutory directives and discretionary authority under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Support HR 5050 / S 2833, the Veterans and Consumers Fair Credit Act which would put a 36% interest rate cap on all small dollar loans. Support the following principles be included in any GSE reform: Establish capital levels consistent with what the GSEs are charging the market currently, consistent with statute and the unique risk characteristics of the GSEs. Maintain lines of business that enable the cross-subsidization of lending within all markets and communities, benefiting all borrowers. Retain FHFAs role as a strong independent regulator, with full oversight and approval of operations, capital requirements, fees, charges, and prudential standards. Ensure full and equal access for all lenders, regardless of size, including a prohibition on volume discounts with respect to guarantee fees, buy up and buy down fees, cash pricing, loan level price adjustments, and risk-sharing pricing. Serve all markets, including underserved, rural, and urban areas, equally. Expand access to all creditworthy borrowers and affordable housing through pooling of risk, more level pricing, and equitable distribution of the cost of catastrophic capital to protect against another market failure like the Great Recession; strengthening and ensuring compliance with affordable housing goals; enforcement of duty to serve obligations; compliance with fair housing and lending laws; and full funding of the Housing Trust Fund and Capital Magnet Fund. We believe that chartering additional guarantors would be overly disruptive and would not foster competition in the secondary market, instead creating a race-to-the-bottom environment for loan purchases and a potential competitive advantage that comes from vertical integration. Continue the credit risk transfer program by the GSEs to reduce their overall risk consistent with an economic benefit, with prohibitions on market structures/actions that create an unlevel playing field for loan origination. Charge a fair ongoing fee for maintenance of the existing Treasury line of credit or any explicit federal guarantee. Continue moving forward with administrative recapitalization plans to permit the GSEs to exit conservatorship into a utility-type system, including regulation of pricing and rates of return, to provide investors a fair return and to further the GSEs public mission. While we believe critical GSE reforms have already been accomplished through HERA and FHFA administrative actions, any additional reforms should achieve and conform to the above principles. HMDA data should still be disaggregated by race, gender, income and census tract category Support strong consumer protections (including no overdraft fees, the creation of a user lability, and equality directory, fraud prevention, and accessibility, availability and equality as the federal reserve builds out its FedNow real time payment system Support HR 3948, the Debt Collection Practices Harmonization Act; HR 4403, the Stop Debt Collection Abuse Act; HR 5021, the Ending Debt Collection Harassment Act; HR 5003, The Fair Debt Collection Protection for Servicemembers Act; and HR 5001, the Non-Judicial Foreclosure Debt Collection Clarification Act. Together, these bills extend debt collection protections to government debts, prohibit threatening servicemembers, clarify that non-judicial foreclosures are covered by FDCPA to fix Obduskey, adjust fees for inflation, require consent before text and email communications from debt collectors, and much more Support H.R. 5322 , the Ensuring Diversity in Community Banking Act of 2019 Oppose the FDIC proposed rulemaking which makes changes to, and weakens, the Community Reinvestment Act Support providing greater clarity to lenders on how FHA will address potential loan defects Support H.R. 1500, the Consumers First Act, which would restore the power to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The CFPB was first created in 2008 to protect all Americans from schemes designed to strip wealth from unsuspecting consumers and to protect people who may be targeted because of their race, ethnicity, gender, age, station in life, or other distinguishing characteristic. Many of the initiatives undertaken by the CFPB were good starts towards protecting our people as they worked to build wealth, or in too many cases, just make ends meet. H.R. 1500, the Consumer First Act, would restore crucial economic protections to help protect American consumers from predatory lenders.

Support the EPA not finalizing the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards repeal before the Science Advisory Board completes its review of the underlying science Support S. J. Res. 53, oppose President Trumps proposal to disband former-President Obamas Clean Power Plan, which he put forth in 2014, to mitigate the U.S. contribution to Climate Change. Support H. R. 9, The Climate Action Now Act which would prohibit the U.S. from withdrawing from the Paris Accord on Climate Change and also would require the administration to develop a plan for the U.S. to meet its voluntary commitments under the Paris Agreement. Specifically, H.R. 9 calls for actions to keep global temperatures within 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) of preindustrial levels. It would further voluntarily limit the increase to 1.5 degrees and to reach the global peaking of greenhouse gas emissions as soon as possible.

Oppose the proposed changes to the disparate impact standard as interpreted by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). HUDs existing disparate impact rule is a necessary tool to challenge the structural inequalities that persist in housing and lending today. It has been an effective mechanism for uncovering forms of discrimination which are covert or unintentional and must be preserved to maintain access to credit and homeownership for all communities. Support HR 4783, to require the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency to require each Enterprise to include a preferred language question on the form known as the Uniform Residential Loan Application Support the following principles be included in any GSE reform: Establish capital levels consistent with what the GSEs are charging the market currently, consistent with statute and the unique risk characteristics of the GSEs. Maintain lines of business that enable the cross-subsidization of lending within all markets and communities, benefiting all borrowers. Retain FHFAs role as a strong independent regulator, with full oversight and approval of operations, capital requirements, fees, charges, and prudential standards. Ensure full and equal access for all lenders, regardless of size, including a prohibition on volume discounts with respect to guarantee fees, buy up and buy down fees, cash pricing, loan level price adjustments, and risk-sharing pricing. Serve all markets, including underserved, rural, and urban areas, equally. Expand access to all creditworthy borrowers and affordable housing through pooling of risk, more level pricing, and equitable distribution of the cost of catastrophic capital to protect against another market failure like the Great Recession; strengthening and ensuring compliance with affordable housing goals; enforcement of duty to serve obligations; compliance with fair housing and lending laws; and full funding of the Housing Trust Fund and Capital Magnet Fund. We believe that chartering additional guarantors would be overly disruptive and would not foster competition in the secondary market, instead creating a race-to-the-bottom environment for loan purchases and a potential competitive advantage that comes from vertical integration. Continue the credit risk transfer program by the GSEs to reduce their overall risk consistent with an economic benefit, with prohibitions on market structures/actions that create an unlevel playing field for loan origination. Charge a fair ongoing fee for maintenance of the existing Treasury line of credit or any explicit federal guarantee. Continue moving forward with administrative recapitalization plans to permit the GSEs to exit conservatorship into a utility-type system, including regulation of pricing and rates of return, to provide investors a fair return and to further the GSEs public mission. While we believe critical GSE reforms have already been accomplished through HERA and FHFA administrative actions, any additional reforms should achieve and conform to the above principles. HMDA data should still be disaggregated by race, gender, income and census tract category Support S. 3083, legislation to create 500,000 new Family Stability and Opportunity Vouchers. These are vouchers specifically designed for low-income families with young children to end homelessness and expand their neighborhoods of opportunity Support providing greater clarity to lenders on how FHA will address potential loan defects Oppose HUD's proposed Disparate Impact rule, as the existing rule is crucial to the continued and strengthened access to fair credit and homeownership

Support a Post Master General who believes in public ownership and in good, quality postal service

Oppose S. 2682, which would to permanently reauthorize the DC school voucher program (SOAR) Support HR 51, which grants statehood to the District of Columbia.

Support HR 4617, the Stopping Harmful Interference Elections for a Lasting Democracy (SHIELD) Act which requires all candidates to report contact by a foreign government and prohibits campaigns from discussing their internal workings with foreign agents Support HR 4, the Voting Rights Advancement Act, which repairs the 1965 Voting Rights Act in light of the Shelby v. Holder Supreme Court decision and strengthens it Support HR 4718, the Polling Access Safety Act of 2019, which would protect eligible voters sense of security at the polls and encourage free and fair elections Support firing Stephen Miller Oppose the confirmation of Sarah Pitlyk to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri Support Congress providing full-year funding for the 2020 Census as soon as possible, at least $6.7 billion, whether as part of a package of final spending bills or in a new Continuing Resolution - whichever vehicle will be enacted first Oppose future potential rule by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission which would strip federal sector unions of their legal right to use official union time to represent their coworkers in EEO matters, like discrimination and harassment. Support an inquiry into the possible impeachment of President Donald J. Trump. Support H. Res. 660 Support the Impeachment of President Donald J. Trump on both articles. Support H. Res. 775 Oppose the confirmation of Steven Menashi to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Oppose the confirmation of Judge Halil Ozerden to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Support H.R. 4617, the Stopping Harmful Interference for a Lasting Democracy (SHIELD) Act which requires campaigns to report contacts with foreigners and prohibits the passing of private campaign information to foreigners Support HR 135, the Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act, which would strengthen anti-discrimination provisions as they currently exist for federal employees and open accessibility to the federal workforce for potential workers of color. Support the Brindisi (NY) amendment to H.R. 1, The For the People Act. The amendment would direct states to equalize polling hours across the state within certain parameters. The amendment would have allowed municipalities to set longer hours Support the Neguse (CO) amendment to H.R. 1, the For the People Act, which would allow Americans who are 16 and 17 years old to pre-register to vote ahead of their 18th birthday Support HR 1, The For the People Act, which is a comprehensive bill with provisions to protect, support, and make it easier for eligible American citizens to cast a free and unfettered vote and to be sure their vote was counted. The For the People Act would enact automatic, online, and same-day voter registration; support policies to help ensure no individual waits longer than 30 minutes to vote; require paid time off for voting during early voting periods or on Election Day; require early voting; and implement voter pre-registration for 16- and 17-year-olds. H.R. 1 would also expand the franchise to allow ex-felony offenders the right to vote; increase the penalties for false or deceptive electioneering; reform the campaign finance structure to increase the voice of every-day Americans; prohibit the counter-democratic process known as prison-based gerrymandering; and provide clear ethics guidelines for all federally elected and appointed officials, including the President, the Vice President, every member of the cabinet and Congress.

Support a comment letter drafted by Senator Brown urging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to continue to collect all Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data points added in the CFPBs 2015 final rule, including the data points that are enumerated in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) and those added through the CFPBs discretionary authority. Also, urge the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to maintain the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data elements that the CFPB added and enhanced pursuant to statutory directives and discretionary authority under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Oppose FDIC and OCC filing an amicus brief supporting a predatory small business lender that used a rent-a-bank scheme to charge 120% on a $550,000 loan to a Colorado business. Colorado only permits 45% for these business loans. Support HR 5050 / S 2833, the Veterans and Consumers Fair Credit Act which would put a 36% interest rate cap on all small dollar loans. Support the following principles be included in any GSE reform: Establish capital levels consistent with what the GSEs are charging the market currently, consistent with statute and the unique risk characteristics of the GSEs. Maintain lines of business that enable the cross-subsidization of lending within all markets and communities, benefiting all borrowers. Retain FHFAs role as a strong independent regulator, with full oversight and approval of operations, capital requirements, fees, charges, and prudential standards. Ensure full and equal access for all lenders, regardless of size, including a prohibition on volume discounts with respect to guarantee fees, buy up and buy down fees, cash pricing, loan level price adjustments, and risk-sharing pricing. Serve all markets, including underserved, rural, and urban areas, equally. Expand access to all creditworthy borrowers and affordable housing through pooling of risk, more level pricing, and equitable distribution of the cost of catastrophic capital to protect against another market failure like the Great Recession; strengthening and ensuring compliance with affordable housing goals; enforcement of duty to serve obligations; compliance with fair housing and lending laws; and full funding of the Housing Trust Fund and Capital Magnet Fund. We believe that chartering additional guarantors would be overly disruptive and would not foster competition in the secondary market, instead creating a race-to-the-bottom environment for loan purchases and a potential competitive advantage that comes from vertical integration. Continue the credit risk transfer program by the GSEs to reduce their overall risk consistent with an economic benefit, with prohibitions on market structures/actions that create an unlevel playing field for loan origination. Charge a fair ongoing fee for maintenance of the existing Treasury line of credit or any explicit federal guarantee. Continue moving forward with administrative recapitalization plans to permit the GSEs to exit conservatorship into a utility-type system, including regulation of pricing and rates of return, to provide investors a fair return and to further the GSEs public mission. While we believe critical GSE reforms have already been accomplished through HERA and FHFA administrative actions, any additional reforms should achieve and conform to the above principles Support strong consumer protections (including no overdraft fees, the creation of a user lability, and equality directory, fraud prevention, and accessibility, availability and equality as the federal reserve builds out its FedNow real time payment system. Support HR 3948, the Debt Collection Practices Harmonization Act; HR 4403, the Stop Debt Collection Abuse Act; HR 5021, the Ending Debt Collection Harassment Act; HR 5003, The Fair Debt Collection Protection for Servicemembers Act; and HR 5001, the Non-Judicial Foreclosure Debt Collection Clarification Act. Together, these bills extend debt collection protections to government debts, prohibit threatening servicemembers, clarify that non-judicial foreclosures are covered by FDCPA to fix Obduskey, adjust fees for inflation, require consent before text and email communications from debt collectors, and much more Support H.R. 5322 , the Ensuring Diversity in Community Banking Act of 2019 Oppose the FDIC proposed rulemaking which makes changes to, and weakens, the Community Reinvestment Act Support providing greater clarity to lenders on how FHA will address potential loan defects Support H.R. 1500, the Consumers First Act, which would restore the power to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The CFPB was first created in 2008 to protect all Americans from schemes designed to strip wealth from unsuspecting consumers and to protect people who may be targeted because of their race, ethnicity, gender, age, station in life, or other distinguishing characteristic. Many of the initiatives undertaken by the CFPB were good starts towards protecting our people as they worked to build wealth, or in too many cases, just make ends meet. H.R. 1500, the Consumer First Act, would restore crucial economic protections to help protect American consumers from predatory lenders.

Support HR 2474 / S 1306 , the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, which protects the right to join a union Support the FCC remedy the near 20-year failure to collect industry-wide employment statistics as required by law. Oppose the EEOCs commitment to meaningfully examine the 2017 and 2018 EEO-1 Component 2 pay data. Component 2 requires employers with 100 or more employees to report their employees pay by race, sex, ethnicity, and job category Oppose proposal to carve out TRICARE providers from the Department of Labors Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs jurisdiction Oppose future potential rule by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission which would strip federal sector unions of their legal right to use official union time to represent their coworkers in EEO matters, like discrimination and harassment. Support HR 135, the Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act, which would strengthen anti-discrimination provisions as they currently exist for federal employees and open accessibility to the federal workforce for potential workers of color Support H.R. 7, the Paycheck Fairness Act which would close gaps and loopholes in the Equal Pay Act of 1963 by: protecting against retaliation for discussing salaries with colleagues; prohibiting employers from screening job applicants based on their salary history or requiring a salary history during the interview and hiring process; requiring employers to prove that pay disparities exist for legitimate, job-related reasons; providing plaintiffs who file sex-based wage discrimination claims under the Equal Pay Act with the same remedies as are available to plaintiffs who file race- or ethnicity-based wage discrimination claims under the Civil Rights Act; removing obstacles in the Equal Pay Act to facilitate plaintiffs participation in class action lawsuits that challenge systemic pay discrimination. Support H. R. 582, the "Raise the Wage Act," a bill to gradually raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 by 2025. H.R. 582 will also end unfair current exclusions for tipped workers, people with disabilities, and youth so that they too, can benefit from a decent minimum wage. It will also index future increases in the federal minimum wage to median wage growth to ensure the value of minimum wage does not once again erode over time.

Support the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees ensuring that any legislation to reauthorize expiring FISA authorities scheduled to sunset on December 15, 2019 include key reforms to Section 702, including (1) closing the backdoor search loophole, and (2) ending about collection. Also to further reform the FISC, strengthen the amicus, and increase transparency.

Support HR 1585, the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act. Support legislation to addresses a loop-hole from the Shepard-Byrd Hate Crimes Prevention Act where a crime cant be prosecuted as a hate crime if there was possibly a mixed motive Support H. Res. 747, acknowledging that the War on Drugs has been a failed policy in achieving the goal of reducing drug use Support the following levels in the final Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations bill: $7 million for the Wrongful Conviction Review Program at the Department of Justice (DoJ), Bureau of Justice Assistance (the Wrongful Conviction Review Program is a part of the Capital Litigation Improvement Program);$8 million for the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Program at the DoJ, National Institute of Justice (NIJ); $30 million for the Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement Grant Program at NIJ; $4 million to support forensic science standards setting activities at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); and $15 million for NIST to support forensic science research and measurement science. Support legislation which would remove the age requirement for those seeking an expungement order for first-time drug possession offenses Support the Khalid Jabara and Heather Heyer National Opposition to Hate, Assault, and Threats to Equality (NO HATE Act) (S.2043 / HR 3545). The Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act is an important piece of legislation that would improve hate crime statistics and promote a better response to hate crime within our communities. Support H. Res. 641, a resolution rejecting the racist and imperialist language present in the U.S. Supreme Court decisions referred to as the Insular Cases. These cases were decided in the early 20th century and establish the relationship between the United States and its territories, rest on deeply offensive racial and cultural assumptions, and include such terms as alien races and savage and restless people when referring to the people living in U.S. territories Oppose the confirmation of Sarah Pitlyk to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri Support H.R. 5466, legislation which would add hate crimes to the list of qualifying crimes under the U visa program Oppose H.R. 5331 , the Fairness For All Act. If enacted, this bill would undermine civil rights protections for women, people of color, people of faith and create substandard protections for LGBTQ people Oppose the Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Act because rather than focusing resources on reducing overdose deaths from synthetic drugs, the bill would grant the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) broad authority within the scheduling process, increase sentences, and expose many more individuals to harsh penalties, including mandatory minimum sentences Support the inclusion of H.R. 1076, the Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act of 2019 in the final version of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2020. H.R 1076 would ban the box on federal government and federal contractors job applications, and thus postpone a request for conviction history information until the applicant has received a conditional offer of employment Oppose the confirmation of Steven Menashi to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Support S. 2227 / H.R. 3884, the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act of 2019. The MORE Act calls for and funds social equity programs for individuals and the communities most harmed by the misdirected War on Drugs. Oppose the confirmation of Judge Halil Ozerden to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Support H.R. 1585 / S. 2843 which would reauthorize and strengthen the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). H.R. 1585 / S 2843 would: invest in prevention; end impunity for non-Native perpetrators of sexual assault, child abuse co-occurring with domestic violence, stalking, sex trafficking, and assaults on tribal law enforcement officers on tribal lands; improve enforcement of court orders that require adjudicated domestic abusers to relinquish their firearms; improve access to housing for victims and survivors; protects victims of dating violence from firearm homicide; help survivors gain and maintain economic independence; update the federal definition of domestic violence for the purposes of VAWA grants only to acknowledge the full range of abuse victims suffer (it does not impact the criminal definition of domestic violence); maintain existing protections for all survivors; and it improves the healthcare systems response to domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking, including adding stalkers to the list of those who are prohibited from possessing firearms. Support HR 1423,the Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal or FAIR Act which would protect the legal rights of all Americans to access the courts when they have been harmed. HR 1423 would prevent companies from forcing harmed consumers, workers, and other individuals into private, rigged arbitration systems to resolve disputes. The FAIR Act would also prohibit class action lawsuit waivers, sometimes known as collective action waivers, which are commonly included in most forced arbitration contracts

Oppose proposal to carve out TRICARE providers from the Department of Labors Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs jurisdiction Support the inclusion of H.R. 1076, the Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act of 2019 in the final version of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2020. H.R 1076 would ban the box on federal government and federal contractors job applications, and thus postpone a request for conviction history information until the applicant has received a conditional offer of employment Support the inclusion of provisions mandating 6 weeks of paid parental leave for all federal employees in the final version of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2020. Support the Speier (CA) amendment to H.R. 2500, the National Defense and Authorization Act for 2020 (NDAA2020)," to require that ability alone establishes eligibility to serve in the armed services, and that factors including race, color, national origin, religion, gender identity, or sexual orientation not be considered.

Oppose the continued sales of mint and menthol e-cigarettes. Oppose the sale of flavored e-cigarettes Support H.R. 2339, the Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2019" which bans all characterizing flavors of tobacco products

Support final funding levels for the AIDS Budget and Appropriation Committees programs at the highest levels (generally those proposed by the House of Representatives), and to reject funding cuts proposed by the Senate, particularly for Housing for People With AIDS program Support the highest possible levels for domestic HIV programs, including the Ending the HIV Epidemic Initiative, and for programs that address the syndemics of hepatitis, STDs and tuberculosis. Support no appropriations titles or package of bills, or continuing resolutions for FY2020 moving forward if they contain poison pill policy riders that go against the public interest. Support the following levels in the final Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations bill: $7 million for the Wrongful Conviction Review Program at the Department of Justice (DoJ), Bureau of Justice Assistance (the Wrongful Conviction Review Program is a part of the Capital Litigation Improvement Program);$8 million for the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Program at the DoJ, National Institute of Justice (NIJ); $30 million for the Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement Grant Program at NIJ; $4 million to support forensic science standards setting activities at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); and $15 million for NIST to support forensic science research and measurement science Support Congress providing full-year funding for the 2020 Census as soon as possible, at least $6.7 billion, whether as part of a package of final spending bills or in a new Continuing Resolution - whichever vehicle will be enacted first Oppose S. 2763, which would reform the budget process. Specifically, we are concerned about potential impacts this bill could have on Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP.

Support the Education Department being more aggressive in their final Gainful Employment rule governing for-profit colleges Support HR 2486, the FUTURE Act, which will ensure Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs), Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions (ANNHIs), Predominantly Black Institutions (PBIs), Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs), and Native American-Serving Nontribal Institution (NASNTIs) have the resources they need to support their students Oppose S. 2682, which would to permanently reauthorize the DC school voucher program (SOAR) Support H. J. Res. 76 / S. J. Res. 56, which applies the Congressional Review Act to repeal the Education Departments seriously problematic new borrower defense rule Oppose the notice published in the Federal Register on September 19, 2019 by the Department of Education regarding the Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC). Disaggregated data reported in the CRDC by race, ethnicity, native language, socioeconomic status, English learner status, disability status, disability type, and sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity) help us to know about students experiences in schools and whether all students have equal access to education. Effective data collection and dissemination are necessary for evaluation and review of all other programs and activities. Any change to limit the scope, frequency, or public accessibility of the civil rights data collection would certainly hamper the ability of the department to fulfill its legal obligations and would undermine our shared interest in the best education for every child. Support HR 5363, The Fostering Undergraduate Talent by Unlocking Resources for Education Act or the FUTURE Act under which $255 million in annual mandatory funding would be permanently authorized for historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and other minority-serving institutions (MSIs). The bill represents a compromise between the House and the Senate which permanently reauthorized the fund and increased Pell grants.

Support H.R. 4701, the Health Equity & Access Under the Law (HEAL) for Immigrant Women and Families Act, which removes the five year waiting period for immigrants to become eligible for Medicaid and CHIP and ensures that individuals granted federally authorized presence, including DACA recipients, are eligible for federally funded health care programs; enables undocumented individuals to access health insurance coverage on the ACA health insurance exchanges and make them eligible to obtain premium tax credits and cost-sharing reductions; and restores Medicaid eligibility for COFA migrant Support firing Stephen Miller Support an extension to a 60 day comment period (as opposed to the announced 30 day comment period) in connection with the proposal to adjust certain immigration and naturalization benefit request fees Support H.R. 5466, legislation which would add hate crimes to the list of qualifying crimes under the U visa program Support H.R. 6, the American Dream and Promise Act, which enables DREAMERS and other lawful immigrants to stay and work in the United States Support HR 3239, which establishes minimum humanitarian standards for people in U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody. It further establishes minimum standards for priority individuals such as children, pregnant women, and those with disabilities. Support HR 549, Granting Venezuelans Temporary Protected Status (TPS) visas Support H.R. 3525 which would require the Department of Homeland Security to improve procedures for providing medical screening to people detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Support H.R. 5306 Know Your Social Security Act, which clarifies the law to require mailing paper Social Security annual statements.

Oppose a finalized rule that would result in nearly 700,000 people losing access to food benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as food stamps. The proposal is one of three that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued that would collectively, result in 3.7 million fewer people receiving critical food assistance on average each month. Additionally, millions more would see reductions in their monthly benefits, including nearly one million students who would lose automatic access to free or reduced-price school meals.

Support H.R. 4701, the Health Equity & Access Under the Law (HEAL) for Immigrant Women and Families Act, which removes the five year waiting period for immigrants to become eligible for Medicaid and CHIP and ensures that individuals granted federally authorized presence, including DACA recipients, are eligible for federally funded health care programs; enables undocumented individuals to access health insurance coverage on the ACA health insurance exchanges and make them eligible to obtain premium tax credits and cost-sharing reductions; and restores Medicaid eligibility for COFA migrants Support final funding levels for the AIDS Budget and Appropriation Committees programs at the highest levels (generally those proposed by the House of Representatives), and to reject funding cuts proposed by the Senate Support the highest possible levels for domestic HIV programs, including the Ending the HIV Epidemic Initiative, and for programs that address the syndemics of hepatitis, STDs and tuberculosis., particularly for Housing for People With AIDS program Oppose the continued sales of mint and menthol e-cigarettes. Oppose the sale of flavored e-cigarettes Support health equity guidelines which lead to the reduction of health disparities; holds healthcare industry actors accountable; confronts the coverage gap; improves access to addiction care and safe medicines; promotes a diverse healthcare workforce; addresses he underrepresentation of diverse communities in clinical trials; supports breakthrough medical technologies and innovation; and revolutionizes value-based care Oppose proposal to carve out TRICARE providers from the Department of Labors Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs jurisdiction Support H.R. 4995, the Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act, and H.R, 4996, the Helping Medicaid Offer Maternity Services Act, and support their inclusion in any end of year package. Together, these bills will improve the lives of American women and families by reversing our Nations maternal mortality trend Support the inclusion of S. 1895, the Lower Health Care Costs Act in any end-of-year spending bill. This legislation would end surprise medical bills and extend Medicare to 1-year post partum to help abate the Maternal Mortality problem Support H.R. 2339, the Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2019" which bans all characterizing flavors of tobacco products Support S. J. Res. 52, which overturns President Trumps proposal to further decrease the coverage of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). Under the new rule proposed by the Trump Administration and nullified by S. J. Res. 52, states would be permitted to allow, and even subsidize, health insurance plans which circumvent protections for Americans with preexisting conditions and dont cover essential benefits, like maternity care, preventive screening, and mental healthcare. Support H. R. 986,The Protecting Americans with Preexisting Conditions Act which nullifies the Trump Administrations guidance which allow states to forego certain requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). The requirements nullified by the Trump Administration guidance undermine the consumer protections established in the ACA by giving insurance companies permission to once again discriminate against people with pre-existing conditions.

Support H.R. 2426, the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2019 or the CASE Act of 2019." This legislation would make it easier and less expensive for independent artists to better defend their intellectual property from theft by establishing a Copyright Claims Board within the copyright office, which would give small creators the ability to protect their livelihoods and fight back against infringement of their works in a fair, efficient, timely, and affordable venue.

Support S. 730, the Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Gun Trafficking and Crime Prevention Act of 2019, which would amend the Federal Criminal Code to make trafficking in firearms a federal crime; addresses firearms trafficking at each stage; and establishes stiff penalties to deter gun trafficking4. Support HR 8, the Bipartisan enhanced background checks for gun purchases, which would bar direct firearms sales between unlicensed people, including at gun shows or online, without a background check. Firearms could be sold only by licensed dealers, manufacturers, or importers, who are required to conduct comprehensive background checks Support HR 1112, the Enhanced background check for gun purchases act, which would mandate that no sale of a firearm may be conducted without a completed background check.

Support H.R. 4782, the National Commission on Online Platforms and Homeland Security Act to address the proliferation of terrorist content on social media and other online platforms.

Support H.R. 4782, the National Commission on Online Platforms and Homeland Security Act to address the proliferation of terrorist content on social media and other online platforms. Support S. 2968, legislation to protect the on-line privacy of social media users Support the FCC remedy the near 20-year failure to collect industry-wide employment statistics as required by law.

Support the End Double Taxation of Successful Civil Claims Act, which changes tax law so that plaintiffs that win consumer fraud and sexual harassment cases are not liable for taxes on funds awarded to their attorney Support H.R. 3157 / S. 1138, the Working Families Tax Relief Act (WFTRA,), which would lift millions of American families and children out of poverty by significantly strengthening the highly successful Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Child Tax Credit.

Support HR 3490, the Small Business Lending Fairness Act. This bill bans confessions of judgment for small businesses and consumers.

Support firing Stephen Miller Support the FCC remedy the near 20-year failure to collect industry-wide employment statistics as required by law. Oppose the EEOCs commitment to meaningfully examine the 2017 and 2018 EEO-1 Component 2 pay data. Component 2 requires employers with 100 or more employees to report their employees pay by race, sex, ethnicity, and job category Support H. Res. 641, a resolution rejecting the racist and imperialist language present in the U.S. Supreme Court decisions referred to as the Insular Cases. These cases were decided in the early 20th century and establish the relationship between the United States and its territories, rest on deeply offensive racial and cultural assumptions, and include such terms as alien races and savage and restless people when referring to the people living in U.S. territories Oppose the notice published in the Federal Register on September 19, 2019 by the Department of Education regarding the Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC). Disaggregated data reported in the CRDC by race, ethnicity, native language, socioeconomic status, English learner status, disability status, disability type, and sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity) help us to know about students experiences in schools and whether all students have equal access to education. Effective data collection and dissemination are necessary for evaluation and review of all other programs and activities. Any change to limit the scope, frequency, or public accessibility of the civil rights data collection would certainly hamper the ability of the department to fulfill its legal obligations and would undermine our shared interest in the best education for every child Support H.R. 5322 , the Ensuring Diversity in Community Banking Act of 2019 Oppose H.R. 5331 , the Fairness For All Act. If enacted, this bill would undermine civil rights protections for women, people of color, people of faith and create substandard protections for LGBTQ people Oppose HUD's proposed Disparate Impact rule, as the existing rule is crucial to the continued and strengthened access to fair credit and homeownership Support H.R. 7, the Paycheck Fairness Act which would close gaps and loopholes in the Equal Pay Act of 1963 by: protecting against retaliation for discussing salaries with colleagues; prohibiting employers from screening job applicants based on their salary history or requiring a salary history during the interview and hiring process; requiring employers to prove that pay disparities exist for legitimate, job-related reasons; providing plaintiffs who file sex-based wage discrimination claims under the Equal Pay Act with the same remedies as are available to plaintiffs who file race- or ethnicity-based wage discrimination claims under the Civil Rights Act; removing obstacles in the Equal Pay Act to facilitate plaintiffs participation in class action lawsuits that challenge systemic pay discrimination. Support the Speier (CA) amendment to H.R. 2500, the National Defense and Authorization Act for 2020 (NDAA2020)," to require that ability alone establishes eligibility to serve in the armed services, and that factors including race, color, national origin, religion, gender identity, or sexual orientation not be considered Support HR 5084, the Improving Corporate Government Though Diversity Act which requires certain issuers of securities to disclose the racial, ethnic, and gender composition of their boards of directors and executive officers, as well as the status of any of those directors and officers as a veteran. It also requires the disclosure of any plan to promote racial, ethnic, and gender diversity among these groups. It was referred to the Senate, where no further action has been taken.

Support a comment letter drafted by Senator Brown urging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to continue to collect all Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data points added in the CFPBs 2015 final rule, including the data points that are enumerated in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) and those added through the CFPBs discretionary authority. Also, urge the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to maintain the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data elements that the CFPB added and enhanced pursuant to statutory directives and discretionary authority under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Support S. 2685, the Consumer Credit Control Act, which would require that credit reports be frozen by default with respect to credit and insurance. The bill also requires that consumers give consent before being included on prescreening lists (i.e. lists of consumers that lenders use to make "firm offers of credit" which are usually little better than junk mail). Support strong consumer protections (including no overdraft fees, the creation of a user lability, and equality directory, fraud prevention, and accessibility, availability and equality as the federal reserve builds out its FedNow real time payment system. Support HR 3490, the Small Business Lending Fairness Act. This bill bans confessions of judgment for small businesses and consumers. Support HR 3948, the Debt Collection Practices Harmonization Act; HR 4403, the Stop Debt Collection Abuse Act; HR 5021, the Ending Debt Collection Harassment Act; HR 5003, The Fair Debt Collection Protection for Servicemembers Act; and HR 5001, the Non-Judicial Foreclosure Debt Collection Clarification Act. Together, these bills extend debt collection protections to government debts, prohibit threatening servicemembers, clarify that non-judicial foreclosures are covered by FDCPA to fix Obduskey, adjust fees for inflation, require consent before text and email communications from debt collectors, and much more Oppose forced arbitration rule proposed by Amtrak for all its passengers Support H.R. 1500, the Consumers First Act, which would restore the power to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The CFPB was first created in 2008 to protect all Americans from schemes designed to strip wealth from unsuspecting consumers and to protect people who may be targeted because of their race, ethnicity, gender, age, station in life, or other distinguishing characteristic. Many of the initiatives undertaken by the CFPB were good starts towards protecting our people as they worked to build wealth, or in too many cases, just make ends meet. H.R. 1500, the Consumer First Act, would restore crucial economic protections to help protect American consumers from predatory lenders Support HR 1423,the Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal or FAIR Act which would protect the legal rights of all Americans to access the courts when they have been harmed. HR 1423 would prevent companies from forcing harmed consumers, workers, and other individuals into private, rigged arbitration systems to resolve disputes. The FAIR Act would also prohibit class action lawsuit waivers, sometimes known as collective action waivers, which are commonly included in most forced arbitration contracts

Support extending the higher FMAP and allocate additional funds for Medicaid in Puerto Rico and the other territories. Support extending Medicaid benefits to COFA residents in the USA Oppose S. 2763, which would reform the budget process. Specifically, we are concerned about potential impacts this bill could have on Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP. Support H.R. 4995, the Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act, and H.R, 4996, the Helping Medicaid Offer Maternity Services Act, and support their inclusion in any end of year package. Together, these bills will improve the lives of American women and families by reversing our Nations maternal mortality trend Support the inclusion of S. 1895, the Lower Health Care Costs Act in any end-of-year spending bill. This legislation would end surprise medical bills and extend Medicare to 1-year post partum to help abate the Maternal Mortality problem

Support HR 1417 / S 611, the Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity and Reliability (WATER) Act of 2019, which will provide a major federal investment to renovate our nations old water pipes, stop sewage overflows, address water contamination and help avert a looming water affordability crisis Support lifting the austere Budget Control Act federal spending caps and ensuring that affordable housing, community development, and transportation programs receive the highest allocation of discretionary funds possible for FY20. Support publicly available, broad-based data collection, tracking and disclosure of investment in areas that have been historically under-capitalized through the Opportunity Zone program. This data is essential to helping ensure any community development policy including the Opportunity Zone program can achieve its goals

Support H.R. 1968, legislation to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to Shirley Chisholm Support the provision in HR 1, the Voting Rights / Election protection bill which mirrors the Democracy Restoration Act which restores the right to vote to formerly incarcerated people Oppose proposal by Senator Crapo to privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Support lifting the austere Budget Control Act federal spending caps and ensuring that affordable housing, community development, and transportation programs receive the highest allocation of discretionary funds possible for FY20 Support the inclusion of the Democracy Restoration Act, which would re-enfranchise ex-felony offenders, in the final version of HR 1 Support HR 1094 / S 739,the Native American Voting Rights Act, which will expand in-person registration opportunities by designating federally funded facilities on native reservations as voter registration sites Support the repair and expansion of the 1965 Voting Rights Act; support HR 1, HR 4 / S 561 Support an expansion of access to the polls for all eligible voters; make registering and voting easier; support HR 1, HR 1275 / S 591 Support automatic voter registration; support HR 1 & HR 645 Oppose photo identification requirements for voting / registering to vote Support statehood for DC / Support full voting rights for the residents of DC; support HR 51 Support campaign Finance Reform; support HR1 Support the re-enfranchisement of ex-felony offenders; support HR1 & HR 196 Support the establishment of a Department of Peace; support HR 111 Support HR 135, the Federal Employee Anti-Discrimination Act Support the House-passed $8.45 billion for the Census Bureau, which includes $7.5 billion in dedicated funding for the 2020 Census. This funding recommendation reflects what stakeholders believe the Census Bureau needs to conduct a successful 2020 Census, enabling the agency to meet unique challenges facing the nations first high-tech census. Support the Corporate Transparency Act of 2019, which would end the incorporation of anonymous shell companies in the U.S. Support a bipartisan and independent U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) Support S. Res. 253 / H Res 448, commemorating Juneteenth (June 19) Support legislation to award the Congressional Gold Medal of honor posthumously to Damon Keith Support HR 3654, the Correct the Census Act, which prohibits prison gerrymandering and requires incarcerated people to be counted by the deciannual census at their last known residence rather than at their prison location. Support HR 3509 / s 1980, the LGBT Data Inclusion Act which requires federal agencies to gather information on sexual orientation and gender identity when conducting federal population surveys, including the critical decennial census Oppose any amendments to the Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations bill for FY2020 which may take money away from the Census Bureau Support HR 2722, the Securing Americas Federal Elections or SAFE Act. As drafted, the SAFE Act provides resources to ensure that our elections are secure and accurate for the foreseeable future. Support H. Res. 2, the Democracy for All Amendment, which would be the 28th amendment to the Constitution, and would overturn Supreme Court cases such as Citizens United, which have created the system of pay-to-play big money politics support the House Administration Committee hold a hearing that features representatives from the voting system vendors to answer questions regarding their security and marketing practices Support H. Res. 556, to designate this September as National Voting Rights Month AND to urge Congress to pass H.R. 1, the For the People Act of 2019, H.R. 4, the Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019, and H.R. 2722, the Securing Americas Federal Elections (SAFE) Act and to require the US Department of Treasury to issue a special stamp honoring Fannie Lou Hamer stamp during the month of September and to recognize Americans who fought for voting rights Oppose nomination of Steven Menashi to the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Support H. Res. 489, condemning President Trump's racist comments directed at Members of Congress. Oppose the motion to strike the Speaker's words from the record regarding this resolution Support H. Res. 497, which recommends that the House find Attorney General William P/ Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress for not complying with a subpoena relating to the 2020 Census. Support H Res 576, which demands the immediate transmittal to the congressional intelligence committees of the whistle-blower complaint received by the Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community on August 12, 2019 Support S J res. 54, which terminates the national emergency related to the U.S.-Mexico border, declared by the President on February 15, 2019. Oppose the nominations of Steven Grimberg to the Northern District of Georgia and Ada Brown to the Northern District of Texas Oppose the judicial nomination of anyone who refuses to endorse the Supreme Courts ruling in Brown v. Board of Education

Support $76.95 million in FY 2020 for the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) program. The REACH program is the only community health program funded by the CDC and is the only federal investment directly addressing racial and ethnic health disparities Support lifting the austere Budget Control Act federal spending caps and ensuring that affordable housing, community development, and transportation programs receive the highest allocation of discretionary funds possible for FY20. Support $100 million for the RExO workforce development program for individuals with criminal records at the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration - a $7 million increase over FY19 funding Support full funding of the juvenile justice programs in FY 2020 Support $130 million in budget authority and $6.8 million in evaluation transfer authority for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program; $50 million for CDCs school-based HIV prevention efforts in the Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH); and eliminating funding for the abstinence-only-until-marriage sexual risk avoidance competitive grant Support a significant boost in the fiscal year (FY) 2020 allocation for the Appropriations Subcommittee to address vital and long-neglected needs (Labor - HHS - Education) program Oppose a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution Support language in the Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations bill to clarify that the Department of Justice enforce settlements and consent decrees made under previous administrations and that the Department does not delay any further implementation of the Death In Custody Reporting Act Support language in the Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations bill to clarify that the Department of Justice enforce settlements and consent decrees made under previous administrations; that the Department does not delay any further implementation of the Death In Custody Reporting Act; full funding for the Second Chance Act; increase funding for the Comprehensive Opioid assisted treatment; and expand access to the medication-assisted treatment. Oppose funding for the Project Safe Neighborhoods program; the COPS hiring program; the Byrne-JAG program; and the Drug Enforcement Administration / Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force program Support lifting the budget caps to increase funding above sequestration levels (lower than FY19 funding) that are in place now for FY20, and to provide a robust FY20 funding allotment to the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations bill that supports important criminal justice reform programs including the Violence Against Women Office, the COPS office, and the Second Chance Act Support the House-passed $8.45 billion for the Census Bureau, which includes $7.5 billion in dedicated funding for the 2020 Census. This funding recommendation reflects what stakeholders believe the Census Bureau needs to conduct a successful 2020 Census, enabling the agency to meet unique challenges facing the nations first high-tech census. Support $15 million dollars in FY 2020 for the Statewide Family Engagement Centers program. Support multi-year funding to repair the Federal Housing Administrations broken IT systems Support an increase of $69 million in funding for the Department Of Labors Wage and Hour Division Support the Ocasio-Cortez amendment to the House Commerce Justice and Science Appropriations bill which would increasing funding for overdose treatment while reducing funding for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Oppose the proposal by the Senate Appropriators to cut $1.3 billion from the Pell Grant program.

Support the H.R. 7 / S. 210, the Paycheck Fairness Act, which updates the Equal Pay Act of 1963 by providing new tools to battle the pervasive pay gaps and to challenge discrimination Support the S. 505 / HR 1288, the Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act which would amend the Non-Detention Act of 1971 to prohibit detentions based solely on race ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation Support civil rights retaining a fundamental place in the ongoing online privacy debate, hearings, and legislation Support the Disability Integration Act, S.117 / H.R. 555, to ensure that people with disabilities can live in the community rather than be forced into nursing facilities and other institutions Support Reparations for Americans of African decent; support HR 40 / S.1038 Support HR 5 / S 788, which expands civil rights protections to the LGBTQ community; support the Equality Act; Support the repair and expansion of the 1965 Voting Rights Act; support HR 1, HR 4 / S 561 Support an expansion of access to the polls for all eligible voters; make registering and voting easier; support HR 1, HR 1275 / S 591 Support automatic voter registration; support HR 1 & HR 645 Oppose photo identification requirements for voting / registering to vote Support H.R. 1018, which instructs companies to disclose the race, ethnicity, gender, Veterans status and disability status of members of their Boards of Directors and C-Suite level executives. Support HRes 41, a resolution rejecting white nationalism and white supremacy Support HR 135, the Federal Employee Anti-Discrimination Act Support Congresswoman Ilhan Omar and oppose attacks against her Support S. Res. 253 / H Res 448, commemorating Juneteenth (June 19) Support Representatives Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, Pressley and Tlaib against racist attacks from President Trump. Support H.J.Res. 38,which would remove the deadline put on the 1972 ERA to allow ratification after the 38th state votes to ratify Support major technology companies to make the following commitments: create a real plan to address the fostering of hate on their online platforms. Companies must implement consistent and sophisticated content policies that clarify how they will address white nationalism and white supremacy. They must share how these policies will be implemented to ensure users due process rights are upheld; Condemn President Trumps hate-filled statements and actions toward people of color, immigrants, Muslims and other religious minorities, and members of the LGBTQ community; Acknowledge that so-called predictive technologies are not able to predict instances of mass violence and that these technologies have often been damaging to marginalized communities; Acknowledge that foreign actors, including Russian operatives, have and continue to use online platforms to influence our elections, have used platforms to suppress voting in violation of U.S. law, and may attack the integrity of the 2020 Census; Reaffirm their commitment to increasing the diversity of employment in the tech industry in all jobs so that marginalized communities are part of the creation and implementation of online products Support H.Con.Res. 59, which recognizes the significance of equal pay and the disparity in wages paid to Black women in comparison to men. Oppose the Hold their Feet to the Fire event held by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) and call on Members of Congress not to validate the event by participating and call on all members to denounce the anti-immigrant positions. Support Spier amendment A003 to HR 2500, the National Defense Authorization Act. Amendment A003 would require that eligibility to serve in the armed services be gender-neutral and not depend on n individual's race, color, natural origin religion or gender (including gender identity or sexual preference.) Support H. Res. 489, condemning President Trump's racist comments directed at Members of Congress. Oppose the motion to strike the Speaker's words from the record regarding this resolution Oppose the judicial nomination of anyone who refuses to endorse the Supreme Courts ruling in Brown v. Board of Education

Oppose the separation of families who are seeking asylum in the U.S. Support HR 3106, the Domestic Terrorism Documentation and Analysis of Threats in America Act or the Domestic Terrorism DATA Act which requires the FBI, DOJ, and DHS to produce an annual, unclassified joint report that provides the following: data on domestic terrorist incidents; assessments, investigations, indictments, prosecutions, and convictions with a domestic terrorism nexus; and the number of full-time staff working on domestic terrorism employed by DOJ and DHS Support the amendment A054 by Congressman Thompson (MS) to H.R. 2500, the National Defense Authorization Act. Amendment A054 would prohibit DOD from using any DoD facilities from housing any foreign nationals or individuals detained by ICE Support HR 3525, which directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to (1) research and report to Congress new approaches to improve procedures for providing medical screening of individuals interdicted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection between ports of entry and recommend any necessary corrective actions, and (2) establish an electronic health record system containing the records of individuals in DHS custody that can be accessed by all relevant DHS departments.

Support the H.R. 582 / S. 150, the Raise the Wage Act, which would raise the federal minimum wage to $8.55 this year and increase it over the next five years until it reaches $15 an hour in 2024; after 2024, adjust the minimum wage each year to keep pace with growth in the typical workers wages; phase out the outdated subminimum wage for tipped workers, which has been frozen at a meager $2.13 since 1991; sunset the much-criticized ability of employers to pay workers with disabilities a subminimum wage through certificates issued by DOL; and, phase out the subminimum wage for workers under the age of 20 Support the H.R. 7 / S. 210, the Paycheck Fairness Act, which updates the Equal Pay Act of 1963 by providing new tools to battle the pervasive pay gaps and to challenge discrimination Support $100 million for the RExO workforce development program for individuals with criminal records at the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration - a $7 million increase over FY19 funding Support a significant boost in the fiscal year (FY) 2020 allocation for the Appropriations Subcommittee to address vital and long-neglected needs (Labor - HHS - Education) program Support S. 1082, the Bringing an End to Harassment Accountability and Rejecting Discrimination in the Workplace Act (BE HEARD in the Workplace Act) Support protecting and expanding social security; Support HR 860 / S 269 Support 6 weeks of paid sick and maternity leave for all employees; support the FAMILY Act; Support HR 1185 / S 463 Support a prohibition on potential employers requiring potential employees to state whether they have been convicted of a crime on the initial job application; support HR 1076 / S 387 Support H.R. 1018, which instructs companies to disclose the race, ethnicity, gender, Veterans status and disability status of members of their Boards of Directors and C-Suite level executives. Oppose allowing states to use drug testing as a prerequisite for unemployment compensation Support HR 135, the Federal Employee Anti-Discrimination Act Support s. 1911, THE 21ST Century SKILLS Act, which establishes accounts for American workers to access skilled training opportunities. Support an increase of $69 million in funding for the Department Of Labors Wage and Hour Division Oppose the petition by the American Bus Association to preempt Californias longstanding meal and rest break laws as applied to passenger-carrying commercial motor vehicles Support HR 3463 / S 1970, the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act, legislation that sets a minimum nationwide standard of collective bargaining rights that states must provide public service workers. Support HR 4101 / S 2404, the Build Local Hire Local Act which proposes new requirements and support for close to $100 billion in annual federal infrastructure spending Support HR 2694, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, to ensure that workers can get the accommodations they need- like a stool to sit on or water bottle to carry-and remain safe and healthy on the job Support the Bringing an End to Harassment by Enhancing Accountability and Rejecting Discrimination (BE HEARD) in the Workplace Act (S. 1082, H.R. 2148), legislation that will advance equality, safety, and dignity for millions of individuals Support H.Con.Res. 59, which recognizes the significance of equal pay and the disparity in wages paid to Black women in comparison to men Support an additional 60 day comment period on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking under the RIN number 1250-AA09 and titled Implementing Legal Requirements Regarding the Equal Opportunity Clauses Religious Exemption. Oppose the proposed rule, Implementing Legal Requirements Regarding the Equal Opportunity Clause's Religious Exemption, which the Department of Labors Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published in the Federal Register on August 15, 2019. The proposed rule would vastly expand the existing, narrow religious exemption in Executive Order 11246 that allows religiously affiliated federal contractors to employ only workers who share their faith. It should not be finalized. Indeed, Executive Order 11246 should be amended to strike the religious exemption altogether. Support HR 3862, which prohibits a consumer reporting agency from furnishing an employer with a consumer credit report containing information on the consumer's creditworthiness, credit standing, or credit capacity if the employer intends to use that information for any decision made for employment purposes

Support the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau opening its consumer complaint procedure to accept complaints about Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) loans.

Oppose a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution

Support the finalization of the proposed rule by the FDA that would ban electric skin shock devices Support $76.95 million in FY 2020 for the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) program. The REACH program is the only community health program funded by the CDC and is the only federal investment directly addressing racial and ethnic health disparities Support the Disability Integration Act, S.117 / H.R. 555, to ensure that people with disabilities can live in the community rather than be forced into nursing facilities and other institutions Support $130 million in budget authority and $6.8 million in evaluation transfer authority for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program; $50 million for CDCs school-based HIV prevention efforts in the Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH); and eliminating funding for the abstinence-only-until-marriage sexual risk avoidance competitive grant program Support a significant boost in the fiscal year (FY) 2020 allocation for the Appropriations Subcommittee to address vital and long-neglected needs (Labor - HHS - Education) programs Support the Affordable Care Act; oppose all attempts to repeal it either in part or in whole Oppose the Medicaid provisions in the proposed safe harbor rule and support keeping the safe harbor in place for supplemental rebates negotiated by Medicaid MCOs Support Congressman Pallones bill to reverse the youth tobacco epidemic by putting graphic warnings on cigarette packages; extends the rules around advertising and sales commonly associated with traditional cigarettes to the sale, distribution, and use of all cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, and e-cigarettes extends the FDAs authority to all tobacco products; raises the minimum age for purchasing any tobacco product to 21; prohibits remote retail sales of all tobacco products; prohibits the flavoring of all tobacco products, including menthol; provides the FDA with new authority to collect fees from all tobacco products; regulates products containing synthetic nicotine; makes it illegal to market e-cigarettes to individuals under the age of 21 Support HR 207, the Stop the Violence Act. HR 207 would require the Secretary of HHS to select 10 existing violence prevention programs to receive federal dollars in the form of a grant. These organizations provide wraparound services for victims of violent crime while they are recovering from their injuries. Support S 1129 / HR 1384, which would allow Medicare for all Support the concepts that Health care is a human right; Systemic issues preventing health equity must be dismantled; Individuals must not be discriminated against in the delivery or quality of health care; Health care coverage must be affordable for all people; Benefit design must not be discriminatory; Health care should be high quality and patient-centered; and Health reform must address social determinants of health. Support the RISE (Resilience Investment, Support, and Expansion) from Trauma Act (S.1770/H.R. 3180), which would expand and support trauma-informed workforce in schools, health care settings, social services, first responders, and the justice system, and increase resources for communities to address the impact of trauma. Oppose Section 207 of S 1895, the Lower Health Care Costs Act of 2019. Section 207 seeks to remove long-standing quality standards requirements for the most advanced prescription medicines sold in the United States, biologics and biosimilars Support HR 3525, which directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to (1) research and report to Congress new approaches to improve procedures for providing medical screening of individuals interdicted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection between ports of entry and recommend any necessary corrective actions, and (2) establish an electronic health record system containing the records of individuals in DHS custody that can be accessed by all relevant DHS departments

Support HR 2426, the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2019 which addresses the practical inability of many individual and small business copyright owners to seek legal redress for copyright infringement by creating a Copyright Claims Board to provide a simple, quick and less expensive forum for small copyright owners to protect their livelihood and enforce their rights

Any reauthorization of the Higher Education act (HEA) must: ensure that students have a clear and straightforward path to complete loan discharges when the school they attended has been engaged in widespread misconduct, including misrepresentation or fraud; allow for the gainful employment regulation to be maintained and fully implemented; maintain the existing protections of the 90-10 rule and should restore the 85-15 threshold while closing the Department of Defense /Veterans Affairs loophole; Prohibit abusive sales tactics by colleges; and minimizes waste, fraud and abuse in higher education, as well as protects students, their families and the taxpaying public from predatory colleges Support S. 1074 / HR 2168, the REAL Act, legislation to restore PELL grants to incarcerated people Support S. 672 / HR 1571, the Debt-Free College Act of 2019 which proposes a state-federal partnership which leverages the nations public higher education system to make debt-free college access a reality. Oppose the reauthorization of the DC school voucher program Support a significant boost in the fiscal year (FY) 2020 allocation for the Appropriations Subcommittee to address vital and long-neglected needs (Labor - HHS - Education) program Support a bill to provide colleges and universities with guidance and recommendations on the removal of criminal and juvenile justice questions from their initial application for admissions process Support public school construction, repair and renovation; support HR 865 / S 266 Support the rmoval of the question regarding minor drug infractions from the Financial Aid Form; support provisions in HR 1571 / S 672 Support expanding Pell Grant availability and funding, including allowing incarcerated individuals to access Pell grants; Support HR 2068 / S1074 Support making college more affordable and limiting the amount of debt accumulated; support HR 1571 / S 672 Support HR 3887 / S 2235, the Student Loan Debt Relief Act, which would cancel up to $50,000 in student loan debt for every borrower. Suppot S. 867 / HR 3512, the PROTECT Students Act, to boost consumer protection and accountability by codifying the student borrower defense rule; the gainful employment rule, by closing the DI loophole and restoring the 90/10 rule to 85/15, strengthening the employment compensation ban and limiting the use of funds for marketing to and recruitment of students; and creating new rules for colleges that convert from for-profit companies to non-profit schools Support $15 million dollars in FY 2020 for the Statewide Family Engagement Centers program. Support the S. 888 / HR 2321, Understanding the True Cost of College Act, which, would solve the major problem in that colleges are too often unclear about the amount, type, and obligations of aid they're providing to students. Support HR 1591, the 21st Century STEM for Girls and Underrepresented Minorities Act. This bill would create a $40 million grant program for local districts and schools to improve the participatiThe final guidance interpreting the Opportunities and Responsibilities for State and Local Report Cards under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 should 1) require that all data included in the report cards be disaggregated by student group; 2) provide clearer guidance on how to report per-pupil expenditures; 3) ensure that report cards are uniformly formatted and accessible to families and communities; and 4) reinsert information (from previous guidance proposal) that clarifies ESSA requirements and best practices for supporting educational equity.on of girls and underrepresented minorities in STEM fields. Support S. 1338 / HR 2563 , the Ban the Box for Higher Education Act, which would remove barriers to higher education for individuals with criminal or juvenile justice histories Support S. 1337 / HR 2353 ,the Promoting Reentry Through Education in Prisons (PREP) Act. The legislation would authorize and fund the prison education reforms started by the Obama Administration, as well as expand on those reforms to ensure equitable access to education programs across all as federal prisons. The bill would also provide resources to state departments of corrections as those agencies expand prison education opportunities, and it would address eligible incarcerated veterans access to education benefits. Support S. 1911, THE 21ST Century SKILLS Act, which establishes accounts for American workers to access skilled training opportunities. Support HR 3667 / S 2070, the Summer Meals and Learning Act, which allow schools with summer lunch programs to keep their libraries open for student use during the summer months, with support from public librarians. Support safe, healthy, and inclusive environment for school cultures including: ensuring the rights of students, encouraging schools to implement comprehensive and supportive discipline practices; addressing childhood trauma; enhancing protections against harassment and discrimination at school; ensuring accountability through accurate and comprehensive data collection; investing in school infrastructures that support positive school climates; eliminating school-based law enforcement; and eliminating threats to students health and safety Support HR / S ,the Eliminating Discrimination and Creating Corridors to Expand Student Success (Ed ACCESS) Act of 2019, which would remove the lifetime ban on the American Opportunity Tax Credit (HOPE Scholarship Tax Credit) for individuals convicted of a drug felony Support HR 4584, the Financial Aid Fairness for Students Act, or FAFSA, which rescinds current law delaying or denying federal financial aid to students convicted of drug offenses Oppose the proposal by the Senate Appropriators to cut $1.3 billion from the Pell Grant program Support H.R. 2486, the Fostering Undergraduate Talent by Unlocking Resources for Education (FUTURE) Act. This legislation will ensure a continued funding of $288 million annually for Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs), including Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Oppose the judicial nomination of anyone who refuses to endorse the Supreme Courts ruling in Brown v. Board of Education Support S 2235 / H.R.3387, the Student Loan Debt Relief Act. Upon enactment, this bill would help eliminate up to $50,000 in student loan debt for as many as 42 million Americans, providing debt relief to 95% of student borrowers, including cancelling student debt entirely for 75% of borrowers

Support Lifeline Support S. 1764, the Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act of 2019 which affirms the Federal Communications Commissions (FCC) authority to address a market failure to protect family, clergy and counsel who communicate with incarcerated people. Oppose the Federal Communications Commissions (FCC) recent proposals to impose an overall budget cap on the Universal Service programs Support the limited and targeted petition seeking a pause in the decline in support for voice-only service and increases in minimum service standards pending completion of the Commissions forthcoming marketplace report on the Lifeline marketplace Oppose a cap on the FCC's Universal Service Fund Support S. 2344, legislation which would to direct the Federal Communications Commission to take certain actions to increase diversity of ownership in the broadcasting industry Support major technology companies to make the following commitments: create a real plan to address the fostering of hate on their online platforms. Companies must implement consistent and sophisticated content policies that clarify how they will address white nationalism and white supremacy. They must share how these policies will be implemented to ensure users due process rights are upheld; Condemn President Trumps hate-filled statements and actions toward people of color, immigrants, Muslims and other religious minorities, and members of the LGBTQ community; Acknowledge that so-called predictive technologies are not able to predict instances of mass violence and that these technologies have often been damaging to marginalized communities; Acknowledge that foreign actors, including Russian operatives, have and continue to use online platforms to influence our elections, have used platforms to suppress voting in violation of U.S. law, and may attack the integrity of the 2020 Census; Reaffirm their commitment to increasing the diversity of employment in the tech industry in all jobs so that marginalized communities are part of the creation and implementation of online products

Support the H.R. 1500, the Consumer First Act, which reestablishes the vitality of the CFPB Oppose the proposed rescission of the commonsense ability-to-repay requirements of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the Bureau)s 2017 payday and vehicle title loan rule Support HR 3948, the The Debt Collection Harmonization Act which expands consumer protection laws to include debts owed to the US government and ensures that civil damages awarded for abusive practices are adjusted for inflation. Finally, the bill also bars private debt collectors from going after debts related to natural disasters. Oppose the debt collection rule as proposed by the CFPB as it does far more to protect abusive debt collectors than consumers. The proposal opens consumers up to harassment, abuse and violations of their privacy by telephone, email, text and other means; obscures information about consumers rights; and protects debt collectors and collection attorneys who pursue debts after the legal deadline or with false, deceptive or misleading representations. CFPB must strengthen the rule to fulfill the Bureaus obligation to faithfully implement the Fair Debt Collection Practices Acts (FDCPA)

Support the establishment of a Department of Peace; support HR 1111 SuupportHR 2404, to end all trade and travel embargoes against Cuba

Support HR 1417 / S 611, the Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity and Reliability (WATER) Act of 2019, which will provide a major federal investment to renovate our nations old water pipes, stop sewage overflows, address water contamination and help avert a looming water affordability crisis Oppose the proposed reconsideration of the supplemental finding for the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for power plants Support H.R. 9, the Climate Action Now Act, which would require that the United States remain a partner in and part of the 2016 Paris agreement on climate change. Oppose the revised definition of Waters of the United States

Support updating the Religious Freedom Restoration Act to ensure against discrimination / support HR 1450 / S 593 Oppose the proposed rule, Implementing Legal Requirements Regarding the Equal Opportunity Clause's Religious Exemption, which the Department of Labors Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published in the Federal Register on August 15, 2019. The proposed rule would vastly expand the existing, narrow religious exemption in Executive Order 11246 that allows religiously affiliated federal contractors to employ only workers who share their faith. It should not be finalized. Indeed, Executive Order 11246 should be amended to strike the religious exemption altogether.

Support HR 1094 / S 739,the Native American Voting Rights Act, by Senator Udall and Congressman Lujan which will expand in-person registration opportunities by designating federally funded facilities on native reservations as voter registration sites Support legislation to sever our nations federal government relations with the Creek Nation of Oklahoma until they restore full Tribal citizenship to the Creek Freedmen disenfranchised on October 6, 1979; support HR 1514 Support HR 1585, a bill to reauthorize and strengthen the Violence Against Women Act, and oppose any weakening amendments Oppose the Department of Educations proposal to add a priority to fund private school education with federal dollars through the Tribal Consultation on the Office of Indian Educations Demonstration Grants for Indian Children Program. Support H.R. 1514, which would sever our nations federal government relations with the Creek Nation of Oklahoma until they restore full Tribal citizenship to the Creek Freedmen disenfranchised in the October 6, 1979, Creek Nation.

Support H.R. 1968, legislation to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to Shirley Chisholm Support legislation to award the Congressional Gold Medal of honor posthumously to Damon Keith

Support S. 331 / HR 963 which restores comprehensive HMDA reporting requirements to 25 for mortgages and 100 for HELOCs with the exclusion for banks and credit unions with fewer than $30 million in assets Support the H.R. 1500, the Consumer First Act, which reestablishes the vitality of the CFPB Oppose proposal by Senator Crapo to privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Oppose the CFPB proposal to delay its 2017 payday lending ability-to-repay rule Support H.R. 1018, which instructs companies to disclose the race, ethnicity, gender, Veterans status and disability status of members of their Boards of Directors and C-Suite level executives. Support hr 2684, the FAIR RATES Act, which directs the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) to collect specific loss data from large auto insurance providers, publicly disclose the data, and submit an analysis Support the ATR-QM rule coinciding with the expiration of the GSE Patch; support the elimination Eliminate the debt-to-income (DTI) ratio threshold and the associated Appendix Q; Support maintaining and enhancing the existing ATR regulatory language; and maintaining the existing QM statutory safe product restrictions that prohibit certain risky loan features (e.g., no terms over 30 years, no negative amortization, no interest-only payments, no balloon payments, documented and verified income, etc.).to Congress on disparate impact along racial lines in automobile insurance Support HR 4254, the Overdraft Protection Act of 2019. This legislation will address the most abusive provisions of todays typical overdraft coverage Oppose the debt collection rule as proposed by the CFPB as it does far more to protect abusive debt collectors than consumers. The proposal opens consumers up to harassment, abuse and violations of their privacy by telephone, email, text and other means; obscures information about consumers rights; and protects debt collectors and collection attorneys who pursue debts after the legal deadline or with false, deceptive or misleading representations. CFPB must strengthen the rule to fulfill the Bureaus obligation to faithfully implement the Fair Debt Collection Practices Acts (FDCPA) Support the development of any proposed changes to the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) are developed carefully and refrain from enacting reforms that would undercut CRAs effectiveness Support the letter drafted by Senator Brown to the CFPB regarding its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding Ability to Repay (ATR) and Qualified Mortgages (QM). The letter urged the CFPB to consider the letter and intent of the ATR and QM statutory requirements to ensure that: (1) borrowers maintain at least the same level of access to responsible, affordable mortgage credit that they have today; and (2) all mortgage loans are made based on a demonstrated ability to repay analysis that relies on documented and verified income and is itself documented and subject to examination by the Bureau and other regulators Oppose the CFPBs Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding Ability to Repay (ATR) and Qualified Mortgages (QM). Urge the CFPB to consider the letter and intent of the ATR and QM statutory requirements to ensure that: (1) borrowers maintain at least the same level of access to responsible, affordable mortgage credit that they have today; and (2) all mortgage loans are made based on a demonstrated ability to repay analysis that relies on documented and verified income and is itself documented and subject to examination by the Bureau and other regulators Support a letter by Congressman Meeks and Senator Brown to OCC Comptroller Otting, Federal Reserve Chairman Powell, and FDIC Chair McWilliams which says that any updates to the Community Reinvestment Act must be consistent with its original purpose of bringing financial services and credit access to low-income and underserved communities that continue to bear the legacy of redlining and blatant discrimination Support real-time payments; support efforts by the Federal Reserve to develop a real-time payment plan; support the inclusion of civil right protections in any and all real-time payment plans

Support HR 2339 which would reverse the youth tobacco epidemic by putting graphic warnings on cigarette packages; extends the rules around advertising and sales commonly associated with traditional cigarettes to the sale, distribution, and use of all cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, and e-cigarettes extends the FDAs authority to all tobacco products; raises the minimum age for purchasing any tobacco product to 21; prohibits remote retail sales of all tobacco products; prohibits the flavoring of all tobacco products, including menthol; provides the FDA with new authority to collect fees from all tobacco products; regulates products containing synthetic nicotine; makes it illegal to market e-cigarettes to individuals under the age of 21

Support S. 1138 / HR 3157, the Brown - Bennet - Durbin / Kildee - Evans Working Families Tax Relief Act, which would expand the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Child Tax Credit (CTC) Support $15 million dollars in FY 2020 for the Statewide Family Engagement Centers program. Support HR 860 / S.269 the Social Security 2100 Act to preserve and expand social security

Support the H.R. 1714, the Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act, legislation introduced by Congressman Hank Johnson which would amend the 1033 program to: Prohibit the transfer of military weapons and equipment that are unnecessary and inappropriate for local policing. Prohibited items would include grenades, mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles (MRAPs), armored or weaponized drones, combat configured aircraft, silencers, and long range acoustic devises (LRADs). This bill would also prohibit the future transfer of items that are currently banned from the 1033 program; Eliminate incentives for the inappropriate use of military weapons and equipment: LEAs would be required to have training and give community notice before participating in the 1033 program. LEAs would also have to indicate how they plan to use 1033 property; and Require oversight and transparency of the 1033 program: Annual reporting from the Department of Defense to Congress would be required. All controlled equipment transferred must be accounted for and DOD must make details of 1033 transfers publicly available Support Spier amendment A003 to HR 2500, the National Defense Authorization Act. Amendment A003 would require that eligibility to serve in the armed services be gender-neutral and not depend on n individual's race, color, natural origin religion or gender (including gender identity or sexual preference. Support Garcia (TX) amendment A051 to HR 2500, the National Defense Authorization Act. Amendment A051 would prevent DOD facilities from being used to house or detain unaccompanied minor children. Support Ocasio-Cortez Amendment A052 to HR 2500, the National Defense Authorization Act. Amendment A052 would prohibit the President from deploying troops to the southern border to bolster immigration efforts Support Ocasio-Cortez amendment A053 to H.R. 2500, the National Defense Authorization Act. Amendment A053 would prevent DOD facilities from being used to house or detain undocumented immigrants Support the amendment A054 by Congressman Thompson (MS) to H.R. 2500, the National Defense Authorization Act. Amendment A054 would prohibit DOD from using any DoD facilities from housing any foreign nationals or individuals detained by ICE

Support S 1129 / HR 1384, which would allow Medicare for all

Oppose the reauthorization of the DC school voucher program Support statehood for DC / Support full voting rights for the residents of DC; support HR 51 / S. 631 Support the House Oversight Committee moving forward with H.R. 51, the Washington, DC Admissions Act for consideration by the full United States House of Representatives.

Support HR 860 / S.269 the Social Security 2100 Act to preserve and expand social security

Support lifting the austere Budget Control Act federal spending caps and ensuring that affordable housing, community development, and transportation programs receive the highest allocation of discretionary funds possible for FY20. Support HR 4101 / S 2404, the Build Local Hire Local Act which proposes new requirements and support for close to $100 billion in annual federal infrastructure spending

Support S. 331 / HR 963, which restores comprehensive HMDA reporting requirements to 25 for mortgages and 100 for HELOCs with the exclusion for banks and credit unions with fewer than $30 million in assetts Support the H.R. 1500, the Consumer First Act, which reestablishes the vitality of the CFPB Oppose proposal by Senator Crapo to privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Support H.R. 1018, which instructs companies to disclose the race, ethnicity, gender, Veterans status and disability status of members of their Boards of Directors and C-Suite level executives. Support hr 2684, the FAIR RATES Act, which directs the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) to collect specific loss data from large auto insurance providers, publicly disclose the data, and submit an analysis to Congress on disparate impact along racial lines in automobile insurance Support HR 4254, the Overdraft Protection Act of 2019. This legislation will address the most abusive provisions of todays typical overdraft coverage Support the development of any proposed changes to the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) are developed carefully and refrain from enacting reforms that would undercut CRAs effectiveness Support the letter drafted by Senator Brown to the CFPB regarding its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding Ability to Repay (ATR) and Qualified Mortgages (QM). Urge the CFPB to consider the letter and intent of the ATR and QM statutory requirements to ensure that: (1) borrowers maintain at least the same level of access to responsible, affordable mortgage credit that they have today; and (2) all mortgage loans are made based on a demonstrated ability to repay analysis that relies on documented and verified income and is itself documented and subject to examination by the Bureau and other regulators Support real-time payments; support efforts by the Federal Reserve to develop a real-time payment plan; support the inclusion of civil right protections in any and all real-time payment plans

Support civil rights retaining a fundamental place in the ongoing online privacy debate, hearings, and legislation. Support Lifeline. Oppose the proposed cap on the Universal Services Fund Support S. 1764, the Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act of 2019 which affirms the Federal Communications Commissions (FCC) authority to address a market failure to protect family, clergy and counsel who communicate with incarcerated people. Support S. 2344, legislation which would to direct the Federal Communications Commission to take certain actions to increase diversity of ownership in the broadcasting industry Support major technology companies to make the following commitments: create a real plan to address the fostering of hate on their online platforms. Companies must implement consistent and sophisticated content policies that clarify how they will address white nationalism and white supremacy. They must share how these policies will be implemented to ensure users due process rights are upheld; Condemn President Trumps hate-filled statements and actions toward people of color, immigrants, Muslims and other religious minorities, and members of the LGBTQ community; Acknowledge that so-called predictive technologies are not able to predict instances of mass violence and that these technologies have often been damaging to marginalized communities; Acknowledge that foreign actors, including Russian operatives, have and continue to use online platforms to influence our elections, have used platforms to suppress voting in violation of U.S. law, and may attack the integrity of the 2020 Census; Reaffirm their commitment to increasing the diversity of employment in the tech industry in all jobs so that marginalized communities are part of the creation and implementation of online products Regarding a reply comment to MB Docket No. 18-349; FCC 18-179 - 2018 Quadrennial Regulatory Review: oppose the Commissions proposals to modify or eliminate the Local Radio Ownership Rule, the Local Television Ownership Rule, and the Dual Network Rule

Support S. 331 / HR 963, which restores comprehensive HMDA reporting requirements to 25 for mortgages and 100 for HELOCs with the exclusion for banks and credit unions with fewer than $30 million in assets Support lifting the austere Budget Control Act federal spending caps and ensuring that affordable housing, community development, and transportation programs receive the highest allocation of discretionary funds possible for FY20. Support S. 787 / HR 1737, the American Housing and Economic Mobility Act, which would: ramp up investments at the federal level to build an estimated 3 million new housing units aimed at lower-income and middle-class families in urban, suburban, and rural areas; establish down-payment assistance programs in communities that were shut out of homeownership by redlining and segregation practices; create hard-to-refuse incentives for local governments to eliminate land use rules that currently drive up costs and reduce the construction of new affordable housing; provide support to underwater borrowers, primarily in suburban and rural communities; modernize the Community Reinvestment Act so it covers more financial institutions and promotes more sustainable investments in LMI communities; update the Fair Housing Act of 1968 to prevent discrimination against people because of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, source of income, or veterans status; return the estate tax thresholds to their levels at the end of the Bush Administration - affecting about 10,000 of the wealthiest families in the country - in order to fund the provisions in the bill Support the Disability Integration Act, S.117 / H.R. 555, to ensure that people with disabilities can live in the community rather than be forced into nursing facilities and other institutions. Support increasing resources to fight housing discrimination; support HR 149 Support multi-year funding to repair the Federal Housing Administrations broken IT systems Support FHFAs activities to make their mortgage loan products more accessible to Americans with Limited English Proficiency. Support $5 billion for the National Low Income Trust and $15 billion to rehabilitate the public housing stock and that housing be included in any omnibus infrastructure plan Support s. 2076 / hr 3685 which is a comprehensive reform of eviction and screening policies for federal housing assistance. Oppose the CFPB proposal to raise the threshold for financial institutions to submit Home Mortgage Disclosure (HMDA) data. Support a letter by Chair Waters and Chair Velasquez in opposition to these changes. Support a letter by Ranking Member Brown in opposition to these changes Support HR 3154 / S1929, the Homeownership for Dreamers Act, which would ensure that DACA recipients are eligible for loans backed by FHA. Oppose the decision by the Federal Housing Finance Agency to remove the question about a borrowers language preference from the revised Uniform Residential Loan Application (URLA) FHA mortgages play a crucial role in providing and maintaining access to affordable and sustainable homeownership for LMI families and communities of color. If the Loan Sale Program continues in its current unregulated form, FHA borrowers and their communities remain at risk of further harm from non-compliant servicers and private equity loan purchasers. It is crucial that HUD implement strong protections both before and after loans are sold to prevent needless borrower displacement and neighborhood instability. HUD must develop and enforce robust protections for FHA borrowers and former borrowers affected by loan sales and mandate comprehensive data collection, including on fair housing issues, so that the impact of loan sales can be properly evaluated and problems addressed Support the view that any effort to comprehensively reform Government Sponsored Entities (GSEs)-Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac-must recognize the importance of preserving and strengthening access to stable, affordable, and equitable homeownership opportunities for American families. Oppose the Presidential Memorandum on the issue Support the ATR-QM rule coinciding with the expiration of the GSE Patch; support the elimination Eliminate the debt-to-income (DTI) ratio threshold and the associated Appendix Q; Support maintaining and enhancing the existing ATR regulatory language; and maintaining the existing QM statutory safe product restrictions that prohibit certain risky loan features (e.g., no terms over 30 years, no negative amortization, no interest-only payments, no balloon payments, documented and verified income, etc.) Oppose the Presidential Memorandum on Federal Housing Finance Reform released on 9-5-19 as it will increase the cost of a mortgage for everyone, especially families of color, low- to moderate-income families, and rural families Any effort to comprehensively reform Government Sponsored Entities (GSEs)-Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac-must recognize the importance of preserving and strengthening access to stable, affordable, and equitable homeownership opportunities for all American families Support a letter by Senator Cortez Masto to FHFA Director Mark Calabria opposing his decision to remove the language preference and housing counseling information from the Uniform Residential Loan Application form Support the administration continuing to make contributions to the Housing Trust Fund and Capital Magnet Fund as housing finance reform efforts move forward, including any capital restoration plan.

Support a moratorium on law enforcement use of facial recognition technology

Support H Res. 163, the REPSECT (Realizing Equitable & Sustainable Participation in Emerging Cannabis Trades) Resolution will help communities of color benefit from and expand their foothold in the cannabis industry. Due to decades of inequitable enforcement and discriminatory sentencing for cannabis offenses, communities of color are being locked out of the burgeoning cannabis industry

Support the S. 505 / HR 1288, the Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act which would amend the Non-Detention Act of 1971 to prohibit detentions based solely on race ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation Support H.R. 6, the Dream and Promise Act of 2019, which would put immigrant youth known as Dreamers and long-time beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) on a roadmap to citizenship Support the NO Ban Act, S. 1123, by Senator Coons (DE) and 2214 by Congresswoman Chu (CA) which prohibits the Muslim ban, the asylum ban, and extreme vetting Oppose the Social Security Administration sending no match letters (letters sent to employers when the name and SSN on an employers records do not match those at SSA). Support Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and others; support HR 5 Support DREAMERs; support HR 5 / S 874 Support Alejandra, a 44-year-old transgender woman from El Salvador who requested asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border in November 2017 but has been held in immigration detention by ICE ever since. Oppose Julie Kirchner for the position of Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Oppose H.R. 2820, the Dream Act of 2019, unless the discretionary bars based on juvenile adjudications or alleged or actual gang affiliation are removed. Oppose nomination of Ken Cuccinelli to be Director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Support HR 3154 / S1929, the Homeownership for Dreamers Act, which would ensure that DACA recipients are eligible for loans backed by FHA. Support ending immigration detention without bail; support an end to the automatic deportation of individuals who have had contact with the criminallegal system; support ending the entanglement of local policing and immigration enforcement; and support decriminalizing migration by repealing laws that make migration a crime Support Due Process Rights of Migrants in ICE custody Oppose the Hold their Feet to the Fire event held by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) and call on Members of Congress not to validate the event by participating and support Members of Congress releasing a public statement denouncing anti-immigrant bigotry. Support Garcia (TX) amendment A051 to HR 2500, the National Defense Authorization Act. Amendment A051 would prevent DOD facilities from being used to house or detain unaccompanied minor children. Support Ocasio-Cortez Amendment A052 to HR 2500, the National Defense Authorization Act. Amendment A052 would prohibit the President from deploying troops to the southern border to bolster immigration efforts. Support Ocasio-Cortez amendment A053 to H.R. 2500, the National Defense Authorization Act. Amendment A053 would prevent DOD facilities from being used to house or detain undocumented immigrants Support the amendment A054 by Congressman Thompson (MS) to H.R. 2500, the National Defense Authorization Act. Amendment A054 would prohibit DOD from using any DoD facilities from housing any foreign nationals or individuals detained by ICE Support HR 3239, which established humanitarian standards for individuals held in detention by ICE Support HR 549, which extended Temporary Protected Status to Venezuelan nationals Support HR 3525, which directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to (1) research and report to Congress new approaches to improve procedures for providing medical screening of individuals interdicted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection between ports of entry and recommend any necessary corrective actions, and (2) establish an electronic health record system containing the records of individuals in DHS custody that can be accessed by all relevant DHS departments.

Support the American Housing and Economic Mobility Act, which would: ramp up investments at the federal level to build an estimated 3 million new housing units aimed at lower-income and middle-class families in urban, suburban, and rural areas; establish down-payment assistance programs in communities that were shut out of homeownership by redlining and segregation practices; create hard-to-refuse incentives for local governments to eliminate land use rules that currently drive up costs and reduce the construction of new affordable housing; provide support to underwater borrowers, primarily in suburban and rural communities; modernize the Community Reinvestment Act so it covers more financial institutions and promotes more sustainable investments in LMI communities; update the Fair Housing Act of 1968 to prevent discrimination against people because of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, source of income, or veterans status; return the estate tax thresholds to their levels at the end of the Bush Administration - affecting about 10,000 of the wealthiest families in the country - in order to fund the provisions in the bill Support an expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Child Tax Credit; support S 1138 Support S. 1138 / HR 3157, the Brown - Bennet - Durbin / Kildee - Evans Working Families Tax Relief Act, which would expand the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Child Tax Credit (CTC) Support the Corporate Transparency Act of 2019, which would end the incorporation of anonymous shell companies in the U.S.

Support hr 2684, the FAIR RATES Act, which directs the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) to collect specific loss data from large auto insurance providers, publicly disclose the data, and submit an analysis to Congress on disparate impact along racial lines in automobile insurance

Support meaningful gun violence prevention measures; support HR 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019, support S. 42, the Background Check Expansion Act. Support HR 1112, the Extend Background Check Length. Support a ban military-style semi-automatic assault guns and military high capacity ammunition clips. Support tough new criminal penalties for straw purchasers and gun traffickers. Support a ban on suspects on the terror watch list from purchasing firearms. Support providing funding for the Center for Disease Control to research gun violence as a major public health issue. Support incentivizing and assisting states in improving their overall reporting to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). Support maintaining current law requiring background checks and permits for gun silencers. Support allowing states to maintain and enforce their own concealed carry laws. Support requiring microstamping or ballistic fingerprinting of all new firearms and ammunition sold in the U.S. Support a repeal of all state stand your ground laws, restoring the use of deadly force as a last resort. Support encouraging states and local jurisdictions to utilize their buyer power to create incentives for firearm manufacturers to employ countermarketing strategies to ensure that their retailers are using all available procedures to prevent illegal firearms diversion. Support H.R. 1186, the Keep Americans Safe Act, which would establish a new criminal offense for the import, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device (LCAFD) Support H.R. 1236, the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2019 which encourages states to allow family members or law enforcement officials to petition a judge to temporarily remove firearms from an individual in crisis Support H.R. 2708, the Disarm Hate Act which closes the Violent Hate Crimes Loophole that permits the sale of firearms to individuals who have been convicted of threatening with a deadly weapon or assaulting someone based on their race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability

Oppose the Proposed Rulemaking by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programs (SNAP) requirements and services for Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWDs), which would have allowed more states to withhold SNAP benefits from people. Oppose the confirmation of Naomi Churchill-Earp to serve as Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Oppose the Office of Management and Budgets (OMB) notice regarding differences among various consumer price indexes and their influence on the estimation of the Official Poverty Measure

Support the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau opening its consumer complaint procedure to accept complaints about Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) loans.

Support hr 2684, the FAIR RATES Act, which directs the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) to collect specific loss data from large auto insurance providers, publicly disclose the data, and submit an analysis to Congress on disparate impact along racial lines in automobile insurance

Support HR 1417 / S 611, the Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity and Reliability (WATER) Act of 2019, which will provide a major federal investment to renovate our nations old water pipes, stop sewage overflows, address water contamination and help avert a looming water affordability crisis Oppose the proposed reconsideration of the supplemental finding for the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for power plants Support H.R. 9, the Climate Action Now Act, which would require that the United States remain a partner in and part of the 2016 Paris agreement on climate change. Oppose the revised definition of Waters of the United States

Support a moratorium on law enforcement use of facial recognition technology

Support meaningful gun violence prevention measures; support HR 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019, support S. 42, the Background Check Expansion Act. Support HR 1112, the Extend Background Check Length. Support a ban military-style semi-automatic assault guns and military high capacity ammunition clips. Support tough new criminal penalties for straw purchasers and gun traffickers. Support a ban on suspects on the terror watch list from purchasing firearms. Support providing funding for the Center for Disease Control to research gun violence as a major public health issue. Support incentivizing and assisting states in improving their overall reporting to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). Support maintaining current law requiring background checks and permits for gun silencers. Support a ban on bump stocks machine-gun type firing and other conversion kits, accessories and parts. Support allowing states to maintain and enforce their own concealed carry laws. Support requiring microstamping or ballistic fingerprinting of all new firearms and ammunition sold in the U.S. Support a repeal of all state stand your ground laws, restoring the use of deadly force as a last resort. Support encouraging states and local jurisdictions to utilize their buyer power to create incentives for firearm manufacturers to employ countermarketing strategies to ensure that their retailers are using all available procedures to prevent illegal firearms diversion.

Support inviting the UN Special Rapporteur on Racism Professor E. Tendayi Achiume to visit the U.S. and conduct a fact finding mission Support the establishment of a Department of Peace; support HR 1111 SuupportHR 2404, to end alltrade and travel embargoes against Cuba

Support the H.R. 1714, the Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act, legislation introduced by Congressman Hank Johnson which would amend the 1033 program to: Prohibit the transfer of military weapons and equipment that are unnecessary and inappropriate for local policing. Prohibited items would include grenades, mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles (MRAPs), armored or weaponized drones, combat configured aircraft, silencers, and long range acoustic devises (LRADs). This bill would also prohibit the future transfer of items that are currently banned from the 1033 program; Eliminate incentives for the inappropriate use of military weapons and equipment: LEAs would be required to have training and give community notice before participating in the 1033 program. LEAs would also have to indicate how they plan to use 1033 property; and Require oversight and transparency of the 1033 program: Annual reporting from the Department of Defense to Congress would be required. All controlled equipment transferred must be accounted for and DOD must make details of 1033 transfers publicly available

Support $76.95 million in FY 2020 for the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) program. The REACH program is the only community health program funded by the CDC and is the only federal investment directly addressing racial and ethnic health disparities Support lifting the austere Budget Control Act federal spending caps and ensuring that affordable housing, community development, and transportation programs receive the highest allocation of discretionary funds possible for FY20. Support $100 million for the RExO workforce development program for individuals with criminal records at the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration - a $7 million increase over FY19 funding Support full funding of the juvenile justice programs in FY 2020 Support $130 million in budget authority and $6.8 million in evaluation transfer authority for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program; $50 million for CDCs school-based HIV prevention efforts in the Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH); and eliminating funding for the abstinence-only-until-marriage sexual risk avoidance competitive grant Support a significant boost in the fiscal year (FY) 2020 allocation for the Appropriations Subcommittee to address vital and long-neglected needs (Labor - HHS - Education) program Support increased federal funding for innocence and forensic science programs Oppose a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution Support H. J. Res 46, a resolution to reject and nullify President Donald Trumps declaration of an emergency so he could shift as much as $6.7 billion of previously appropriated monies away from their intended recipients and used instead to build a wall along the southern border of the United States. Support language in the Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations bill to clarify that the Department of Justice enforce settlements and consent decrees made under previous administrations and that the Department does not delay any further implementation of the Death In Custody Reporting Act Support language in the Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations bill to clarify that the Department of Justice enforce settlements and consent decrees made under previous administrations; that the Department does not delay any further implementation of the Death In Custody Reporting Act; full funding for the Second Chance Act; increase funding for the Comprehensive Opioid assisted treatment; and expand access to the medication-assisted treatment. Oppose funding for the Project Safe Neighborhoods program; the COPS hiring program; the Byrne-JAG program; and the Drug Enforcement Administration / Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force program Support lifting the budget caps to increase funding above sequestration levels (lower than FY19 funding) that are in place now for FY20, and to provide a robust FY20 funding allotment to the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations bill that supports important criminal justice reform programs including the Violence Against Women Office, the COPS office, and the Second Chance Act Support $8.45 billion for the U.S. Census Bureau, including at least $7.58 billion in direct funding for 2020 Census operations, in FY 2020. Support $15 million dollars in FY 2020 for the Statewide Family Engagement Centers program. Support multi-year funding to repair the Federal Housing Administrations broken IT systems Support an increase of $69 million in funding for the Department Of Labors Wage and Hour Division Support the Ocasio-Cortez amendment to the House Commerce Justice and Science Appropriations bill which would increasing funding for overdose treatment while reducing funding for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Support amendment offered by Congressman Walberg, et al. to HR 3055, the House Commerce Justice and Science Appropriations bill to restore 2015 DOJ policy by barring funds from being used for "adoptive seizures." Oppose any amendments to the Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations bill for FY2020 which may take money away from the Census Bureau

Support H.R. 1968, legislation to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to Shirley Chisholm Support legislation to award the Congressional Gold Medal of honor posthumously to Damon Keith

Support the House Judiciary Committee ending the call record program as defined in Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act and making public additional information related to nondiscrimination procedures, First Amendment protections, large-scale protection, notice in criminal proceedings, and other issues so that the public can debate more widespread reforms. Support Congressional hearings into domestic terrorism and government surveillance of Black activists Support HR 3106, the Domestic Terrorism Documentation and Analysis of Threats in America Act or the Domestic Terrorism DATA Act which requires the FBI, DOJ, and DHS to produce an annual, unclassified joint report that provides the following: data on domestic terrorist incidents; assessments, investigations, indictments, prosecutions, and convictions with a domestic terrorism nexus; and the number of full-time staff working on domestic terrorism employed by DOJ and DHS

Oppose the government shutdown in part because it is having a negative effect on Americans health Oppose the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) decision to exempt federally funded foster care and adoption agencies in South Carolina from the religious nondiscrimination protections provided under 45 CFR 75.300 (c) Support the finalization of the proposed rule by the FDA that would ban electric skin shock devices Support $76.95 million in FY 2020 for the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) program. The REACH program is the only community health program funded by the CDC and is the only federal investment directly addressing racial and ethnic health disparities Support the Disability Integration Act, S.117 / H.R. 555, to ensure that people with disabilities can live in the community rather than be forced into nursing facilities and other institutions Support $130 million in budget authority and $6.8 million in evaluation transfer authority for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program; $50 million for CDCs school-based HIV prevention efforts in the Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH); and eliminating funding for the abstinence-only-until-marriage sexual risk avoidance competitive grant program Support a significant boost in the fiscal year (FY) 2020 allocation for the Appropriations Subcommittee to address vital and long-neglected needs (Labor - HHS - Education) programs Support the Affordable Care Act; oppose all attempts to repeal it either in part or in whole Oppose the Medicaid provisions in the proposed safe harbor rule and support keeping the safe harbor in place for supplemental rebates negotiated by Medicaid MCOs Support Congressman Pallones bill to reverse the youth tobacco epidemic by putting graphic warnings on cigarette packages; extends the rules around advertising and sales commonly associated with traditional cigarettes to the sale, distribution, and use of all cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, and e-cigarettes extends the FDAs authority to all tobacco products; raises the minimum age for purchasing any tobacco product to 21; prohibits remote retail sales of all tobacco products; prohibits the flavoring of all tobacco products, including menthol; provides the FDA with new authority to collect fees from all tobacco products; regulates products containing synthetic nicotine; makes it illegal to market e-cigarettes to individuals under the age of 21 Support HR 207, the Stop the Violence Act. HR 207 would require the Secretary of HHS to select 10 existing violence prevention programs to receive federal dollars in the form of a grant. These organizations provide wraparound services for victims of violent crime while they are recovering from their injuries. Support S 1129 / HR 1384, which would allow Medicare for all

Oppose the reauthorization of the DC school voucher program Support statehood for DC / Support full voting rights for the residents of DC; support HR 51 / S. 631

Support S. 331 / HR 963, Introduced by Senator Cortez Masto and Congresswoman Velazquez which restores comprehensive HMDA reporting requirements to 25 for mortgages and 100 for HELOCs with the exclusion for banks and credit unions with fewer than $30 million in assets Support NCUA Chairman McWaters meeting with consumer and civil rights groups to discuss potential new rules to expand small dollar loans by credit unions Support the H.R. 1500, the Consumer First Act, which reestablishes the vitality of the CFPB Support Credit score companies developing a way to distinguish individuals harmed by the partial government shutdown Support Credit score companies developing a way to distinguish individuals harmed by natural disasters Support the FDIC preventing high-cost bank payday and installment loans Support credit reporting relief for federal contractors and their employees who are harmed by the government shutdown Oppose the proposal by the FDIC, the OCC, and the FRB to increase the appraisal exemption threshold from $250,000 to $400,000, which means that disconcertingly, under this proposal, all properties under $400k would not require an appraisal anymore Oppose proposal by Senator Crapo to privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Oppose CFPB claims that it can authorize a Bureau employee to give companies letters, approvals or exemptions that exempt them from consumer protection laws and enforcement, giving them immunity from enforcement by states or other government agencies and from private litigation Oppose the CFPB's proposal to delay its payday lending rule Oppose the CFPB proposal to delay its 2017 payday lending ability-to-repay rule Support the restoration of the power and mission of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Support the Consumers First Act; Support HR 1500 Support H.R. 1018, which instructs companies to disclose the race, ethnicity, gender, Veterans status and disability status of members of their Boards of Directors and C-Suite level executives. Support the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau opening its consumer complaint procedure to accept complaints about Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) loans. Support hr 2684, the FAIR RATES Act, which directs the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) to collect specific loss data from large auto insurance providers, publicly disclose the data, and submit an analysis to Congress on disparate impact along racial lines in automobile insurance Oppose the proposed rescission of the commonsense ability-to-repay requirements of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the Bureau)s 2017 payday and vehicle title loan rule Support publicly available, broad-based data collection, tracking and disclosure of investment in areas that have been historically under-capitalized through the Opportunity Zone program. This data is essential to helping ensure any community development policy including the Opportunity Zone program can achieve its goals Support that the CFPB not weaken the 2009 opt-in rule, which has saved consumers billions of dollars, and to establish stronger protections against overdraft fees.

Oppose the separation of families who are seeking asylum in the U.S. Support Congressional hearings into domestic terrorism and government surveillance of Black activists Support HR 3106, the Domestic Terrorism Documentation and Analysis of Threats in America Act or the Domestic Terrorism DATA Act which requires the FBI, DOJ, and DHS to produce an annual, unclassified joint report that provides the following: data on domestic terrorist incidents; assessments, investigations, indictments, prosecutions, and convictions with a domestic terrorism nexus; and the number of full-time staff working on domestic terrorism employed by DOJ and DHS

Oppose the provisions in section 3-2(b) and (d) of HR 1994, the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (SECURE Act), because they undermine public education by providing tax breaks to fund homeschooling and education expenses related to private K-12 schools. Support HR 860 / S.269 the Social Security 2100 Act to preserve and expand social security

Support the H.R. 7 / S. 210, the Paycheck Fairness Act, which updates the Equal Pay Act of 1963 by providing new tools to battle the pervasive pay gaps and to challenge discrimination Oppose the rescission of the January 8, 2014 joint school discipline guidance package, including the Joint Dear Colleague on the Nondiscriminatory Administration of School Discipline, and urge you to immediately state that the Department of Education and the Department of Justice will continue to vigorously enforce our civil rights laws and respond to racial discrimination in school discipline Oppose the Department of Educations proposal to amend rules implementing Title IX of the Education Amendment Act of 1972 (Title IX) as published in the Federal Register on November 29, 2018. The Department of Education should immediately withdraw this NPRM and instead focus its energies on vigorously enforcing the Title IX requirements that the Department has relied on for decades, to ensure that schools promptly and effectively respond to sexual harassment Support the S. 505 / HR 1288, the Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act which would amend the Non-Detention Act of 1971 to prohibit detentions based solely on race ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation Support civil rights retaining a fundamental place in the ongoing online privacy debate, hearings, and legislation Support ensuring that key civil rights laws, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Fair Housing Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, are protected Support the Disability Integration Act, S.117 / H.R. 555, to ensure that people with disabilities can live in the community rather than be forced into nursing facilities and other institutions Support inviting the UN Special Rapporteur on Racism Professor E. Tendayi Achiume to visit the U.S. and conduct a fact finding mission Support Reparations for Americans of African decent; support HR 40 / S.1038 Support HR 5 / S 788, which expands civil rights protections to the LGBTQ community; support the Equality Act; Support the repair and expansion of the 1965 Voting Rights Act; support HR 1, HR 4 / S 561 Support an expansion of access to the polls for all eligible voters; make registering and voting easier; support HR 1, HR 1275 / S 591 Support automatic voter registration; support HR 1 & HR 645 Oppose photo identification requirements for voting / registering to vote Support H.R. 1018, which instructs companies to disclose the race, ethnicity, gender, Veterans status and disability status of members of their Boards of Directors and C-Suite level executives. Support HRes 41, a resolution rejecting white nationalism and white supremacy Support HR 135, the Federal Employee Anti-Discrimination Act Support Congresswoman Ilhan Omar and oppose attacks against her Support S. Res. 253 / H Res 448, commemorating Juneteenth (June 19) Support amendment #160, offered by Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, to H.R. 3055, the second minibus appropriations package making appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food & Drug Administration, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing & Urban Development Appropriations. Congressman Jeffries amendment prohibits the National Park Service from using any funds in the bill for the purchase or display of the confederate battle flag.

Oppose a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution

Support civil rights retaining a fundamental place in the ongoing online privacy debate, hearings, and legislation. Support Lifeline. Support the FCC reaffirming that states and localities cannot and should not impose additional franchise fees on broadband services beyond the 5% maximum already charged for cable services because the broadband service is provided over the same networks, so the 5% rights-of-way fee has already been charged Oppose the FCC s proposals to modify or eliminate the Local Radio Ownership Rule, the Local Television Ownership Rule, and the Dual Network Rule (collectively the Media Ownership Rules). The Media Ownership Rules serve the public interest in assuring an accurate, diverse, and independent media and are the last bulwark against already abysmally low ownership diversity rates. Oppose the proposed cap on the Universal Services Fund Support requesting an extension of time to file comments in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to impose an overall cap on the four Universal Services Programs (Lifeline, e-rate for schools and libraries, Rural Health Care and High Cost). The current deadline for comments is July 15, 2019 and replies are due August 12, 2019. Support S. 1764, the Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act of 2019 which affirms the Federal Communications Commissions (FCC) authority to address a market failure to protect family, clergy and counsel who communicate with incarcerated people.

Support updating the Religious Freedom Restoration Act to ensure against discrimination / support HR 1450 / S 593 Oppose the provisions in section 3-2(b) and (d) of HR 1994, the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (SECURE Act), because they undermine public education by providing tax breaks to fund homeschooling and education expenses related to private K-12 schools.

Support HR 1417 / S 611, the Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity and Reliability (WATER) Act of 2019, which will provide a major federal investment to renovate our nations old water pipes, stop sewage overflows, address water contamination and help avert a looming water affordability crisis Support lifting the austere Budget Control Act federal spending caps and ensuring that affordable housing, community development, and transportation programs receive the highest allocation of discretionary funds possible for FY20. Support publicly available, broad-based data collection, tracking and disclosure of investment in areas that have been historically under-capitalized through the Opportunity Zone program. This data is essential to helping ensure any community development policy including the Opportunity Zone program can achieve its goals

Oppose the government shutdown in part because it is having a negative effect on Americans health Support H.R. 1968, legislation to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to Shirley Chisholm Support the provision in HR 1, the Voting Rights / Election protection bill which mirrors the Democracy Restoration Act which restores the right to vote to formerly incarcerated people Support the establishment of a National Task Force on the Impact of the Affordable Housing Crisis. Oppose the nomination of Neomi Rao to the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit Support back pay for employees of federal contractors who were affected by the government shutdown of January, 2019 Oppose proposal by Senator Crapo to privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Oppose the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) decision to exempt federally funded foster care and adoption agencies in South Carolina from the religious nondiscrimination protections provided under 45 CFR 75.300 (c) Oppose CFPB claims that it can authorize a Bureau employee to give companies letters, approvals or exemptions that exempt them from consumer protection laws and enforcement, giving them immunity from enforcement by states or other government agencies and from private litigation Support the Open Debate Principle that the public should be empowered to conceive and select debate questions.Support H.R. 1, the For the People Act is a comprehensive reform package that fixes our broken democracy and makes it easier, not harder for people to vote; aims to end the dominance of big money in politics, and has provisions ensuring that public officials work for the public interest. Support lifting the austere Budget Control Act federal spending caps and ensuring that affordable housing, community development, and transportation programs receive the highest allocation of discretionary funds possible for FY20 Support the inclusion of the Democracy Restoration Act, which would re-enfranchise ex-felony offenders, in the final version of HR 1 Support HR 1094 / S 739,the Native American Voting Rights Act, by Senator Udall and Congressman Lujan which will expand in-person registration opportunities by designating federally funded facilities on native reservations as voter registration sites Support a robust program of Questionnaire Assistance Centers (QACs) for the 2020 census Support the repair and expansion of the 1965 Voting Rights Act; support HR 1, HR 4 / S 561 Support an expansion of access to the polls for all eligible voters; make registering and voting easier; support HR 1, HR 1275 / S 591 Support automatic voter registration; support HR 1 & HR 645 Oppose photo identification requirements for voting / registering to vote Support statehood for DC / Support full voting rights for the residents of DC; support HR 51 Support campaign Finance Reform; support HR1 Support a fair, accurate, and credible 2020 Census Oppose a citizenship question on the 2020 Census form Support the re-enfranchisement of ex-felony offenders; support HR1 & HR 196 Support the establishment of a Department of Peace; support HR 1111 Oppose the nomination of Neomi Rao to the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit Support H. J. Res 46, a resolution to reject and nullify President Donald Trumps declaration of an emergency so he could shift as much as $6.7 billion of previously appropriated monies away from their intended recipients and used instead to build a wall along the southern border of the United States Oppose the nomination of Eric Miller to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Oppose the nomination of the former State Solicitor General of Ohio, Eric Murphy, to a lifetime appointment on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Oppose the nomination of Chad Readler to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Oppose the nomination of Allison Rushing to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Support legislation which would bring an immediate end to the partial government shutdown. Support HR 135, the Federal Employee Anti-Discrimination Act Oppose the Cole (OK) amendment to HR1, which would have restored a provision currently in law that bars government contractors from disclosing campaign contributions as part of the bidding process. Support Negruse amendment to HR 1, which allows 16 and 17-year-olds to pre-register to vote ahead of their 18th birthday. Support $8.45 billion for the U.S. Census Bureau, including at least $7.58 billion in direct funding for 2020 Census operations, in FY 2020. Support an extension in the comment period on NPRMs for Regular Rate under the Fair Labor Standards Act and Joint Employer status rules. Oppose Julie Kirchner for the position of Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Support the Corporate Transparency Act of 2019, which would end the incorporation of anonymous shell companies in the U.S. Support a bipartisan and independent U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) Support S. Res. 253 / H Res 448, commemorating Juneteenth (June 19) Support legislation to award the Congressional Gold Medal of honor posthumously to Damon Keith Oppose nomination of Ken Cuccinelli to be Director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Support HR 3654, the Correct the Census Act, which prohibits prison gerrymandering and requires incarcerated people to be counted by the deciannual census at their last known residence rather than at their prison location. Support HR 3509 / s 1980, the LGBT Data Inclusion Act which requires federal agencies to gather information on sexual orientation and gender identity when conducting federal population surveys, including the critical decennial census Support June 24- June 30 as Shelby Week of Action, to urge Congress to restore the strength of the Voting Rights Act Support S. 1068 / HR 196, the Democracy Restoration Act, which permits all formerly incarcerated people to vote in federal elections Oppose any amendments to the Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations bill for FY2020 which may take money away from the Census Bureau Oppose the nomination of Andrew Brasher to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama Oppose the nomination of Richard Hertling to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims Oppose the confirmation of Naomi Churchill-Earp to serve as Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Oppose the confirmation of Michael Park to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Support HR 2722, the Securing Americas Federal Elections or SAFE Act. As drafted, the SAFE Act provides resources to ensure that our elections are secure and accurate for the foreseeable future. Oppose the confirmation of Wendy Vitter to a seat on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Support S. 1138 / HR 3157, the Brown - Bennet - Durbin / Kildee - Evans Working Families Tax Relief Act, which would expand the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Child Tax Credit (CTC) Support $15 million dollars in FY 2020 for the Statewide Family Engagement Centers program. Support HR 860 / S.269 the Social Security 2100 Act to preserve and expand social security

Oppose the Office of Management and Budgets (OMB) notice regarding differences among various consumer price indexes and their influence on the estimation of the Official Poverty Measure

Oppose allowing states to use drug testing as a prerequisite for unemployment compensation

Support the S. 505 / HR 1288, the Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act which would amend the Non-Detention Act of 1971 to prohibit detentions based solely on race ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation Support H.R. 6, the Dream and Promise Act of 2019, which would put immigrant youth known as Dreamers and long-time beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) on a roadmap to citizenship Support the NO Ban Act, S. 1123, by Senator Coons (DE) and 2214 by Congresswoman Chu (CA) which prohibits the Muslim ban, the asylum ban, and extreme vetting Oppose the Social Security Administration sending no match letters (letters sent to employers when the name and SSN on an employers records do not match those at SSA). Support Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and others; support HR 5 Support DREAMERs; support HR 5 / S 874 Support Alejandra, a 44-year-old transgender woman from El Salvador who requested asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border in November 2017 but has been held in immigration detention by ICE ever since. Oppose Julie Kirchner for the position of Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Oppose H.R. 2820, the Dream Act of 2019, unless the discretionary bars based on juvenile adjudications or alleged or actual gang affiliation are removed. Oppose nomination of Ken Cuccinelli to be Director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Support HR 3154 / S1929, the Homeownership for Dreamers Act, which would ensure that DACA recipients are eligible for loans backed by FHA. Support ending immigration detention without bail; support an end to the automatic deportation of individuals who have had contact with the criminallegal system; support ending the entanglement of local policing and immigration enforcement; and support decriminalizing migration by repealing laws that make migration a crime Support S. 1938, the Police Training and Independent Review Act, which authorizes the U.S. Department of Justice to provide grants to States that: (a.) require training for law enforcement officers on fair and impartial policing and (b.) have enacted statutes that require an independent investigation and prosecution in cases where a law enforcement officers use of deadly force resulted in a death or injury.

Support the H.R. 1714, the Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act, legislation introduced by Congressman Hank Johnson which would amend the 1033 program to: Prohibit the transfer of military weapons and equipment that are unnecessary and inappropriate for local policing. Prohibited items would include grenades, mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles (MRAPs), armored or weaponized drones, combat configured aircraft, silencers, and long range acoustic devises (LRADs). This bill would also prohibit the future transfer of items that are currently banned from the 1033 program; Eliminate incentives for the inappropriate use of military weapons and equipment: LEAs would be required to have training and give community notice before participating in the 1033 program. LEAs would also have to indicate how they plan to use 1033 property; and Require oversight and transparency of the 1033 program: Annual reporting from the Department of Defense to Congress would be required. All controlled equipment transferred must be accounted for and DOD must make details of 1033 transfers publicly available Oppose the private prison industry Support HR 494, the Tiffany Joslyn Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2019, which reauthorizes the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant program Support S. 1074 / HR 2168, the REAL Act, legislation to restore PELL grants to incarcerated people Support the inclusion of the Democracy Restoration Act, which would re-enfranchise ex-felony offenders, in the final version of HR 1 Support $100 million for the RExO workforce development program for individuals with criminal records at the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration - a $7 million increase over FY19 funding Support the House Judiciary Committee ending the call record program as defined in Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act and making public additional information related to nondiscrimination procedures, First Amendment protections, large-scale protection, notice in criminal proceedings, and other issues so that the public can debate more widespread reforms Support full funding of the juvenile justice programs in FY 2020 Support increased federal funding for innocence and forensic science programs Support Sentencing Retroactivity; support the elimination of all mandatory minimum sentences; support the establishment of a Second Look process that would allow anyone who has served 10 years or more to apply for resentencing before a decision-making body; support a further limitation on life without parole; support the elimination of juvenile life without parole; the expansion and increase in penalties for crimes involving synthetic drugs or increase mandatory minimums for fentanyl distribution make the flawed assumption that we can enforce and incarcerate our way out of the overdose crisis; support fixing the trial penalty (The trial penalty refers to the substantial difference between the sentence offered in a plea offer prior to trial versus the sentence a defendant receives after trial. This penalty is now so severe and pervasive that it has virtually eliminated the constitutional right to a trial); support reforms that should be considered include requiring meaningful overt acts to be held liable as a co-conspirator, support criminal sanction fees and fines do not exacerbate poverty by establishing national standards that enforce the Supreme Courts requirement that fines and fees account for a defendants ability to pay; support oversight and regulation of the use of confidential informants; support a close examination of supervision practices and sex and other public conviction registries; support the decriminalization of migration Support a bill to provide colleges and universities with guidance and recommendations on the removal of criminal and juvenile justice questions from their initial application for admissions process. Support comprehensive sentencing reform; support HR 1047 / S 399 Support meaningful gun violence prevention measures; support HR 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019, support S. 42, the Background Check Expansion Act. Support HR 1112, the Extend Background Check Length. Support a ban military-style semi-automatic assault guns and military high capacity ammunition clips. Support tough new criminal penalties for straw purchasers and gun traffickers. Support a ban on suspects on the terror watch list from purchasing firearms. Support providing funding for the Center for Disease Control to research gun violence as a major public health issue. Support incentivizing and assisting states in improving their overall reporting to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). Support maintaining current law requiring background checks and permits for gun silencers. Support a ban on bump stocks machine-gun type firing and other conversion kits, accessories and parts. Support allowing states to maintain and enforce their own concealed carry laws. Support requiring microstamping or ballistic fingerprinting of all new firearms and ammunition sold in the U.S. Support a repeal of all state stand your ground laws, restoring the use of deadly force as a last resort. Support encouraging states and local jurisdictions to utilize their buyer power to create incentives for firearm manufacturers to employ countermarketing strategies to ensure that their retailers are using all available procedures to prevent illegal firearms diversion. Support requiring sensitivity training of all law enforcement agents and independent reviews of the deadly use of force. Support HR 125 Support the making lynching a hate crime, support HR 35 / S488 Support a prohibition on potential employers requiring potential employees to state whether they have been convicted of a crime on the initial job application; support HR 1076 / S 387 Support the re-enfranchisement of ex-felony offenders; support HR1 & HR 196 Support Congressional hearings into domestic terrorism and government surveillance of Black activists Support language in the Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations bill to clarify that the Department of Justice enforce settlements and consent decrees made under previous administrations and that the Department does not delay any further implementation of the Death In Custody Reporting Act Support language in the Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations bill to clarify that the Department of Justice enforce settlements and consent decrees made under previous administrations; that the Department does not delay any further implementation of the Death In Custody Reporting Act; full funding for the Second Chance Act; increase funding for the Comprehensive Opioid assisted treatment; and expand access to the medication-assisted treatment. Oppose funding for the Project Safe Neighborhoods program; the COPS hiring program; the Byrne-JAG program; and the Drug Enforcement Administration / Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force program Oppose forced arbitration Support HR 1585, a bill to reauthorize and strengthen the Violence Against Women Act, and oppose any weakening amendments Support lifting the budget caps to increase funding above sequestration levels (lower than FY19 funding) that are in place now for FY20, and to provide a robust FY20 funding allotment to the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations bill that supports important criminal justice reform programs including the Violence Against Women Office, the COPS office, and the Second Chance Act Support that the Department of Justice, when implementing the First Step Act of 2018, must be committed to implementing the bill in a manner consistent with the text of the statute and Congressional intent. Therefore, we urge the Department to ensure that: (1) An appropriate non-partisan non-profit host organization is selected to appoint and convene the members of the Independent Review Committee as required by the statute; (2) Neither the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) security classification system nor the current version of PCRA is adopted as a substitute for the new Risk and Needs Assessment System required by the statute; and (3) The Bureau of Prisons immediately begins providing rehabilitative programming Support the Police Exercising Adequate Care With Everyone (PEACE) Act of 2019. This legislation would change the use of force standard from reasonable to necessary. Support HR 207, the Stop the Violence Act. HR 207 would require the Secretary of HHS to select 10 existing violence prevention programs to receive federal dollars in the form of a grant. These organizations provide wraparound services for victims of violent crime while they are recovering from their injuries. Support S. 1337 / HR 2353 ,the Promoting Reentry Through Education in Prisons (PREP) Act. The legislation would authorize and fund the prison education reforms started by the Obama Administration, as well as expand on those reforms to ensure equitable access to education programs across all as federal prisons. The bill would also provide resources to state departments of corrections as those agencies expand prison education opportunities, and it would address eligible incarcerated veterans access to education benefits. Support S. 1338 / HR 2563 , the Beyond the Box for Higher Education Act, which would remove barriers to higher education for individuals with criminal or juvenile justice histories Support S. 1557 / HR 2865, the Reverse Mass Incarceration bill , which incentivizes states to decrease their levels of incarceration. Specifically, states that reduce their prison population by 7% over 3 years without substantial increase in the overall crime rate would be eligible for grants disbursed by the Department of Justice. Support HR 1456, the Marijuana Justice Act is groundbreaking legislation that would end the federal marijuana prohibition AND provide restorative justice for the communities that have been impacted the most by mass criminalization and over-incarceration. Support 1455, the REFER (Restricting Excessive Federal Enforcement and Regulations of Cannabis) Act is legislation that would prevent federal agencies from using tax payer funds to interfere in state and local cannabis laws. It would also ban the use of federal funding by any agency to intrude in states and local municipalities that have updated their laws regarding cannabis use, possession, cultivation and distribution. Support H Res. 163, the REPSECT (Realizing Equitable & Sustainable Participation in Emerging Cannabis Trades) Resolution will help communities of color benefit from and expand their foothold in the cannabis industry. Support a moratorium on law enforcement use of facial recognition technology Support the request by the Leadership Conference to meet with representatives from the Department of Justice regarding Consent Decrees. Oppose the Departments November 7, 2018 memo, Litigation Guidelines for Civil Consent Decrees and Settlement Agreements because it undermines the federal governments most effective tool for ensuring constitutional policing practices by police departments. Support H.R. 1949, which addresses the use of mandatory minimum sentences on all children in the federal criminal justice system. Under this measure, judges will consider how children are different from adult offenders prior to sentencing and will be allowed to depart up to 35 percent away from the otherwise applicable mandatory minimum sentence. Support H.R. 1950 - also known as Saras Law - which will allow judges to depart from any mandatory minimum sentence or suspend any portion of a sentence when a child has committed a crime against someone who has previously sex trafficked or sexually abused them. Support H.R. 1951, which will allow children sentenced to more than 20 years in prison for crimes committed before their 18th birthday to petition the original sentencing court for review of their sentence after they have served 20 years of their sentence. Support Amendments to Increase Juvenile Justice Funding in H.R. 3055, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020. Specifically, support amendment #32 by Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee to increase funding for the Department of Justices (DOJ) Juvenile Accountability Block Grants (JABG) program by $1,000,000, providing the program with a total of $11 million for FY 2020; amendment #91 by Congressman Neguse to increase funding for Juvenile Justice Programs by $5,000,000; amendment #105 by Congressman Scott and Congresswoman Foxx to transfer $13 million from youth mentoring grants to Youth PROMISE local delinquency prevention grants; and amendment #112 by Congresswoman Scanlon to increase the funding for Title II and Title V of the JJDPA by $2 million Support the Ocasio-Cortez amendment to the House Commerce Justice and Science Appropriations bill which would increasing funding for overdose treatment while reducing funding for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Oppose the nomination of Andrew Brasher to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama Support amendment offered by Congressman Walberg, et al. to HR 3055, the House Commerce Justice and Science Appropriations bill to restore 2015 DOJ policy by barring funds from being used for "adoptive seizures." Support S. 2043 / HR 3545, the Khalid Jabara and Heather Heyer NO HATE Act which would promote more accurate hate crime data collection and assist hate crime victims and their communities. Oppose the proposed budget of President Donald J. Trump for FY 2020 as it relates to the Department of Justices Community Relations Service (CRS). For the second year in a row, President Trump has suggested eliminating CRS and moving its functions to the Department of Justices Civil Rights Division. Oppose the confirmation of Michael Park to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Support S. 1764, the Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act of 2019 which affirms the Federal Communications Commissions (FCC) authority to address a market failure to protect family, clergy and counsel who communicate with incarcerated people.

Support the H.R. 1500, the Consumer First Act, which reestablishes the vitality of the CFPB Oppose the proposed rescission of the commonsense ability-to-repay requirements of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the Bureau)s 2017 payday and vehicle title loan rule

Support lifting the austere Budget Control Act federal spending caps and ensuring that affordable housing, community development, and transportation programs receive the highest allocation of discretionary funds possible for FY20. Oppose the petition by the American Bus Association to preempt Californias longstanding meal and rest break laws as applied to passenger-carrying commercial motor vehicles

Support Lifeline Support the public release of the proposed Universal Services Fund cap item on circulation Support the FCC reaffirming that states and localities cannot and should not impose additional franchise fees on broadband services beyond the 5% maximum already charged for cable services because the broadband service is provided over the same networks, so the 5% rights-of-way fee has already been charged Oppose the FCC s proposals to modify or eliminate the Local Radio Ownership Rule, the Local Television Ownership Rule, and the Dual Network Rule (collectively the Media Ownership Rules). The Media Ownership Rules serve the public interest in assuring an accurate, diverse, and indOppose the proposed cap on the Universal Services Fundependent media and are the last bulwark against already abysmally low ownership diversity rates. Support requesting an extension of time to file comments in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to impose an overall cap on the four Universal Services Programs (Lifeline, e-rate for schools and libraries, Rural Health Care and High Cost). The current deadline for comments is July 15, 2019 and replies are due August 12, 2019. Support S. 1764, the Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act of 2019 which affirms the Federal Communications Commissions (FCC) authority to address a market failure to protect family, clergy and counsel who communicate with incarcerated people.

Support the American Housing and Economic Mobility Act, which would: ramp up investments at the federal level to build an estimated 3 million new housing units aimed at lower-income and middle-class families in urban, suburban, and rural areas; establish down-payment assistance programs in communities that were shut out of homeownership by redlining and segregation practices; create hard-to-refuse incentives for local governments to eliminate land use rules that currently drive up costs and reduce the construction of new affordable housing; provide support to underwater borrowers, primarily in suburban and rural communities; modernize the Community Reinvestment Act so it covers more financial institutions and promotes more sustainable investments in LMI communities; update the Fair Housing Act of 1968 to prevent discrimination against people because of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, source of income, or veterans status; return the estate tax thresholds to their levels at the end of the Bush Administration - affecting about 10,000 of the wealthiest families in the country - in order to fund the provisions in the bill Support an expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Child Tax Credit; support S 1138 Support S. 1138 / HR 3157, the Brown - Bennet - Durbin / Kildee - Evans Working Families Tax Relief Act, which would expand the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Child Tax Credit (CTC) Support the Corporate Transparency Act of 2019, which would end the incorporation of anonymous shell companies in the U.S. Oppose the provisions in section 3-2(b) and (d) of HR 1994, the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (SECURE Act), because they undermine public education by providing tax breaks to fund homeschooling and education expenses related to private K-12 schools. Support publicly available, broad-based data collection, tracking and disclosure of investment in areas that have been historically under-capitalized through the Opportunity Zone program. This data is essential to helping ensure any community development policy including the Opportunity Zone program can achieve its goals

Support HR 1417 / S 611, the Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity and Reliability (WATER) Act of 2019, which will provide a major federal investment to renovate our nations old water pipes, stop sewage overflows, address water contamination and help avert a looming water affordability crisis Support H.R. 9, the Climate Action Now Act, which would require that the United States remain a partner in and part of the 2016 Paris agreement on climate change. Oppose the revised definition of Waters of the United States

Support HR 1094 / S 739,the Native American Voting Rights Act, by Senator Udall and Congressman Lujan which will expand in-person registration opportunities by designating federally funded facilities on native reservations as voter registration sites Support legislation to sever our nations federal government relations with the Creek Nation of Oklahoma until they restore full Tribal citizenship to the Creek Freedmen disenfranchised on October 6, 1979; support HR 1514 Support HR 1585, a bill to reauthorize and strengthen the Violence Against Women Act, and oppose any weakening amendments Oppose the Department of Educations proposal to add a priority to fund private school education with federal dollars through the Tribal Consultation on the Office of Indian Educations Demonstration Grants for Indian Children Program. Support H.R. 1514, which would sever our nations federal government relations with the Creek Nation of Oklahoma until they restore full Tribal citizenship to the Creek Freedmen disenfranchised in the October 6, 1979, Creek Nation.

Oppose the Medicaid provisions in the proposed safe harbor rule and support keeping the safe harbor in place for supplemental rebates negotiated by Medicaid MCOs Support S 1129 / HR 1384, which would allow Medicare for all

Support S. 331 / HR 963, Introduced by Senator Cortez Masto and Congresswoman Velazquez which restores comprehensive HMDA reporting requirements to 25 for mortgages and 100 for HELOCs with the exclusion for banks and credit unions with fewer than $30 million in assets Support NCUA Chairman McWaters meeting with consumer and civil rights groups to discuss potential new rules to expand small dollar loans by credit unions Support the H.R. 1500, the Consumer First Act, which reestablishes the vitality of the CFPB Support Credit score companies developing a way to distinguish individuals harmed by the partial government shutdown Support Credit score companies developing a way to distinguish individuals harmed by natural disasters Support the FDIC preventing high-cost bank payday and installment loans Support credit reporting relief for federal contractors and their employees who are harmed by the government shutdown Oppose the proposal by the FDIC, the OCC, and the FRB to increase the appraisal exemption threshold from $250,000 to $400,000, which means that disconcertingly, under this proposal, all properties under $400k would not require an appraisal anymore Oppose proposal by Senator Crapo to privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Oppose CFPB claims that it can authorize a Bureau employee to give companies letters, approvals or exemptions that exempt them from consumer protection laws and enforcement, giving them immunity from enforcement by states or other government agencies and from private litigation Oppose the CFPB's proposal to delay its payday lending rule Oppose the CFPB proposal to delay its 2017 payday lending ability-to-repay rule Support the restoration of the power and mission of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Support the Consumers First Act; Support HR 1500 Support H.R. 1018, which instructs companies to disclose the race, ethnicity, gender, Veterans status and disability status of members of their Boards of Directors and C-Suite level executives. Support hr 2684, the FAIR RATES Act, which directs the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) to collect specific loss data from large auto insurance providers, publicly disclose the data, and submit an analysis to Congress on disparate impact along racial lines in automobile insurance Oppose the proposed rescission of the commonsense ability-to-repay requirements of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the Bureau)s 2017 payday and vehicle title loan rule Support publicly available, broad-based data collection, tracking and disclosure of investment in areas that have been historically under-capitalized through the Opportunity Zone program. This data is essential to helping ensure any community development policy including the Opportunity Zone program can achieve its goals Support that the CFPB not weaken the 2009 opt-in rule, which has saved consumers billions of dollars, and to establish stronger protections against overdraft fees.

Any reauthorization of the Higher Education act (HEA) must: ensure that students have a clear and straightforward path to complete loan discharges when the school they attended has been engaged in widespread misconduct, including misrepresentation or fraud; allow for the gainful employment regulation to be maintained and fully implemented; maintain the existing protections of the 90-10 rule and should restore the 85-15 threshold while closing the Department of Defense /Veterans Affairs loophole; Prohibit abusive sales tactics by colleges; and minimizes waste, fraud and abuse in higher education, as well as protects students, their families and the taxpaying public from predatory colleges Oppose the Department of Educations proposed changes to the disclosure template requirements set out in the Gainful Employment rule as it will deprive students and taxpayers of valuable information that is easily understood, is comparable across institutions, and that has already undergone rigorous consumer testing Oppose the rescission of the January 8, 2014 joint school discipline guidance package, including the Joint Dear Colleague on the Nondiscriminatory Administration of School Discipline, and urge you to immediately state that the Department of Education and the Department of Justice will continue to vigorously enforce our civil rights laws and respond to racial discrimination in school discipline Oppose the Department of Educations proposal to amend rules implementing Title IX of the Education Amendment Act of 1972 (Title IX) as published in the Federal Register on November 29, 2018. The Department of Education should immediately withdraw this NPRM and instead focus its energies on vigorously enforcing the Title IX requirements that the Department has relied on for decades, to ensure that schools promptly and effectively respond to sexual harassment Support a review and amendment, if needed, of state ESSA plans which advance the key principles of educational equity and serves the interest of all children Support S. 1074 / HR 2168, the REAL Act, legislation to restore PELL grants to incarcerated people Support the final Department of Educations guidance regarding supplement not supplant under Title 1, Part A of the 1965 ESEA as amended by ESSA to clearly state that, no matter the method for distributing state and local funds to schools, the result is such that Title I schools have at least as much actual funding and resources they need as do the average of all non-Title I schools. Support S. 672 / HR 1571, the Debt-Free College Act of 2019 which proposes a state-federal partnership which leverages the nations public higher education system to make debt-free college access a reality. Oppose the reauthorization of the DC school voucher program Support a significant boost in the fiscal year (FY) 2020 allocation for the Appropriations Subcommittee to address vital and long-neglected needs (Labor - HHS - Education) program Support a bill to provide colleges and universities with guidance and recommendations on the removal of criminal and juvenile justice questions from their initial application for admissions process Support public school construction, repair and renovation; support HR 865 / S 266 Support the rmoval of the question regarding minor drug infractions from the Financial Aid Form; support provisions in HR 1571 / S 672 Support expanding Pell Grant availability and funding, including allowing incarcerated individuals to access Pell grants; Support HR 2068 / S1074 Support making college more affordable and limiting the amount of debt accumulated; support HR 1571 / S 672 Suppot S. 867 / HR 3512, the PROTECT Students Act, to boost consumer protection and accountability by codifying the student borrower defense rule; the gainful employment rule, by closing the DI loophole and restoring the 90/10 rule to 85/15, strengthening the employment compensation ban and limiting the use of funds for marketing to and recruitment of students; and creating new rules for colleges that convert from for-profit companies to non-profit schools Support $15 million dollars in FY 2020 for the Statewide Family Engagement Centers program. Support the S. 888 / HR 2321, Understanding the True Cost of College Act, which, would solve the major problem in that colleges are too often unclear about the amount, type, and obligations of aid they're providing to students. Support HR 1591, the 21st Century STEM for Girls and Underrepresented Minorities Act. This bill would create a $40 million grant program for local districts and schools to improve the participatiThe final guidance interpreting the Opportunities and Responsibilities for State and Local Report Cards under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 should 1) require that all data included in the report cards be disaggregated by student group; 2) provide clearer guidance on how to report per-pupil expenditures; 3) ensure that report cards are uniformly formatted and accessible to families and communities; and 4) reinsert information (from previous guidance proposal) that clarifies ESSA requirements and best practices for supporting educational equity.on of girls and underrepresented minorities in STEM fields. Support S. 1338 / HR 2563 , the Ban the Box for Higher Education Act, which would remove barriers to higher education for individuals with criminal or juvenile justice histories Support S. 1337 / HR 2353 ,the Promoting Reentry Through Education in Prisons (PREP) Act. The legislation would authorize and fund the prison education reforms started by the Obama Administration, as well as expand on those reforms to ensure equitable access to education programs across all as federal prisons. The bill would also provide resources to state departments of corrections as those agencies expand prison education opportunities, and it would address eligible incarcerated veterans access to education benefits. Support the final guidance interpreting the Opportunities and Responsibilities for State and Local Report Cards under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 should 1) require that all data included in the report cards be disaggregated by student group; 2) provide clearer guidance on how to report per-pupil expenditures; 3) ensure that report cards are uniformly formatted and accessible to families and communities; and 4) reinsert information (from previous guidance proposal) that clarifies ESSA requirements and best practices for supporting educational equity. Oppose the provisions in section 3-2(b) and (d) of HR 1994, the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (SECURE Act), because they undermine public education by providing tax breaks to fund homeschooling and education expenses related to private K-12 schools. Support s. 1911, THE 21ST Century SKILLS Act, which establishes accounts for American workers to access skilled training opportunities. Oppose the Department of Educations proposal to add a priority to fund private school education with federal dollars through the Tribal Consultation on the Office of Indian Educations Demonstration Grants for Indian Children Program.

Support Congressman Pallones bill to reverse the youth tobacco epidemic by putting graphic warnings on cigarette packages; extends the rules around advertising and sales commonly associated with traditional cigarettes to the sale, distribution, and use of all cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, and e-cigarettes extends the FDAs authority to all tobacco products; raises the minimum age for purchasing any tobacco product to 21; prohibits remote retail sales of all tobacco products; prohibits the flavoring of all tobacco products, including menthol; provides the FDA with new authority to collect fees from all tobacco products; regulates products containing synthetic nicotine; makes it illegal to market e-cigarettes to individuals under the age of 21

Support H Res. 163, the REPSECT (Realizing Equitable & Sustainable Participation in Emerging Cannabis Trades) Resolution will help communities of color benefit from and expand their foothold in the cannabis industry. Due to decades of inequitable enforcement and discriminatory sentencing for cannabis offenses, communities of color are being locked out of the burgeoning cannabis industry

Support the H.R. 582 / S. 150, the Raise the Wage Act, which would raise the federal minimum wage to $8.55 this year and increase it over the next five years until it reaches $15 an hour in 2024; after 2024, adjust the minimum wage each year to keep pace with growth in the typical workers wages; phase out the outdated subminimum wage for tipped workers, which has been frozen at a meager $2.13 since 1991; sunset the much-criticized ability of employers to pay workers with disabilities a subminimum wage through certificates issued by DOL; and, phase out the subminimum wage for workers under the age of 20 Support the H.R. 7 / S. 210, the Paycheck Fairness Act, which updates the Equal Pay Act of 1963 by providing new tools to battle the pervasive pay gaps and to challenge discrimination Support $100 million for the RExO workforce development program for individuals with criminal records at the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration - a $7 million increase over FY19 funding Support a significant boost in the fiscal year (FY) 2020 allocation for the Appropriations Subcommittee to address vital and long-neglected needs (Labor - HHS - Education) program Support S. 1082, the Bringing an End to Harassment Accountability and Rejecting Discrimination in the Workplace Act (BE HEARD in the Workplace Act) Support the Raise the Wage Act; support HR 582 / S 150 Support protecting and expanding social security; Support HR 860 / S 269 Support 6 weeks of paid sick and maternity leave for all employees; support the FAMILY Act; Support HR 1185 / S 463 Support equal pay for equal work; support the Paycheck Fairness Act; support HR 7 / S 210 Support a prohibition on potential employers requiring potential employees to state whether they have been convicted of a crime on the initial job application; support HR 1076 / S 387 Support H.R. 1018, which instructs companies to disclose the race, ethnicity, gender, Veterans status and disability status of members of their Boards of Directors and C-Suite level executives. Oppose allowing states to use drug testing as a prerequisite for unemployment compensation Support HR 135, the Federal Employee Anti-Discrimination Act Support an extension in the comment period on NPRMs for Regular Rate under the Fair Labor Standards Act and Joint Employer status rules. Support s. 1911, THE 21ST Century SKILLS Act, which establishes accounts for American workers to access skilled training opportunities. Support an increase of $69 million in funding for the Department Of Labors Wage and Hour Division Oppose the petition by the American Bus Association to preempt Californias longstanding meal and rest break laws as applied to passenger-carrying commercial motor vehicles

Oppose National Park Service withdraw proposed rules restricting protesting and demonstration activities on the National Mall, on publicly accessible grounds surrounding the White House, and on other NPS areas in Washington, DC.

Support $76.95 million in FY 2020 for the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) program. The REACH program is the only community health program funded by the CDC and is the only federal investment directly addressing racial and ethnic health disparities Support lifting the austere Budget Control Act federal spending caps and ensuring that affordable housing, community development, and transportation programs receive the highest allocation of discretionary funds possible for FY20. Support $100 million for the RExO workforce development program for individuals with criminal records at the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration - a $7 million increase over FY19 funding Support full funding of the juvenile justice programs in FY 2020 Support $130 million in budget authority and $6.8 million in evaluation transfer authority for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program; $50 million for CDCs school-based HIV prevention efforts in the Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH); and eliminating funding for the abstinence-only-until-marriage sexual risk avoidance competitive grant Support a significant boost in the fiscal year (FY) 2020 allocation for the Appropriations Subcommittee to address vital and long-neglected needs (Labor - HHS - Education) program Support increased federal funding for innocence and forensic science programs Oppose a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution Support H. J. Res 46, a resolution to reject and nullify President Donald Trumps declaration of an emergency so he could shift as much as $6.7 billion of previously appropriated monies away from their intended recipients and used instead to build a wall along the southern border of the United States.

Support the American Housing and Economic Mobility Act, which would: ramp up investments at the federal level to build an estimated 3 million new housing units aimed at lower-income and middle-class families in urban, suburban, and rural areas; establish down-payment assistance programs in communities that were shut out of homeownership by redlining and segregation practices; create hard-to-refuse incentives for local governments to eliminate land use rules that currently drive up costs and reduce the construction of new affordable housing; provide support to underwater borrowers, primarily in suburban and rural communities; modernize the Community Reinvestment Act so it covers more financial institutions and promotes more sustainable investments in LMI communities; update the Fair Housing Act of 1968 to prevent discrimination against people because of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, source of income, or veterans status; return the estate tax thresholds to their levels at the end of the Bush Administration - affecting about 10,000 of the wealthiest families in the country - in order to fund the provisions in the bill Support an expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Child Tax Credit; support S 1138

Support the H.R. 1500, the Consumer First Act, which reestablishes the vitality of the CFPB

Support inviting the UN Special Rapporteur on Racism Professor E. Tendayi Achiume to visit the U.S. and conduct a fact finding mission Support the establishment of a Department of Peace; support HR 1111

Oppose the separation of families who are seeking asylum in the U.S. Support Congressional hearings into domestic terrorism and government surveillance of Black activists

Oppose the reauthorization of the DC school voucher program Support statehood for DC / Support full voting rights for the residents of DC; support HR 51

Oppose the government shutdown in part because it is having a negative effect on Americans health Oppose the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) decision to exempt federally funded foster care and adoption agencies in South Carolina from the religious nondiscrimination protections provided under 45 CFR 75.300 (c) Support the finalization of the proposed rule by the FDA that would ban electric skin shock devices Support $76.95 million in FY 2020 for the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) program. The REACH program is the only community health program funded by the CDC and is the only federal investment directly addressing racial and ethnic health disparities Support the Disability Integration Act, S.117 / H.R. 555, to ensure that people with disabilities can live in the community rather than be forced into nursing facilities and other institutions Support $130 million in budget authority and $6.8 million in evaluation transfer authority for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program; $50 million for CDCs school-based HIV prevention efforts in the Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH); and eliminating funding for the abstinence-only-until-marriage sexual risk avoidance competitive grant program Support a significant boost in the fiscal year (FY) 2020 allocation for the Appropriations Subcommittee to address vital and long-neglected needs (Labor - HHS - Education) programs Support the Affordable Cre Act; oppose all attempts to repeal it either in part or in whole

Support meaningful gun violence prevention measures; support HR 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019, support S. 42, the Background Check Expansion Act. Support HR 1112, the Extend Background Check Length. Support a ban military-style semi-automatic assault guns and military high capacity ammunition clips. Support tough new criminal penalties for straw purchasers and gun traffickers. Support a ban on suspects on the terror watch list from purchasing firearms. Support providing funding for the Center for Disease Control to research gun violence as a major public health issue. Support incentivizing and assisting states in improving their overall reporting to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). Support maintaining current law requiring background checks and permits for gun silencers. Support a ban on bump stocks machine-gun type firing and other conversion kits, accessories and parts. Support allowing states to maintain and enforce their own concealed carry laws. Support requiring microstamping or ballistic fingerprinting of all new firearms and ammunition sold in the U.S. Support a repeal of all state stand your ground laws, restoring the use of deadly force as a last resort. Support encouraging states and local jurisdictions to utilize their buyer power to create incentives for firearm manufacturers to employ countermarketing strategies to ensure that their retailers are using all available procedures to prevent illegal firearms diversion.

Support the House Judiciary Committee ending the call record program as defined in Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act and making public additional information related to nondiscrimination procedures, First Amendment protections, large-scale protection, notice in criminal proceedings, and other issues so that the public can debate more widespread reforms. Support Congressional hearings into domestic terrorism and government surveillance of Black activists

Oppose the Proposed Rulemaking by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programs (SNAP) requirements and services for Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWDs), which would have allowed more states to withhold SNAP benefits from people.

Support the H.R. 7 / S. 210, the Paycheck Fairness Act, which updates the Equal Pay Act of 1963 by providing new tools to battle the pervasive pay gaps and to challenge discrimination Oppose the rescission of the January 8, 2014 joint school discipline guidance package, including the Joint Dear Colleague on the Nondiscriminatory Administration of School Discipline, and urge you to immediately state that the Department of Education and the Department of Justice will continue to vigorously enforce our civil rights laws and respond to racial discrimination in school discipline Oppose the Department of Educations proposal to amend rules implementing Title IX of the Education Amendment Act of 1972 (Title IX) as published in the Federal Register on November 29, 2018. The Department of Education should immediately withdraw this NPRM and instead focus its energies on vigorously enforcing the Title IX requirements that the Department has relied on for decades, to ensure that schools promptly and effectively respond to sexual harassment Support the S. 505 / HR 1288, the Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act which would amend the Non-Detention Act of 1971 to prohibit detentions based solely on race ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation Support civil rights retaining a fundamental place in the ongoing online privacy debate, hearings, and legislation Support ensuring that key civil rights laws, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Fair Housing Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, are protected Support the Disability Integration Act, S.117 / H.R. 555, to ensure that people with disabilities can live in the community rather than be forced into nursing facilities and other institutions Support inviting the UN Special Rapporteur on Racism Professor E. Tendayi Achiume to visit the U.S. and conduct a fact finding mission upport Reparations for Americans of African decent; support HR 40 Support expnding civil rights protections to the LGBTQ community; support the Equality Act; Support HR 5 / S 788 Support the repair and expansion of the 1965 Voting Rights Act; support HR 1, HR 4 / S 561 Support an expansion of access to the polls for all eligible voters; make registering and voting easier; support HR 1, HR 1275 / S 591 Support automatic voter registration; support HR 1 & HR 645 Oppose photo identification requirements for voting / registering to vote Support H.R. 1018, which instructs companies to disclose the race, ethnicity, gender, Veterans status and disability status of members of their Boards of Directors and C-Suite level executives. Support HRes 41, a resolution rejecting white nationalism and white supremacy Support HR 135, the Federal Employee Anti-Discrimination Act

Support the H.R. 1714, the Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act, legislation introduced by Congressman Hank Johnson which would amend the 1033 program to: Prohibit the transfer of military weapons and equipment that are unnecessary and inappropriate for local policing. Prohibited items would include grenades, mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles (MRAPs), armored or weaponized drones, combat configured aircraft, silencers, and long range acoustic devises (LRADs). This bill would also prohibit the future transfer of items that are currently banned from the 1033 program; Eliminate incentives for the inappropriate use of military weapons and equipment: LEAs would be required to have training and give community notice before participating in the 1033 program. LEAs would also have to indicate how they plan to use 1033 property; and Require oversight and transparency of the 1033 program: Annual reporting from the Department of Defense to Congress would be required. All controlled equipment transferred must be accounted for and DOD must make details of 1033 transfers publicly available

Support S. 331 / HR 963, Introduced by Senator Cortez Masto and Congresswoman Velazquez which restores comprehensive HMDA reporting requirements to 25 for mortgages and 100 for HELOCs with the exclusion for banks and credit unions with fewer than $30 million in assets Support NCUA Chairman McWaters meeting with consumer and civil rights groups to discuss potential new rules to expand small dollar loans by credit unions Support the H.R. 1500, the Consumer First Act, which reestablishes the vitality of the CFPB Support Credit score companies developing a way to distinguish individuals harmed by the partial government shutdown Support Credit score companies developing a way to distinguish individuals harmed by natural disasters Support the FDIC preventing high-cost bank payday and installment loans Support credit reporting relief for federal contractors and their employees who are harmed by the government shutdown Oppose the proposal by the FDIC, the OCC, and the FRB to increase the appraisal exemption threshold from $250,000 to $400,000, which means that disconcertingly, under this proposal, all properties under $400k would not require an appraisal anymore Oppose proposal by Senator Crapo to privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Oppose CFPB claims that it can authorize a Bureau employee to give companies letters, approvals or exemptions that exempt them from consumer protection laws and enforcement, giving them immunity from enforcement by states or other government agencies and from private litigation Oppose the CFPB's proposal to delay its payday lending rule Oppose the CFPB proposal to delay its 2017 payday lending ability-to-repay rule Support the restoration of the power and mission of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Support the Consumers First Act; Support HR 1500 Support H.R. 1018, which instructs companies to disclose the race, ethnicity, gender, Veterans status and disability status of members of their Boards of Directors and C-Suite level executives.

Support S. 331 / HR 963, Introduced by Senator Cortez Masto and Congresswoman Velazquez which restores comprehensive HMDA reporting requirements to 25 for mortgages and 100 for HELOCs with the exclusion for banks and credit unions with fewer than $30 million in assets Support the establishment of a National Task Force on the Impact of the Affordable Housing Crisis Support lifting the austere Budget Control Act federal spending caps and ensuring that affordable housing, community development, and transportation programs receive the highest allocation of discretionary funds possible for FY20. Support the American Housing and Economic Mobility Act, which would: ramp up investments at the federal level to build an estimated 3 million new housing units aimed at lower-income and middle-class families in urban, suburban, and rural areas; establish down-payment assistance programs in communities that were shut out of homeownership by redlining and segregation practices; create hard-to-refuse incentives for local governments to eliminate land use rules that currently drive up costs and reduce the construction of new affordable housing; provide support to underwater borrowers, primarily in suburban and rural communities; modernize the Community Reinvestment Act so it covers more financial institutions and promotes more sustainable investments in LMI communities; update the Fair Housing Act of 1968 to prevent discrimination against people because of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, source of income, or veterans status; return the estate tax thresholds to their levels at the end of the Bush Administration - affecting about 10,000 of the wealthiest families in the country - in order to fund the provisions in the bill Support the Disability Integration Act, S.117 / H.R. 555, to ensure that people with disabilities can live in the community rather than be forced into nursing facilities and other institutions. Support increasing resources to fight housing discrimination; support HR 149

Support civil rights retaining a fundamental place in the ongoing online privacy debate, hearings, and legislation. Support Lifeline.

Oppose the rescission of the January 8, 2014 joint school discipline guidance package, including the Joint Dear Colleague on the Nondiscriminatory Administration of School Discipline, and urge you to immediately state that the Department of Education and the Department of Justice will continue to vigorously enforce our civil rights laws and respond to racial discrimination in school discipline Express deep concerns about the nomination of William Barr to be US Attorney General based on his past dealings with youth Oppose the nomination of William P. Barr to be US Attorney General Support the H.R. 1714, the Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act, legislation introduced by Congressman Hank Johnson which would amend the 1033 program to: Prohibit the transfer of military weapons and equipment that are unnecessary and inappropriate for local policing. Prohibited items would include grenades, mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles (MRAPs), armored or weaponized drones, combat configured aircraft, silencers, and long range acoustic devises (LRADs). This bill would also prohibit the future transfer of items that are currently banned from the 1033 program; Eliminate incentives for the inappropriate use of military weapons and equipment: LEAs would be required to have training and give community notice before participating in the 1033 program. LEAs would also have to indicate how they plan to use 1033 property; and Require oversight and transparency of the 1033 program: Annual reporting from the Department of Defense to Congress would be required. All controlled equipment transferred must be accounted for and DOD must make details of 1033 transfers publicly available Oppose the private prison industry Oppose the nomination of Neomi Rao to the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit Support HR 494, the Tiffany Joslyn Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2019, which reauthorizes the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant program Support S. 1074 / HR 2168, the REAL Act, legislation to restore PELL grants to incarcerated people Support the 10th anniversary of the National Academy of Sciences report: Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward Support the inclusion of the Democracy Restoration Act, which would re-enfranchise ex-felony offenders, in the final version of HR 1 Support $100 million for the RExO workforce development program for individuals with criminal records at the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration - a $7 million increase over FY19 funding Support the House Judiciary Committee ending the call record program as defined in Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act and making public additional information related to nondiscrimination procedures, First Amendment protections, large-scale protection, notice in criminal proceedings, and other issues so that the public can debate more widespread reforms Support full funding of the juvenile justice programs in FY 2020 Support increased federal funding for innocence and forensic science programs Support Sentencing Retroactivity; support the elimination of all mandatory minimum sentences; support the establishment of a Second Look process that would allow anyone who has served 10 years or more to apply for resentencing before a decision-making body; support a further limitation on life without parole; support the elimination of juvenile life without parole; the expansion and increase in penalties for crimes involving synthetic drugs or increase mandatory minimums for fentanyl distribution make the flawed assumption that we can enforce and incarcerate our way out of the overdose crisis; support fixing the trial penalty (The trial penalty refers to the substantial difference between the sentence offered in a plea offer prior to trial versus the sentence a defendant receives after trial. This penalty is now so severe and pervasive that it has virtually eliminated the constitutional right to a trial); support reforms that should be considered include requiring meaningful overt acts to be held liable as a co-conspirator, support criminal sanction fees and fines do not exacerbate poverty by establishing national standards that enforce the Supreme Courts requirement that fines and fees account for a defendants ability to pay; support oversight and regulation of the use of confidential informants; support a close examination of supervision practices and sex and other public conviction registries; support the decriminalization of migration Support a bill to provide colleges and universities with guidance and recommendations on the removal of criminal and juvenile justice questions from their initial application for admissions process. Support comprehensive sentencing reform; support HR 1047 / S 399 Support meaningful gun violence prevention measures; support HR 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019, support S. 42, the Background Check Expansion Act. Support HR 1112, the Extend Background Check Length. Support a ban military-style semi-automatic assault guns and military high capacity ammunition clips. Support tough new criminal penalties for straw purchasers and gun traffickers. Support a ban on suspects on the terror watch list from purchasing firearms. Support providing funding for the Center for Disease Control to research gun violence as a major public health issue. Support incentivizing and assisting states in improving their overall reporting to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). Support maintaining current law requiring background checks and permits for gun silencers. Support a ban on bump stocks machine-gun type firing and other conversion kits, accessories and parts. Support allowing states to maintain and enforce their own concealed carry laws. Support requiring microstamping or ballistic fingerprinting of all new firearms and ammunition sold in the U.S. Support a repeal of all state stand your ground laws, restoring the use of deadly force as a last resort. Support encouraging states and local jurisdictions to utilize their buyer power to create incentives for firearm manufacturers to employ countermarketing strategies to ensure that their retailers are using all available procedures to prevent illegal firearms diversion. Support requiring sensitivity training of all law enforcement agents and independent reviews of the deadly use of force. Support HR 125 Support the making lynching a hate crime, support HR 35 / S488 Support a prohibition on potential employers requiring potential employees to state whether they have been convicted of a crime on the initial job application; support HR 1076 / S 387 Support the re-enfranchisement of ex-felony offenders; support HR1 & HR 196 Oppose the nomination of Neomi Rao to the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit Support Congressional hearings into domestic terrorism and government surveillance of Black activists Oppose the nomination of Eric Miller to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Oppose the nomination of the former State Solicitor General of Ohio, Eric Murphy, to a lifetime appointment on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Oppose the nomination of Chad Readler to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Oppose the nomination of Allison Rushing to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Support Lifeline

Support the H.R. 582 / S. 150, the Raise the Wage Act, which would raise the federal minimum wage to $8.55 this year and increase it over the next five years until it reaches $15 an hour in 2024; after 2024, adjust the minimum wage each year to keep pace with growth in the typical workers wages; phase out the outdated subminimum wage for tipped workers, which has been frozen at a meager $2.13 since 1991; sunset the much-criticized ability of employers to pay workers with disabilities a subminimum wage through certificates issued by DOL; and, phase out the subminimum wage for workers under the age of 20 Support the H.R. 7 / S. 210, the Paycheck Fairness Act, which updates the Equal Pay Act of 1963 by providing new tools to battle the pervasive pay gaps and to challenge discrimination Support $100 million for the RExO workforce development program for individuals with criminal records at the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration - a $7 million increase over FY19 funding Support a significant boost in the fiscal year (FY) 2020 allocation for the Appropriations Subcommittee to address vital and long-neglected needs (Labor - HHS - Education) program Support S. 1082, the Bringing an End to Harassment Accountability and Rejecting Discrimination in the Workplace Act (BE HEARD in the Workplace Act) Support the Raise the Wage Act; support HR 582 / S 150 Support protecting and expanding social security; Support HR 860 / S 269 Support 6 weeks of paid sick and maternity leave for all employees; support the FAMILY Act; Support HR 1185 / S 463 Support equal pay for equal work; support the Paycheck Fairness Act; support HR 7 / S 210 Support a prohibition on potential employers requiring potential employees to state whether they have been convicted of a crime on the initial job application; support HR 1076 / S 387 Support H.R. 1018, which instructs companies to disclose the race, ethnicity, gender, Veterans status and disability status of members of their Boards of Directors and C-Suite level executives. Oppose allowing states to use drug testing as a prerequisite for unemployment compensation Support HR 135, the Federal Employee Anti-Discrimination Act

Support HR 1417 / S 611, the Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity and Reliability (WATER) Act of 2019, which will provide a major federal investment to renovate our nations old water pipes, stop sewage overflows, address water contamination and help avert a looming water affordability crisis Oppose the proposed reconsideration of the supplemental finding for the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for power plants Support the guidelines established to reduce the damage of climate change in Paris in 2016; support HR 9

Support the S. 505 / HR 1288, the Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act which would amend the Non-Detention Act of 1971 to prohibit detentions based solely on race ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation Support H.R. 6, the Dream and Promise Act of 2019, which would put immigrant youth known as Dreamers and long-time beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) on a roadmap to citizenship Support the NO Ban Act, S. 1123, by Senator Coons (DE) and 2214 by Congresswoman Chu (CA) which prohibits the Muslim ban, the asylum ban, and extreme vetting Oppose the Social Security Administration sending no match letters (letters sent to employers when the name and SSN on an employers records do not match those at SSA). Support Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and others; support HR 5 Support DREAMERs; support HR 5 / S 874

Oppose a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution

Support HR 1417 / S 611, the Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity and Reliability (WATER) Act of 2019, which will provide a major federal investment to renovate our nations old water pipes, stop sewage overflows, address water contamination and help avert a looming water affordability crisis

Support lifting the austere Budget Control Act federal spending caps and ensuring that affordable housing, community development, and transportation programs receive the highest allocation of discretionary funds possible for FY20.

Support HR 1417 / S 611, the Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity and Reliability (WATER) Act of 2019, which will provide a major federal investment to renovate our nations old water pipes, stop sewage overflows, address water contamination and help avert a looming water affordability crisis Support lifting the austere Budget Control Act federal spending caps and ensuring that affordable housing, community development, and transportation programs receive the highest allocation of discretionary funds possible for FY20.

Support HR 1094 / S 739,the Native American Voting Rights Act, by Senator Udall and Congressman Lujan which will expand in-person registration opportunities by designating federally funded facilities on native reservations as voter registration sites Support legislation to sever our nations federal government relations with the Creek Nation of Oklahoma until they restore full Tribal citizenship to the Creek Freedmen disenfranchised on October 6, 1979; support HR 1514

Support H.R. 1968, legislation to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to Shirley Chisholm

Oppose the government shutdown in part because it is having a negative effect on Americans health Express deep concerns about the nomination of William Barr to be US Attorney General based on his past dealings with youth Oppose the nomination of William P. Barr to be US Attorney General Support H.R. 1968, legislation to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to Shirley Chisholm Support the provision in HR 1, the Voting Rights / Election protection bill which mirrors the Democracy Restoration Act which restores the right to vote to formerly incarcerated people Support the establishment of a National Task Force on the Impact of the Affordable Housing Crisis. Oppose the nomination of Neomi Rao to the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit Support back pay for employees of federal contractors who were affected by the government shutdown of January, 2019 Oppose proposal by Senator Crapo to privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Oppose the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) decision to exempt federally funded foster care and adoption agencies in South Carolina from the religious nondiscrimination protections provided under 45 CFR 75.300 (c) Oppose CFPB claims that it can authorize a Bureau employee to give companies letters, approvals or exemptions that exempt them from consumer protection laws and enforcement, giving them immunity from enforcement by states or other government agencies and from private litigation Support the Open Debate Principle that the public should be empowered to conceive and select debate questions.Support H.R. 1, the For the People Act is a comprehensive reform package that fixes our broken democracy and makes it easier, not harder for people to vote; aims to end the dominance of big money in politics, and has provisions ensuring that public officials work for the public interest. Support lifting the austere Budget Control Act federal spending caps and ensuring that affordable housing, community development, and transportation programs receive the highest allocation of discretionary funds possible for FY20 Support the inclusion of the Democracy Restoration Act, which would re-enfranchise ex-felony offenders, in the final version of HR 1 Support HR 1094 / S 739,the Native American Voting Rights Act, by Senator Udall and Congressman Lujan which will expand in-person registration opportunities by designating federally funded facilities on native reservations as voter registration sites Support a robust program of Questionnaire Assistance Centers (QACs) for the 2020 census Support the repair and expansion of the 1965 Voting Rights Act; support HR 1, HR 4 / S 561 Support an expansion of access to the polls for all eligible voters; make registering and voting easier; support HR 1, HR 1275 / S 591 Support automatic voter registration; support HR 1 & HR 645 Oppose photo identification requirements for voting / registering to vote Support statehood for DC / Support full voting rights for the residents of DC; support HR 51 Support campaign Finance Reform; support HR1 Support a fair, accurate, and credible 2020 Census Oppose a citizenship question on the 2020 Census form Support the re-enfranchisement of ex-felony offenders; support HR1 & HR 196 Support the establishment of a Department of Peace; support HR 1111 Oppose the nomination of Neomi Rao to the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit Support H. J. Res 46, a resolution to reject and nullify President Donald Trumps declaration of an emergency so he could shift as much as $6.7 billion of previously appropriated monies away from their intended recipients and used instead to build a wall along the southern border of the United States Oppose the nomination of Eric Miller to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Oppose the nomination of the former State Solicitor General of Ohio, Eric Murphy, to a lifetime appointment on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Oppose the nomination of Chad Readler to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Oppose the nomination of Allison Rushing to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Support legislation which would bring an immediate end to the partial government shutdown. Support HR 135, the Federal Employee Anti-Discrimination Act Oppose the Cole (OK) amendment to HR1, which would have restored a provision currently in law that bars government contractors from disclosing campaign contributions as part of the bidding process. Support Negruse amendment to HR 1, which allows 16 and 17-year-olds to pre-register to vote ahead of their 18th birthday.

Oppose allowing states to use drug testing as a prerequisite for unemployment compensation

Any reauthorization of the Higher Education act (HEA) must: ensure that students have a clear and straightforward path to complete loan discharges when the school they attended has been engaged in widespread misconduct, including misrepresentation or fraud; allow for the gainful employment regulation to be maintained and fully implemented; maintain the existing protections of the 90-10 rule and should restore the 85-15 threshold while closing the Department of Defense /Veterans Affairs loophole; Prohibit abusive sales tactics by colleges; and minimizes waste, fraud and abuse in higher education, as well as protects students, their families and the taxpaying public from predatory colleges Oppose the Department of Educations proposed changes to the disclosure template requirements set out in the Gainful Employment rule as it will deprive students and taxpayers of valuable information that is easily understood, is comparable across institutions, and that has already undergone rigorous consumer testing Oppose the rescission of the January 8, 2014 joint school discipline guidance package, including the Joint Dear Colleague on the Nondiscriminatory Administration of School Discipline, and urge you to immediately state that the Department of Education and the Department of Justice will continue to vigorously enforce our civil rights laws and respond to racial discrimination in school discipline Oppose the Department of Educations proposal to amend rules implementing Title IX of the Education Amendment Act of 1972 (Title IX) as published in the Federal Register on November 29, 2018. The Department of Education should immediately withdraw this NPRM and instead focus its energies on vigorously enforcing the Title IX requirements that the Department has relied on for decades, to ensure that schools promptly and effectively respond to sexual harassment Support a review and amendment, if needed, of state ESSA plans which advance the key principles of educational equity and serves the interest of all children Support S. 1074 / HR 2168, the REAL Act, legislation to restore PELL grants to incarcerated people Support the final Department of Educations guidance regarding supplement not supplant under Title 1, Part A of the 1965 ESEA as amended by ESSA to clearly state that, no matter the method for distributing state and local funds to schools, the result is such that Title I schools have at least as much actual funding and resources they need as do the average of all non-Title I schools. Support S. 672 / HR 1571, the Debt-Free College Act of 2019 which proposes a state-federal partnership which leverages the nations public higher education system to make debt-free college access a reality. Oppose the reauthorization of the DC school voucher program Support a significant boost in the fiscal year (FY) 2020 allocation for the Appropriations Subcommittee to address vital and long-neglected needs (Labor - HHS - Education) program Support a bill to provide colleges and universities with guidance and recommendations on the removal of criminal and juvenile justice questions from their initial application for admissions process Support public school construction, repair and renovation; support HR 865 / S 266 Support the rmoval of the question regarding minor drug infractions from the Financial Aid Form; support provisions in HR 1571 / S 672 Support expanding Pell Grant availability and funding, including allowing incarcerated individuals to access Pell grants; Support HR 2068 / S1074 Support making college more affordable and limiting the amount of debt accumulated; support HR 1571 / S 672

Oppose National Park Service withdraw proposed rules restricting protesting and demonstration activities on the National Mall, on publicly accessible grounds surrounding the White House, and on other NPS areas in Washington, DC.

Support GSE reform that contains language to: Preserve and Enhance Fair Housing and Anti-Discrimination Protections; Provide Broad Access for Borrowers, Institutions and Regions; Preserve the Systems Affordable Housing Mission, and the Availability of Inclusive Loan Products and Services; and protect taxpayers Support a national cap on interest rates and fees at 36% to eliminate high-cost loans (support HR 3760 / S 1659) Support a Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) which retains a local geographical focus; avoids simplistic measures of performance; safeguards vibrant public participation; maintains the importance of bank branches; retains its focus on low- and moderate-individuals and neighborhoods; penalizes, on CRA exams, discrimination and violation of anti-discrimination and pro-consumer laws; takes bank activity to people and communities of color into consideration; does not allow bank mergers after one or both of the banks fail a CRA exam; takes into consideration affiliate activities; recognizes community benefit agreements; and refines CRA rating to be more reflective of a banks activities Oppose the CFPB revisiting or weakening any existing regulations Oppose the OCC's proposal to reform the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) Support the CFPB not interpreting the law based on private, one-sided information from industry only Support NCUA making no changes to the payday alternative loan (PAL) program that would increase the likelihood that credit union members end up in cycles of high-cost, short-term loans that resemble payday loan debt. Most critically, we strongly oppose permitting more than six application fees in twelve months as proposed for PAL II. We also oppose permitting 28% interest on loans as large as $2,000, dropping the minimum loan size, and proposing a PAL III program that would permit even more expensive or larger loans or weaker underwriting. Finally, we urge NCUA to address abusive overdraft fee programs, which lessen the incentive for credit Oppose nomination of Kathleen Kraninger to be Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Oppose the SECs proposed rule in promulgating the establishment of a new best interest standard of conduct for broker-dealers when making a recommendation of any transaction or investment strategy involving securities to a retail customer Oppose the FDIC expanding predatory lending and undermining state usury limits-specifically (1) retain the FDICs critical guidance addressing 200-300% payday loans (deposit advances) made by banks; (2) ensure that small dollar installment loans are priced at 36% or less and based on the consumers ability to repay considering both income and expenses; and (3) prevent bank partnerships that evade state interest rate limits. Oppose any nominee for the CFPB Directorship who does not have an extensive background in consumer protection law and who does not support the Bureaus mission of protecting consumers Oppose CFPBs recent decision to abandon supervision on the Military Lending Act (MLA). Support the Department of Defense ensuring that the MLA is vigorously enforced. Oppose HR 6743, the Consumer Information Notification Requirement Act, which is not only unnecessary but also dangerous because of the broad scope of Section 3, which replaces a narrow preemption provision in the existing GLBA with a sweeping provision that could not only eliminate all state data breach notice, data security and other privacy laws as they apply to financial institutions, but forestall further state innovation to protect their citizens from all privacy, data security threats applying to any entity, and also deny state efforts to restrict inappropriate uses and sharing of information by health care providers, big tech firms, telephone companies and others Support H.R. 6972, The Consumers First Act:, which reestablishes the full duties of enumerated offices, like OFLEO; restores the supervisory and enforcement powers of the fair lending office; reestablishes a dedicated student loan office; reactivates prior MOUs promoting effective interagency efforts; requires adequate agency staffing, including for supervision and enforcement, to fully carry out the Consumer Bureaus statutory mandates; limits the number of political appointees that may be hired; and codifies the commonly used name of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Support the dismissal of Eric Blankenstein, the director of the CFPBs Office of Fair Lending, who dismissed racist comments and hate crimes laws Support The Consumer Protection Demographic Collection Bill, which would collect demographic information of an applicant applying for personal consumer credit, with the collection of the demographic information being collected by the creditor after they have been approved or denied for a type of credit. The purposes for collecting demographic information is to monitor, prevent, and punish discriminatory practices in personal consumer credit transactions. The types of consumer credit transactions include: 1) Small dollar loans such as payday lending and auto lending; 2) credit applications; 3) cash checking Support the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to investigate a security flaw with Experians website Oppose the use of credit scores and credit reports when determining who to grant Lawful Permanent Resident Status to. Support increased activities by the CFPB to protect consumers from debt collection Support strong consumer protections for new electronic payment systems being developed and support the Fed playing a role as an operator to provide competition to the system that will be controlled by the big banks

Support statehood for DC (support HR 1291 / s 1278) Oppose the D.C. Voucher Program and support zeroing out funding for the program in 2019 Oppose the Palmer (AL) amendment to HR 6147 that would prohibit the District of Columbia from using funds appropriated by the bill to enforce certain health insurance requirements.

Support HR 6368, the Encouraging Small Business Innovators Act, which would encourage R&D small business set-asides, to encourage SBIR and STTR participants to serve as mentors under the Small Business Administrations mentor-protege program, to promote the use of interagency contracts

Support ending the ban on CDC Gun Research Support the preservation of gains made in health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act Support the elimination of racial and ethnic disparities in health care and disease Support full funding for AIDS prevention, treatment, education and research Support ending childhood obesity Support protecting Medicare and Medicaid benefits Support restoring Medicaid Eligibility to COFA recipients living in the USA (support HR 2982 / S. 1391) support a robust, transparent 340B program Support the Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2018, legislation which takes steps to eliminate health disparities among racial and ethnic minorities, support HR 5942 Support the 340B Drug Pricing Program Support $57.95 million for the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health program in FY2019 Oppose renewed efforts to roll back the expansion in coverage and consumer protections under the Affordable Care Act Support that the Department of Health and Human Services extend the public comment period for the proposed rule on Medicare payment to home care providers by a minimum of 30 days to allow for meaningful stakeholder participation in the comment process and completion of a robust analysis of the economic impact of the proposal, as well as its more general impact on Medicaid home and community-based services Support the Senate carefully considering the stakes for our health care system and for millions of peoples ability to access care, as it undergoes the confirmation process for the next Supreme Court juSupport the enactment of a series of fundamental reforms to rebalance our moneyed political system, empower everyday Americans, ensure equal justice for all, protect the publics right to know, reduce barriers to participation in our elections, vigorously enforce voting laws, and fix our ethics laws. Support the bipartisan commitment to domestic HIV/AIDS programs, and continue to invest in high-impact prevention, treatment, and research programs which have led to decreases in new HIV infections and more people living with HIV linked to and retained in care. Support funding for the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment Program, the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, the HHS Secretarys Minority AIDS Initiative Fund (SMAIF), SAMHSAs Minority AIDS Initiative programs at equal levels as in FY 18; support an increase in funding for medical research at the National Institutes of Health. Support Title X Family Planning and the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program; oppose limiting certain types of harm reduction services. Oppose the abstinence-only-until-marriage sexual risk avoidance competitive grant program Support at least $393 million for the Housing Opportunities for people with AIDS (HOPWA) in FY2019 Support HR 3168 / S 1522, the Every Kid Outdoors Act, which directs the Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, and the Army to establish the Every Kids Outdoors program to provide fourth graders free access to federal lands and waters to which the public has access. Oppose the Palmer (AL) amendment to HR 6147 that would prohibit the District of Columbia from using funds appropriated by the bill to enforce certain health insurance requirements. Oppose proposed changes to rules promulgated under the Flores agreement which would allow the federal government to hold children of suspected undocumented migrants under potentially harsher conditions and for longer periods of time. Ensure Medicare, Medicaid, and protections for people with preexisting conditions

Support HR 3168 / S 1522, the Every Kid Outdoors Act, which directs the Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, and the Army to establish the Every Kids Outdoors program to provide fourth graders free access to federal lands and waters to which the public has access.

Support HR 5005, legislation to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of establishing the birthplace of James Weldon Johnson in Jacksonville, Florida, as a unit of the National Park System Oppose proposed rulemaking RIN 1024-AE45, issued August 7, 2018, which would revise the National Park Services protest permitting process regarding demonstrations at the National Mall, Memorial Parks, and Presidents Park to require fees for a permit.

Oppose any new cute to Medicare / Medicaid or federal health programs which comprise our nations safety net Support protecting Medicare and Medicaid benefits Support restoring Medicaid Eligibility to COFA recipients living in the USA (support HR 2982 / S. 1391) Support that the Department of Health and Human Services extend the public comment period for the proposed rule on Medicare payment to home care providers by a minimum of 30 days to allow for meaningful stakeholder participation in the comment process and completion of a robust analysis of the economic impact of the proposal, as well as its more general impact on Medicaid home and community-based services Ensure Medicare, Medicaid, and protections for people with preexisting conditions

Oppose the leaked version of a housing finance proposal from U.S. Senators Bob Corker (TN) and Mark Warner (VA) that would severely harm Americas housing market. Our opposition is mainly rooted in the proposals negative impact on access, affordability, and market stability. Support an increase in the availability of safe, decent, affordable low-income housing. Support the National Housing Trust Fund Support a comprehensive program to combat homelessness Support an increase in resources to fight housing discrimination Support Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing; oppose its immediate suspension Support the Disparate Impact rule; disparate impact claims are critical to ensuring that systemic housing discrimination that occurs through facially neutral policies or practices can be challenged and dismantled. Oppose any change to the current rule Support $50 million for the Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration in the 2019 HUD funding bill Support at least $393 million for the Housing Opportunities for people with AIDS (HOPWA) in FY2019. Support S. 3503, the American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2018, legislation introduced by Senator Elizabeth Warren which would reduce the cost of housing across America by creating incentives for local governments to eliminate unnecessary land use restrictions that drive up costs; control the cost of renting or buying a home by leveraging federal funding to build 3 million new housing units for lower-income and middle-class families in urban, suburban and rural areas; provide assistance to people hurt by federal housing policy failures through two targeted new programs; hold financial institutions accountable for providing access to credit for all Americans; and promote mobility by strengthening anti-discrimination laws and improving the housing voucher program Strongly oppose any efforts to streamline, the Affirmatively Furthering Far Housing (AFFH) rule or otherwise make any changes to the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule as it was finalized on July 16, 2015. Support HR 5793 / S 2945, the Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act, which authorizes the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to implement a mobility demonstration program to enable public housing agencies (PHAs) to administer housing-choice rental-assistance vouchers in a manner designed to: (1) encourage low-income families receiving such assistance to move to lower-poverty areas, and (2) expand access to opportunity areas. Support S. 3503, the American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2018, which would help to alleviate the pervasive shortage of affordable housing in communities throughout our country Support FHFA carefully considering the link between capital levels, pricing, and access to credit as it works to finalize its rule on FHFA Capital Requirements. Further, it is first critical to remember the primary drivers of the 2008 financial crisis and how those conditions have changed, affecting both the likelihood and severity of a future crisis. Next, the assumptions and mechanics of setting the capital regime must be closely examined in order to both set aside sufficient capital and enable the GSEs to provide their essential support for the housing market

Oppose the proposal by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to pre-empt the meal and rest breaks that exist in the state of California and 20 other states, which are designed to make sure truck drivers get ample rest and wont be driving on our highways while they are too tired to safely operate their trucks

Oppose Ken Marcuss nomination to Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights Oppose the Department of Justices request for a new citizenship question on the 2020 Census. disability, age, ethnicity/national origin, color, religion, marital status, and status as a parent. Support statehood for the people of Puerto Rico Support, Preserve and Protect Equal Opportunity Programs including Affirmative Action Eliminate potential discrimination in Faith Based initiatives Study Proposals for Reparations for African Americans (support HR 40) Support access to the polls for all eligible voters, support making it easier to register and vote (support HR 12 / S 1437) Support same-day voter registration-Support early voting / Sunday voting Support automatic voter registration Oppose Photo Identification requirements for voting Support Campaign Finance Reform (support HR 20 / S 1640) Support the re-enfranchisement of ex-felony offenders (support S 1588 / HR 6612) Ensure a fair and accurate 2020 census Support the repair and strengthening of the 1965 Voting Rights Act (Support HR 2978 / S1419) Oppose the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court Oppose the Aderholt Amendment to the House Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill for FY 2019. The Aderholt Amendment would allow child welfare providers receiving taxpayer dollars to decide which families and children to serve, in violation of state and federal nondiscrimination policies. The amendment would affect a wide variety of child welfare services, including family preservation services; foster care, counseling and other services for children; and adoption services Oppose nomination of Kathleen Kraninger to be Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Support the Senate carefully considering the stakes for our health care system and for millions of peoples ability to access care, as it undergoes the confirmation process for the next Supreme Court justice. Support the enactment of a series of fundamental reforms to rebalance our moneyed political system, empower everyday Americans, ensure equal justice for all, protect the publics right to know, reduce barriers to participation in our elections, vigorously enforce voting laws, and fix our ethics laws. Support the enactment of a series of fundamental reforms to rebalance our moneyed political system, empower everyday Americans, ensure equal justice for all, protect the publics right to know, reduce barriers to participation in our elections, vigorously enforce voting laws, and fix our ethics laws. Support the enactment of a series of fundamental reforms to rebalance our moneyed political system, empower everyday Americans, ensure equal justice for all, protect the publics right to know, reduce barriers to participation in our elections, vigorously enforce voting laws, and fix our ethics laws. Oppose Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination based on his record on consumer protection issues Oppose Eric Dreibands nomination to serve as the next Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Oppose the nomination of the current State Solicitor General of Ohio, Eric Murphy, to a lifetime appointment on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Oppose the nomination of Chad Readler of Ohio to a lifetime appointment on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Oppose State Senator Mark Norris to be a U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee Support the Leahy (VT) Amendment #3464 to 6147, which would have provided additional monies to election security Support the Carbajal (CA) for Capuano (MA)amendment to HR 6147 that would remove the bill's ban on the use of funds by the Securities and Exchange Commission to issue rules on the disclosure of political contributions. Oppose proposed rulemaking RIN 1024-AE45, issued August 7, 2018, which would revise the National Park Services protest permitting process regarding demonstrations at the National Mall, Memorial Parks, and Presidents Park to require fees for a permit. Support legislation to award the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor to Shirley Chisholm posthumously Support #MeToo. Support legislation to effectively address sexual violence; legal protections must ensure that all work is safe work, create greater transparency and accountability, and secure fair pay and treatment for those whose economic vulnerability puts them at greater risk of harassment and violence. Governments must also prioritize investing in programs and services to enable survivor healing and support. Oppose the policy of using information obtained from detained immigrant children to find, arrest, and try to deport their parents and relatives Support the updating and strengthening of the Congressional Review Act. Support extending the 60-day comment period on the Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) on proposed changes to Title X enforcement by at least another 60 days. This will ensure that students and educators are not impeded by winter break and January term from reviewing the NPRM and giving meaningful input Support $4.456 billion for the Census Bureau in FY 2019, ensuring that of this amount, $3.648 billion is spent on 2020 Census activities. Support the voice of the African American community to be reflected not only in the mission of the Senate Judiciary Committee, but in its makeup as well. Support legislation in the 116th Congress to give the Congressional Gold Medal to Rev. James Lawson Support the swift confirmation of Dr. Steven Dillingham as the Director of the Census Bureau Support the removal of a provisions allowing religious organizations to take part in various programs and services authorized by the First Step Act

Support the Protecting the Health and Wellness of Babies and Pregnant Women in Custody Act, which will ensure access to resources necessary to meet the unique needs of pregnant women; will ensure that the Bureau of Prisons captures accurate data on the health care needs of pregnant inmates; and will prohibit, in most circumstances, the use of restraints on pregnant and postpartum inmates. In addition to providing incentives to states who meet these needs

Support the reauthorization of Byrne JAG grants Oppose the Department of Justices request for a new citizenship question on the 2020 Census Support a clean federal budget with no poison pill riders Support House-passed amendments regarding civil forfeiture in any year-long appropriations bill Support an independent Community Relations Service (CRS); oppose the Trump proposal to move CRS under the Department of Justice Office of Civil Rights Support continued funding in FY 2019 of the Japanese American Confinement Sites (JACS) Grant Program and the Underrepresented Communities Competitive Grants under the Historic Preservation Fund Support a Federal budget that invests in public education, health care, job training and the protection of civil rights Oppose a Balanced Budget to the US Constitution Support full funding for JJDPA programs in FY2019 Support the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Department of Commerce, Justice and Science Subcommittee match the funding level of roughly $4.8 billion for the 2020 Census that was in the Appropriations Committee approved bill. Oppose the D.C. Voucher Program and support zeroing out funding for the program in 2019 Oppose the Aderholt Amendment to the House Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill for FY 2019. The Aderholt Amendment would allow child welfare providers receiving taxpayer dollars to decide which families and children to serve, in violation of state and federal nondiscrimination policies. The amendment would affect a wide variety of child welfare services, including family preservation services; foster care, counseling and other services for children; and adoption services Support the bipartisan commitment to domestic HIV/AIDS programs, and continue to invest in high-impact prevention, treatment, and research programs which have led to decreases in new HIV infections and more people living with HIV linked to and retained in care. Support funding for the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment Program, the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, the HHS Secretarys Minority AIDS Initiative Fund (SMAIF), SAMHSAs Minority AIDS Initiative programs at equal levels as in FY 18; support an increase in funding for medical research at the National Institutes of Health. Support Title X Family Planning and the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program; oppose limiting certain types of harm reduction services. Oppose the abstinence-only-until-marriage sexual risk avoidance competitive grant program Support $50 million for the Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration in the 2019 HUD funding bill Oppose the Palmer (AL) amendment to HR 6147 that would prohibit the District of Columbia from using funds appropriated by the bill to enforce certain health insurance requirements Support the Carbajal (CA) for Capuano (MA)amendment to HR 6147 that would remove the bill's ban on the use of funds by the Securities and Exchange Commission to issue rules on the disclosure of political contributions Oppose the Hice (GA) amendment to HR 6147 which would prohibit appropriated funds from being used for Environmental Justice Small Grants Program. Oppose McHenry (NC)amendment to HR 6247 that would prohibit funds appropriated by the bill from being used by the Postal Service to provide additional financial products or services. Support $5 million for the Wrongful Conviction Review Program at the Department of Justice (DoJ), Bureau of Justice Assistance (the Wrongful Conviction Review Program is a part of the Capital Litigation Improvement Program); $7 million for the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Program at the DoJ, National Institute of Justice (NIJ); 35 million for the Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement Grant Program at NIJ; $4 million to support forensic science standards setting activities at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST);$13.5 million for NIST to support forensic science research and measurement science all in the FY 19 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill Support $4.456 billion for the Census Bureau in FY 2019, ensuring that of this amount, $3.648 billion is spent on 2020 Census activities. Support Congress finalizing the FY19 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) appropriations bill sooner rather than later

Oppose new directive which eliminates the presumption that ICE should not detain pregnant women or remove reporting requirements regarding the treatment of pregnant individuals Support Speaker Ryan allowing a clean DREAM Act to be brought up on the floor for a vote4-17-2018 Oppose the policy of separating parents from children apprehended at the U.S. border Support the Senate Committee on Homeland Security request and make public the following records: All policy guidance used by immigration officials at the border on records management practices, and on the tracking of children after being separated from their parents; All policy guidance on the handling of Unaccompanied Alien Children, used by CBP officials at the border and by ICE agents in immigrant detention facilities; All policy guidance on the implementation of the administrations zero-tolerance policy, and the Presidents June 20th Executive Order on family separation; All documents explaining the administrations reunification plan for the separated children and their families Oppose changes to the "public charge" rule which would detrimentally impact the economic security, health, and well-being of immigrant women, children and families, and communities. Support a Department of Homeland Security Inspector Generals investigation into the Administrations handling of TPS status

Oppose any riders to Appropriations bill(s) which would place the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under the appropriations process Oppose the leaked version of a housing finance proposal from U.S. Senators Bob Corker (TN) and Mark Warner (VA) that would severely harm Americas housing market. Our opposition is mainly rooted in the proposals negative impact on access, affordability, and market stability Support GSE reform that contains language to: Preserve and Enhance Fair Housing and Anti-Discrimination Protections; Provide Broad Access for Borrowers, Institutions and Regions; Preserve the Systems Affordable Housing Mission, and the Availability of Inclusive Loan Products and Services; and protect taxpayers Support a national cap on interest rates and fees at 36% to eliminate high-cost loans (support HR 3760 / S 1659) Support the retention of the CFPBs inclusive, transparent, evidence-based and comprehensive rulemaking process Oppose riders to the Financial Services / General Government Appropriations bill for 2019 which would deregulate everything from the nations largest banks to high-frequency Wall Street traders to consumer lenders supervised by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Support the long-established disparate impact jurisprudence under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA). Support the importance of Regulation B and the use of the disparate-impact doctrine in enforcement actions, examinations, and complaint investigations that have ECOA implications Support the CFPB not interpreting the law based on private, one-sided information from industry only Support NCUA making no changes to the payday alternative loan (PAL) program that would increase the likelihood that credit union members end up in cycles of high-cost, short-term loans that resemble payday loan debt. Most critically, we strongly oppose permitting more than six application fees in twelve months as proposed for PAL II. We also oppose permitting 28% interest on loans as large as $2,000, dropping the minimum loan size, and proposing a PAL III program that would permit even more expensive or larger loans or weaker underwriting. Finally, we urge NCUA to address abusive overdraft fee programs, which lessen the incentive for credit Oppose nomination of Kathleen Kraninger to be Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Oppose the SECs proposed rule in promulgating the establishment of a new best interest standard of conduct for broker-dealers when making a recommendation of any transaction or investment strategy involving securities to a retail customer Oppose the FDIC expanding predatory lending and undermining state usury limits-specifically (1) retain the FDICs critical guidance addressing 200-300% payday loans (deposit advances) made by banks; (2) ensure that small dollar installment loans are priced at 36% or less and based on the consumers ability to repay considering both income and expenses; and (3) prevent bank partnerships that evade state interest rate limits. Oppose any nominee for the CFPB Directorship who does not have an extensive background in consumer protection law and who does not support the Bureaus mission of protecting consumers Oppose CFPBs recent decision to abandon supervision on the Military Lending Act (MLA). Support the Department of Defense ensuring that the MLA is vigorously enforced. Oppose HR 6743, the Consumer Information Notification Requirement Act, which is not only unnecessary but also dangerous because of the broad scope of Section 3, which replaces a narrow preemption provision in the existing GLBA with a sweeping provision that could not only eliminate all state data breach notice, data security and other privacy laws as they apply to financial institutions, but forestall further state innovation to protect their citizens from all privacy, data security threats applying to any entity, and also deny state efforts to restrict inappropriate uses and sharing of information by health care providers, big tech firms, telephone companies and others Support H.R. 6972, The Consumers First Act:, which reestablishes the full duties of enumerated offices, like OFLEO; restores the supervisory and enforcement powers of the fair lending office; reestablishes a dedicated student loan office; reactivates prior MOUs promoting effective interagency efforts; requires adequate agency staffing, including for supervision and enforcement, to fully carry out the Consumer Bureaus statutory mandates; limits the number of political appointees that may be hired; and codifies the commonly used name of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Support the dismissal of Eric Blankenstein, the director of the CFPBs Office of Fair Lending, who dismissed racist comments and hate crimes laws Support The Consumer Protection Demographic Collection Bill, which would collect demographic information of an applicant applying for personal consumer credit, with the collection of the demographic information being collected by the creditor after they have been approved or denied for a type of credit. The purposes for collecting demographic information is to monitor, prevent, and punish discriminatory practices in personal consumer credit transactions. The types of consumer credit transactions include: 1) Small dollar loans such as payday lending and auto lending; 2) credit applications; 3) cash checking Support a meeting between the Chairman of the FDIC and various civil rights & consumer organizations Support the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to investigate a security flaw with Experians website Oppose the use of credit scores and credit reports when determining who to grant Lawful Permanent Resident Status to. Support increased activities by the CFPB to protect consumers from debt collection Support strong consumer protections for new electronic payment systems being developed and support the Fed playing a role as an operator to provide competition to the system that will be controlled by the big banks

Oppose limiting food and non-alcoholic front-of-pack nutrition labeling via NAFTA Oppose extending the public comment period for the Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking of Flavors in Tobacco Products

Support exempting P2P technology from the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) Support the Lifeline program; support the National Verifier program but oppose the Emergency Petition of Q Link Wireless, LLC for an Order Directing the Universal Service Administrative Company to Implement Machine-to-Machine Interfaces for the National Verifier Support S. 2520 the Inmate Calling Technical Correction Act which reduces the exorbitant rates for telephone calls from prisons Support Lifeline; support the expansion of the lifeline program to include broadband internet services. Support the National Verifier program, which will protect the integrity of the Lifeline program.

Support the protection of Social Security Oppose the SECs proposed rule in promulgating the establishment of a new best interest standard of conduct for broker-dealers when making a recommendation of any transaction or investment strategy involving securities to a retail customer. (retirement)

Oppose an expansion of work credits of work requirements for SNAP (food stamps) in the 2018 Farm bill Support legislation by Senator Harris to extend to farmworkers the same rights to overtime pay after a 40-hour week that other workers enjoy under the 1932 Fair Labor Standers Act Support ending childhood obesity Oppose provisions in the 2018 Farm Bill which would harm individuals reentering the community from incarceration and their families by making changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food assistance programs and Employment and Training (E&T) program. Specifically, oppose provisions to 1)Cut SNAP food assistance 2)Expand onerous work requirements for SNAP food assistance 3)Impose a permanent, lifetime ban on individuals convicted of certain crimes from accessing SNAP food assistance Prohibit individuals convicted of drug felonies from working in the hemp industry. Support provisions in the 2018 Farm Bill to strengthen and protect the SNAPs ability to serve women and children Oppose any and all attempts to attach an amendment to H.R. 2, which would deny food assistance to all individuals who were found guilty of certain violent crimes even after they served their sentence and are working hard to reintegrate into society. Support HR 3168 / S 1522, the Every Kid Outdoors Act, which directs the Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, and the Army to establish the Every Kids Outdoors program to provide fourth graders free access to federal lands and waters to which the public has access.

Oppose Ken Marcuss nomination to Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights Oppose any cuts to the Pell program, support an increase in the maximum Pell Grant by at least the amount that would be provided with the expiring automatic inflation adjustment. Oppose Discriminatory High Stakes Educational Testing Oppose publically funded private school vouchers Support maintaining the federal role in ensuring a decent public education / civil rights protections for all students Support allowing students convicted of minor drug offenses to receive federal financial aid Support an increase in aid and other resources for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (support HR 1080) Support expanding Pell Grant funding and availability (support HR 2451 / S 1135) Support helping college graduates burdened by private student loan debt (support HR 2527 / S1262) Support, Preserve and Protect Equal Opportunity Programs including Affirmative Action Support a moratorium on the expansion of the charter schools until such time as: (1) Charter schools are subject to the same transparency and accountability standards as public schools; (2) Public funds are not diverted to charter schools at the expense of the public school system; (3) Charter schools cease expelling students that public schools have a duty to educate; and (4) Charter schools cease to perpetuate de facto segregation of the highest performing children from those whose aspirations may be high but whose talents are not yet as obvious. Oppose the D.C. Voucher Program and support zeroing out funding for the program in 2019 Support the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issuing regulations to close the loophole that would allow donors to receive state tax credit voucher programs (tuition tax credits) from taking both federal and state tax benefits Oppose the proposed borrowers Defense rule update as proposed by the Trump Administration; support the existing rule Oppose the repeal of the Gainful Employment rule. Under this rule, a career education program loses access to federal funds if the program repeatedly leaves its graduates with unaffordable debts, relative to their earnings.Oppose any new regulations or changes in existing regulation which may weaken accountability and consumer protection Oppose using Student Support and Academic Enrichment grants from the Every Student Succeeds Act to provide firearms for teachers or other school administrators Support S. 3435, Beyond the Box for Higher Education Act. The bill would provide guidance, training, and technical assistance for colleges and universities to remove criminal history questions from their admissions processes. Support H. R. 6623, the Working on Rewarding and Keeping Employees Resilient Act, otherwise known as the WORKER Act. This legislation boost relevant education at an early age (via engineering and engineering technology and Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, or STEM grants); apprenticeships via private-public partnerships; training vouchers to ensure every American can attend a short-term training program; reemployment incentives so that unemployed Americans are among the first who are looked at when a job opens up; wage insurance for workers over 50 or over 45 in distressed areas. Support HR 1635 / S. 2081, the Empowering Students Through Enhanced Financial Counseling Act wich requires Institutes of Higher Education to provide required annual counseling. Also, it expands the required recipients of such annual counseling to include, in addition to student borrowers, Federal Pell Grant recipients and parent PLUS Loan borrowers. Oppose recommendations by the Federal Commission on School Safety which recommended allowing teachers and other school personnel to carry firearms In light of the closing of Education Corporation of America (ECA), support: extending the window for closed school discharges; sending loan discharge applications to all eligible students immediately; informing students of reviewed and vetted transfer options approved by state agencies; ensuring that ECA makes the transcript retrieval process free for students; and holding the creditors of ECA financially liable for closed school discharges

Oppose a Balanced Budget Amendment to the US Constitution; oppose HJ Res 2

Support the reauthorization of Byrne JAG grants Oppose the Department of Justices request for a new citizenship question on the 2020 Census Support full funding of critical juvenile justice and delinquency prevention programs in fiscal year 2019 Support proposals to build trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve. Support initiatives to standardize use of force policies for law enforcement. support ending racial and religious profiling. Support H.R. 1498 / S. 411 Support initiatives to study and eventually eliminate prosecutorial misconduct / bias. support the establishment of local effective and independent review boards of alleged law enforcement misconduct. Support requiring video surveillance of all law enforcement activities Support genuine sentencing reform to alleviate prison overcrowding, over-incarceration, and the overrepresentation of racial and ethnic minorities who are in prison. Support HR 4261 Support a commission to review all aspects of our national criminal justice system. Support H.R. 1886 / S.573 Support ending the ban on CDC Gun Research Support requiring universal background checks on all gun sales and transfers support a ban on the sale of all military-style semi-automatic assault guns and military high capacity ammunition clips (support HR 5078 / S. 2095 and S. 1945 Support tough new criminal penalties for straw purchasers and gun traffickers Support a ban on suspects on the terror watch list from purchasing firearms Support the Fix NICS Act (H.R. 4434 / S. 2135). Incentivize and assist states in improving their overall reporting to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Support sensitivity training of law enforcement & independent investigations of deadly force (HR 1870 / S 860)Support maintaining current law requiring background checks and permits for gun silencers. Support a ban on bump stocks machine-gun type firing and other conversion kits, accessories and parts Support allowing states to maintain and enforce their own concealed carry laws Support requiring the repeal of all state stand your ground laws, restoring the use of deadly force as a last resort Support microstamping or ballistic fingerprinting of all new firearms and ammunition sold in the U.S. support encouraging local jurisdictions to utilize their buyer power to create incentives for firearm manufacturers to employ countermarketing strategies to ensure that their retailers are using all available procedures to prevent illegal firearms diversion Support an abolishment of the death penalty Support the Second Chance Act reauthorization (HR 2899) Support the reauthorization and updating of the Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Act(support HR 1809 / S 860 Support the reform of money bail (HR 4019 / S 1593) Support incentivizing states and local jurisdictions to fully and accurately report hate crimes (HR 1566 / S. 667) Support the removal of statues of Confederate soldiers from the U.S. Capital (support HR 3701 / S 1772) Support encouraqing states to decrease prison populations and keep crime down (support HR 3845 / S 1458) Support the Compensating Legacy Artists for their Songs, Service, and Important Contributions to Society (CLASSICS) Act (H.R. 3301/S. 2393), bipartisan and which ensures legacy musicians are compensated when their work is played on digital radio platforms. Oppose the nomination of Thomas Farr to the Federal Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina Oppose the policy of separating parents from children apprehended at the U.S. border Oppose the nomination of Andrew Oldham to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Support DoJ leaders publicly recognizing and condemning the serious pattern of violence against transgender people in Jacksonville and the national problem it represents; we urge the Department to investigate these three killings as possible hate crimes and/or serial crimes, and offer all possible assistance to local authorities; we urge the Departments Community Relations Service to engage with local community members and officials to help them work together on these cases and address community concerns; and, we urge the Community Relations Service to support local community groups in providing appropriate training for local law enforcement on with respect to working with transgender people, and in improving relevant policies and procedures Oppose the use of risk assessment instruments in pretrial decision-making and establishing a set of principles for mitigating the harm that these tools may be causing in communities where they are already employed Oppose the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court Oppose HR 6691, the Community Safety and Security Act as it recklessly pushes forward a definition of a crime of violence for political purposes. Oppose the continued delay by the US Department of Justice in meeting its obligation to enforce the Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013 (DCRA). Support the mandatory collection of data on police-involved deaths. Support the DOJ going forth with the December 2016 compliance guidelines. Support requiring States to Proactively Report All In-Custody Deaths to DOJ. Support all States adopting Compliance Plans; support penalties for non-compliant states. Support the establishment of Clear Parameters that Define What is Reportable Under DCRA. Support the establishment of Guidelines for the Collection of Information on Decedents Disability Support S. 3435, Beyond the Box for Higher Education Act. The bill would provide guidance, training, and technical assistance for colleges and universities to remove criminal history questions from their admissions processes. Support the Protecting the Health and Wellness of Babies and Pregnant Women in Custody Act, which will ensure access to resources necessary to meet the unique needs of pregnant women; will ensure that the Bureau of Prisons captures accurate data on the health care needs of pregnant inmates; and will prohibit, in most circumstances, the use of restraints on pregnant and postpartum inmates. In addition to providing incentives to states who meet these needs Oppose H.R. 3487, which radically changes the law of diversity jurisdiction--the standard governing when a federal court may hear a case-from complete diversity to minimal diversity. Oppose H.R. 6730, Injunctive Authority Clarification Act of 2018, which would prevent national injunctions in most cases. Oppose H.R. 6754, Court Imbalance Restructure Concerning Updates to Impacted Tribunals Act of 2018 or the CIRCUIT Act of 2018, which would completely restructure the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Oppose H.R. 6755, the Judiciary Reforms, Organization and Operational Modernization Act of 2018 or the Judiciary ROOM Act of 2018, which contains a vast number of changes to federal court structure and procedures, from medical examinations and codes of conduct for judges, to internet streaming and television broadcasts Support S. 2520 the Inmate Calling Technical Correction Act which reduces the exorbitant rates for telephone calls from prisons Oppose Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination based on his record on consumer protection issues Oppose a provision in the House opioid bill requiring HHS to produce a report every 6 months, explaining why it has not produced the hair testing standard mandated in the FAST Act. Support legislation banning forced arbitration (individual, class and collective) in the employment context. Support H.R. 6086 / S. 3178, the Justice for Victims of Lynching Act, which would make lynching a hate crime. Support S. 3195, the Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act, which provides incentives for local police organizations to adopt performance-based standards to ensure that incidents of misconduct will be minimized through appropriate management, training and oversight protocols and that if such incidents do occur, that they are properly investigated Support H.R. 5075, the Ashanti Alert Act which is based on the popular and effective Amber Alert system, would, at the discretion of local law enforcement officials, be utilized to assist local and regional efforts to find missing adults, individuals between the ages of 19 and 65. Oppose Eric Dreibands nomination to serve as the next Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Oppose the nomination of the current State Solicitor General of Ohio, Eric Murphy, to a lifetime appointment on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Oppose the nomination of Chad Readler of Ohio to a lifetime appointment on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Oppose State Senator Mark Norris to be a U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee Support H.R. 6555, legislation to reauthorize and strengthen the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA). Oppose the nomination of Thomas Farr to the federal court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Support H.R. 7109, the Restoring Justice for Workers Act, which bars arbitration agreements as a condition of employment Support $5 million for the Wrongful Conviction Review Program at the Department of Justice (DoJ), Bureau of Justice Assistance (the Wrongful Conviction Review Program is a part of the Capital Litigation Improvement Program); $7 million for the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Program at the DoJ, National Institute of Justice (NIJ); 35 million for the Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement Grant Program at NIJ; $4 million to support forensic science standards setting activities at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST);$13.5 million for NIST to support forensic science research and measurement science all in the FY 19 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill Support the Law Enforcement Immersion Act, to address the lack of standardized training for law enforcement officers and the impact that has on communities of color Oppose the policy of using information obtained from detained immigrant children to find, arrest, and try to deport their parents and relatives Support the voice of the African American community to be reflected not only in the mission of the Senate Judiciary Committee, but in its makeup as well. Support the removal of a provisions allowing religious organizations to take part in various programs and services authorized by the First Step Act Oppose the nomination of William P. Barr to be USAttorney General

Support legislation by Senator Harris to extend to farmworkers the same rights to overtime pay after a 40-hour week that other workers enjoy under the 1932 Fair Labor Standers Act Support, Preserve and Protect Equal Opportunity Programs including Affirmative Action Support paid sick leave (support HR 947 / S 337) Support equal pay for equal work (support HR 1869 / S 819) Support a prohibition on employers asking salary history (support HR 2418) Support enabling workers to unionize Support a prohibition on employers using credit checks (support HR 3783 / S 1819) Support Congresswoman Chus Protect Our Workers from Exploitation and Retaliation (POWER) Act, which would protect immigrant workers by providing them a route to legal status when they report employer abuses and labor law violations Support S. 337 / H.R. 947, the FAMILY Act, which provides for paid family and medical leave. Oppose the August 10 OFCCP guidance which suggests that the OFCCP may expand religious exemptions for federal contractors, potentially allowing them to discriminate in their employment practices against transgender individuals Support legislation banning forced arbitration (individual, class and collective) in the employment context. Support H. R. 6623, the Working on Rewarding and Keeping Employees Resilient Act, otherwise known as the WORKER Act. This legislation boost relevant education at an early age (via engineering and engineering technology and Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, or STEM grants); apprenticeships via private-public partnerships; training vouchers to ensure every American can attend a short-term training program; reemployment incentives so that unemployed Americans are among the first who are looked at when a job opens up; wage insurance for workers over 50 or over 45 in distressed areas. Support H.R. 7109, the Restoring Justice for Workers Act, which bars arbitration agreements as a condition of employment Oppose the proposal by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to pre-empt the meal and rest breaks that exist in the state of California and 20 other states, which are designed to make sure truck drivers get ample rest and wont be driving on our highways while they are too tired to safely operate their trucks

Support ending the ban on and support funding for CDC Gun Research Support requiring universal background checks on all gun sales and transfers support a ban on the sale of all military-style semi-automatic assault guns and military high capacity ammunition clips (support HR 5078 / S. 2095 and S. 1945 Support tough new criminal penalties for straw purchasers and gun traffickers Support a ban on suspects on the terror watch list from purchasing firearms Support the Fix NICS Act (H.R. 4434 / S. 2135). Incentivize and assist states in improving their overall reporting to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). Support maintaining current law requiring background checks and permits for gun silencers. Support a ban on bump stocks machine-gun type firing and other conversion kits, accessories and parts Support allowing states to maintain and enforce their own concealed carry laws Support requiring the repeal of all state stand your ground laws, restoring the use of deadly force as a last resort Support microstamping or ballistic fingerprinting of all new firearms and ammunition sold in the U.S. support encouraging local jurisdictions to utilize their buyer power to create incentives for firearm manufacturers to employ countermarketing strategies to ensure that their retailers are using all available procedures to prevent illegal firearms diversion Support Thompson (CA) resolution calling for consideration of legislation related to gun regulation Oppose recommendations by the Federal Commission on School Safety which recommended allowing teachers and other school personnel to carry firearms

Support the permanent protections for Dreamers Support the passage of legislation to protect Dreamers and reject the White House nativist immigration agenda Support the diversity visa program. Support family-based visa categories Support legislation to allow undocumented individuals who were brought to the US as children and who know no other country to be "home", a path to US citizenship. Support DREAMERS. Support HR 3340 /S 1615. Oppose any proposal that repeals or cuts the diversity visa program or eliminates or in any way reduces categories of family-based visas Support an 18-month extension of Temporary Protected Status visas for Haitians. Oppose new directive which eliminates the presumption that ICE should not detain pregnant women or remove reporting requirements regarding the treatment of pregnant individuals Support the DREAM Act and other bipartisan solutions that doesnt jeopardize immigrant communities. Oppose judicial nominations of Andrew Oldham, Wendy Vitter,and Mark Norris due to their records of opposing critical legal protections for immigrant families. Oppose HR 6136, which would appropriate $23.4 billion for various border security activities. Included would be $16.6 billion for a "border wall system," which would be available from fiscal 2019 through fiscal 2027, and $6.8 billion for border security investments, which would be available from fiscal 2019 through fiscal 2023. It would provide those with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status a six-year renewable contingent non-immigrant legal status and would allow them to apply for a green card after five years, providing a path to citizenship. It would modify legal immigration by ending the diversity visa program and reallocating those visas to other classifications. The bill would require that undocumented immigrants who are charged with a misdemeanor offense for improper entry into the United States be detained with their minor children. Support the Senate Committee on Homeland Security request and make public the following records: All policy guidance used by immigration officials at the border on records management practices, and on the tracking of children after being separated from their parents; All policy guidance on the handling of Unaccompanied Alien Children, used by CBP officials at the border and by ICE agents in immigrant detention facilities; All policy guidance on the implementation of the administrations zero-tolerance policy, and the Presidents June 20th Executive Order on family separation; All documents explaining the administrations reunification plan for the separated children and their families Support an extension of TPS for Guatemalans Support the House make use of its oversight and appropriations roles to put more pressure on the administration to reunite families who were separated at the Southern borders Oppose confirmation of Kathy Kraninger as new Director of the CFPB based on her potential role while at OMB in the policy of separating families at the Southern border Oppose the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking by the Department of Homeland Security which would deny green cards to immigrants who had received federal benefits such as food stamps Oppose proposed changes to rules promulgated under the Flores agreement which would allow the federal government to hold children of suspected undocumented migrants under potentially harsher conditions and for longer periods of time. Oppose changes to the "public charge" rule which would detrimentally impact the economic security, health, and well-being of immigrant women, children and families, and communities. Oppose the policy of using information obtained from detained immigrant children to find, arrest, and try to deport their parents and relatives Oppose the use of credit scores and credit reports when determining who to grant Lawful Permanent Resident Status to. Support a Department of Homeland Security Inspector Generals investigation into the Administrations handling of TPS status

Oppose McHenry (NC)amendment to HR 6247 that would prohibit funds appropriated by the bill from being used by the Postal Service to provide additional financial products or services.

Oppose H.R. 2, The Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018 (the House Farm Bill),as changes to SNAP (formerly Food Stamps) place unduly harsh restrictions on women and families. Oppose the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking by the Department of Homeland Security which would deny green cards to immigrants who had received federal benefits such as food stamps

Support helping college graduates burdened by private student loan debt (support HR 2527 / S1262)

Support the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issuing regulations to close the loophole that would allow donors to receive state tax credit voucher programs (tuition tax credits) from taking both federal and state tax benefits Oppose the codification of the Free File program, a commercial tax program, support that it is kept out of any final tax legislation. Oppose HR 6760, the Protecting Family and Small Business Tax Cuts Act of 2018

Support the CFPB not interpreting the law based on private, one-sided information from industry only Oppose nomination of Kathleen Kraninger to be Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Oppose any nominee for the CFPB Directorship who does not have an extensive background in consumer protection law and who does not support the Bureaus mission of protecting consumers Oppose confirmation of Kathy Kraninger as new Director of the CFPB based on her potential role while at OMB in the policy of separating families at the Southern border Oppose HR 6743, the Consumer Information Notification Requirement Act, which is not only unnecessary but also dangerous because of the broad scope of Section 3, which replaces a narrow preemption provision in the existing GLBA with a sweeping provision that could not only eliminate all state data breach notice, data security and other privacy laws as they apply to financial institutions, but forestall further state innovation to protect their citizens from all privacy, data security threats applying to any entity, and also deny state efforts to restrict inappropriate uses and sharing of information by health care providers, big tech firms, telephone companies and others Oppose Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination based on his record on consumer protection issues Support H.R. 6972, The Consumers First Act:, which reestablishes the full duties of enumerated offices, like OFLEO; restores the supervisory and enforcement powers of the fair lending office; reestablishes a dedicated student loan office; reactivates prior MOUs promoting effective interagency efforts; requires adequate agency staffing, including for supervision and enforcement, to fully carry out the Consumer Bureaus statutory mandates; limits the number of political appointees that may be hired; and codifies the commonly used name of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Support The Consumer Protection Demographic Collection Bill, which would collect demographic information of an applicant applying for personal consumer credit, with the collection of the demographic information being collected by the creditor after they have been approved or denied for a type of credit. The purposes for collecting demographic information is to monitor, prevent, and punish discriminatory practices in personal consumer credit transactions. The types of consumer credit transactions include: 1) Small dollar loans such as payday lending and auto lending; 2) credit applications; 3) cash checking Support the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to investigate a security flaw with Experians website Support increased activities by the CFPB to protect consumers from debt collection Support strong consumer protections for new electronic payment systems being developed and support the Fed playing a role as an operator to provide competition to the system that will be controlled by the big banks

Oppose the Department of Justices request for a new citizenship question on the 2020 Census Support U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) immediately lifting the suspension of the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule. Oppose the elimination of anti-discrimination language in HUDs mission statement Support, Preserve and Protect Equal Opportunity Programs including Affirmative Action Study Proposals for Reparations for African Americans (support HR 40) Update the Religious Freedom Restoration Act to ensure against discrimination (support HR 3222) Support the repair and strengthening of the 1965 Voting Rights Act (Support HR 2978 / S1419) Support access to the polls for all eligible voters, support making it easier to register and vote (support HR 12 / S 1437) Support same-day voter registration-Support early voting / Sunday voting Support automatic voter registration Oppose Photo Identification requirements for voting Support Campaign Finance Reform (support HR 20 / S 1640) Support the re-enfranchisement of ex-felony offenders (support S 1588) Support Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing; oppose its immediate suspension Support the enactment of a series of fundamental reforms to rebalance our moneyed political system, empower everyday Americans, ensure equal justice for all, protect the publics right to know, reduce barriers to participation in our elections, vigorously enforce voting laws, and fix our ethics laws. Oppose the August 10 OFCCP guidance which suggests that the OFCCP may expand religious exemptions for federal contractors, potentially allowing them to discriminate in their employment practices against transgender individuals Support H.R. 6086 / S. 3178, the Justice for Victims of Lynching Act,make lynching a hate crime. Oppose Eric Dreibands nomination to serve as the next Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Oppose the nomination of the current State Solicitor General of Ohio, Eric Murphy, to a lifetime appointment on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Oppose the nomination of Chad Readler of Ohio to a lifetime appointment on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Oppose State Senator Mark Norris to be a U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee Support H.R. 6555, legislation to reauthorize and strengthen the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA) Oppose proposed changes to rules promulgated under the Flores agreement which would allow the federal government to hold children of suspected undocumented migrants under potentially harsher conditions and for longer periods of time. Support the dismissal of Eric Blankenstein, the director of the CFPBs Office of Fair Lending, who dismissed racist comments and hate crimes laws Support legislation to award the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor to Shirley Chisholm posthumously Support #MeToo. Support legislation to effectively address sexual violence; legal protections must ensure that all work is safe work, create greater transparency and accountability, and secure fair pay and treatment for those whose economic vulnerability puts them at greater risk of harassment and violence. Governments must also prioritize investing in programs and services to enable survivor healing and support. Support extending the 60-day comment period on the Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) on proposed changes to Title X enforcement by at least another 60 days. This will ensure that students and educators are not impeded by winter break and January term from reviewing the NPRM and giving meaningful input Support legislation in the 116th Congress to give the Congressional Gold Medal to Rev. James Lawson

support the Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity and Reliability (WATER) Act, introduced by Congressmen Ellison (MN) and Khanna (CA), HR 5609 Oppose the proposed revisions to the Good Neighbor Rule, which limits the amount of pollution which can be emitted across state borders.

Eliminate potential discrimination in Faith Based initiatives Update the Religious Freedom Restoration Act to ensure against discrimination (support HR 3222) Support the removal of a provisions allowing religious organizations to take part in various programs and services authorized by the First Step Act

Oppose Ken Marcuss nomination to Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights Oppose any cuts to the Pell program, support an increase in the maximum Pell Grant by at least the amount that would be provided with the expiring automatic inflation adjustment. Oppose Discriminatory High Stakes Educational Testing Oppose publically funded private school vouchers Support maintaining the federal role in ensuring a decent public education / civil rights protections for all students Support allowing students convicted of minor drug offenses to receive federal financial aid Support an increase in aid and other resources for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (support HR 1080) Support expanding Pell Grant funding and availability (support HR 2451 / S 1135) Support helping college graduates burdened by private student loan debt (support HR 2527 / S1262) Support, Preserve and Protect Equal Opportunity Programs including Affirmative Action Support a moratorium on the expansion of the charter schools until such time as: (1) Charter schools are subject to the same transparency and accountability standards as public schools; (2) Public funds are not diverted to charter schools at the expense of the public school system; (3) Charter schools cease expelling students that public schools have a duty to educate; and (4) Charter schools cease to perpetuate de facto segregation of the highest performing children from those whose aspirations may be high but whose talents are not yet as obvious. Oppose the D.C. Voucher Program and support zeroing out funding for the program in 2019 Support the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issuing regulations to close the loophole that would allow donors to receive state tax credit voucher programs (tuition tax credits) from taking both federal and state tax benefits Oppose the proposed borrowers Defense rule update as proposed by the Trump Administration; support the existing rule Oppose the repeal of the Gainful Employment rule. Under this rule, a career education program loses access to federal funds if the program repeatedly leaves its graduates with unaffordable debts, relative to their earnings.Oppose any new regulations or changes in existing regulation which may weaken accountability and consumer protection Oppose using Student Support and Academic Enrichment grants from the Every Student Succeeds Act to provide firearms for teachers or other school administrators Support S. 3435, Beyond the Box for Higher Education Act. The bill would provide guidance, training, and technical assistance for colleges and universities to remove criminal history questions from their admissions processes. Support H. R. 6623, the Working on Rewarding and Keeping Employees Resilient Act, otherwise known as the WORKER Act. This legislation boost relevant education at an early age (via engineering and engineering technology and Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, or STEM grants); apprenticeships via private-public partnerships; training vouchers to ensure every American can attend a short-term training program; reemployment incentives so that unemployed Americans are among the first who are looked at when a job opens up; wage insurance for workers over 50 or over 45 in distressed areas. Support HR 1635 / S. 2081, the Empowering Students Through Enhanced Financial Counseling Act wich requires Institutes of Higher Education to provide required annual counseling. Also, it expands the required recipients of such annual counseling to include, in addition to student borrowers, Federal Pell Grant recipients and parent PLUS Loan borrowers.

Support HR 3168 / S 1522, the Every Kid Outdoors Act, which directs the Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, and the Army to establish the Every Kids Outdoors program to provide fourth graders free access to federal lands and waters to which the public has access.

Oppose any riders to Appropriations bill(s) which would place the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under the appropriations process Oppose the leaked version of a housing finance proposal from U.S. Senators Bob Corker (TN) and Mark Warner (VA) that would severely harm Americas housing market. Our opposition is mainly rooted in the proposals negative impact on access, affordability, and market stability Support GSE reform that contains language to: Preserve and Enhance Fair Housing and Anti-Discrimination Protections; Provide Broad Access for Borrowers, Institutions and Regions; Preserve the Systems Affordable Housing Mission, and the Availability of Inclusive Loan Products and Services; and protect taxpayers Support a national cap on interest rates and fees at 36% to eliminate high-cost loans (support HR 3760 / S 1659) Oppose requiring the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to re-evaluate the work of the CFPB Oppose changes to the CFPBs modus operendi that would make it more difficult for the agency to investigate potential violations of law and easier for lawbreakers to hamstring the bureau. Support the CFPBs current public complaint process Support the retention of the CFPBs inclusive, transparent, evidence-based and comprehensive rulemaking process Oppose riders to the Financial Services / General Government Appropriations bill for 2019 which would deregulate everything from the nations largest banks to high-frequency Wall Street traders to consumer lenders supervised by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Support a Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) which retains a local geographical focus; avoids simplistic measures of performance; safeguards vibrant public participation; maintains the importance of bank branches; retains its focus on low- and moderate-individuals and neighborhoods; penalizes, on CRA exams, discrimination and violation of anti-discrimination and pro-consumer laws; takes bank activity to people and communities of color into consideration; does not allow bank mergers after one or both of the banks fail a CRA exam; takes into consideration affiliate activities; recognizes community benefit agreements; and refines CRA rating to be more reflective of a banks activities Oppose the CFPB revisiting or weakening any existing regulations Support the CFPB not interpreting the law based on private, one-sided information from industry only Support NCUA making no changes to the payday alternative loan (PAL) program that would increase the likelihood that credit union members end up in cycles of high-cost, short-term loans that resemble payday loan debt. Most critically, we strongly oppose permitting more than six application fees in twelve months as proposed for PAL II. We also oppose permitting 28% interest on loans as large as $2,000, dropping the minimum loan size, and proposing a PAL III program that would permit even more expensive or larger loans or weaker underwriting. Finally, we urge NCUA to address abusive overdraft fee programs, which lessen the incentive for credit Oppose nomination of Kathleen Kraninger to be Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Oppose the SECs proposed rule in promulgating the establishment of a new best interest standard of conduct for broker-dealers when making a recommendation of any transaction or investment strategy involving securities to a retail customer Oppose the FDIC expanding predatory lending and undermining state usury limits-specifically (1) retain the FDICs critical guidance addressing 200-300% payday loans (deposit advances) made by banks; (2) ensure that small dollar installment loans are priced at 36% or less and based on the consumers ability to repay considering both income and expenses; and (3) prevent bank partnerships that evade state interest rate limits. Oppose any nominee for the CFPB Directorship who does not have an extensive background in consumer protection law and who does not support the Bureaus mission of protecting consumers Oppose CFPBs recent decision to abandon supervision on the Military Lending Act (MLA). Support the Department of Defense ensuring that the MLA is vigorously enforced. Oppose HR 6743, the Consumer Information Notification Requirement Act, which is not only unnecessary but also dangerous because of the broad scope of Section 3, which replaces a narrow preemption provision in the existing GLBA with a sweeping provision that could not only eliminate all state data breach notice, data security and other privacy laws as they apply to financial institutions, but forestall further state innovation to protect their citizens from all privacy, data security threats applying to any entity, and also deny state efforts to restrict inappropriate uses and sharing of information by health care providers, big tech firms, telephone companies and others Support H.R. 6972, The Consumers First Act:, which reestablishes the full duties of enumerated offices, like OFLEO; restores the supervisory and enforcement powers of the fair lending office; reestablishes a dedicated student loan office; reactivates prior MOUs promoting effective interagency efforts; requires adequate agency staffing, including for supervision and enforcement, to fully carry out the Consumer Bureaus statutory mandates; limits the number of political appointees that may be hired; and codifies the commonly used name of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Oppose McHenry (NC)amendment to HR 6247 that would prohibit funds appropriated by the bill from being used by the Postal Service to provide additional financial products or services.

Support ending the ban on CDC Gun Research Support the preservation of gains made in health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act Support the elimination of racial and ethnic disparities in health care and disease Support full funding for AIDS prevention, treatment, education and research Support ending childhood obesity Support protecting Medicare and Medicaid benefits Support restoring Medicaid Eligibility to COFA recipients living in the USA (support HR 2982 / S. 1391) support a robust, transparent 340B program Support the Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2018, legislation which takes steps to eliminate health disparities among racial and ethnic minorities, support HR 5942 Support the 340B Drug Pricing Program Support $57.95 million for the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health program in FY2019 Oppose renewed efforts to roll back the expansion in coverage and consumer protections under the Affordable Care Act Support that the Department of Health and Human Services extend the public comment period for the proposed rule on Medicare payment to home care providers by a minimum of 30 days to allow for meaningful stakeholder participation in the comment process and completion of a robust analysis of the economic impact of the proposal, as well as its more general impact on Medicaid home and community-based services Support the Senate carefully considering the stakes for our health care system and for millions of peoples ability to access care, as it undergoes the confirmation process for the next Supreme Court juSupport the enactment of a series of fundamental reforms to rebalance our moneyed political system, empower everyday Americans, ensure equal justice for all, protect the publics right to know, reduce barriers to participation in our elections, vigorously enforce voting laws, and fix our ethics laws. Support the bipartisan commitment to domestic HIV/AIDS programs, and continue to invest in high-impact prevention, treatment, and research programs which have led to decreases in new HIV infections and more people living with HIV linked to and retained in care. Support funding for the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment Program, the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, the HHS Secretarys Minority AIDS Initiative Fund (SMAIF), SAMHSAs Minority AIDS Initiative programs at equal levels as in FY 18; support an increase in funding for medical research at the National Institutes of Health. Support Title X Family Planning and the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program; oppose limiting certain types of harm reduction services. Oppose the abstinence-only-until-marriage sexual risk avoidance competitive grant program Support at least $393 million for the Housing Opportunities for people with AIDS (HOPWA) in FY2019 Support HR 3168 / S 1522, the Every Kid Outdoors Act, which directs the Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, and the Army to establish the Every Kids Outdoors program to provide fourth graders free access to federal lands and waters to which the public has access. Oppose the Palmer (AL) amendment to HR 6147 that would prohibit the District of Columbia from using funds appropriated by the bill to enforce certain health insurance requirements.

Support legislation by Senator Harris to extend to farmworkers the same rights to overtime pay after a 40-hour week that other workers enjoy under the 1932 Fair Labor Standers Act Support, Preserve and Protect Equal Opportunity Programs including Affirmative Action Support paid sick leave (support HR 947 / S 337) Support equal pay for equal work (support HR 1869 / S 819) Support a prohibition on employers asking salary history (support HR 2418) Support enabling workers to unionize Support a prohibition on employers using credit checks (support HR 3783 / S 1819) Support Congresswoman Chus Protect Our Workers from Exploitation and Retaliation (POWER) Act, which would protect immigrant workers by providing them a route to legal status when they report employer abuses and labor law violations Support S. 337 / H.R. 947, the FAMILY Act, which provides for paid family and medical leave. Oppose the August 10 OFCCP guidance which suggests that the OFCCP may expand religious exemptions for federal contractors, potentially allowing them to discriminate in their employment practices against transgender individuals Support legislation banning forced arbitration (individual, class and collective) in the employment context. Support H. R. 6623, the Working on Rewarding and Keeping Employees Resilient Act, otherwise known as the WORKER Act. This legislation boost relevant education at an early age (via engineering and engineering technology and Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, or STEM grants); apprenticeships via private-public partnerships; training vouchers to ensure every American can attend a short-term training program; reemployment incentives so that unemployed Americans are among the first who are looked at when a job opens up; wage insurance for workers over 50 or over 45 in distressed areas.

Oppose a provision in the House opioid bill requiring HHS to produce a report every 6 months, explaining why it has not produced the hair testing standard mandated in the FAST Act.

Support the protection of Social Security Oppose the SECs proposed rule in promulgating the establishment of a new best interest standard of conduct for broker-dealers when making a recommendation of any transaction or investment strategy involving securities to a retail customer. (retirement)

Oppose Ken Marcuss nomination to Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights Oppose the Department of Justices request for a new citizenship question on the 2020 Census. disability, age, ethnicity/national origin, color, religion, marital status, and status as a parent. Support statehood for the people of Puerto Rico Support, Preserve and Protect Equal Opportunity Programs including Affirmative Action Eliminate potential discrimination in Faith Based initiatives Study Proposals for Reparations for African Americans (support HR 40) Support access to the polls for all eligible voters, support making it easier to register and vote (support HR 12 / S 1437) Support same-day voter registration-Support early voting / Sunday voting Support automatic voter registration Oppose Photo Identification requirements for voting Support Campaign Finance Reform (support HR 20 / S 1640) Support the re-enfranchisement of ex-felony offenders (support S 1588 / HR 6612) Ensure a fair and accurate 2020 census Support the repair and strengthening of the 1965 Voting Rights Act (Support HR 2978 / S1419) Oppose the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court Oppose the Aderholt Amendment to the House Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill for FY 2019. The Aderholt Amendment would allow child welfare providers receiving taxpayer dollars to decide which families and children to serve, in violation of state and federal nondiscrimination policies. The amendment would affect a wide variety of child welfare services, including family preservation services; foster care, counseling and other services for children; and adoption services Oppose nomination of Kathleen Kraninger to be Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Support the Senate carefully considering the stakes for our health care system and for millions of peoples ability to access care, as it undergoes the confirmation process for the next Supreme Court justice. Support the enactment of a series of fundamental reforms to rebalance our moneyed political system, empower everyday Americans, ensure equal justice for all, protect the publics right to know, reduce barriers to participation in our elections, vigorously enforce voting laws, and fix our ethics laws. Support the enactment of a series of fundamental reforms to rebalance our moneyed political system, empower everyday Americans, ensure equal justice for all, protect the publics right to know, reduce barriers to participation in our elections, vigorously enforce voting laws, and fix our ethics laws. Support the enactment of a series of fundamental reforms to rebalance our moneyed political system, empower everyday Americans, ensure equal justice for all, protect the publics right to know, reduce barriers to participation in our elections, vigorously enforce voting laws, and fix our ethics laws. Oppose Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination based on his record on consumer protection issues Oppose Eric Dreibands nomination to serve as the next Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Oppose the nomination of the current State Solicitor General of Ohio, Eric Murphy, to a lifetime appointment on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Oppose the nomination of Chad Readler of Ohio to a lifetime appointment on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Oppose State Senator Mark Norris to be a U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee Support the Leahy (VT) Amendment #3464 to 6147, which would have provided additional monies to election security Support the Carbajal (CA) for Capuano (MA)amendment to HR 6147 that would remove the bill's ban on the use of funds by the Securities and Exchange Commission to issue rules on the disclosure of political contributions.

Support HR 5005, legislation to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of establishing the birthplace of James Weldon Johnson in Jacksonville, Florida, as a unit of the National Park System

Eliminate potential discrimination in Faith Based initiatives Update the Religious Freedom Restoration Act to ensure against discrimination (support HR 3222)

Support statehood for DC (support HR 1291 / s 1278) Oppose the D.C. Voucher Program and support zeroing out funding for the program in 2019 Oppose the Palmer (AL) amendment to HR 6147 that would prohibit the District of Columbia from using funds appropriated by the bill to enforce certain health insurance requirements.

Support the reauthorization of Byrne JAG grants Oppose the Department of Justices request for a new citizenship question on the 2020 Census Support full funding of critical juvenile justice and delinquency prevention programs in fiscal year 2019 Support proposals to build trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve. Support initiatives to standardize use of force policies for law enforcement. support ending racial and religious profiling. Support H.R. 1498 / S. 411 Support initiatives to study and eventually eliminate prosecutorial misconduct / bias. support the establishment of local effective and independent review boards of alleged law enforcement misconduct. Support requiring video surveillance of all law enforcement activities Support genuine sentencing reform to alleviate prison overcrowding, over-incarceration, and the overrepresentation of racial and ethnic minorities who are in prison. Support HR 4261 Support a commission to review all aspects of our national criminal justice system. Support H.R. 1886 / S.573 Support ending the ban on CDC Gun Research Support requiring universal background checks on all gun sales and transfers support a ban on the sale of all military-style semi-automatic assault guns and military high capacity ammunition clips (support HR 5078 / S. 2095 and S. 1945 Support tough new criminal penalties for straw purchasers and gun traffickers Support a ban on suspects on the terror watch list from purchasing firearms Support the Fix NICS Act (H.R. 4434 / S. 2135). Incentivize and assist states in improving their overall reporting to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Support sensitivity training of law enforcement & independent investigations of deadly force (HR 1870 / S 860)Support maintaining current law requiring background checks and permits for gun silencers. Support a ban on bump stocks machine-gun type firing and other conversion kits, accessories and parts Support allowing states to maintain and enforce their own concealed carry laws Support requiring the repeal of all state stand your ground laws, restoring the use of deadly force as a last resort Support microstamping or ballistic fingerprinting of all new firearms and ammunition sold in the U.S. support encouraging local jurisdictions to utilize their buyer power to create incentives for firearm manufacturers to employ countermarketing strategies to ensure that their retailers are using all available procedures to prevent illegal firearms diversion Support an abolishment of the death penalty Support the Second Chance Act reauthorization (HR 2899) Support the reauthorization and updating of the Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Act(support HR 1809 / S 860 Support the reform of money bail (HR 4019 / S 1593) Support incentivizing states and local jurisdictions to fully and accurately report hate crimes (HR 1566 / S. 667) Support the removal of statues of Confederate soldiers from the U.S. Capital (support HR 3701 / S 1772) Support encouraqing states to decrease prison populations and keep crime down (support HR 3845 / S 1458) Support the Compensating Legacy Artists for their Songs, Service, and Important Contributions to Society (CLASSICS) Act (H.R. 3301/S. 2393), bipartisan and which ensures legacy musicians are compensated when their work is played on digital radio platforms. Oppose the nomination of Thomas Farr to the Federal Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina Oppose the policy of separating parents from children apprehended at the U.S. border Oppose the nomination of Andrew Oldham to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Support DoJ leaders publicly recognizing and condemning the serious pattern of violence against transgender people in Jacksonville and the national problem it represents; we urge the Department to investigate these three killings as possible hate crimes and/or serial crimes, and offer all possible assistance to local authorities; we urge the Departments Community Relations Service to engage with local community members and officials to help them work together on these cases and address community concerns; and, we urge the Community Relations Service to support local community groups in providing appropriate training for local law enforcement on with respect to working with transgender people, and in improving relevant policies and procedures Oppose the use of risk assessment instruments in pretrial decision-making and establishing a set of principles for mitigating the harm that these tools may be causing in communities where they are already employed Oppose the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court Oppose HR 6691, the Community Safety and Security Act as it recklessly pushes forward a definition of a crime of violence for political purposes. Oppose the continued delay by the US Department of Justice in meeting its obligation to enforce the Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013 (DCRA). Support the mandatory collection of data on police-involved deaths. Support the DOJ going forth with the December 2016 compliance guidelines. Support requiring States to Proactively Report All In-Custody Deaths to DOJ. Support all States adopting Compliance Plans; support penalties for non-compliant states. Support the establishment of Clear Parameters that Define What is Reportable Under DCRA. Support the establishment of Guidelines for the Collection of Information on Decedents Disability Support S. 3435, Beyond the Box for Higher Education Act. The bill would provide guidance, training, and technical assistance for colleges and universities to remove criminal history questions from their admissions processes. Support the Protecting the Health and Wellness of Babies and Pregnant Women in Custody Act, which will ensure access to resources necessary to meet the unique needs of pregnant women; will ensure that the Bureau of Prisons captures accurate data on the health care needs of pregnant inmates; and will prohibit, in most circumstances, the use of restraints on pregnant and postpartum inmates. In addition to providing incentives to states who meet these needs Oppose H.R. 3487, which radically changes the law of diversity jurisdiction--the standard governing when a federal court may hear a case-from complete diversity to minimal diversity. Oppose H.R. 6730, Injunctive Authority Clarification Act of 2018, which would prevent national injunctions in most cases. Oppose H.R. 6754, Court Imbalance Restructure Concerning Updates to Impacted Tribunals Act of 2018 or the CIRCUIT Act of 2018, which would completely restructure the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Oppose H.R. 6755, the Judiciary Reforms, Organization and Operational Modernization Act of 2018 or the Judiciary ROOM Act of 2018, which contains a vast number of changes to federal court structure and procedures, from medical examinations and codes of conduct for judges, to internet streaming and television broadcasts Support S. 2520 the Inmate Calling Technical Correction Act which reduces the exorbitant rates for telephone calls from prisons Oppose Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination based on his record on consumer protection issues Oppose a provision in the House opioid bill requiring HHS to produce a report every 6 months, explaining why it has not produced the hair testing standard mandated in the FAST Act. Support legislation banning forced arbitration (individual, class and collective) in the employment context. Support H.R. 6086 / S. 3178, the Justice for Victims of Lynching Act, which would make lynching a hate crime. Support S. 3195, the Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act, which provides incentives for local police organizations to adopt performance-based standards to ensure that incidents of misconduct will be minimized through appropriate management, training and oversight protocols and that if such incidents do occur, that they are properly investigated Support H.R. 5075, the Ashanti Alert Act which is based on the popular and effective Amber Alert system, would, at the discretion of local law enforcement officials, be utilized to assist local and regional efforts to find missing adults, individuals between the ages of 19 and 65. Oppose Eric Dreibands nomination to serve as the next Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Oppose the nomination of the current State Solicitor General of Ohio, Eric Murphy, to a lifetime appointment on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Oppose the nomination of Chad Readler of Ohio to a lifetime appointment on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Oppose State Senator Mark Norris to be a U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee Support H.R. 6555, legislation to reauthorize and strengthen the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA

Oppose new directive which eliminates the presumption that ICE should not detain pregnant women or remove reporting requirements regarding the treatment of pregnant individuals Support Speaker Ryan allowing a clean DREAM Act to be brought up on the floor for a vote4-17-2018 Oppose the policy of separating parents from children apprehended at the U.S. border Support the Senate Committee on Homeland Security request and make public the following records: All policy guidance used by immigration officials at the border on records management practices, and on the tracking of children after being separated from their parents; All policy guidance on the handling of Unaccompanied Alien Children, used by CBP officials at the border and by ICE agents in immigrant detention facilities; All policy guidance on the implementation of the administrations zero-tolerance policy, and the Presidents June 20th Executive Order on family separation; All documents explaining the administrations reunification plan for the separated children and their families

Support helping college graduates burdened by private student loan debt (support HR 2527 / S1262)

Oppose the proposed revisions to the Good Neighbor Rule, which limits the amount of pollution which can be emitted across state borders. Oppose the Hice (GA) amendment to HR 6147 which would prohibit appropriated funds from being used for Environmental Justice Small Grants Program.

Support the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to report (including retroactively 2016 and 2017) the number of unique identifiers collected under section 215 of the US FREEDOM Act call record detail program

Support the reauthorization of Byrne JAG grants Oppose the Department of Justices request for a new citizenship question on the 2020 Census Support a clean federal budget with no poison pill riders Support House-passed amendments regarding civil forfeiture in any year-long appropriations bill Support an independent Community Relations Service (CRS); oppose the Trump proposal to move CRS under the Department of Justice Office of Civil Rights Support continued funding in FY 2019 of the Japanese American Confinement Sites (JACS) Grant Program and the Underrepresented Communities Competitive Grants under the Historic Preservation Fund Support a Federal budget that invests in public education, health care, job training and the protection of civil rights Oppose a Balanced Budget to the US Constitution Support full funding for JJDPA programs in FY2019 Support the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Department of Commerce, Justice and Science Subcommittee match the funding level of roughly $4.8 billion for the 2020 Census that was in the Appropriations Committee approved bill. Oppose the D.C. Voucher Program and support zeroing out funding for the program in 2019 Oppose the Aderholt Amendment to the House Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill for FY 2019. The Aderholt Amendment would allow child welfare providers receiving taxpayer dollars to decide which families and children to serve, in violation of state and federal nondiscrimination policies. The amendment would affect a wide variety of child welfare services, including family preservation services; foster care, counseling and other services for children; and adoption services Support the bipartisan commitment to domestic HIV/AIDS programs, and continue to invest in high-impact prevention, treatment, and research programs which have led to decreases in new HIV infections and more people living with HIV linked to and retained in care. Support funding for the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment Program, the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, the HHS Secretarys Minority AIDS Initiative Fund (SMAIF), SAMHSAs Minority AIDS Initiative programs at equal levels as in FY 18; support an increase in funding for medical research at the National Institutes of Health. Support Title X Family Planning and the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program; oppose limiting certain types of harm reduction services. Oppose the abstinence-only-until-marriage sexual risk avoidance competitive grant program Support $50 million for the Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration in the 2019 HUD funding bill Oppose the Palmer (AL) amendment to HR 6147 that would prohibit the District of Columbia from using funds appropriated by the bill to enforce certain health insurance requirements Support the Carbajal (CA) for Capuano (MA)amendment to HR 6147 that would remove the bill's ban on the use of funds by the Securities and Exchange Commission to issue rules on the disclosure of political contributions Oppose the Hice (GA) amendment to HR 6147 which would prohibit appropriated funds from being used for Environmental Justice Small Grants Program. Oppose McHenry (NC)amendment to HR 6247 that would prohibit funds appropriated by the bill from being used by the Postal Service to provide additional financial products or services.

Oppose limiting food and non-alcoholic front-of-pack nutrition labeling via NAFTA Oppose extending the public comment period for the Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking of Flavors in Tobacco Products

Oppose a Balanced Budget Amendment to the US Constitution; oppose HJ Res 2

Support exempting P2P technology from the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) Support the Lifeline program; support the National Verifier program but oppose the Emergency Petition of Q Link Wireless, LLC for an Order Directing the Universal Service Administrative Company to Implement Machine-to-Machine Interfaces for the National Verifier Support S. 2520 the Inmate Calling Technical Correction Act which reduces the exorbitant rates for telephone calls from prisons

Support HR 6368, the Encouraging Small Business Innovators Act, which would encourage R&D small business set-asides, to encourage SBIR and STTR participants to serve as mentors under the Small Business Administrations mentor-protege program, to promote the use of interagency contracts

Support the permanent protections for Dreamers Support the passage of legislation to protect Dreamers and reject the White House nativist immigration agenda Support the diversity visa program. Support family-based visa categories Support legislation to allow undocumented individuals who were brought to the US as children and who know no other country to be "home", a path to US citizenship. Support DREAMERS. Support HR 3340 /S 1615. Oppose any proposal that repeals or cuts the diversity visa program or eliminates or in any way reduces categories of family-based visas Support an 18-month extension of Temporary Protected Status visas for Haitians. Oppose new directive which eliminates the presumption that ICE should not detain pregnant women or remove reporting requirements regarding the treatment of pregnant individuals Support the DREAM Act and other bipartisan solutions that doesnt jeopardize immigrant communities. Oppose judicial nominations of Andrew Oldham, Wendy Vitter,and Mark Norris due to their records of opposing critical legal protections for immigrant families. Oppose HR 6136, which would appropriate $23.4 billion for various border security activities. Included would be $16.6 billion for a "border wall system," which would be available from fiscal 2019 through fiscal 2027, and $6.8 billion for border security investments, which would be available from fiscal 2019 through fiscal 2023. It would provide those with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status a six-year renewable contingent non-immigrant legal status and would allow them to apply for a green card after five years, providing a path to citizenship. It would modify legal immigration by ending the diversity visa program and reallocating those visas to other classifications. The bill would require that undocumented immigrants who are charged with a misdemeanor offense for improper entry into the United States be detained with their minor children. Support the Senate Committee on Homeland Security request and make public the following records: All policy guidance used by immigration officials at the border on records management practices, and on the tracking of children after being separated from their parents; All policy guidance on the handling of Unaccompanied Alien Children, used by CBP officials at the border and by ICE agents in immigrant detention facilities; All policy guidance on the implementation of the administrations zero-tolerance policy, and the Presidents June 20th Executive Order on family separation; All documents explaining the administrations reunification plan for the separated children and their families Support an extension of TPS for Guatemalans Support the House make use of its oversight and appropriations roles to put more pressure on the administration to reunite families who were separated at the Southern borders Oppose confirmation of Kathy Kraninger as new Director of the CFPB based on her potential role while at OMB in the policy of separating families at the Southern border Oppose the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking by the Department of Homeland Security which would deny green cards to immigrants who had received federal benefits such as food stamps

Oppose the Department of Justices request for a new citizenship question on the 2020 Census Support U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) immediately lifting the suspension of the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule. Oppose the elimination of anti-discrimination language in HUDs mission statement Support, Preserve and Protect Equal Opportunity Programs including Affirmative Action Study Proposals for Reparations for African Americans (support HR 40) Update the Religious Freedom Restoration Act to ensure against discrimination (support HR 3222) Support the repair and strengthening of the 1965 Voting Rights Act (Support HR 2978 / S1419) Support access to the polls for all eligible voters, support making it easier to register and vote (support HR 12 / S 1437) Support same-day voter registration-Support early voting / Sunday voting Support automatic voter registration Oppose Photo Identification requirements for voting Support Campaign Finance Reform (support HR 20 / S 1640) Support the re-enfranchisement of ex-felony offenders (support S 1588) Support Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing; oppose its immediate suspension Support the enactment of a series of fundamental reforms to rebalance our moneyed political system, empower everyday Americans, ensure equal justice for all, protect the publics right to know, reduce barriers to participation in our elections, vigorously enforce voting laws, and fix our ethics laws. Oppose the August 10 OFCCP guidance which suggests that the OFCCP may expand religious exemptions for federal contractors, potentially allowing them to discriminate in their employment practices against transgender individuals Support H.R. 6086 / S. 3178, the Justice for Victims of Lynching Act,make lynching a hate crime. Oppose Eric Dreibands nomination to serve as the next Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Oppose the nomination of the current State Solicitor General of Ohio, Eric Murphy, to a lifetime appointment on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Oppose the nomination of Chad Readler of Ohio to a lifetime appointment on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Oppose State Senator Mark Norris to be a U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee Support H.R. 6555, legislation to reauthorize and strengthen the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA

Support the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issuing regulations to close the loophole that would allow donors to receive state tax credit voucher programs (tuition tax credits) from taking both federal and state tax benefits Oppose the codification of the Free File program, a commercial tax program, support that it is kept out of any final tax legislation. Oppose HR 6760, the Protecting Family and Small Business Tax Cuts Act of 2018

Oppose H.R. 2, The Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018 (the House Farm Bill),as changes to SNAP (formerly Food Stamps) place unduly harsh restrictions on women and families. Oppose the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking by the Department of Homeland Security which would deny green cards to immigrants who had received federal benefits such as food stamps

support the Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity and Reliability (WATER) Act, introduced by Congressmen Ellison (MN) and Khanna (CA), HR 5609 Oppose the proposed revisions to the Good Neighbor Rule, which limits the amount of pollution which can be emitted across state borders.

Support the Protecting the Health and Wellness of Babies and Pregnant Women in Custody Act, which will ensure access to resources necessary to meet the unique needs of pregnant women; will ensure that the Bureau of Prisons captures accurate data on the health care needs of pregnant inmates; and will prohibit, in most circumstances, the use of restraints on pregnant and postpartum inmates. In addition to providing incentives to states who meet these needs

Oppose any new cute to Medicare / Medicaid or federal health programs which comprise our nations safety net Support protecting Medicare and Medicaid benefits Support restoring Medicaid Eligibility to COFA recipients living in the USA (support HR 2982 / S. 1391) Support that the Department of Health and Human Services extend the public comment period for the proposed rule on Medicare payment to home care providers by a minimum of 30 days to allow for meaningful stakeholder participation in the comment process and completion of a robust analysis of the economic impact of the proposal, as well as its more general impact on Medicaid home and community-based services

Oppose any riders to Appropriations bill(s) which would place the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under the appropriations process Oppose the leaked version of a housing finance proposal from U.S. Senators Bob Corker (TN) and Mark Warner (VA) that would severely harm Americas housing market. Our opposition is mainly rooted in the proposals negative impact on access, affordability, and market stability Support GSE reform that contains language to: Preserve and Enhance Fair Housing and Anti-Discrimination Protections; Provide Broad Access for Borrowers, Institutions and Regions; Preserve the Systems Affordable Housing Mission, and the Availability of Inclusive Loan Products and Services; and protect taxpayers Support a national cap on interest rates and fees at 36% to eliminate high-cost loans (support HR 3760 / S 1659) Support the retention of the CFPBs inclusive, transparent, evidence-based and comprehensive rulemaking process Oppose riders to the Financial Services / General Government Appropriations bill for 2019 which would deregulate everything from the nations largest banks to high-frequency Wall Street traders to consumer lenders supervised by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Support the long-established disparate impact jurisprudence under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA). Support the importance of Regulation B and the use of the disparate-impact doctrine in enforcement actions, examinations, and complaint investigations that have ECOA implications Support the CFPB not interpreting the law based on private, one-sided information from industry only Support NCUA making no changes to the payday alternative loan (PAL) program that would increase the likelihood that credit union members end up in cycles of high-cost, short-term loans that resemble payday loan debt. Most critically, we strongly oppose permitting more than six application fees in twelve months as proposed for PAL II. We also oppose permitting 28% interest on loans as large as $2,000, dropping the minimum loan size, and proposing a PAL III program that would permit even more expensive or larger loans or weaker underwriting. Finally, we urge NCUA to address abusive overdraft fee programs, which lessen the incentive for credit Oppose nomination of Kathleen Kraninger to be Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Oppose the SECs proposed rule in promulgating the establishment of a new best interest standard of conduct for broker-dealers when making a recommendation of any transaction or investment strategy involving securities to a retail customer Oppose the FDIC expanding predatory lending and undermining state usury limits-specifically (1) retain the FDICs critical guidance addressing 200-300% payday loans (deposit advances) made by banks; (2) ensure that small dollar installment loans are priced at 36% or less and based on the consumers ability to repay considering both income and expenses; and (3) prevent bank partnerships that evade state interest rate limits. Oppose any nominee for the CFPB Directorship who does not have an extensive background in consumer protection law and who does not support the Bureaus mission of protecting consumers Oppose CFPBs recent decision to abandon supervision on the Military Lending Act (MLA). Support the Department of Defense ensuring that the MLA is vigorously enforced. Oppose HR 6743, the Consumer Information Notification Requirement Act, which is not only unnecessary but also dangerous because of the broad scope of Section 3, which replaces a narrow preemption provision in the existing GLBA with a sweeping provision that could not only eliminate all state data breach notice, data security and other privacy laws as they apply to financial institutions, but forestall further state innovation to protect their citizens from all privacy, data security threats applying to any entity, and also deny state efforts to restrict inappropriate uses and sharing of information by health care providers, big tech firms, telephone companies and others Support H.R. 6972, The Consumers First Act:, which reestablishes the full duties of enumerated offices, like OFLEO; restores the supervisory and enforcement powers of the fair lending office; reestablishes a dedicated student loan office; reactivates prior MOUs promoting effective interagency efforts; requires adequate agency staffing, including for supervision and enforcement, to fully carry out the Consumer Bureaus statutory mandates; limits the number of political appointees that may be hired; and codifies the commonly used name of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Support ending the ban on and support funding for CDC Gun Research Support requiring universal background checks on all gun sales and transfers support a ban on the sale of all military-style semi-automatic assault guns and military high capacity ammunition clips (support HR 5078 / S. 2095 and S. 1945 Support tough new criminal penalties for straw purchasers and gun traffickers Support a ban on suspects on the terror watch list from purchasing firearms Support the Fix NICS Act (H.R. 4434 / S. 2135). Incentivize and assist states in improving their overall reporting to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). Support maintaining current law requiring background checks and permits for gun silencers. Support a ban on bump stocks machine-gun type firing and other conversion kits, accessories and parts Support allowing states to maintain and enforce their own concealed carry laws Support requiring the repeal of all state stand your ground laws, restoring the use of deadly force as a last resort Support microstamping or ballistic fingerprinting of all new firearms and ammunition sold in the U.S. support encouraging local jurisdictions to utilize their buyer power to create incentives for firearm manufacturers to employ countermarketing strategies to ensure that their retailers are using all available procedures to prevent illegal firearms diversion Support Thompson (CA) resolution calling for consideration of legislation related to gun regulation

Oppose an expansion of work credits of work requirements for SNAP (food stamps) in the 2018 Farm bill Support legislation by Senator Harris to extend to farmworkers the same rights to overtime pay after a 40-hour week that other workers enjoy under the 1932 Fair Labor Standers Act Support ending childhood obesity Oppose provisions in the 2018 Farm Bill which would harm individuals reentering the community from incarceration and their families by making changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food assistance programs and Employment and Training (E&T) program. Specifically, oppose provisions to 1)Cut SNAP food assistance 2)Expand onerous work requirements for SNAP food assistance 3)Impose a permanent, lifetime ban on individuals convicted of certain crimes from accessing SNAP food assistance Prohibit individuals convicted of drug felonies from working in the hemp industry. Support provisions in the 2018 Farm Bill to strengthen and protect the SNAPs ability to serve women and children Oppose any and all attempts to attach an amendment to H.R. 2, which would deny food assistance to all individuals who were found guilty of certain violent crimes even after they served their sentence and are working hard to reintegrate into society. Support HR 3168 / S 1522, the Every Kid Outdoors Act, which directs the Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, and the Army to establish the Every Kids Outdoors program to provide fourth graders free access to federal lands and waters to which the public has access.

Eliminate the trade and travel embargoes against Cuba (Support HR 574 / S 1699) Support Peace in Sudan Support enhanced trade, aid, and development programs in Africa and the Caribbean Establish a Department of Peace (Support HR 1111) Increase stability in Haiti Oppose the confirmation of Mike Pompeo to serve as US Secretary of State Oppose the State Department's notice of its intention to implement further extreme vetting. The Department is proposing to collect from almost all visa applicants - among other things - social media identifiers, telephone numbers, and email addresses used in the past five years. Oppose the policy of separating parents from children apprehended at the U.S. border Support HR 2219, the End Banking for Human Traffickers Act

Support the CFPB not interpreting the law based on private, one-sided information from industry only Oppose nomination of Kathleen Kraninger to be Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Oppose any nominee for the CFPB Directorship who does not have an extensive background in consumer protection law and who does not support the Bureaus mission of protecting consumers Oppose confirmation of Kathy Kraninger as new Director of the CFPB based on her potential role while at OMB in the policy of separating families at the Southern border Oppose HR 6743, the Consumer Information Notification Requirement Act, which is not only unnecessary but also dangerous because of the broad scope of Section 3, which replaces a narrow preemption provision in the existing GLBA with a sweeping provision that could not only eliminate all state data breach notice, data security and other privacy laws as they apply to financial institutions, but forestall further state innovation to protect their citizens from all privacy, data security threats applying to any entity, and also deny state efforts to restrict inappropriate uses and sharing of information by health care providers, big tech firms, telephone companies and others Oppose Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination based on his record on consumer protection issues Support H.R. 6972, The Consumers First Act:, which reestablishes the full duties of enumerated offices, like OFLEO; restores the supervisory and enforcement powers of the fair lending office; reestablishes a dedicated student loan office; reactivates prior MOUs promoting effective interagency efforts; requires adequate agency staffing, including for supervision and enforcement, to fully carry out the Consumer Bureaus statutory mandates; limits the number of political appointees that may be hired; and codifies the commonly used name of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Support the 340B Drug Pricing Program

Support the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to report (including retroactively 2016 and 2017) the number of unique identifiers collected under section 215 of the US FREEDOM Act call record detail program

Oppose any amendments to the Defense Authorization bill for FY 2019 that turns any portion of the Impact Aid program into a voucher program

Support adherence to established civil rights protections in the development and implementation of any disaster relief plan Support the inclusion of a provisions on the Disaster Housing Assistance Program (DHAP) in the Senate version of the FAA Reauthorization Act.

Support the ouster of Scott Pruitt as Administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Support the Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity and Reliability (WATER) Act, introduced by Congressmen Ellison (MN) and Khanna (CA), HR 5609

Support the Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity and Reliability (WATER) Act, introduced by Congressmen Ellison (MN) and Khanna (CA), HR 5609

Oppose the Department of Justices request for a new citizenship question on the 2020 Census Support HR 4396, the Congress ME TOO Act. Support ensure a safe and fair workplace culture in Congress. Support that any anti-workplace harassment legislation for Congress ensure that any reforms also apply to claims of workplace discrimination based on sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy and childbirth), race, disability, age, ethnicity/national origin, color, religion, marital status, and status as a parent Support the Census Bureau moving forward with testing of sexual orientation and gender identity questions, improving testing on privacy and confidentiality messaging, making the survey more accessible to people in group quarters, and reducing reliance on administrative records for enumeration regarding the American Community Survey (ACS). Support the need for better language supports for the ACS Support HUDs Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) program; support Congressional letter by Congresswoman Jayapal to HUD Secretary Carson questioning the Departments abrupt decision to immediately suspend the AFFH program. Support U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) immediately lifting the suspension of the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule. Oppose the elimination of anti-discrimination language in HUDs mission statement Support HR 4924, support it being strengthened by expanding the 1280 day reporting requirement to include the date the claimant knew of the alleged violation; extend the statutory deadline for filing a civil action to at least 90 days; extend whistleblower protections available to the executive branch to the legislative branch; and extend all notice posting requirements to the legislative branch. Support H. Res. 724, support extending the directives therein to the Senate Oppose HR 620, which passed the House. Which would create significant obstacles for people with disabilities from enforcing their rights under Title III of the ADA Support maintaining and increasing the civil rights protections for all students Support, Preserve and Protect Equal Opportunity Programs including Affirmative Action Study Proposals for Reparations for African Americans (support HR 40) Update the Religious Freedom Restoration Act to ensure against discrimination (support HR 3222) Support the repair and strengthening of the 1965 Voting Rights Act (Support HR 2978 / S1419) Support access to the polls for all eligible voters, support making it easier to register and vote (support HR 12 / S 1437) Support same-day voter registration-Support early voting / Sunday voting Support automatic voter registration Oppose Photo Identification requirements for voting Support Campaign Finance Reform (support HR 20 / S 1640) Support the re-enfranchisement of ex-felony offenders (support S 1588) Support Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing; oppose its immediate suspension Support Amash (MI) amendment to S. 139, the FISA reauthorization; the amendment would end collection of communications data that is neither to nor from a foreign citizen Oppose the proposed repeal of equal employment opportunity (EEO) Form 397. The FCC should not only comply with its statutory obligation to collect employment data, it should also implement an automated, searchable, and uniform electronic database of EEO employment and recruitment data. Moreover, the Commission should adopt a transparent mechanism to trigger mid-term license review to replace the function of Form 397

Support the protection of Social Security

Support statehood for DC (support HR 1291 / s 1278)

Oppose S. 2702, the Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2018. The bill limits the Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus (CFPBs) authority to enforce federal consumer financial protection laws against entities that are regulated by a state insurance regulator to the extent such person is engaged in the business of insurance. The bill threatens to have wide-ranging impacts that infringe on the CFPBs core authority to address problems with consumer financial products and services.

Oppose a Balanced Budget Amendment to the US Constitution; oppose HJ Res 2

Eliminate potential discrimination in Faith Based initiatives Update the Religious Freedom Restoration Act to ensure against discrimination (support HR 3222)

Support a robust effort by the FCC to pursue EEO compliance and enforcement Oppose the proposed repeal of equal employment opportunity (EEO) Form 397. The FCC should not only comply with its statutory obligation to collect employment data, it should also implement an automated, searchable, and uniform electronic database of EEO employment and recruitment data. Moreover, the Commission should adopt a transparent mechanism to trigger mid-term license review to replace the function of Form 397

Support full funding for AIDS prevention, treatment, education and research

Support HUDs Disparate Impact rule Oppose the leaked version of a housing finance proposal from U.S. Senators Bob Corker (TN) and Mark Warner (VA) that would severely harm Americas housing market. Our opposition is mainly rooted in the proposals negative impact on access, affordability, and market stability Support amending the House approved-bill to include implementation of the Disaster Housing Assistance Program (DHAP), direction for FEMA to collect and make public disaster recovery data, and provide other housing resources that ensure the shortage of affordable rental homes in disaster-impacted areas is not worsened Oppose H.R. 1153-the Mortgage Choice Act of 2018, which creates a loophole that would allow loans with higher costs to the borrower to improperly meet the Qualified Mortgage (QM) standard Support adherence to established civil rights protections in the development and implementation of any disaster relief plan Oppose Section 104 of S. 2155, which requires tiered reporting of information under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) and will result in the exemption of 85% of depositories from the updated reporting required by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Support U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) immediately lifting the suspension of the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule Oppose the elimination of anti-discrimination language in HUDs mission statement Support GSE reform that contains language to: Preserve and Enhance Fair Housing and Anti-Discrimination Protections; Provide Broad Access for Borrowers, Institutions and Regions; Preserve the Systems Affordable Housing Mission, and the Availability of Inclusive Loan Products and Services; and protect taxpayers. Support an increase in the availability of safe, decent, affordable low-income housing. Support the National Housing Trust Fund Support a comprehensive program to combat homelessness Support an increase in resources to fight housing discrimination Support the amendment offered by Senator Cortez Masto (NV) to S. 2155, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act to strike section 104 of the legislation. Section 104 is the section which would exempt 85% of depository institutions from full reporting of loan data under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Support Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing; oppose its immediate suspension Support HR4258, a bill that would permanently expand HUD's Family Self-Suffcency Program Oppose HUD Secretary Carsons Making Affordable Housing Work Act, which would increase the rent for low-income households Support the inclusion of a provisions on the Disaster Housing Assistance Program (DHAP) in the Senate version of the FAA Reauthorization Act. Support FHFAs completing / Implementing an updated credit score model for the GSEs to use when looking at potential homeowners Support H.R. 4451, which would allow veterans who are homeless and participating in the HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing voucher program, those who are transitioning from being incarcerated, and other eligible homeless or recently homeless veterans to be eligible for training services under the Homeless Veteran Reintegration Program

Support the ouster of Scott Pruitt as Administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Oppose new directive which eliminates the presumption that ICE should not detain pregnant women or remove reporting requirements regarding the treatment of pregnant individuals Support Speaker Ryan allowing a clean DREAM Act to be brought up on the floor for a vote4-17-2018 Support that the DHSs Race Paper, which was intended to survey growing trends in domestic terrorism driven by race-related extremist ideologies and address the co-opting of peaceful protests by violent ideological actors be released immediately, without redactions.Oppose the State Department's notice of its intention to implement further extreme vetting. The Department is proposing to collect from almost all visa applicants - among other things - social media identifiers, telephone numbers, and email addresses used in the past five years. Oppose the policy of separating parents from children apprehended at the U.S. border Oppose any actions that facilitate the Department of Homeland Securitys mass detention and deportation, especially of people of color, construction of a harmful border wall, or further border militarization. Specifically, support a cut in funds for immigration detention and enforcement within the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) budgets whether funded through the appropriations process or other legislative vehicle

Support HR 5005, legislation to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of establishing the birthplace of James Weldon Johnson in Jacksonville, Florida, as a unit of the National Park System

Oppose HR 620, which passed the House. Which would create significant obstacles for people with disabilities from enforcing their rights under Title III of the ADA

Support the permanent protections for Dreamers Support the passage of legislation to protect Dreamers and reject the White House nativist immigration agenda Support the diversity visa program. Support family-based visa categories Support legislation to allow undocumented individuals who were brought to the US as children and who know no other country to be "home", a path to US citizenship. Support DREAMERS. Support HR 3340 /S 1615. Oppose the State Department's notice of its intention to implement further extreme vetting. The Department is proposing to collect from almost all visa applicants - among other things - social media identifiers, telephone numbers, and email addresses used in the past five years. Oppose any proposal that repeals or cuts the diversity visa program or eliminates or in any way reduces categories of family-based visas Support an 18-month extension of Temporary Protected Status visas for Haitians. Oppose new directive which eliminates the presumption that ICE should not detain pregnant women or remove reporting requirements regarding the treatment of pregnant individuals Support Speaker Ryan allowing a clean DREAM Act to be brought up on the floor for a vote4-17-2018 Support the Supreme Courts landmark case of Plyler v. Doe and subsequent caselaw, as well as Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Support that schools must ensure that they do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, or national origin, and that students are not barred from enrolling in public schools at the elementary and secondary level on the basis of their own citizenship or immigration status or that of their parents or guardians. Support that schools may not do anything to deny or chill access to that constitutional right, including by reporting, or threatening to report, children to ICE. Support the DREAM Act and other bipartisan solutions that doesnt jeopardize immigrant communities. Support Congresswoman Chus Protect Our Workers from Exploitation and Retaliation (POWER) Act, which would protect immigrant workers by providing them a route to legal status when they report employer abuses and labor law violations Oppose judicial nominations of Andrew Oldham, Wendy Vitter, J. Campbell Barker, Michael Truncale, and Mark Norris due to their records of opposing critical legal protections for immigrant families. Support the Supreme Courts landmark case of Plyler v. Doe and subsequent caselaw, as well as Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Support that schools must ensure that they do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, or national origin, and that students are not barred from enrolling in public schools at the elementary and secondary level on the basis of their own citizenship or immigration status or that of their parents or guardians. Support that schools may not do anything to deny or chill access to that constitutional right, including by reporting, or threatening to report, children to ICE. Oppose the policy of separating parents from children apprehended at the U.S. border Oppose HR 4760 and any cuts to our family-based immigration system, the diversity visa program or ramped up enforcement measures that would further tear families apart. Support a clean Dream Act and a solution for individuals with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED), as well as drastically reducing funding to the administrations harsh deportation machine that is separating countless families Oppose any actions that facilitate the Department of Homeland Securitys mass detention and deportation, especially of people of color, construction of a harmful border wall, or further border militarization. Specifically, support a cut in funds for immigration detention and enforcement within the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) budgets whether funded through the appropriations process or other legislative vehicle Oppose Speaker Ryans Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2018, HR 4760, which slashes our family-based immigration system, guts our asylum laws, waives laws that protect communities within 100 miles of the borders and wastes $23 billion taxpayer dollars to build a wall and militarize border communities. It does provide limited protections for DACA-eligible individuals, but these protections are less robust than even what the President has proposed and the bill harms immigrant youth and their families more than it actually protects them. Nothing in this bill prevents the U.S. government from taking children from their parents and in fact, this bill actually puts children in more danger by keeping them in jail for longer periods of time with fewer standards for their wellbeing Oppose HR 6136, which would appropriate $23.4 billion for various border security activities. Included would be $16.6 billion for a "border wall system," which would be available from fiscal 2019 through fiscal 2027, and $6.8 billion for border security investments, which would be available from fiscal 2019 through fiscal 2023. It would provide those with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status a six-year renewable contingent non-immigrant legal status and would allow them to apply for a green card after five years, providing a path to citizenship. It would modify legal immigration by ending the diversity visa program and reallocating those visas to other classifications. The bill would require that undocumented immigrants who are charged with a misdemeanor offense for improper entry into the United States be detained with their minor children.

Support Strong Protections for Privacy and Individual Control of Personal Information on the internet; support a renewed commitment to close the digital divide; oppose Algorithmic Discrimination; support Consistent Rules and Equal Treatment Across the Internet Ecosystem; support the preservation of Constitutional principles; support protections for a safe user experience; support a diversity mandate across the tech sector.

Support the reauthorization of Byrne JAG grants Oppose the Department of Justices request for a new citizenship question on the 2020 Census Support full funding of critical juvenile justice and delinquency prevention programs in fiscal year 2019 Support S. 1917, with reservations about new mandatory minimums imposed by the bill Support a more robust response to the hate violence and groups that flourish on social media platforms, dont just focus on Muslim extremists Support the federal governments crucial role in spurring criminal justice innovation, as well as testing and replicating evidence-based practices nationwide by funding programs including the Office of Violence Against Women and the COPS program Support appropriating $95 million in FY2019 to the Department of Labor for its Reintegration of Ex-Offenders program Support an independent Community Relations Service (CRS); oppose the Trump proposal to move CRS under the Department of Justice Office of Civil Rights Oppose the Presidents proposal calling for increasing sentences for drug offenders, including the death penalty. S.1994, the CORRECTIONS Act, and H.R. 3356, the Prison Reform and Redemption Act, are not sentencing reform and should not be viewed as such. This legislation will not, alone, substantially alleviate prison overcrowding or mass incarceration Oppose mandatory arbitration clauses for investors; support the SEC protecting investors rights to bring securities class action lawsuits Support proposals to build trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve. Support initiatives to standardize use of force policies for law enforcement. support ending racial and religious profiling. Support H.R. 1498 / S. 411 Support initiatives to study and eventually eliminate prosecutorial misconduct / bias. support the establishment of local effective and independent review boards of alleged law enforcement misconduct. Support requiring video surveillance of all law enforcement activities Support genuine sentencing reform to alleviate prison overcrowding, over-incarceration, and the overrepresentation of racial and ethnic minorities who are in prison. Support HR 4261 Support a commission to review all aspects of our national criminal justice system. Support H.R. 1886 / S.573 Support ending the ban on CDC Gun Research Support requiring universal background checks on all gun sales and transfers support a ban on the sale of all military-style semi-automatic assault guns and military high capacity ammunition clips (support HR 5078 / S. 2095 and S. 1945 Support tough new criminal penalties for straw purchasers and gun traffickers Support a ban on suspects on the terror watch list from purchasing firearms Support the Fix NICS Act (H.R. 4434 / S. 2135). Incentivize and assist states in improving their overall reporting to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Support sensitivity training of law enforcement & independent investigations of deadly force (HR 1870 / S 860)Support maintaining current law requiring background checks and permits for gun silencers. Support a ban on bump stocks machine-gun type firing and other conversion kits, accessories and parts Support allowing states to maintain and enforce their own concealed carry laws Support requiring the repeal of all state stand your ground laws, restoring the use of deadly force as a last resort Support microstamping or ballistic fingerprinting of all new firearms and ammunition sold in the U.S. support encouraging local jurisdictions to utilize their buyer power to create incentives for firearm manufacturers to employ countermarketing strategies to ensure that their retailers are using all available procedures to prevent illegal firearms diversion Support an abolishment of the death penalty Support the Second Chance Act reauthorization (HR 2899) Support the reauthorization and updating of the Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Act(support HR 1809 / S 860 Support the reform of money bail (HR 4019 / S 1593) Support incentivizing states and local jurisdictions to fully and accurately report hate crimes (HR 1566 / S. 667) Support the removal of statues of Confederate soldiers from the U.S. Capital (support HR 3701 / S 1772) Support encouraqing states to decrease prison populations and keep crime down (support HR 3845 / S 1458) Support the Compensating Legacy Artists for their Songs, Service, and Important Contributions to Society (CLASSICS) Act (H.R. 3301/S. 2393), bipartisan and which ensures legacy musicians are compensated when their work is played on digital radio platforms. Oppose the nomination of Thomas Farr to the Federal Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina Support the inclusion of provisions to: final federal legislation to: Curtail the ballooning number of federal regulatory crimes; eliminate federal criminal penalties for simple drug possession in state jurisdictions; promote targeted sentencing of drug offenders, ensuring that violent and career criminals and crime leaders and organizers are held accountable; update supervision policies to more effectively change the criminal behavior of the nearly 132,000 on probation and post-prison supervision; increase government transparency and accountability by requiring public disclosure of regulatory criminal offenses; allowing victims of regulatory over-criminalization to contact the inspector general; protecting against wrongful convictions; encourage judicial districts to open drug, veteran, mental health and other problem solving courts; reinvest the substantial savings by investing in communities, prevention, and intervention initiatives and state, local, and federal law enforcement and prosecutors reduce recidivism by using swift and certain responses so offenders know what will happen if they re-offend or act in a certain way; create a system of rewards and incentives for good behavior; and acknowledge that age matters by implementing smart, targeted geriatric release programs which can ensure heinous offenders remain behind bars while cutting down on costs and maintaining public safety. In any sentencing reform legislation. Oppose the Prison Reform and Redemption Act (H.R. 3356) or any mangers amendment that is considered during the mark up. Any effort to pass prison reform (or back-end reform) legislation without including sentencing reform (or front-end reform) will not meaningfully improve the federal system Oppose HR 2152, the Citizens Right to Know Act as it raises serious privacy concerns. Support HR 1437, the No Money Bail Act which would incentivize jurisdictions to reform their money bail systems using federal resources. Support full funding for JJDPA programs in FY2019 Oppose H.R. 5698, the Protect and Serve Act of 2018, which creates a new crime for offenses that target law enforcement officers Oppose S. 2794, the Protect and Serve Act of 2018, which creates a new crime for offenses that target law enforcement officials Oppose HR 5682, the First Step Act, because it does not address sentencing reform; because of the Overbroad List of Exclusions; because to provides for a Dangerous Risk Assessment; because of The Absence of Funding for Implementation; because of the Undetermined Human and Fiscal Impact; because it contains a Misplaced Incentive System; and because of the Overbroad Discretion Provided to Attorney General Sessions Oppose judicial nominations of Andrew Oldham, Wendy Vitter, J. Campbell Barker, Michael Truncale, and Mark Norris due to their records of opposing critical legal protections for immigrant families. Oppose any efforts to reduce the fentanyl and analogue quantities in 21 U.S.C. 841 and 960, or to increase the lengths of these mandatory minimum sentences. Oppose S. 2635, either as a stand-alone bill or an amendment, which would mandate increased mandatory minimum sentences for fentanyl possession or sale. Oppose the policy of separating parents from children apprehended at the U.S. border Oppose HR 2851, the Stop Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues Act (SISTA) which would give AG Sessions sweeping, largely unchecked new powers to schedule new drugs and incarcerate more people Support the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) and oppose the recent policy changes to the Bureau of Prisons Transgender Offender Manual Support S. 1728, the Private Prison Information /act, which would require for-profit prisons and detention centers to comply with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Oppose Michael Brennan's nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Oppose the nomination of Stuart Kyle Duncan to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Oppose the nomination of Andrew Oldham to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Support H. Res. 285, Expressing the sense of the United States House of Representatives that Congress and the President should empower the creation of police and community alliances designed to enhance and improve communication and collaboration between members of the law enforcment community and the public they serve oppose H.R. 5682, the FIRST STEP Act. This bill, while containing several worthwhile proposals, should not be mistaken for what is needed. The FIRST STEP Act is not sentencing reform, and the concern -- a very valid concern -that enactment of this legislation will allow some lawmakers to say that they have addressed our nations problem of over-incarceration leads the NAACP to oppose this legislation. While we understand the temptation to support legislation that endeavors to reform our prison system, we believe that this particular bill would do more harm than good and would have unintended consequences that ripple into the future.

Support HR 4396, the Congress ME TOO Act. Support ensure a safe and fair workplace culture in Congress. Support that any anti-workplace harassment legislation for Congress ensure that any reforms also apply to claims of workplace discrimination based on sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy and childbirth), race, disability, age, ethnicity/national origin, color, religion, marital status, and status as a parent Support appropriating $95 million in FY2019 to the Department of Labor for its Reintegration of Ex-Offenders program Support NAFTA be replaced with fair new trade agreements that focuses on labor, environmental, health, food safety, food labeling and other pro-American issues Support legislation by Senator Harris to extend to farmworkers the same rights to overtime pay after a 40-hour week that other workers enjoy under the 1932 Fair Labor Standers Act Support, Preserve and Protect Equal Opportunity Programs including Affirmative Action Support paid sick leave (support HR 947 / S 337) Support equal pay for equal work (support HR 1869 / S 819) Support a prohibition on employers asking salary history (support HR 2418) Support enabling workers to unionize Support a prohibition on employers using credit checks (support HR 3783 / S 1819) Support Congresswoman Chus Protect Our Workers from Exploitation and Retaliation (POWER) Act, which would protect immigrant workers by providing them a route to legal status when they report employer abuses and labor law violations Support S. 337 / H.R. 947, the FAMILY Act, which provides for paid family and medical leave. Oppose King of Iowa amendment to HR 4 repealing the Davis-Bacon prevailing wages

Support H.R. 4451, which would allow veterans who are homeless and participating in the HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing voucher program, those who are transitioning from being incarcerated, and other eligible homeless or recently homeless veterans to be eligible for training services under the Homeless Veteran Reintegration Program

Oppose H.R. 2, The Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018 (the House Farm Bill),as changes to SNAP (formerly Food Stamps) place unduly harsh restrictions on women and families

Oppose Ken Marcuss nomination to Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights Oppose any cuts to the Pell program, support an increase in the maximum Pell Grant by at least the amount that would be provided with the expiring automatic inflation adjustment. Oppose Discriminatory High Stakes Educational Testing Oppose publically funded private school vouchers Support maintaining the federal role in ensuring a decent public education / civil rights protections for all students Support allowing students convicted of minor drug offenses to receive federal financial aid Support an increase in aid and other resources for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (support HR 1080) Support expanding Pell Grant funding and availability (support HR 2451 / S 1135) Support helping college graduates burdened by private student loan debt (support HR 2527 / S1262) Support, Preserve and Protect Equal Opportunity Programs including Affirmative Action Support a moratorium on the expansion of the charter schools until such time as: (1) Charter schools are subject to the same transparency and accountability standards as public schools; (2) Public funds are not diverted to charter schools at the expense of the public school system; (3) Charter schools cease expelling students that public schools have a duty to educate; and (4) Charter schools cease to perpetuate de facto segregation of the highest performing children from those whose aspirations may be high but whose talents are not yet as obvious. Support the Department of Education fulfilling its role in the implementation of the 214 Every Student Succeeds Act and correcting the Departments flawed approval of state plans that do not comply with core equity provisions of the law Support the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965 meet the following principles: Ensure robust implementation and enforcement of civil rights laws; Remove barriers to enrollment; Increase student persistence in and completion of a quality, racially equitable postsecondary education; Make college affordable; Provide for the collection and reporting of higher education data that is disaggregated, cross-tabulated, and broadly available; Design accountability systems to ensure students receive value from their higher education; Exclude for-profit colleges, including covert for-profit colleges masquerading as non-profit, from federal financial aid programs; Protect student loan borrowers from abusive and fraudulent practices and exploitation in the federal and private student loan servicing and debt collection markets and provide access to accurate and complete information about their loans, access to affordable repayment options, access to administrative loan discharges, and access to legal remedies if they need further relief; Ensure safe and inclusive campus climates free of harassment and violence; and Invest in and support institutions that serve high populations of traditionally underrepresented students Oppose any amendments to the Defense Authorization bill for FY 2019 that turns any portion of the Impact Aid program into a voucher program Oppose the Department of Educations 2015 guidance in evaluating undue hardship claims in Advisory Actions. Support the Department of Education developing a new guidance. Support the Supreme Courts landmark case of Plyler v. Doe and subsequent caselaw, as well as Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Support that schools must ensure that they do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, or national origin, and that students are not barred from enrolling in public schools at the elementary and secondary level on the basis of their own citizenship or immigration status or that of their parents or guardians. Support that schools may not do anything to deny or chill access to that constitutional right, including by reporting, or threatening to report, children to ICE. Support that Congress continue making the same key investments provided in the fiscal year 2018 Omnibus that retained all current Pell Grant funds in the Pell Grant program and increased the maximum grant Support the enforcement of the law on behalf of marginalized communities, the preservation (and reinstatement of recently rescinded) policy and enforcement guidance, and the maintenance of the scope, frequency and public accessibility of the Civil Rights Data Collection

Oppose limiting food and non-alcoholic front-of-pack nutrition labeling via NAFTA Oppose extending the public comment period for the Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking of Flavors in Tobacco Products

Oppose S. J. Res. 57, which disapproves of a CFPB guidance aimed at restricting discrimination in auto lending.

Support ending the ban on and support funding for CDC Gun Research Support requiring universal background checks on all gun sales and transfers support a ban on the sale of all military-style semi-automatic assault guns and military high capacity ammunition clips (support HR 5078 / S. 2095 and S. 1945 Support tough new criminal penalties for straw purchasers and gun traffickers Support a ban on suspects on the terror watch list from purchasing firearms Support the Fix NICS Act (H.R. 4434 / S. 2135). Incentivize and assist states in improving their overall reporting to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). Support maintaining current law requiring background checks and permits for gun silencers. Support a ban on bump stocks machine-gun type firing and other conversion kits, accessories and parts Support allowing states to maintain and enforce their own concealed carry laws Support requiring the repeal of all state stand your ground laws, restoring the use of deadly force as a last resort Support microstamping or ballistic fingerprinting of all new firearms and ammunition sold in the U.S. support encouraging local jurisdictions to utilize their buyer power to create incentives for firearm manufacturers to employ countermarketing strategies to ensure that their retailers are using all available procedures to prevent illegal firearms diversion Support Thompson (CA) resolution calling for consideration of legislation related to gun regulation

Oppose any new cute to Medicare / Medicaid or federal health programs which comprise our nations safety net Oppose the recent decision by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to approve Medicaid waivers that allow states to deny Medicaid benefits to people who fail to comply with a work requirement or a community engagement provision Support protecting Medicare and Medicaid benefits Support restoring Medicaid Eligibility to COFA recipients living in the USA (support HR 2982 / S. 1391) Support HHS addressing concerns raised by the GAO in its recent report of the 1115 Medicaid waivers which have been granted that have the effect of limiting eligibility, reducing enrollment, or curtailing program benefits Support strong federal transparency and accountability requirements around provider rate setting

Support the Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity and Reliability (WATER) Act, introduced by Congressmen Ellison (MN) and Khanna (CA), HR 5609

Support robust funding for the Statewide Family Engagement Centers (SFECs) grant program and support no less than its authorized level of $10 million-in the FY 2019 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (L-HHS-ED) appropriations bill Oppose H.R. 2, The Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018 (the House Farm Bill),as changes to SNAP (formerly Food Stamps) place unduly harsh restrictions on women and families

Oppose Ken Marcuss nomination to Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights Oppose the Department of Justices request for a new citizenship question on the 2020 Census. Support hearings by both the House and Senate Committees with oversight authority over the census in which Commerce Secretary Ross is asked how he came to the decision to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census form Support HR 4396, the Congress ME TOO Act. Support ensure a safe and fair workplace culture in Congress. Support that any anti-workplace harassment legislation for Congress ensure that any reforms also apply to claims of workplace discrimination based on sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy and childbirth), race, disability, age, ethnicity/national origin, color, religion, marital status, and status as a parent. Support the Census Bureau moving forward with testing of sexual orientation and gender identity questions, improving testing on privacy and confidentiality messaging, making the survey more accessible to people in group quarters, and reducing reliance on administrative records for enumeration regarding the American Community Survey (ACS). Support the need for better language supports for the ACS. Oppose HR 1116, the TAILOR Act, which imposes hurdles on agencies adopting regulations, and requires them to revisit them, with burdensome requirements that regulations be tailored for different types of institutions, something agencies already take into account. The bill will make it harder to adopt, maintain or defend regulations Support HR 4924, support it being strengthened by expanding the 1280 day reporting requirement to include the date the claimant knew of the alleged violation; extend the statutory deadline for filing a civil action to at least 90 days; extend whistleblower protections available to the executive branch to the legislative branch; and extend all notice posting requirements to the legislative branch. Support H. Res. 724, support extending the directives therein to the Senate Support statehood for the people of Puerto Rico Support, Preserve and Protect Equal Opportunity Programs including Affirmative Action Eliminate potential discrimination in Faith Based initiatives Study Proposals for Reparations for African Americans (support HR 40) Support access to the polls for all eligible voters, support making it easier to register and vote (support HR 12 / S 1437) Support same-day voter registration-Support early voting / Sunday voting Support automatic voter registration Oppose Photo Identification requirements for voting Support Campaign Finance Reform (support HR 20 / S 1640) Support the re-enfranchisement of ex-felony offenders (support S 1588) Ensure a fair and accurate 2020 census Support the repair and strengthening of the 1965 Voting Rights Act (Support HR 2978 / S1419) Oppose a citizenship question on the 2020 Census Oppose the confirmation of Mike Pompeo to serve as US Secretary of State Support $4.735 billion for the Census Bureau in FY2019 -$933.50 million above the Administrations request for the agency, and $912.5 million above the request of $3.015 billion for the 2020 Census. Oppose banning public access to the CFPB consumer complaint data base Oppose the CFPB revising the rules by which the Bureau brings administrative enforcement actions before Administrative Law Judges. This changes in procedure and the greater application of rules for federal court litigation would likely make it easier for defendants to slow down proceedings and otherwise obstruct the Bureaus enforcement process. Support that the CFPB maintain a policy and procedure for external engagements, such as a minimum number of roundtables, advisory board meetings, and/or teleconferences Support the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Department of Commerce, Justice and Science Subcommittee match the funding level of roughly $4.8 billion for the 2020 Census that was in the Appropriations Committee approved bill. Support the CFPB's current public complaint process Support the retention of the CFPBs inclusive, transparent, evidence-based and comprehensive rulemaking process Support the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 Reform Act (H.R. 4924 / S 2952). Support the House bill over the one passed in the Senate, as it provides greater transparency and accountability to the public and stronger protections for employees of the legislative workforce Support S. 1728, the Private Prison Information /act, which would require for-profit prisons and detention centers to comply with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

Support the reauthorization of Byrne JAG grants Oppose the Department of Justices request for a new citizenship question on the 2020 Census Support a clean federal budget with no poison pill riders Oppose any new cuts to Medicare / Medicaid or federal health programs which comprise our nations safety net Oppose any riders to Appropriations bill(s) which would place the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under the appropriations process. Support House-passed amendments regarding civil forfeiture in any year-long appropriations bill Support appropriating $95 million in FY2019 to the Department of Labor for its Reintegration of Ex-Offenders program Support an independent Community Relations Service (CRS); oppose the Trump proposal to move CRS under the Department of Justice Office of Civil Rights Support continued funding in FY 2019 of the Japanese American Confinement Sites (JACS) Grant Program and the Underrepresented Communities Competitive Grants under the Historic Preservation Fund Support a Federal budget that invests in public education, health care, job training and the protection of civil rights Oppose a Balanced Budget to the US Constitution Support robust funding for the Statewide Family Engagement Centers (SFECs) grant program and support no less than its authorized level of $10 million-in the FY 2019 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (L-HHS-ED) appropriations bill Support full funding for JJDPA programs in FY2019 Oppose proposal to rescind $7 billion from CHIP Oppose the $15.8 billion rescissions package as proposed by the White House, or any future rescission packages. Support the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Department of Commerce, Justice and Science Subcommittee match the funding level of roughly $4.8 billion for the 2020 Census that was in the Appropriations Committee approved bill. Oppose riders to the Financial Services / General Government Appropriations bill for 2019 which would deregulate everything from the nations largest banks to high-frequency Wall Street traders to consumer lenders supervised by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Support $57.95 million for the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health program in FY2019 Support that Congress continue making the same key investments provided in the fiscal year 2018 Omnibus that retained all current Pell Grant funds in the Pell Grant program and increased the maximum grant Support the CDC protecting funding for and affirming its commitment to maintaining the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) optional module to the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Oppose a Balanced Budget Amendment to the US Constitution; oppose HJ Res 2 Oppose HR 3, legislation which would would cancel approximately $14.8 billion in previously approved spending, including reductions in budget authority for mandatory programs. It would rescind allocated funding across various departments and programs, including $7 billion from the Children's Health Insurance Program, $4.3 billion from the Energy Department's Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program, $683 million from Innovative Technology Loan Guarantees, and $800 million in mandatory funding from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. It would not rescind any of the funding provided by the fiscal 2018 omnibus appropriations measure

Support a promulgation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) that allows the TCPA to remain a viable tool in stopping robocalls, especially debt collection robocalls. Support that the FCC issue a definition of an autodialer that is sufficiently broad to encompass the equipment in use today, to ensure that automated calls are covered by the TCPA, such that consent to robocall cell phones will still be required. Support that the FCC issue strong rules governing debt collection calls by collectors of federal debt. Support that revocation of consent to receive robocalls to one's cell phone should always be permitted, even when the consent was provided as a term in the contract, and the FCC should propose some reasonable methods to revoke consent Oppose the proposed repeal of equal employment opportunity (EEO) Form 397. The FCC should not only comply with its statutory obligation to collect employment data, it should also implement an automated, searchable, and uniform electronic database of EEO employment and recruitment data. Moreover, the Commission should adopt a transparent mechanism to trigger mid-term license review to replace the function of Form 397

Oppose an expansion of work credits of work requirements for SNAP (food stamps) in the 2018 Farm bill Support legislation by Senator Harris to extend to farmworkers the same rights to overtime pay after a 40-hour week that other workers enjoy under the 1932 Fair Labor Standers Act Support ending childhood obesity Oppose limiting food and non-alcoholic front-of-pack nutrition labeling via NAFTA Oppose extending the public comment period for the Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking of Flavors in Tobacco Products Oppose H.R. 2, The Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018 (the House Farm Bill),as changes to SNAP (formerly Food Stamps) place unduly harsh restrictions on women and families Oppose Holding Amendment #74 to HR 2, the Farm bill, which Denies SNAP (Food Stamp) benefits to Individuals Who have been convicted of committing certain violent crimes even after they have served their time and have been released. These men and women are working to reintegrate into society, and such a prohibition could very well undermine their rehabilitation Oppose the U.S. Department of Agricultures (USDA) Advanced Notice on requirements and services for Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents Oppose the Faso (NY) amendment to HR 2, the Farm Bill, which would allow states to carry out program eligibility and other administrative functions of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in a number of different ways, including the use of non-governmental contractors, as long as such personnel have no direct or indirect financial interest in an approved retail food store. Oppose the McClintock (CA) amendment #8 to HR 2, the 2018 Farm Bill, which would reduce work-requirement exemptions from 15 percent to five percent of SNAP benefit recipients; would reduce the qualifying age of children from three-years-old to six-years-old with respect to work requirement-exempted parents; would set the same hour-per-week work requirement for married parents as for single parents; and would require employment and training program participants to have their work eligibility electronically verified through the E-verify system. Oppose Kennedy, R-La., amendment no. 3383 that would modify work requirements for certain beneficiaries of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and would require SNAP electronic benefit cards to list all adult beneficiaries on the card, and would require such individuals to show photographic identification when using the card. It would exempt an individual designated as the head of a household from the ID requirement if the EBT card displays a photo of the individual.

Support helping college graduates burdened by private student loan debt (support HR 2527 / S1262)

Support NAFTA be replaced with fair new trade agreements that focuses on labor, environmental, health, food safety, food labeling and other pro-American issues Oppose limiting food and non-alcoholic front-of-pack nutrition labeling via NAFTA

Oppose any riders to Appropriations bill(s) which would place the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under the appropriations process Oppose the leaked version of a housing finance proposal from U.S. Senators Bob Corker (TN) and Mark Warner (VA) that would severely harm Americas housing market. Our opposition is mainly rooted in the proposals negative impact on access, affordability, and market stability Oppose H.R. 1153-the Mortgage Choice Act of 2018, which creates a loophole that would allow loans with higher costs to the borrower to improperly meet the Qualified Mortgage (QM) standard Oppose S. 2155, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act. The bill de-regulates the financial service industry by repealing several portions of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act Oppose Section 104 of S. 2155, which requires tiered reporting of information under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) and will result in the exemption of 85% of depositories from the updated reporting required by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Support GSE reform that contains language to: Preserve and Enhance Fair Housing and Anti-Discrimination Protections; Provide Broad Access for Borrowers, Institutions and Regions; Preserve the Systems Affordable Housing Mission, and the Availability of Inclusive Loan Products and Services; and protect taxpayers Oppose any bill or amendment which would cut the salaries of employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Oppose HR 1116, the TAILOR Act, which imposes hurdles on agencies adopting regulations, and requires them to revisit them, with burdensome requirements that regulations be tailored for different types of institutions, something agencies already take into account. The bill will make it harder to adopt, maintain or defend regulations Oppose HR 3072, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Examination and Reporting Threshold Act of 2017, will eliminate the CFPB's authority to supervise banks from $10 billion to $50 billion, among the largest 2% of banks in the country Clarify and reiterate that we are opposed to S. 2155 and that we do not have a position on an amendment regarding credit scoring to be offered by Senator Scott (SC) to S. 2155 Oppose HR 5266 or any similar bill or amendment which would turn the leadership of the CFPB from a single director into a commission of 5. Oppose S. J. Res. 57, which disapproves of a CFPB guidance aimed at restricting discrimination in auto lending. Support a national cap on interest rates and fees at 36% to eliminate high-cost loans (support HR 3760 / S 1659) Support the amendment offered by Senator Cortez Masto (NV) to S. 2155, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act to strike section 104 of the legislation. Section 104 is the section which would exempt 85% of depository institutions from full reporting of loan data under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Oppose S. 2155, because it does irreparable damage to fair lending protections against racial discrimination; it harms homebuyers; and it contains over two deregulatory provisions of the financial services industry that were put into place after the 2008 global crises Oppose H.R. 5266, the Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2018 which would change the leadership structure of the CFPB from a single Director to a 5-member commission Oppose requiring the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to re-evaluate the work of the CFPB Oppose changes to the CFPBs modus operendi that would make it more difficult for the agency to investigate potential violations of law and easier for lawbreakers to hamstring the bureau. Support the regulators preventing high-cost, usurious loans by banks and credit unions-whether short-term, balloon-payment payday loans (which banks sometimes call deposit advance loans) or longer-term high-cost installment loans or lines of credit, and regardless of whether the loans are made by banks directly or through partnerships with non-bank lenders. Oppose banning public access to the CFPB consumer complaint data base Oppose the CFPB revising the rules by which the Bureau brings administrative enforcement actions before Administrative Law Judges. This changes in procedure and the greater application of rules for federal court litigation would likely make it easier for defendants to slow down proceedings and otherwise obstruct the Bureaus enforcement process. Oppose S. 2702, the Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2018. The bill limits the Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus (CFPBs) authority to enforce federal consumer financial protection laws against entities that are regulated by a state insurance regulator to the extent such person is engaged in the business of insurance. The bill threatens to have wide-ranging impacts that infringe on the CFPBs core authority to address problems with consumer financial products and services. Support the SEC urging delaying closing the comment period on their Regulation Best Interest regulatory package. Their entire regulatory approach rests on the questionable assumption that their proposed disclosures will enable investors to make an informed choice among different types of providers. Fortunately, they are planning to conduct investor testing of the disclosures, but they are not expected to complete that round of testing until after the comment period is scheduled to close August 7. We therefore support them keeping the comment period open until 90 days after they have completed and published the findings of their disclosure testing. Support the CFPBs current public complaint process Support the retention of the CFPBs inclusive, transparent, evidence-based and comprehensive rulemaking process Oppose riders to the Financial Services / General Government Appropriations bill for 2019 which would deregulate everything from the nations largest banks to high-frequency Wall Street traders to consumer lenders supervised by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Support a Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) which retains a local geographical focus; avoids simplistic measures of performance; safeguards vibrant public participation; maintains the importance of bank branches; retains its focus on low- and moderate-individuals and neighborhoods; penalizes, on CRA exams, discrimination and violation of anti-discrimination and pro-consumer laws; takes bank activity to people and communities of color into consideration; does not allow bank mergers after one or both of the banks fail a CRA exam; takes into consideration affiliate activities; recognizes community benefit agreements; and refines CRA rating to be more reflective of a banks activities. Oppose the CFPB revisiting or weakening any existing regulations In order to stop abusive debt collection, support the following regulations: limit calls to one a week (with up to three attempted calls); require collectors to obey the consumers oral request to stop calling; ensure that newer communication technologies respect privacy, do not abuse or harass, and comply with the FDCPA; and prohibit the collection of time-barred debt or adopt very strict limits that prohibit suits on revived debt and limit communications to writings that include clear disclosures that the consumer cannot be sued Support the CFPB decision to refrain from revisiting or delaying the prepaid accounts rule (Regulations E and Z) that is scheduled to go into effect in 2019 Support the Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus remittance rule and urge the bureau not to revisit or weaken it. Support the CFPB (1) rescinding the rule permitting high pre-account opening fees on fee harvester cards that evade the CARD Act, (2) rescinding the ability-to-repay rule that permits consumers who do not have income to rely on household income even if they are not legally entitled to access Support that the FHFA (1) direct Fannie and Freddie to develop capital restoration plans, consistent with the capital and leverage standards being developed, and (2) suspend the net worth sweep in order to increase the GSEs capital buffer. Support existing regulations on the Truth in Savings Act, the Expedited Funds Availability Act, and the Fair lending Acct and urge the CFPB not to weaken them Support the long-established disparate impact jurisprudence under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA). Support the importance of Regulation B and the use of the disparate-impact doctrine in enforcement actions, examinations, and complaint investigations that have ECOA implications The CFPB must not adopt changes to its processes for using civil investigative demands that would hinder or delay its important work addressing potential legal violations. support and vote in favor of amendment #2157 to be offered by Senator Cortez Masto (NV) to S. 2155, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act to strike section 104 of the legislation. Support HR 2219, the End Banking for Human Traffickers Act

Oppose any new cuts to Medicare / Medicaid or federal health programs which comprise our nations safety net Support ending the ban on CDC Gun Research Support the preservation of gains made in health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act Support the elimination of racial and ethnic disparities in health care and disease Support full funding for AIDS prevention, treatment, education and research Support ending childhood obesity Support protecting Medicare and Medicaid benefits Support restoring Medicaid Eligibility to COFA recipients living in the USA (support HR 2982 / S. 1391) support a robust, transparent 340B program Support the Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2018, legislation which takes steps to eliminate health disparities among racial and ethnic minorities, support HR 5942 Oppose limiting food and non-alcoholic front-of-pack nutrition labeling via NAFTA Support the finalization of a proposed rule banning the electric shock devices used by the Judge Rotenberg Center Support at least $393 million in FY2019 for Housing for People with AIDS Support HHS addressing concerns raised by the GAO in its recent report of the 1115 Medicaid waivers which have been granted that have the effect of limiting eligibility, reducing enrollment, or curtailing program benefits Oppose extending the public comment period for the Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking of Flavors in Tobacco Products Oppose proposal to rescind $7 billion from CHIP Support the 340B Drug Pricing Program Support $57.95 million for the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health program in FY2019 Support the CDC protecting funding for and affirming its commitment to maintaining the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) optional module to the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)

Oppose HR 4550, which would exempt attorneys engaged in a lawsuits from the Fair Debt Collection Act Oppose any riders to Appropriations bill(s) which would place the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under the appropriations process Oppose the leaked version of a housing finance proposal from U.S. Senators Bob Corker (TN) and Mark Warner (VA) that would severely harm Americas housing market. Our opposition is mainly rooted in the proposals negative impact on access, affordability, and market stability Oppose H.R. 1153-the Mortgage Choice Act of 2018, which creates a loophole that would allow loans with higher costs to the borrower to improperly meet the Qualified Mortgage (QM) standard Support Senator Merkleys Stopping Abuse and Fraud in Electronic Lending (SAFE) Act of 2018, which will help safeguard consumers and law-abiding lenders from abuses rampant today in consumer lending Oppose S. 2155, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act. The bill de-regulates the financial service industry by repealing several portions of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act Oppose Section 104 of S. 2155, which requires tiered reporting of information under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) and will result in the exemption of 85% of depositories from the updated reporting required by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Support the FDICs proposals to changes to its policies governing the circumstances under which FDIC-regulated banks may hire people with prior criminal histories, with suggestions to improve / strengthen the proposal Support GSE reform that contains language to: Preserve and Enhance Fair Housing and Anti-Discrimination Protections; Provide Broad Access for Borrowers, Institutions and Regions; Preserve the Systems Affordable Housing Mission, and the Availability of Inclusive Loan Products and Services; and protect taxpayers Oppose any bill or amendment which would cut the salaries of employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Oppose HR 5028, which would exempt attorneys engaged in a lawsuits from the Fair Debt Collection Act. Oppose HR 1116, the TAILOR Act, which imposes hurdles on agencies adopting regulations, and requires them to revisit them, with burdensome requirements that regulations be tailored for different types of institutions, something agencies already take into account. The bill will make it harder to adopt, maintain or defend regulations Oppose HR 3072, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Examination and Reporting Threshold Act of 2017, will eliminate the CFPB's authority to supervise banks from $10 billion to $50 billion, among the largest 2% of banks in the country Support amendment by Senators Durbin, Reed, Warren, Brown, Duckworth, Baldwin, Hassan, VanHollen, Murry, and Blumenthal to S. 2155. The Durbin, et.al. amendment would improve consumer protections for federal and private student loans Clarify and reiterate that we are opposed to S. 2155 and that we do not have a position on an amendment regarding credit scoring to be offered by Senator Scott (SC) to S. 2155 Oppose HR 5266 or any similar bill or amendment which would turn the leadership of the CFPB from a single director into a commission of 5. Oppose mandatory arbitration clauses for investors; support the SEC protecting investors rights to bring securities class action lawsuits Oppose S. J. Res. 57, which disapproves of a CFPB guidance aimed at restricting discrimination in auto lending Support a national cap on interest rates and fees at 36% to eliminate high-cost loans (support HR 3760 / S 1659) Support the amendment offered by Senator Cortez Masto (NV) to S. 2155, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act to strike section 104 of the legislation. Section 104 is the section which would exempt 85% of depository institutions from full reporting of loan data under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Oppose S. 2155, because it does irreparable damage to fair lending protections against racial discrimination; it harms homebuyers; and it contains over two deregulatory provisions of the financial services industry that were put into place after the 2008 global crises

Oppose the Justice Departments recent withdrawal of a number of guidance and technical assistance documents concerning the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Support the reauthorization of Byrne JAG grants Oppose the Department of Justices request for a new citizenship question on the 2020 Census Support House-passed amendments regarding civil forfeiture in any year-long appropriations bill Support full funding of critical juvenile justice and delinquency prevention programs in fiscal year 2019 Support S. 1917, with reservations about new mandatory minimums imposed by the bill Support a more robust response to the hate violence and groups that flourish on social media platforms, dont just focus on Muslim extremists Support the federal governments crucial role in spurring criminal justice innovation, as well as testing and replicating evidence-based practices nationwide by funding programs including the Office of Violence Against Women and the COPS program Support appropriating $95 million in FY2019 to the Department of Labor for its Reintegration of Ex-Offenders program Support the FDICs proposals to changes to its policies governing the circumstances under which FDIC-regulated banks may hire people with prior criminal histories, with suggestions to improve / strengthen the proposal Support an independent Community Relations Service (CRS); oppose the Trump proposal to move CRS under the Department of Justice Office of Civil Rights Support S. 2520, the Inmate Calling Technical Corrections Act introduced by Senator Duckworth which allows the FCC to regulate prison phone rates. Strong concerns about HR 4909, the STOP (Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing) School Violence Act which is misguided, duplicative, and may be harmful to all students. Oppose the legislation unless these concerns are met. Support the Comprehensive School Safety Initiative (CSSI), a research-focused initiative created in response to school violence Oppose HR 5028, which would exempt attorneys engaged in a lawsuits from the Fair Debt Collection Act. Support 2013 school discipline guidance, issued jointly by the Department of Education and the Department of Justice which clarifies schools responsibilities under civil rights laws to administer discipline in a nondiscriminatory manner and also provide educators information about alternatives to suspensions and ways to build positive school climates. Oppose the Presidents proposal calling for increasing sentences for drug offenders, including the death penalty. S.1994, the CORRECTIONS Act, and H.R. 3356, the Prison Reform and Redemption Act, are not sentencing reform and should not be viewed as such. This legislation will not, alone, substantially alleviate prison overcrowding or mass incarceration Oppose mandatory arbitration clauses for investors; support the SEC protecting investors rights to bring securities class action lawsuits Support proposals to build trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve. Support initiatives to standardize use of force policies for law enforcement. support ending racial and religious profiling. Support H.R. 1498 / S. 411 Support initiatives to study and eventually eliminate prosecutorial misconduct / bias. support the establishment of local effective and independent review boards of alleged law enforcement misconduct. Support requiring video surveillance of all law enforcement activities Support genuine sentencing reform to alleviate prison overcrowding, over-incarceration, and the overrepresentation of racial and ethnic minorities who are in prison. Support HR 4261 Support a commission to review all aspects of our national criminal justice system. Support H.R. 1886 / S.573 Support ending the ban on CDC Gun Research Support requiring universal background checks on all gun sales and transfers support a ban on the sale of all military-style semi-automatic assault guns and military high capacity ammunition clips (support HR 5078 / S. 2095 and S. 1945 Support tough new criminal penalties for straw purchasers and gun traffickers Support a ban on suspects on the terror watch list from purchasing firearms Support the Fix NICS Act (H.R. 4434 / S. 2135). Incentivize and assist states in improving their overall reporting to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Support sensitivity training of law enforcement & independent investigations of deadly force (HR 1870 / S 860)Support maintaining current law requiring background checks and permits for gun silencers. Support a ban on bump stocks machine-gun type firing and other conversion kits, accessories and parts Support allowing states to maintain and enforce their own concealed carry laws Support requiring the repeal of all state stand your ground laws, restoring the use of deadly force as a last resort Support microstamping or ballistic fingerprinting of all new firearms and ammunition sold in the U.S. support encouraging local jurisdictions to utilize their buyer power to create incentives for firearm manufacturers to employ countermarketing strategies to ensure that their retailers are using all available procedures to prevent illegal firearms diversion Support an abolishment of the death penalty Support the Second Chance Act reauthorization (HR 2899) Support the reauthorization and updating of the Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Act(support HR 1809 / S 860 Support the reform of money bail (HR 4019 / S 1593) Support incentivizing states and local jurisdictions to fully and accurately report hate crimes (HR 1566 / S. 667) Support the removal of statues of Confederate soldiers from the U.S. Capital (support HR 3701 / S 1772) Support encouraqing states to decrease prison populations and keep crime down (support HR 3845 / S 1458) Support the Compensating Legacy Artists for their Songs, Service, and Important Contributions to Society (CLASSICS) Act (H.R. 3301/S. 2393), bipartisan and which ensures legacy musicians are compensated when their work is played on digital radio platforms. Oppose the nomination of Thomas Farr to the Federal Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina Support the inclusion of provisions to: final federal legislation to: Curtail the ballooning number of federal regulatory crimes; eliminate federal criminal penalties for simple drug possession in state jurisdictions; promote targeted sentencing of drug offenders, ensuring that violent and career criminals and crime leaders and organizers are held accountable; update supervision policies to more effectively change the criminal behavior of the nearly 132,000 on probation and post-prison supervision; increase government transparency and accountability by requiring public disclosure of regulatory criminal offenses; allowing victims of regulatory over-criminalization to contact the inspector general; protecting against wrongful convictions; encourage judicial districts to open drug, veteran, mental health and other problem solving courts; reinvest the substantial savings by investing in communities, prevention, and intervention initiatives and state, local, and federal law enforcement and prosecutors reduce recidivism by using swift and certain responses so offenders know what will happen if they re-offend or act in a certain way; create a system of rewards and incentives for good behavior; and acknowledge that age matters by implementing smart, targeted geriatric release programs which can ensure heinous offenders remain behind bars while cutting down on costs and maintaining public safety. In any sentencing reform legislation.

Oppose the Military Education Savings Account Act of 2018 (H.R. 5199 / S.2517) because it would transform Impact Aid into Education Savings Accounts (ESAs). In effect, ESAs are no different than traditional private school vouchers

Support the inclusion of permanent protections for Dreamers, CHIP, and disaster relief in the legislation that must be passed by January 19 Support Congressional hearing into the on-going health and education crisis in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands as a result of the hurricanes in 2017 Oppose any new cute to Medicare / Medicaid or federal health programs which comprise our nations safety net Oppose the recent decision by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to approve Medicaid waivers that allow states to deny Medicaid benefits to people who fail to comply with a work requirement or a community engagement provision Support NAFTA be replaced with fair new trade agreements that focuses on labor, environmental, health, food safety, food labeling and other pro-American issues Support ending the ban on CDC Gun Research Oppose the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) which would create protections for health care workers who refuse to administer services that violate their religious or moral beliefs. Support the preservation of gains made in health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act Support the elimination of racial and ethnic disparities in health care and disease Support full funding for AIDS prevention, treatment, education and research Support ending childhood obesity Support protecting Medicare and Medicaid benefits Support restoring Medicaid Eligibility to COFA recipients living in the USA (support HR 2982 / S. 1391) support a robust, transparent 340B program

Support the protection of Social Security

Eliminate the trade and travel embargoes against Cuba (Support HR 574 / S 1699) Support Peace in Sudan Support enhanced trade, aid, and development programs in Africa and the Caribbean Establish a Department of Peace (Support HR 1111) Increase stability in Haiti

Oppose an expansion of work credits of work requirements for SNAP (food stamps) in the 2018 Farm bill Support a prohibition on employers using credit checks (support HR 3783 / S 1819)

Oppose Ken Marcuss nomination to Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights Support Congressional hearing into the on-going health and education crisis in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands as a result of the hurricanes in 2017 Support the same data that has been collected in previous years regarding the D.C. Voucher program, as well as additional data in order to properly perform the statutorily-required evaluation and increase the accountability and transparency of the program Oppose HR 4508, the PROSPER Act, which is the House version of legislation to reauthorize the Higher Education Act. It exacerbates the increasing burden of student debt and continued inequity in higher education access and outcomes. It would make higher education less affordable, saddle students with greater debt, and push more students into loan default Support the Supporting the Teaching Profession Through Revitalizing Investments in Valuable Educators Act (STRIVE) Act, which would work to strengthen the federal financial support and preparation that teachers and early childhood educators receive to ensure that teachers are better supported. Oppose any cuts to the Pell program, support an increase in the maximum Pell Grant by at least the amount that would be provided with the expiring automatic inflation adjustment. Oppose H.R. 4508, the PROSPER Act, which is the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, because it rolls back or eliminates existing provisions that organizations representing students, consumers, veterans and servicemembers, faculty and staff, civil rights, and college access have supported for years, including but not limited to: the gainful employment rule, the borrower defense rule, the ban on incentive compensation, and the 90-10 rule Strong concerns about HR 4909, the STOP (Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing) School Violence Act which is misguided, duplicative, and may be harmful to all students. Oppose the legislation unless these concerns are met. Support the Comprehensive School Safety Initiative (CSSI), a research-focused initiative created in response to school violence Support amendment by Senators Durbin, Reed, Warren, Brown, Duckworth, Baldwin, Hassan, VanHollen, Murry, and Blumenthal to S. 2155. The Durbin, et.al. amendment would improve consumer protections for federal and private student loans Oppose the Military Education Savings Account Act of 2018 (H.R. 5199 / S.2517) because it would transform Impact Aid into Education Savings Accounts (ESAs). In effect, ESAs are no different than traditional private school vouchers Support 2013 school discipline guidance, issued jointly by the Department of Education and the Department of Justice which clarifies schools responsibilities under civil rights laws to administer discipline in a nondiscriminatory manner and also provide educators information about alternatives to suspensions and ways to build positive school climates Support Public School Construction, Repair and Renovation Oppose Discriminatory High Stakes Educational Testing Oppose publically funded private school vouchers Support maintaining the federal role in ensuring a decent public education / civil rights protections for all students Support allowing students convicted of minor drug offenses to receive federal financial aid Support an increase in aid and other resources for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (support HR 1080) Support expanding Pell Grant funding and availability (support HR 2451 / S 1135) Support helping college graduates burdened by private student loan debt (support HR 2527 / S1262) Support, Preserve and Protect Equal Opportunity Programs including Affirmative Action Support a moratorium on the expansion of the charter schools until such time as: (1) Charter schools are subject to the same transparency and accountability standards as public schools; (2) Public funds are not diverted to charter schools at the expense of the public school system; (3) Charter schools cease expelling students that public schools have a duty to educate; and (4) Charter schools cease to perpetuate de facto segregation of the highest performing children from those whose aspirations may be high but whose talents are not yet as obvious.

Oppose any rider to the FY18 Appropriations which further delays or completely rescinds the Fiduciary Rule Support HR 4396, the Congress ME TOO Act. Support ensure a safe and fair workplace culture in Congress. Support that any anti-workplace harassment legislation for Congress ensure that any reforms also apply to claims of workplace discrimination based on sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy and childbirth), race, disability, age, ethnicity/national origin, color, religion, marital status, and status as a parent Support the release of any economic data generated by the Department of Labor surrounding the new tip pooling proposal. Support the immediate withdrawal of the NPRM around the tip pooling rule Support appropriating $95 million in FY2019 to the Department of Labor for its Reintegration of Ex-Offenders program Support the FDICs proposals to changes to its policies governing the circumstances under which FDIC-regulated banks may hire people with prior criminal histories, with suggestions to improve / strengthen the proposal Support NAFTA be replaced with fair new trade agreements that focuses on labor, environmental, health, food safety, food labeling and other pro-American issues Support HR 4924, support it being strengthened by expanding the 1280 day reporting requirement to include the date the claimant knew of the alleged violation; extend the statutory deadline for filing a civil action to at least 90 days; extend whistleblower protections available to the executive branch to the legislative branch; and extend all notice posting requirements to the legislative branch. Support H. Res. 724, support extending the directives therein to the Senate Support legislation by Senator Harris to extend to farmworkers the same rights to overtime pay after a 40-hour week that other workers enjoy under the 1932 Fair Labor Standers Act Oppose HR 620, which passed the House. Which would create significant obstacles for people with disabilities from enforcing their rights under Title III of the ADA Oppose the use of forced, or mandatory arbitration clauses in employment contracts Support, Preserve and Protect Equal Opportunity Programs including Affirmative Action Support paid sick leave (support HR 947 / S 337) Support equal pay for equal work (support HR 1869 / S 819) Support a prohibition on employers asking salary history (support HR 2418) Support enabling workers to unionize Support a prohibition on employers using credit checks (support HR 3783 / S 1819) Oppose the Department of Labor's proposed rule regarding tip regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act

Support Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing; oppose its immediate suspension

Oppose any new cute to Medicare / Medicaid or federal health programs which comprise our nations safety net Oppose the recent decision by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to approve Medicaid waivers that allow states to deny Medicaid benefits to people who fail to comply with a work requirement or a community engagement provision Support protecting Medicare and Medicaid benefits Support restoring Medicaid Eligibility to COFA recipients living in the USA (support HR 2982 / S. 1391)

Oppose an expansion of work credits of work requirements for SNAP (food stamps) in the 2018 Farm bill Support legislation by Senator Harris to extend to farmworkers the same rights to overtime pay after a 40-hour week that other workers enjoy under the 1932 Fair Labor Standers Act Support ending childhood obesity

Oppose the Council Draft of the Restatement of Consumer Contracts, which would make it harder for consumers to challenge unfair and unconscionable practices in the marketplace and easier for unscrupulous businesses to get away with misconduct Oppose any riders to Appropriations bill(s) which would place the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under the appropriations process. Support Senator Merkleys Stopping Abuse and Fraud in Electronic Lending (SAFE) Act of 2018, which will help safeguard consumers and law-abiding lenders from abuses rampant today in consumer lending Oppose any bill or amendment which would cut the salaries of employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Oppose HR 5266 or any similar bill or amendment which would turn the leadership of the CFPB from a single director into a commission of 5 Support NAFTA be replaced with fair new trade agreements that focuses on labor, environmental, health, food safety, food labeling and other pro-American issues

Oppose HR 1917, nullifying rules regulating emissions from kilns and other facilities that manufacture bricks and clay ceramics Oppose HR 1119 allowing electricity-generating facilities to use coal

Support continued funding in FY 2019 of the Japanese American Confinement Sites (JACS) Grant Program and the Underrepresented Communities Competitive Grants under the Historic Preservation Fund.

Oppose any new cute to Medicare / Medicaid or federal health programs which comprise our nations safety net

Support the reauthorization of Byrne JAG grants Oppose the Department of Justices request for a new citizenship question on the 2020 Census Support a clean federal budget with no poison pill riders Support the inclusion of permanent protections for Dreamers, CHIP, and disaster relief in the legislation that must be passed by January 19. Oppose any rider to the FY18 Appropriations which further delays or completely rescinds the Fiduciary Rule Oppose any new cute to Medicare / Medicaid or federal health programs which comprise our nations safety net Oppose any riders to Appropriations bill(s) which would place the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under the appropriations process. Support House-passed amendments regarding civil forfeiture in any year-long appropriations bill Support appropriating $95 million in FY2019 to the Department of Labor for its Reintegration of Ex-Offenders program Support an independent Community Relations Service (CRS); oppose the Trump proposal to move CRS under the Department of Justice Office of Civil Rights Support continued funding in FY 2019 of the Japanese American Confinement Sites (JACS) Grant Program and the Underrepresented Communities Competitive Grants under the Historic Preservation Fund Support ending the ban on CDC Gun Research Support a Federal budget that invests in public education, health care, job training and the protection of civil rights Oppose a Balanced Budget to the US Constitution

Oppose HR 620, which passed the House. Which would create significant obstacles for people with disabilities from enforcing their rights under Title III of the ADA

Oppose S. J. Res. 57, which disapproves of a CFPB guidance aimed at restricting discrimination in auto lending.

Oppose any efforts to loosen the National TV Audience Cap

Support NAFTA be replaced with fair new trade agreements that focuses on labor, environmental, health, food safety, food labeling and other pro-American issues

Support Amash (MI) amendment to S 139, the FISA Reauthorization. The Amash amendment would end NSA collection of communication data that is neither to nor from a foreign suspect.

Support statehood for DC (support HR 1291 / s 1278)

Oppose HR 4550, which would exempt attorneys engaged in a lawsuits from the Fair Debt Collection Act. Support helping college graduates burdened by private student loan debt (support HR 2527 / S1262)

Oppose HR 4550, which would exempt attorneys engaged in a lawsuits from the Fair Debt Collection Act. Oppose any riders to Appropriations bill(s) which would place the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under the appropriations process Oppose the leaked version of a housing finance proposal from U.S. Senators Bob Corker (TN) and Mark Warner (VA) that would severely harm Americas housing market. Our opposition is mainly rooted in the proposals negative impact on access, affordability, and market stability Oppose H.R. 1153-the Mortgage Choice Act of 2018, which creates a loophole that would allow loans with higher costs to the borrower to improperly meet the Qualified Mortgage (QM) standard Support Senator Merkleys Stopping Abuse and Fraud in Electronic Lending (SAFE) Act of 2018, which will help safeguard consumers and law-abiding lenders from abuses rampant today in consumer lending Oppose S. 2155, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act. The bill de-regulates the financial service industry by repealing several portions of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act Oppose Section 104 of S. 2155, which requires tiered reporting of information under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) and will result in the exemption of 85% of depositories from the updated reporting required by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Support the FDICs proposals to changes to its policies governing the circumstances under which FDIC-regulated banks may hire people with prior criminal histories, with suggestions to improve / strengthen the proposal Support GSE reform that contains language to: Preserve and Enhance Fair Housing and Anti-Discrimination Protections; Provide Broad Access for Borrowers, Institutions and Regions; Preserve the Systems Affordable Housing Mission, and the Availability of Inclusive Loan Products and Services; and protect taxpayers Oppose any bill or amendment which would cut the salaries of employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Oppose HR 5028, which would exempt attorneys engaged in a lawsuits from the Fair Debt Collection Act. Oppose HR 1116, the TAILOR Act, which imposes hurdles on agencies adopting regulations, and requires them to revisit them, with burdensome requirements that regulations be tailored for different types of institutions, something agencies already take into account. The bill will make it harder to adopt, maintain or defend regulations Oppose HR 3072, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Examination and Reporting Threshold Act of 2017, will eliminate the CFPB's authority to supervise banks from $10 billion to $50 billion, among the largest 2% of banks in the country Support amendment by Senators Durbin, Reed, Warren, Brown, Duckworth, Baldwin, Hassan, VanHollen, Murry, and Blumenthal to S. 2155. The Durbin, et.al. amendment would improve consumer protections for federal and private student loans Clarify and reiterate that we are opposed to S. 2155 and that we do not have a position on an amendment regarding credit scoring to be offered by Senator Scott (SC) to S. 2155 Oppose HR 5266 or any similar bill or amendment which would turn the leadership of the CFPB from a single director into a commission of 5. Oppose mandatory arbitration clauses for investors; support the SEC protecting investors rights to bring securities class action lawsuits. Oppose S. J. Res. 57, which disapproves of a CFPB guidance aimed at restricting discrimination in auto lending. Support a national cap on interest rates and fees at 36% to eliminate high-cost loans (support HR 3760 / S 1659) Support the amendment offered by Senator Cortez Masto (NV) to S. 2155, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act to strike section 104 of the legislation. Section 104 is the section which would exempt 85% of depository institutions from full reporting of loan data under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Oppose S. 2155, because it does irreparable damage to fair lending protections against racial discrimination; it harms homebuyers; and it contains over two deregulatory provisions of the financial services industry that were put into place after the 2008 global crises

Support the inclusion of permanent protections for Dreamers, CHIP, and disaster relief in the legislation that must be passed by January 19. Support the passage of legislation to protect Dreamers and reject the White House nativist immigration agenda Support the diversity visa program. Support family-based visa categories Support TPS for Nepal for an additional 18 months Support legislation to allow undocumented individuals who were brought to the US as children and who know no other country to be "home", a path to US citizenship. Support DREAMERS. Support HR 3340 /S 1615. Oppose any proposal that repeals or cuts the diversity visa program or eliminates or in any way reduces categories of family-based visas Support an 18-month extension of Temporary Protected Status visas for Haitians.

Support Congressional hearing into the on-going health and education crisis in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands as a result of the hurricanes in 2017 Support amending the House approved-bill to include implementation of the Disaster Housing Assistance Program (DHAP), direction for FEMA to collect and make public disaster recovery data, and provide other housing resources that ensure the shortage of affordable rental homes in disaster-impacted areas is not worsened. Support adherence to established civil rights protections in the development and implementation of any disaster relief plan

Support HUDs Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) program; support Congressional letter by Congresswoman Jayapal to HUD Secretary Carson questioning the Departments abrupt decision to immediately suspend the AFFH program Support HUDs Disparate Impact rule Oppose the leaked version of a housing finance proposal from U.S. Senators Bob Corker (TN) and Mark Warner (VA) that would severely harm Americas housing market. Our opposition is mainly rooted in the proposals negative impact on access, affordability, and market stability Support amending the House approved-bill to include implementation of the Disaster Housing Assistance Program (DHAP), direction for FEMA to collect and make public disaster recovery data, and provide other housing resources that ensure the shortage of affordable rental homes in disaster-impacted areas is not worsened Oppose H.R. 1153-the Mortgage Choice Act of 2018, which creates a loophole that would allow loans with higher costs to the borrower to improperly meet the Qualified Mortgage (QM) standard Support adherence to established civil rights protections in the development and implementation of any disaster relief plan Oppose Section 104 of S. 2155, which requires tiered reporting of information under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) and will result in the exemption of 85% of depositories from the updated reporting required by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Support U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) immediately lifting the suspension of the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule Oppose the elimination of anti-discrimination language in HUDs mission statement Support GSE reform that contains language to: Preserve and Enhance Fair Housing and Anti-Discrimination Protections; Provide Broad Access for Borrowers, Institutions and Regions; Preserve the Systems Affordable Housing Mission, and the Availability of Inclusive Loan Products and Services; and protect taxpayers. Support an increase in the availability of safe, decent, affordable low-income housing. Support the National Housing Trust Fund Support a comprehensive program to combat homelessness Support an increase in resources to fight housing discrimination Support the amendment offered by Senator Cortez Masto (NV) to S. 2155, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act to strike section 104 of the legislation. Section 104 is the section which would exempt 85% of depository institutions from full reporting of loan data under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Support Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing; oppose its immediate suspension Support HR4258, a bill that would permanently expand HUD's Family Self-Suffcency Program

Support HR 4406, designating a postal facility in New York as the "Tuskegee Airman Post Office"

Oppose the Department of Justices request for a new citizenship question on the 2020 Census Support HR 4396, the Congress ME TOO Act. Support ensure a safe and fair workplace culture in Congress. Support that any anti-workplace harassment legislation for Congress ensure that any reforms also apply to claims of workplace discrimination based on sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy and childbirth), race, disability, age, ethnicity/national origin, color, religion, marital status, and status as a parent Support the Census Bureau moving forward with testing of sexual orientation and gender identity questions, improving testing on privacy and confidentiality messaging, making the survey more accessible to people in group quarters, and reducing reliance on administrative records for enumeration regarding the American Community Survey (ACS). Support the need for better language supports for the ACS Support HUDs Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) program; support Congressional letter by Congresswoman Jayapal to HUD Secretary Carson questioning the Departments abrupt decision to immediately suspend the AFFH program. Support U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) immediately lifting the suspension of the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule. Oppose the elimination of anti-discrimination language in HUDs mission statement Support HR 4924, support it being strengthened by expanding the 1280 day reporting requirement to include the date the claimant knew of the alleged violation; extend the statutory deadline for filing a civil action to at least 90 days; extend whistleblower protections available to the executive branch to the legislative branch; and extend all notice posting requirements to the legislative branch. Support H. Res. 724, support extending the directives therein to the Senate Oppose HR 620, which passed the House. Which would create significant obstacles for people with disabilities from enforcing their rights under Title III of the ADA Support maintaining and increasing the civil rights protections for all students Support, Preserve and Protect Equal Opportunity Programs including Affirmative Action Study Proposals for Reparations for African Americans (support HR 40) Update the Religious Freedom Restoration Act to ensure against discrimination (support HR 3222) Support the repair and strengthening of the 1965 Voting Rights Act (Support HR 2978 / S1419) Support access to the polls for all eligible voters, support making it easier to register and vote (support HR 12 / S 1437) Support same-day voter registration-Support early voting / Sunday voting Support automatic voter registration Oppose Photo Identification requirements for voting Support Campaign Finance Reform (support HR 20 / S 1640) Support the re-enfranchisement of ex-felony offenders (support S 1588) Support Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing; oppose its immediate suspension Support Amash (MI) amendment to S. 139, the FISA reauthorization; the amendment would end collection of communications data that is neither to nor from a foreign citizen

Oppose the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) which would create protections for health care workers who refuse to administer services that violate their religious or moral beliefs. Eliminate potential discrimination in Faith Based initiatives Update the Religious Freedom Restoration Act to ensure against discrimination (support HR 3222)

Oppose Ken Marcuss nomination to Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights Oppose the Department of Justices request for a new citizenship question on the 2020 Census Support HR 4396, the Congress ME TOO Act. Support ensure a safe and fair workplace culture in Congress. Support that any anti-workplace harassment legislation for Congress ensure that any reforms also apply to claims of workplace discrimination based on sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy and childbirth), race, disability, age, ethnicity/national origin, color, religion, marital status, and status as a parent. Support the Census Bureau moving forward with testing of sexual orientation and gender identity questions, improving testing on privacy and confidentiality messaging, making the survey more accessible to people in group quarters, and reducing reliance on administrative records for enumeration regarding the American Community Survey (ACS). Support the need for better language supports for the ACS. Oppose HR 1116, the TAILOR Act, which imposes hurdles on agencies adopting regulations, and requires them to revisit them, with burdensome requirements that regulations be tailored for different types of institutions, something agencies already take into account. The bill will make it harder to adopt, maintain or defend regulations Support HR 4924, support it being strengthened by expanding the 1280 day reporting requirement to include the date the claimant knew of the alleged violation; extend the statutory deadline for filing a civil action to at least 90 days; extend whistleblower protections available to the executive branch to the legislative branch; and extend all notice posting requirements to the legislative branch. Support H. Res. 724, support extending the directives therein to the Senate Support statehood for the people of Puerto Rico Support, Preserve and Protect Equal Opportunity Programs including Affirmative Action Eliminate potential discrimination in Faith Based initiatives Study Proposals for Reparations for African Americans (support HR 40) Support access to the polls for all eligible voters, support making it easier to register and vote (support HR 12 / S 1437) Support same-day voter registration-Support early voting / Sunday voting Support automatic voter registration Oppose Photo Identification requirements for voting Support Campaign Finance Reform (support HR 20 / S 1640) Support the re-enfranchisement of ex-felony offenders (support S 1588) Ensure a fair and accurate 2020 census Support the repair and strengthening of the 1965 Voting Rights Act (Support HR 2978 / S1419) Oppose a citizenship question on the 2020 Census Support HR 4406, designating a postal facility in New York as the "Tuskegee Airman Post Office"

Support Twitter updating its form used to report abusive or harmful content Oppose the use of forced, or mandatory arbitration clauses in employment contracts

Support full funding for AIDS prevention, treatment, education and research

Oppose the FCCs proposals that will debilitate the Lifeline program; oppose WC Docket Nos. 17-287, 11-42, 09-197 Support ensuring quality Lifeline voice and broadband service for low-income households, with minimal disruption to the program integrity reforms in the 2016 Modernization Order. Support S. 2520, the Inmate Calling Technical Corrections Act introduced by Senator Duckworth which allows the FCC to regulate prison phone rates.

Support gun violence prevention measures, Oppose HR 38 / S 446, the Concealed Carry reciprocity bills; Oppose HR 367 / S 59 / Title XV of HR 3668, all of which mandate the deregulation of gun silencers. Support H.R. 4434, the Fix NICS Act of 2017, which ensures that federal and state authorities comply with existing law and accurately report relevant criminal history records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) by offering incentives and assists states in improving their overall reporting Support safe, sane and sensible laws to curb our nation's gun violence problem: support Requiring universal background checks on all gun sales and transfers; support banning military-style semi-automatic assault guns and military high capacity ammunition clips; support enacting tough new criminal penalties for straw purchasers and gun traffickers; support banning suspects on the terror watch list from purchasing firearms; support allowing the Center for Disease Control to research gun violence as a major public health issue; support maintaining current law requiring background checks and permits for gun silencers; support allowing states to maintain and enforce their own concealed carry laws; support requiring microstamping or ballistic fingerprinting of all new firearms and ammunition sold in the U.S.; support repealing all state stand your ground laws; support encouraging local jurisdictions to utilize their buyer power to create incentives for firearm manufacturers to employ countermarketing strategies to ensure that their retailers are using all available procedures to prevent illegal firearms diversion.

Support the $20-per month bicycle commuter transportation benefit

Support Janet Yellens re-appointment as Chair of the Federal Reserve. Oppose Federal Reserve Board of Governors nominees who have criticized the Feds full employment mandate and called for its elimination or deprioritization; seek to constrain job growth by advocating for the Fed to follow a strict, rules-based approach to monetary policy (e.g. the Taylor Rule, which economists estimate would have cost 2.5 million jobs had it been in effect in the Fed over the past five years); have a track record of advocating for reduced support for the economy even during the depths of the Great Recession; would unwind the financial protections enacted by Yellen and her peers.

Strengthen the warrant requirement for searching databases containing Section 702 information in what is often referred to as the backdoor search loophole in the Section 702 reform bill Support 1. Full disclose to the public of all the ads, accounts, and posts Facebook has traced back to the Russians targeting the African American, Muslim and LGBTS communities. 2. Bring on an independent third-party team to conduct a thorough and public audit of the civil rights impact of Facebooks policies and procedures. 3. Regularly convene a working group of civil rights organizations working to counter bigotry 4. Integrate cultural , racial, and religious sensitivity by to the impact of hate into Facebooks corporate Structure by assigning a Board Committee with Responsibility for assessing management efforts to stop hate 4. Develop, with input from diverse civil rights groups and experts a clear policy for screening content. Support HUD resolving civil rights findings that Houston violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act prior to the release of CDBG-Disaster Relief funds Support the robust enforcement of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act provision regarding significant disproportionality in the identification, placement, and discipline of students with disabilities with regard to race and ethnicity Support the FAIR RATES Act of 2017 (The Fair Auto Insurance Ratemaking Reporting to Allow a Transparent Evaluation Statistics) Support, Preserve and Protect Equal Opportunity Programs such as Affirmative Action programs Oppose potential discrimination in Faith Based initiatives Support the study of Proposals for Reparations for African Americans Support Repair and Strengthen the Voting Rights Act of 1965; support S 1419 / HR 2978 Support expanded access to the polls for all eligible voters; make registering and voting easier; support S1437 / HR 12 Support Automatic Voter Registration; support S1353 / HR 2876 Oppose Photo Identification requirements for voting Support Congressional Voting Rights / Statehood for the District of Columbia; support S 1278 / HR 1291 Support Campaign Finance Reform; support S 1640 / HR 20 Support the Re-enfranchisement of Ex-Felony Offenders ; support S 1588 Support an accurate, fair, and credible 2020 census

Support an additional $187 million in FY2018 for the 2020 Census Oppose potential discrimination in Faith Based initiatives

Oppose the National Chicken Council (NCC) petition to increase poultry line speeds.

Support the FAIR RATES Act of 2017 (The Fair Auto Insurance Ratemaking Reporting to Allow a Transparent Evaluation of Statistics)

Support Congressional Voting Rights / Statehood for the District of Columbia; support S 1278 / HR 1291

Oppose policy changes in the distribution of Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Relief funds that would allow scarce resources to be diverted away from the lowest income people Support HUD resolving civil rights findings that Houston violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act prior to the release of CDBG-Disaster Relief funds Strengthen the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) by: expanding CRA to non-banks; designate areas outside of branch networks with high volumes of loans as assessment areas; retain and do not in any way reduce the Intermediate Small Bank category; encourage large banks to be more efficient and devote more staff resources for CRA exams; standardize CRA exam methodology and format; execute merger application process; credit should be given for community development loans and investments outside assessment areas.

Support the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); support the CFPBs rule prohibiting forced arbitration; support consumers being able to enact free credit freezes; oppose federal legislation to preempt state laws which may be stronger regarding breach laws (oppose HR 2359); support federal reform of credit bureaus ad credit reporting agencies (support HR 3755 and S1786) Oppose OCC rescission of its 2013 bank payday guidance Oppose HR 1116 (the TAILOR Act) , which would force consumer and financial regulators to prioritize costs to Wall Street over benefits to the public before taking any action to control financial abuses, and empower Wall Street to overturn current and future consumer protections in court; Oppose HR 3072, which would remove two-thirds of the large banks currently examined by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from CFPB supervision, removing over $1 trillion in assets from CFPB oversight; Oppose HR 3312, which would place unprecedented restraints on the capacity of the Federal Reserve to perform safety and soundness supervision of some of the largest banks in the country; Oppose HR 3857 would eliminate the Department of Labors new rules protecting ordinary investors from exploitation by conflicted investment advisors, which have been estimated to save working families tens of billions of dollars a year in savings. Oppose HR 3229 would make it easier for predatory high-cost lenders to use rent-a-bank arrangements to evade state usury laws that limit high interest rates. Oppose HR 3948 which would prevent the SEC from fully investigating high-frequency trading practices that could crash markets. Oppose HR 3911 which would significantly weaken oversight of the big rating agencies who prior to the financial crisis certified trillions of dollars of worthless mortgage-backed securities as safe for investors. Oppose HR 1699 which would remove key consumer protections for buyers of manufactured homes, rendering them more vulnerable to predatory lending. Oppose HR 2706 which would place major new barriers on the ability of banking regulators to advise financial institutions of warning signs that their customers are engaged in money laundering, illegal activity, or fraudulent practices that give scammers access to bank accounts. Oppose HR 2954 which would nearly quadruple the number of banks exempted from key mortgage disclosures designed to detect predatory and discriminatory lending, leading to 5,400 banks being exempted as well as an additional 487 non-banks. Oppose HR 2201 which would create a new class of microcap securities that could be traded without any oversight from the Securities and Exchange Commission or state regulators - securities that would almost certainly become a haven for fraud. Oppose HR 2121 and HR 2148 which micromanage regulators by forcing them to grant significant new exemptions from rules designed to prevent risky banking and lending practices. Support Janet Yellens re-appointment as Chair of the Federal Reserve. Oppose Federal Reserve Board of Governors nominees who have criticized the Feds full employment mandate and called for its elimination or deprioritization; seek to constrain job growth by advocating for the Fed to follow a strict, rules-based approach to monetary policy (e.g. the Taylor Rule, which economists estimate would have cost 2.5 million jobs had it been in effect in the Fed over the past five years); have a track record of advocating for reduced support for the economy even during the depths of the Great Recession; would unwind the financial protections enacted by Yellen and her peers. Support Leandra English to be the Acting Director of the CFPB; not Mick Mulvaney Oppose HR 1699, a bill which would remove key consumer protections for buyers of manufactured homes Support the FAIR RATES Act of 2017 (The Fair Auto Insurance Ratemaking Reporting to Allow a Transparent Evaluation of Statistics) Oppose H.R. 2570, the Mortgage Fairness Act of 2017, which removes yield spread premiums from points and fees Oppose H.R. 3971, the Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act which creates loopholes for abuse by rolling back essential consumer protections. Strengthen the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) by: expanding CRA to non-banks; designate areas outside of branch networks with high volumes of loans as assessment areas; retain and do not in any way reduce the Intermediate Small Bank category; encourage large banks to be more efficient and devote more staff resources for CRA exams; standardize CRA exam methodology and format; execute merger application process; credit should be given for community development loans and investments outside assessment areas. Oppose H.J.Res. 122, which uses the Congressional Review Act to nullify the CFPBs proposed payday lending rule. Support Government Sponsored Enterprise (GSE) legislation which promotes homeownership among low and moderate income Americans and Americans of color Oppose H.R. 3299, the Protecting Consumers' Access to Credit Act of 2017, which allows smaller institutions to skirt usury limits enacted by states to protect consumers from egregious profit seekers by using federal charters, hoping to make money from those who can often least afford it. Support as S. 1659 / H.R. 3760, the Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act, which establishes a cap interest rates on consumer loans at 36% annually Oppose H Con Res 111, legislation which uses the CRA to repeal the CFPB's rule banning mandatory arbitration by financial servicers. Support the proposed rule issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to reign in the most abusive predatory short-term loan abuses.

Support $50.95 million (appropriations for FY 2017) for the CDCs Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) program Support at least $375 million for the Housing for People with AIDS program in FY2018 Support the $20-per month bicycle commuter transportation benefit Oppose removing barriers for religious and Faith Based Organizations to participate in HHS programs and receive public funding because there are currently no regulatory or other barriers that need to be removed to affirmatively accommodate faith-based organizations that partner with the federal government. Support the repeal of the Trump Administrations rules creating religious and moral exemptions to the Affordable Care Acts contraceptive coverage mandate. Support immediately addressing the health crisis in Puerto Rico and the USVI Support an immediate, 5-year extension of the CHIP program Support the Maternal and Infant Home Visit Program; oppose funding the reauthorization by changes to the SSI program. Oppose any repeal of gains made by the Affordable Care Act; support building on the successes of the program Support full funding for AIDS Prevention, Treatment & Education Support ending Childhood Obesity Oppose any cuts to Medicare and Medicaid benefits Support the restoration of Medicaid Eligibility to COFA recipients living in the USA Support S 1391 / HR 2982 Oppose potential discrimination in Faith Based initiatives. Support the continued separation of Church and the Federal Government

Support Dear Colleague Letter by Congressman Meeks and Congresswoman Moore in support of Lifeline and in opposition to Chairman Pais proposal. The Meeks letter supports a robust Lifeline program with no budget caps, no user caps, no ban on certain providers, and one that includes allowing users to utilize broadband Support an additional $187 million in FY2018 for the 2020 Census Support funding of $88 million for the Reintegration of Ex-Offenders program in the Employment and Training Administration of the US Department of Labor fy2018 appropriations bill Oppose removing barriers for religious and Faith Based Organizations to participate in HHS programs and receive public funding because there are currently no regulatory or other barriers that need to be removed to affirmatively accommodate faith-based organizations that partner with the federal government. Support recalling the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmations of Brett Talley for judge for the middle district of Alabama and Thomas Farr for Eastern District of North Carolina so they can answer questions about incomplete or incorrect answers on their Senate nominee questionnaires. Support Leandra English to be the Acting Director of the CFPB; not Mick Mulvaney Oppose nomination of Brett Talley to be U.S. District Judge for the middle district of Alabama Support H.R. 2499, the Voting Access Act, which mandates that no American wait more than 1 hour in line to vote. Support S. 1735 and S. 1741; Support the continuation of the investigation by Robert Meuller and do not allow him to be unilaterally fired Support S. 1772, / H.R. 3701, the Confederate Monument Removal Act which would mandate the removal of statues of Confederate warriors from Statuary Hall, in the US Capital Oppose the nomination of Janet Dhillon to be Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Oppose the nomination of Senator Mark Norris to be a U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee. Support, Preserve and Protect Equal Opportunity Programs such as Affirmative Action programs in federal contracting Oppose potential discrimination in Faith Based initiatives. Support the continued separation of Church and the Federal Government Su7pport the repair and strengthening of the 1965 Voting Rights Act; support S 1419 / HR 2978 Support Repair and Strengthen the Voting Rights Act of 1965; support S 1419 / HR 2978 Support expanded access to the polls for all eligible voters; make registering and voting easier; support S1437 / HR 12 Support Automatic Voter Registration; support S1353 / HR 2876 Oppose Photo Identification requirements for voting Support Congressional Voting Rights / Statehood for the District of Columbia; support S 1278 / HR 1291 Support Campaign Finance Reform; support S 1640 / HR 20 Support the Re-enfranchisement of Ex-Felony Offenders ; support S 1588 Support an accurate, fair, and credible 2020 census

Support HR 3949, which would simplify an approval process by allowing companies to register their apprenticeship programs with one central approval agency. Support HR 3819, the Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 2017 Support HR 1329, which increases the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities as well as the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans as of December 1st, 2017.

Oppose H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, because of the impact it would have on Medicare, Medicaid and the elderly Support the repeal of the Trump Administrations rules creating religious and moral exemptions to the Affordable Care Acts contraceptive coverage mandate. Support an immediate, 5-year extension of the CHIP program Oppose any cuts to Medicare and Medicaid benefits Support the restoration of Medicaid Eligibility to COFA recipients living in the USA Support S 1391 / HR 2982

Oppose policy changes in the distribution of Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Relief funds that would allow scarce resources to be diverted away from the lowest income people Support HUD resolving civil rights findings that Houston violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act prior to the release of CDBG-Disaster Relief funds Support immediately addressing the health crisis in Puerto Rico and the USVI

Strengthen the warrant requirement for searching databases containing Section 702 information in what is often referred to as the backdoor search loophole in the Section 702 reform bill. Oppose the U.S Department of Homeland Securitys (DHSs) Notice of Modified Privacy Act System of Record, published as docket number DHS-2017-0038 (the Rule). The Rule would require U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to collect highly invasive and sensitive information from all visa-holders, lawful permanent residents (i.e., green card holders), and naturalized U.S. citizens via DHSs A-Files, USCIC Electronic Immigration System, Index, and National File Tracking System of Records. Specifically, the Rule would require DHS to track the social media handles for all Immigrant Americans, even naturalized U.S. citizens. Support the USA RIGHTS Act, legislation that contains meaningful reforms to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Section 702 is the warrantless surveillance law that gives the government sweeping authority to collect communications of people within and outside the U.S. Oppose the Senate bill, the FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017 Oppose H.R.4478, the FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017, as amended by the managers amendment as it solidifies use of a warrantless spying authority for domestic law enforcement, and could actually expand it.

Oppose H.R. 2792, the Control Unlawful Fugitive Felons Act of 2017, which would suspend benefits for outstanding warrants and for allegations of a felony offense or probation or parole violation - regardless of how old it is - offering no exception for old, minor infractions or inactive cases that law enforcement agencies are no longer pursuing. It would even apply to a missed court appearance from years ago.

Support Jayapal for Pocan amendment to HR 2810 which would require parity between any increase in the defense spending and non-defense spending within the federal budget.

Support the FCC advancing telecommunications capacity deployment in the 706 inquiry by looking to its practical purpose: its use by people in the United States; the Commission reaffirming its previous conclusion that advanced telecommunications capacity means access to both fixed and mobile broadband service. These services are complementary, not substitutes for each other; while fixed and mobile broadband have distinct differences, the Commission should retain its 25/3 Mbps speed definition and evaluate both services by this measure; even if the Commission considers deployment to refer only to infrastructure, evidence does not support reversal. At least six studies issued in the last year and a half find that many of the lowest income neighborhoods in the United States lack fiber optic network access. Further 477 data analysis is needed, as well as improvements to increase its accuracy; the Commission should not conclude that the current deployment of advanced telecommunications capability is reasonable and timely, and should take action to adopt subsidies, support tax policies and digital inclusion programs, and bolster robust broadband Lifeline service. Such actions will accelerate investment in broadband Support 1. Full disclose to the public of all the ads, accounts, and posts Facebook has traced back to the Russians targeting the African American, Muslim and LGBTS communities. 2. Bring on an independent third-party team to conduct a thorough and public audit of the civil rights impact of Facebooks policies and procedures. 3. Regularly convene a working group of civil rights organizations working to counter bigotry 4. Integrate cultural , racial, and religious sensitivity by to the impact of hate into Facebooks corporate Structure by assigning a Board Committee with Responsibility for assessing management efforts to stop hate 4. Develop, with input from diverse civil rights groups and experts a clear policy for screening content. Oppose the Lifeline item released by Chairman Pai to be considered at the November 16 FCC open meeting. Support a robust Lifeline program with no budget caps, no user caps, no ban on certain providers, and one that includes allowing users to utilize broadband Support Dear Colleague Letter by Congressman Meeks and Congresswoman Moore in support of Lifeline and in opposition to Chairman Pais proposal. The Meeks letter supports a robust Lifeline program with no budget caps, no user caps, no ban on certain providers, and one that includes allowing users to utilize broadband Oppose the Lifeline item released by Chairman Pai to be considered at the November 16 FCC open meeting. Support a robust Lifeline program that protects and enhances the core statutory and enduring values of public safety, universal access, consumer protection, and competition during and after the transition from legacy copper landline systems to new advanced technologies

Support legislation by Senators Brown (OH) and Murry (WA) and Congressmen Takano (CA) and Scott (VA) to set the salary threshold for white collar exemptions at the same standard as in the rule proposed by the Department of Labor in 2016. Oppose HR 1699, a bill which would remove key consumer protections for buyers of manufactured homes Oppose H.R. 3971, the Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act which creates loopholes for abuse by rolling back essential consumer protections.

Oppose H.R. 3441, which would radically restrict the long-standing circumstances under which a contractor or large employer can be considered a joint-employer of subcontracted or temp workers, for example, when it has the ability to direct and control the terms and conditions of a workers employment. Support the EEOC work with the Office of Management and Budget to lift the stay on the utilization of the updated EEO1 form, which would ask employers to give more detailed pay information.Support, Preserve and Protect Equal Opportunity Programs such as Affirmative Action programs Oppose the proposed Department of Labor "Tip Rule" Support legislation by Senators Brown (OH) and Murry (WA) and Congressmen Takano (CA) and Scott (VA) to set the salary threshold for white collar exemptions at the same standard as in the rule proposed by the Department of Labor in 2016. Oppose H.R. 4219, the Workflex in the 21st Century Act, which would allow companies to bypass state and local paid sick days and fair work schedule laws and deny certainty about time off to millions of workers who have recently gained paid sick days protections. Fair Labor Standards Act overtime requirements are also in jeopardy Support the Healthy Families Act, H.R. 1516/S. 636, which would establish a true national paid sick days standard that allows working people to earn up to seven paid sick days each year. Support a time extension of at least 30 days for the comment period for the proposed rule on tipped workers Oppose the nomination of Janet Dhillon to be Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Oppose the National Chicken Council (NCC) petition to increase poultry line speeds. Support HR 4254, legislation to encourage women and minorities in STEM careers Support, Preserve and Protect Equal Opportunity Programs such as Affirmative Action programs Oppose potential discrimination in Faith Based initiatives Support an Ban the use of credit checks by potential employers Update the Religious Freedom Restoration Act to Ensure Against Discrimination; support HR 3222 Support a ban o the use of credit checks by potential employers; support S 1819 / HR 3783 support and protect the right to form a union / support the collective bargaining rights of public employees Support an increase in the minimum wage; support S 1242 / HR 15 Support job training and job creation support efforts to identify and combat pay inequality; support HR 2418 Support equal pay for equal work; support S 819 / HR 1869

Oppose removing barriers for religious and Faith Based Organizations to participate in HHS programs and receive public funding because there are currently no regulatory or other barriers that need to be removed to affirmatively accommodate faith-based organizations that partner with the federal government. Support the repeal of the Trump Administrations rules creating religious and moral exemptions to the Affordable Care Acts contraceptive coverage mandate. Oppose potential discrimination in Faith Based initiatives. Support the continued separation of Church and the Federal Government

Oppose policy changes in the distribution of Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Relief funds that would allow scarce resources to be diverted away from the lowest income people Support at least $375 million for the Housing for People with AIDS program in FY2018 Support HUD resolving civil rights findings that Houston violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act prior to the release of CDBG-Disaster Relief funds Oppose HR 1699, a bill which would remove key consumer protections for buyers of manufactured homes Oppose H.R. 3971, the Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act which creates loopholes for abuse by rolling back essential consumer protections. Support Government Sponsored Enterprise (GSE) legislation which promotes homeownership among low and moderate income Americans and Americans of color Support an Increase in the availability of safe, decent, affordable low-income housing Support the National Housing Trust Fund Support a comprehensive program to combat homelessness Support an Increase in resources to fight housing discrimination

Support the $20-per month bicycle commuter transportation benefit Support S. 1536, a bill which would require the Department of Transportation to designate a department official to work with other federal agencies on human trafficking prevention efforts.

Strengthen the warrant requirement for searching databases containing Section 702 information in what is often referred to as the backdoor search loophole in the Section 702 reform bill Oppose the U.S Department of Homeland Securitys (DHSs) Notice of Modified Privacy Act System of Record, published as docket number DHS-2017-0038 (the Rule). The Rule would require U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to collect highly invasive and sensitive information from all visa-holders, lawful permanent residents (i.e., green card holders), and naturalized U.S. citizens via DHSs A-Files, USCIC Electronic Immigration System, Index, and National File Tracking System of Records. Specifically, the Rule would require DHS to track the social media handles for all Immigrant Americans, even naturalized U.S. citizens. Support the USA RIGHTS Act, legislation that contains meaningful reforms to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Section 702 is the warrantless surveillance law that gives the government sweeping authority to collect communications of people within and outside the U.S. Support the DREAM Act; support the Diversity Visa program Oppose the Extreme Vetting Initiative proposed by the Immigration & Customs Enforcement Oppose the Senate bill, the FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017 Oppose House version of the FISA Act Reauthorization Act of 2017, which would make it easier for Sec 702 surveillance to be funneled to domestic law enforcement Oppose H.R.4478, the FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017, as amended by the managers amendment as it solidifies use of a warrantless spying authority for domestic law enforcement, and could actually expand it.

Oppose Floridas proposed ESSA plan Oppose Education Secretary DeVos Proposed Priority 1 to maximize access to private school vouchers and other so-called educational choice schemes Oppose current tax proposals based on cuts to education they contain, including: ending state and local tax deductions; changes to the college 529 savings plan; and repealing the deduction for educators who use their own money for supplies Support the robust enforcement of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act provision regarding significant disproportionality in the identification, placement, and discipline of students with disabilities with regard to race and ethnicity Oppose New Yorks request for waivers in its proposed ESSA plan. Support S. 1690, THE CHILD CARE ACCESS MEANS PARENTS IN SCHOOLS (CCAMPIS) REAUTHORIZATION ACT; which would provide low-cost child care for student - parents. Support HR 4254, legislation to encourage women and minorities in STEM careers Support Public School Construction, Repair and Renovation Oppose High Stakes Educational Testing Oppose publically funded private school vouchers; oppose changes to the tax code which provide tax breaks for giving to or enrollment in private or parochial schools Maintain the federal role in ensuring a decent public education / civil rights protections Support allowing students convicted of minor drug offenses to receive federal financial aid Support increased support for Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Support HR 1080 Support expanding Pell grant availability and funding. Support S 1135 / HR 2451 Support helping college students burdened by private student loan debt. Support S 1262 / HR 2527 Support, Preserve and Protect Equal Opportunity Programs such as Affirmative Action programs Oppose potential discrimination in Faith Based initiatives Support a moratorium on new charter schools until assurances can be provided that they all comply with civil rights, transparency, teacher quality and other requirements that must be met by traditional public schools.

Oppose the Executive Order, signed 6/17/2017 regarding US policies towards Cuba. Oppose deportations of Cambodians and Vietnamese who came to the US as a result of the Vietnam war Support Peace in Sudan Support programs that Enhance aid, trade and development programs throughout Africa and the Caribbean Support the Establish a Department of Peace; support HR 1111 Support an Increase stability in and humanitarian assistance to Haiti

Support the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); support the CFPBs rule prohibiting forced arbitration; support consumers being able to enact free credit freezes; oppose federal legislation to preempt state laws which may be stronger regarding breach laws (oppose HR 2359); support federal reform of credit bureaus ad credit reporting agencies (support HR 3755 and S1786) Oppose OCC rescission of its 2013 bank payday guidance Oppose HR 1116 (the TAILOR Act) , which would force consumer and financial regulators to prioritize costs to Wall Street over benefits to the public before taking any action to control financial abuses, and empower Wall Street to overturn current and future consumer protections in court; Oppose HR 3072, which would remove two-thirds of the large banks currently examined by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from CFPB supervision, removing over $1 trillion in assets from CFPB oversight; Oppose HR 3312, which would place unprecedented restraints on the capacity of the Federal Reserve to perform safety and soundness supervision of some of the largest banks in the country; Oppose HR 3857 would eliminate the Department of Labors new rules protecting ordinary investors from exploitation by conflicted investment advisors, which have been estimated to save working families tens of billions of dollars a year in savings. Oppose HR 3229 would make it easier for predatory high-cost lenders to use rent-a-bank arrangements to evade state usury laws that limit high interest rates. Oppose HR 3948 which would prevent the SEC from fully investigating high-frequency trading practices that could crash markets. Oppose HR 3911 which would significantly weaken oversight of the big rating agencies who prior to the financial crisis certified trillions of dollars of worthless mortgage-backed securities as safe for investors. Oppose HR 1699 which would remove key consumer protections for buyers of manufactured homes, rendering them more vulnerable to predatory lending. Oppose HR 2706 which would place major new barriers on the ability of banking regulators to advise financial institutions of warning signs that their customers are engaged in money laundering, illegal activity, or fraudulent practices that give scammers access to bank accounts. Oppose HR 2954 which would nearly quadruple the number of banks exempted from key mortgage disclosures designed to detect predatory and discriminatory lending, leading to 5,400 banks being exempted as well as an additional 487 non-banks. Oppose HR 2201 which would create a new class of microcap securities that could be traded without any oversight from the Securities and Exchange Commission or state regulators - securities that would almost certainly become a haven for fraud. Oppose HR 2121 and HR 2148 which micromanage regulators by forcing them to grant significant new exemptions from rules designed to prevent risky banking and lending practices. Support Janet Yellens re-appointment as Chair of the Federal Reserve. Oppose Federal Reserve Board of Governors nominees who have criticized the Feds full employment mandate and called for its elimination or deprioritization; seek to constrain job growth by advocating for the Fed to follow a strict, rules-based approach to monetary policy (e.g. the Taylor Rule, which economists estimate would have cost 2.5 million jobs had it been in effect in the Fed over the past five years); have a track record of advocating for reduced support for the economy even during the depths of the Great Recession; would unwind the financial protections enacted by Yellen and her peers. Oppose HR 1699, a bill which would remove key consumer protections for buyers of manufactured home Support Leandra English to be the Acting Director of the CFPB; not Mick Mulvaney Support the FAIR RATES Act of 2017 (The Fair Auto Insurance Ratemaking Reporting to Allow a Transparent Evaluation of Statistics) Oppose H.R. 2570, the Mortgage Fairness Act of 2017, which removes yield spread premiums from points and fees Oppose H.R. 3971, the Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act which creates loopholes for abuse by rolling back essential consumer protections. Strengthen the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) by: expanding CRA to non-banks; designate areas outside of branch networks with high volumes of loans as assessment areas; retain and do not in any way reduce the Intermediate Small Bank category; encourage large banks to be more efficient and devote more staff resources for CRA exams; standardize CRA exam methodology and format; execute merger application process; credit should be given for community development loans and investments outside assessment areas. Oppose H.J.Res. 122, which uses the Congressional Review Act to nullify the CFPBs proposed payday lending rule. Support Government Sponsored Enterprise (GSE) legislation which promotes homeownership among low and moderate income Americans and Americans of color Oppose H.R. 3299, the Protecting Consumers' Access to Credit Act of 2017 which allows smaller institutions to skirt usury limits enacted by states to protect consumers from egregious profit seekers by using federal charters, hoping to make money from those who can often least afford it. Support as S. 1659 / H.R. 3760, the Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act, which establishes a cap interest rates on consumer loans at 36% annually Oppose H Con Res 111, legislation which uses the CRA to repeal the CFPB's rule banning mandatory arbitration by financial servicers. Support the proposed rule issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to reign in the most abusive predatory short-term loan abuses.

Support the FCC advancing telecommunications capacity deployment in the 706 inquiry by looking to its practical purpose: its use by people in the United States; the Commission reaffirming its previous conclusion that advanced telecommunications capacity means access to both fixed and mobile broadband service. These services are complementary, not substitutes for each other; while fixed and mobile broadband have distinct differences, the Commission should retain its 25/3 Mbps speed definition and evaluate both services by this measure; even if the Commission considers deployment to refer only to infrastructure, evidence does not support reversal. At least six studies issued in the last year and a half find that many of the lowest income neighborhoods in the United States lack fiber optic network access. Further 477 data analysis is needed, as well as improvements to increase its accuracy; the Commission should not conclude that the current deployment of advanced telecommunications capability is reasonable and timely, and should take action to adopt subsidies, support tax policies and digital inclusion programs, and bolster robust broadband Lifeline service. Such actions will accelerate investment in broadband Support 1. Full disclose to the public of all the ads, accounts, and posts Facebook has traced back to the Russians targeting the African American, Muslim and LGBTS communities. 2. Bring on an independent third-party team to conduct a thorough and public audit of the civil rights impact of Facebooks policies and procedures. 3. Regularly convene a working group of civil rights organizations working to counter bigotry 4. Integrate cultural , racial, and religious sensitivity by to the impact of hate into Facebooks corporate Structure by assigning a Board Committee with Responsibility for assessing management efforts to stop hate 4. Develop, with input from diverse civil rights groups and experts a clear policy for screening content. Oppose the Lifeline item released by Chairman Pai to be considered at the November 16 FCC open meeting. Support a robust Lifeline program with no budget caps, no user caps, no ban on certain providers, and one that includes allowing users to utilize broadband Support Dear Colleague Letter by Congressman Meeks and Congresswoman Moore in support of Lifeline and in opposition to Chairman Pais proposal. The Meeks letter supports a robust Lifeline program with no budget caps, no user caps, no ban on certain providers, and one that includes allowing users to utilize broadband Oppose the Lifeline item released by Chairman Pai to be considered at the November 16 FCC open meeting. Support a robust Lifeline program that protects and enhances the core statutory and enduring values of public safety, universal access, consumer protection, and competition during and after the transition from legacy copper landline systems to new advanced technologies

Oppose current tax proposals which would eliminate the CTC tax credit if the parents do not have a social security number Oppose H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, because of the impact on children and families. Support the Healthy Families Act, H.R. 1516/S. 636, which would establish a true national paid sick days standard that allows working people to earn up to seven paid sick days each year. Support S. 1690, THE CHILD CARE ACCESS MEANS PARENTS IN SCHOOLS (CCAMPIS) REAUTHORIZATION ACT; which would provide low-cost child care for student - parents.

Support Sections 551, 552 and 553 of HR 3354; oppose the expansion of civil forfeiture Strengthen the warrant requirement for searching databases containing Section 702 information in what is often referred to as the backdoor search loophole in the Section 702 reform bill Support gun violence prevention measures, oppose HR 38 / S 446, the Concealed Carry reciprocity bills; Oppose HR 367 / S 59 / Title XV of HR 3668, all of which mandate the deregulation of gun silencers. Support the USA RIGHTS Act, legislation that contains meaningful reforms to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Section 702 is the warrantless surveillance law that gives the government sweeping authority to collect communications of people within and outside the U.S. Support 1. Full disclose to the public of all the ads, accounts, and posts Facebook has traced back to the Russians targeting the African American, Muslim and LGBTS communities. 2. Bring on an independent third-party team to conduct a thorough and public audit of the civil rights impact of Facebooks policies and procedures. 3. Regularly convene a working group of civil rights organizations working to counter bigotry 4. Integrate cultural , racial, and religious sensitivity by to the impact of hate into Facebooks corporate Structure by assigning a Board Committee with Responsibility for assessing management efforts to stop hate 4. Develop, with input from diverse civil rights groups and experts a clear policy for screening content. Oppose forced arbitration and class action bans. Oppose the Senate bill, the FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017 Support S. 1917, the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2017 Support that: There should be robust engagement between police departments and the communities they serve around the policies and priorities of policing; When possible, policing practices should be guided by rules and policies that are adopted in advance of action, are transparent, and are formulated with input from the public; and Police departments should develop and use sound metrics of success that encompass all of the goals of policing, including community trust. Support S. 1917, the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2017, especially the youth components of it Support recalling the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmations of Brett Talley for judge for the middle district of Alabama and Thomas Farr for Eastern District of North Carolina so they can answer questions about incomplete or incorrect answers on their Senate nominee questionnaires. Support the proposed standards banning youth solitary confinement, propose a few strengthening changes to key parts of the proposal Oppose nomination of Brett Talley to be U.S. District Judge for the middle district of Alabama Oppose House version of the FISA Act Reauthorization Act of 2017, which would make it easier for Sec 702 surveillance to be funneled to domestic law enforcement Support S. 1735 and S. 1741; Support the continuation of the investigation by Robert Meuller and do not allow him to be unilaterally fired Oppose H.R.4478, the FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017, as amended by the managers amendment as it solidifies use of a warrantless spying authority for domestic law enforcement, and could actually expand it. Support H.R. 4434, the Fix NICS Act of 2017, which ensures that federal and state authorities comply with existing law and accurately report relevant criminal history records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) by offering incentives and assists states in improving their overall reporting Support S. 662 / H.R. 1566, the National Opposition to Hate, Assault and Threats to Equality (NO HATE) Act of 2017, which incentivizes and encourages accurate, credible reporting to the FBI under the Hate Crimes Statistics Act. Oppose the nomination of Senator Mark Norris to be a U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee. Oppose H Con Res 111, legislation which uses the CRA to repeal the CFPB's rule banning mandatory arbitration by financial servicers. Support H.R. 4019 / S. 1593, the Pretrial Integrity and Safety Act of 2017 which incentivizes and encourages states to end the practice of money bail Support The National Criminal Justice Commission Act, S. 573 / HR 1886 which would create a national commission with an 18-month timeline to examine and review the myriad of problems that exist in our current criminal justice system. Support S. 1615 / HR 3440, the DREAM Act, which would allow young people to earn lawful permanent residence and eventually American citizenship if they: are longtime residents who came to the U.S. as children; graduate from high school or obtain a GED; pursue higher education, work lawfully for at least three years, or serve in the military; pass security and law enforcement background checks and pay a reasonable application fee; demonstrate proficiency in the English language and a knowledge of United States history; and have not committed a felony or other serious crimes and do not pose a threat to our country. Support S. 860 / H.R. 1809, the Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2017 legislation to reauthorize the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act Support the Reverse Mass Incarceration Act, S. 1458 / H.R. 3845 which would reduce the trend towards incarceration and to reduce crime at the same time Support the Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act, which establishes national standards for police use-of-force. Support the End Racial Profiling Act / the End Racial and Religious Profiling Act, H.R. 1498 / S 411, legislation to end the insidious practice of profiling by police officers. Support the establishment of a study to review racial disparities in prosecutions by different prosecuting attornies. Support requiring video surveillance of all law enforcement activities, with appropriate civil right protections in place. Support H R 124 Support the establishment of effective and independent civilian review boards of law enforcement activities. Abolish all mandatory minimum sentences, support H.R. 3800, which would end all mandatory minimum sentences for drug related crimes. Support eliminating the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine. Support applying the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, which dramatically lowers the sentencing range for crack cocaine possession, retroactively. Establish a special blue-ribbon commission to review our nation's criminal justice system and make recommendations for its reform to make it more uniform and fairer. Support S. 573 / HR 1886 Support safe, sane and sensible laws to curb our nation's gun violence problem: support Requiring universal background checks on all gun sales and transfers; support banning military-style semi-automatic assault guns and military high capacity ammunition clips; support enacting tough new criminal penalties for straw purchasers and gun traffickers; support banning suspects on the terror watch list from purchasing firearms; support allowing the Center for Disease Control to research gun violence as a major public health issue; support maintaining current law requiring background checks and permits for gun silencers; support allowing states to maintain and enforce their own concealed carry laws; support requiring microstamping or ballistic fingerprinting of all new firearms and ammunition sold in the U.S.; support repealing all state stand your ground laws; support encouraging local jurisdictions to utilize their buyer power to create incentives for firearm manufacturers to employ countermarketing strategies to ensure that their retailers are using all available procedures to prevent illegal firearms diversion. Support an abolition of the federal death penalty Support an updating and reauthorization of the Second Chance Act; support HR 2899 Support requiring sensitivity training of law enforcement & independent investigations of deadly force; support S 814 / HR 1870 Oppose potential discrimination in Faith Based initiatives. Support the continued separation of Church and the Federal Government

Oppose H J Res 42, which repeals a bipartisan rule prohibiting drug testing or some UI recipients Support HR 244, the Honoring Investments in Recruiting and Employing Military Veterans Act of 2017

Support HR 4254, legislation to encourage women and minorities in STEM careers

Support the FAIR RATES Act of 2017 (The Fair Auto Insurance Ratemaking Reporting to Allow a Transparent Evaluation of Statistics)

Support Sections 551, 552 and 553 of HR 3354; oppose the expansion of civil forfeiture Support $50.95 million (appropriations for FY 2017) for the CDCs Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) program Support at least $375 million for the Housing for People with AIDS program in FY2018 Support an additional $187 million in FY2018 for the 2020 Census Oppose H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, because of the impact on children and families. Support the $20-per month bicycle commuter transportation benefit Support the Congressional Black Caucus budget substitute for the fiscal year 2018 budget / support the CBC substitute for H.Con. Res. 71 Oppose H Con Res 71, the federal budget for FY 2018 as passed unamended by the US House and US Senate Support Jayapal for Pocan amendment to HR 2810 which would require parity between any increase in the defense spending and non-defense spending within the federal budget. Federal budget that invests in public education, health care, job training and the protection of civil rights Support protecting Social Security

Oppose current tax proposals based on cuts to education they contain, including: ending state and local tax deductions; changes to the college 529 savings plan; and repealing the deduction for educators who use their own money for supplies Oppose current tax proposals which would eliminate the CTC tax credit if the parents do not have a social security number Oppose H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, because of the impact on children and families. Support the $20-per month bicycle commuter transportation benefit Oppose H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, because of the impact it would have on Medicare, Medicaid and the elderly Oppose H.R. 2792, the Control Unlawful Fugitive Felons Act of 2017, which would suspend benefits for outstanding warrants and for allegations of a felony offense or probation or parole violation - regardless of how old it is - offering no exception for old, minor infractions or inactive cases that law enforcement agencies are no longer pursuing. It would even apply to a missed court appearance from years ago. Oppose H.R. 1, the tax reform bill, as it was first considered by the full House. Oppose H.R. 1, the tax reform bill, as it was first considered by the full Senate. Oppose the final version, or conference report, of H.R. 1, the tax reform bill, as it was first considered by both the full House and the full Senate. Support the Maternal and Infant Home Visit Program; oppose funding the reauthorization by changes to the SSI program. oppose changes to the tax code which provide tax breaks for giving to or enrollment in private or parochial schools Oppose potential discrimination in Faith Based initiatives. Support the continued separation of Church and the Federal Government Support an expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit to include childless adults Oppose the provision in HR 1 which ends the federal deduction for state and local income and sales. Oppose the provision in the House-passed version of HR 1 which would eliminate a provision which currently allows people to deduct medical expenses that exceed 10 percent of their total income Oppose a provision in HR 1 which would harm 3 million low-income children in working families by denying them the Child Tax Credit (CTC) if their parents file their taxes with an Individual Tax Identification Number rather than a Social Security Number (SSN) Oppose the provision in HR 1 which would require students to have SSNs to qualify for the American Opportunity Tax Credit, which helps low- and middle-income families afford college. Oppose the provision in the Senate version of HR 1 which repeals the Affordable Care Acts individual mandate Oppose the cost of HR 1 -- $1.5 trillion

Support the Obama Administrations Executive Order on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Support ICE Stakeholder / Tour Directive Oppose the enactment of Texas SB4, an immigration bill that would greatly expand the involvement of state and local police in immigration enforcement. Oppose H.R. 496 & S 128 / the Trump Mass Deportation Letter, or SAFE Act / Oppose S 127 Support the Health Equity and Access Under Law (HEAL) for Immigrant Women and Families, HR 2788 Oppose H.R. 2581, the Verify First Act, which requires proof of citizenship prior to obtaining health coverage subsidies via the ACA Oppose Lee Francis Cissna for Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Oppose H.R. 3003, the No Sanctuary for Criminals Act which would go after localities with limited detainer policies (aimed at complying with the Constitution), sanctuary city policies and community trust policies by threatening to take away millions of dollars in federal funding for law enforcement. Oppose H.R. 3004, Kates Law would expand the governments ability to prosecute people for illegal reentry in to the U.S. and heighten the penalties in those cases. This bill would further Attorney General Sessions goals of criminalizing all immigrants and expanding mass incarceration. Support the Immigration and Customs Enforcement ceasing its surge initiative that targets for detention, deportation and potential criminal prosecution vulnerable children and their sponsors at the border Support Dreamers and DACA recipients / Support DREAM Act (Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act)Oppose the Higgins (TX) amendment #19 to Division C of HR 3354. The Higgins Amendment would deny funds to the US Census Bureau for the 2020 Census unless it included a question as to an individuals citizenship and legal status on the form Support the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program Support swift enactment of the DREAM Act, HR 3440 / S 1615 without amendment Oppose the Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act, H.R. 3697. Oppose expansion of the H-2A program and the creation of a new guestworker program. Oppose the push to deport undocumented workers and import exploitable guestworkers. Oppose the Newhouse (WA) amendment to the House Appropriations spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security on July 18, which would open up the uncapped H-2A program to year-round jobs. Oppose efforts by Congressman Goodlatte (VA) to replace the H-2A program with a new agricultural visa system. Support the Agricultural Worker Program Act of 2017, authored by Senator Feinstein and Representative Gutierrez, which would provide undocumented agricultural workers and their family members with a path to immigration status and citizenship. Support allowing applicants with expunged convictions to apply for relief under the Dream Act of 2017 Oppose H.R.3711, the Legal Workforce Act, which requires every employer in the U.S. to use the E-Verify within 2 years of enactment. Support Extending the deadline for deferred action renewal to, minimally, January 5, 2018; Support informing each DACA recipient across the country, by registered letter, of the change in U.S. policy and of registration requirements and deadlines; support establishing tables at all DHS / USCIS offices for the final week before the deadline, to receive completed DACA Applications with time stamps and receipts, to facilitate renewal submission and minimize chaos during the final crush before the deadline. Support humanitarian parole for Thuy Nguyen, of Vietnam, so that she can provide life-saving stem cells to her sister, Helen Huyen Support H.R. 1970, the Kerrie Orozco Act, which allows for surviving family members of fallen U.S. citizens who died while serving as a first responder to be naturalized Support the Castro amendment to HR 3354 to prohibit funds for being used for private3 immigration facilities Oppose the Smith, MO, amendment to HR 3354 prohibiting HUD funds to go to "sanctuary cities"

Oppose delay in fiduciary rule Support H.R. 1251, the CPI-E bill Oppose H, J, Res. 66, a resolution of disapproval to nullify a rule by the previous Department of Labor that exempts certain state-administered retirement programs from select federal regulations Support SEC adopting a strong pro-investor standard that requires all financial professionals to act in their customers best interests when providing personalized investment advice, without undermining standards put forth by the Department of Labor Oppose H.R. 2792, the Control Unlawful Fugitive Felons Act of 2017. If enacted, this putative and misguided bill could deprive thousands of people of Social Security Income (SSI) benefits

Oppose the Reauthorization of the DC School Voucher Program Oppose SOAR Act; Oppose DC Vouchers Support DC Statehood; support HR 1291 / S 1278 Support full voting rights for the people of DC Oppose riders to appropriations bill which may be in opposition to the expressed desires of the residents of the District of Columbia, as expressed in elections Support the Norton amendment to HR 3354 that would eliminate the bills repeal of D.C. Budget autonomy Support the Norton amendment to HR 3354 that would eliminate the bills repeal of D.C. Budget autonomy

Support HR 947 / S 337, the "FAMILY" Act, calling for paid medical leave Oppose H. J. Res. 43, a resolution which applies the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to repeal a rule issued on December 9, 2016, by the US Department of Health and Human Services which updates the Title X Family Planning program Support the Schedules that Work Act, by Sen. Warren / Congresswoman DeLauro / Support S. 1386 / H.R. 2942 Oppose the Paid Family and Medical Leave proposal put forth by President Trump in his FY2018 Budget proposal. Support HR 2847, Expanding foster care benefits Support HR 2866. calling for the establishment of foster family home licensing standards Support S. 1795, the The Higher Education Access and Success for Homeless and Foster Youth Act, which removes barriers and makes college more affordable for homeless and foster youth; and supports college retention, success, and completion of homeless and foster youth Support the Maternal and Infant Home Visit Program

Oppose using the Congressional Review Act to repeal the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order Oppose S. 345, the Workplace Advancement Act Oppose delay in fiduciary rule" Support HR 947 / S 337, the "FAMILY" Act, calling for paid medical leave Oppose H. J. Res. 37, which would apply the repeal authority of the Congressional Review Act to the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order. Support the Paycheck Fairness Act, S. 819 / H.R. 1869 Support a prohibition on credit checks by potential employers unless it directly impacts the job Support the prohibition on questions about previous incarceration by potential employers Suport unions Support implementation of a revised EEO-1 form Support letter by Senators Booker, Gillibrand & Murray to OMB Director Mulvaney in support of the updated EEO-1 pay data form. Oppose section 841 of the Financial CHOICE Act, which prohibits implementation of the Fiduciary Rule Support the Pay Equity for All Act, which prohibits employers from relying on the salary history of prospective employees when making hiring and pay decisions (support HR 2418) Oppose transferring functions of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs from Dept. of Labor to the EEOC Oppose the elimination, de-funding, underfunding of the Womens Bureau at the Department of Labor Support the Schedules that Work Act, by Sen. Warren / Congresswoman DeLauro / Support S. 1386 / H.R. 2942 Oppose the Paid Family and Medical Leave proposal put forth by President Trump in his FY2018 Budget proposal Oppose the elimination of funding for the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act (WANTO) program Oppose the Harris (MD) amendment to the Commerce-Justice-State Appropriations bill for FY 2018 which would prohibit the EEOC from implementing the updated EEO-1 form. Support wage protections for Defense Department contractors who are paid at an hourly rate. Support the Raise the Wage Act / Support HR 15 & S 1242 Oppose H, J, Res. 66, a resolution of disapproval to nullify a rule by the previous Department of Labor that exempts certain state-administered retirement programs from select federal regulations Oppose immediate hearings for NLRB nominees William Emmanuel and Marvin Kaplan and DoL nominee Patrick Pizzella; support additional time to review their records Oppose Harris (MD) amendment to FY 18 C-J-s appropriations which would prohibit the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) from issuing an updated data collection form to better understand compensation patterns Support Nissan immediately ceasing unfair labor practices. Further, support Nissan leadership meeting with representatives of MAFFAN to discuss conditions for achieving neutrality to ensure that Nissan employees in Canton can vote on a local union in a free and fair election Support SEC adopting a strong pro-investor standard that requires all financial professionals to act in their customers best interests when providing personalized investment advice, without undermining standards put forth by the Department of Labor Support rigorous questioning and careful review of the record of Janet Dhillon, nominee to be Chairman of the EEOC. Oppose Janet Dhillon's nomination to serve as the Chair of the EEOC Support overall funding levels that are adequate to support all of the important programs in Labor, Education, Health and Human Services, to protect Pell Grants by opposing additional cuts to the program, and to instead use existing Pell resources to increase the maximum Pell Grant by at least the amount the inflation adjustment would provide were it not expiring. Oppose privatization of our nations air traffic controllers Support amendment # 29 by Reps. DeLauro, Frankel, and Scott (VA) to HR 3345, which would allow the EEOC to move forward with updating its EEO-1 form to collect information from employers relative to employees earnings and hours worked. Support the Equal Employment for All Act, introduced by Senator Warren Oppose H.R.3711, the Legal Workforce Act, which requires every employer in the U.S. to use the E-Verify within 2 years of enactment. Oppose any effort to undermine or weaken the 2016 Overtime rule provisions in the FY2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which gut prevailing wage protections for Defense Department contractors who are paid at an hourly rate Oppose the Gibbs amendment to HR 3354 to prohibit funds to go towards the Workplace Injury Rule Support the Ellison amendment to HR 3354 to prohibit entering into contract with companies that willfully or repeatedly violate the Fair Labor Standards Act Support HR 2418 to combat pay inequity Oppose the King, IA amendments banning the use of federal funds to go to pay contractor employees prevailing wages.

Oppose S. 33, and any other blocking new parks bills or attempts to repeal protections for new parks and monuments Support the Antiquities Act; Oppose the executive Order calling for a review of every national monument / park designation made by President Obama. Oppose changing the name of the region near Moab, Utah known as Negro Bill Canyon Support HR 2611, legislation making Little Rock Central High School a National Monument

Oppose HR 2359, which would restrict remedies for American consumers whose credit reports and background check reports were recklessly distorted and who suffered serious consequences as a result

Oppose repeal or weakening of Section 1071 of Dodd Frank, which requires the CFPB to collect and disclose small business lending data. Support the expeditious and thorough implementation of Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act, which requires modifies the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) to require financial institutions to collect and report information about credit applications by women-owned, minority-owned, and small businesses.

Oppose HR 1181, Veterans Firearms bill Support more robust background checks Support the "no-fly / no-buy" proposal Support increasing penalties for straw purchasers support a ban on the sale or transfer of automatic weapons and ammunition Oppose HR 38 / S 446, the (Constitutional) Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017 Oppose S 59 / HR 367, the Hearing Protection Act of 2017 Support Requiring universal background checks on all gun sales and transfers; Ban military-style semi-automatic assault guns and military high capacity ammunition clips; Enact tough new criminal penalties for straw purchasers and gun traffickers; Ban suspects on the terror watch list from purchasing firearms; Allow the Center for Disease Control to research gun violence as a major public health issue; Maintain current law requiring background checks and permits for gun silencers; Allow states to maintain and enforce their own concealed carry laws; Require microstamping or ballistic fingerprinting of all new firearms and ammunition sold in the U.S.; Repeal all state stand your ground laws; Encourage local jurisdictions to utilize their buyer power to create incentives for firearm manufacturers to employ countermarketing strategies to ensure that their retailers are using all available procedures to prevent illegal firearms diversion.

Support FCC Commission Clyburns Solutions 2020 Call to Action Plan Oppose S J Res 34, the Broadband Privacy Disapproval CRA Concerned about the possible impact of the FCCs Net Neutrality rulemaking on the Lifeline programs support for broadband service. Oppose the FCCs proposal to weaken the copper retirement rules; oppose the preemption of state and local governments regarding the retirement of copper facilities. Support the FCC adopting open Internet rules which do not block, do not throttle (slow down), do not promote "unreasonable discrimination" (e.g. fast lanes, slow lanes), and do provide full transparency. Support the FCC establishing sound legal basis for the rule, following the blueprint laid out by the DC Circuit based on Section 706 of the Act (e.g. Title I). Oppose any proposal to delay or eliminate broadcaster diversity reporting obligations Support maintaining Lifeline for Broadband; support focusing on job creating investment and closing the digital divide. Support the FCC Lifeline program

Oppose repeal of the Affordable Care Act, defunding Planned Parenthood & block granting Medicaid / Oppose HR 1628 / Oppose the "American Health Care Act / Oppose the "Better Care Reconciliation Act" Support maintaining ACA Patient Protections and Access to Prescription drugs Support a lifting of the budget sequester for FY 17 & FY 18 for non-defense domestic discretionary programs that provide services to children and families. Oppose cuts to important programs including ACA, CHIP, SNAP, EITC, CTC, SSI and other programs which serve children, babies, toddlers, and youth. Support legislative hearings on any sweeping changes to ACA and / or Medicaid and / or Medicare Support doing no harm to health insurance programs which cover children Support S. 469 / HR 1245, the Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act Oppose H. J. Res. 43, a resolution which applies the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to repeal a rule issued on December 9, 2016, by the US Department of Health and Human Services which updates the Title X Family Planning program Oppose the proposed elimination of a question in the 2017 National Survey of Childrens Health regarding whether a child between ages 3-5 was suspended or expelled in preschool. Support CMS prioritizing outreach and enrollment efforts in both the 2018 plan year open enrollment period and for special enrollment periods. Support funding for the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program at a total of $2.465 billion in FY2018; support that the CDC Division of HIV Prevention receive a total of $822.7 million in FY2018; support that the CDC Division of Adolescent and School Health receive a total of $50 million in FY2018; support that the CDCs Division of STD Prevention receive a total of $192.3 million in FY2018; support that the CDCs Division of Viral Hepatitis receive a total of $70 million in FY2018; support that the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program receive a total of $130 million in FY2018; support that funding be completely eliminated for failed and incomplete abstinence-only-until-marriage sexual risk avoidance education program and the Title V abstinence education state grant program in FY2018; support maintaining the current appropriations language that allows access to syringe services in those jurisdictions that are experiencing or at risk for a significant increase in HIV or hepatitis infections due to injection drug use; support that HIV research at the NIH receive a total of $3.225 billion in FY2018; support that the Housing for People with AIDS program be funded at $385 million in FY2018; support that the Minority HIV / AIDS Initiative be funded at $610 million in FY2018 Support the Department of Health & Human Services and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services taking administrative action to ensure that every American continues to be able to participate in the Health Insurance Marketplaces created by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Support the Administration working closely with insurers and state insurance officials to ensure maximum participation in the ACA, and also issuing a regulation that empowers the Administration to negotiate with insurance companies. Support the Health Equity and Access Under Law (HEAL) for Immigrant Women and Families, HR 2788 Oppose H.R. 2581, the Verify First Act, which requires proof of citizenship prior to obtaining health coverage subsidies via the ACA Oppose HR 2428; oppose efforts to cut SSI benefits to elderly and adults with disabilities who may have an outstanding warrant to pay for the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program Oppose provisions in the Trumps 2018 Budget proposal which affects the treatment, prevention, and research into AIDS. Specifically: oppose cuts to funding for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention HIV Prevention programs, including HIV School Health, by 149 million dollars; oppose the elimination of the Ryan White HIV / AIDS program AIDS Education and training Centers and Special Projects of National Significance; Oppose the elimination of the Health and Human Services Secretarys Minority AIDS Initiative Fund and oppose cuts to Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Minority AIDS Initiative funding by $18 million; oppose cuts to Housing and Urban Developments Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS program by $26 million; oppose cuts to funding for the National Institutes of Health AIDS Research by $550 million; oppose cuts to CDC STD Prevention programs by $22 million; and oppose the elimination of the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program while continuing funding for failed abstinence-only until marriage grants. Oppose HR 1215, Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Limitations Support retaining funding of the Ryan White Part F AETC Program at $33.6 million and the SPNS Program at $25 million in the Fiscal Year 2018 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee bill. Support The Ryan White Part C program, which provides direct HIV medical care and treatment to over 300,000 individuals annually at 346 health centers and clinics nationwide, should at minimum be restored to the FY 2016 funding level of $205.1 million; Support the HHS Secretary Minority AIDS Initiative Fund which the Presidents budget would defund, should at least be funded at the FY 2017 funding level of $53.9 million and the SAMHSA Minority AIDS Initiative Fund should at least be funded at the FY 2017 funding level of $116.2 million; and Support the HIV and Viral Hepatitis Prevention programs in the CDC Division of HIV, Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, should be funded at least at the FY 2017 funding levels of $788.7 million and $34 million respectively, while the STD Prevention Program should be at minimum restored to the FY 2016 funding level of $157.3 million. Oppose re-opening the Section 1557 of the ACA rule, which prohibits discrimination by health care providers who accept any federal funds. Oppose cuts to Medicaid which are based on false, negative, racist stereotypes of the women who use Medicaid Support Congress moving beyond trying to repeal the ACA and instead working in a bipartisan fashion t0: guarantee funding for cost-sharing reductions (CSRs); restore premium stabilization programs; and ensure continued funding for outreach and enrollment assistance Support S. 1391 / HR 2982, the covering our FAS AlliesAct, which would restore Medicaid coverage to COFA communities residing in the US Support overall funding levels that are adequate to support all of the important programs in Labor, Education, Health and Human Services, to protect Pell Grants by opposing additional cuts to the program, and to instead use existing Pell resources to increase the maximum Pell Grant by at least the amount the inflation adjustment would provide were it not expiring.Support quick, bipartisan action on a strong, five year extension of funding for the Childrens Health Insurance Program Oppose repeal of the Affordable Care Act; Oppose Cassidy-Graham health care proposal Support the Maternal and Infant Home Visit Program

Oppose HR 113. Oppose HR 634. Former is legislation to terminate the Presidential Election Campaign Fund, Former is to terminate the Election Assistance Commission Support a single Director of the CFPB; oppose changing the leadership of the CFPB to a commission Oppose Executive Order titled Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Cost, which requires an agency to rescind 2 regulations for every new 1 Supports OMB revoking the Interim Guidance of Section 2 of the EO entitled Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Cost Support Section 1033 of the Dodd Frank Act regarding consumer access to datad February 9, 2017, focusing on public safety Support a robust Federal data source which is accurate and open to all Support the Government By the People Act, HR 20 (Campaign Finance Reform for the House of Representatives) and the Fair Elections Now Act (S.1640), applying similar reforms to US Senate races Support a Department of Peace; support HR 1111 Support release by all Presidential candidates of their tax returns from the previous 5 years once they declare their candidacy. Support $1.35 billion for FY 2017 for the Census Bureau Support disaggregation of data on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Support revising the Standards Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity. Support the collection of race and ethnicity data through a combined question format. Support the addition of a new ethnic category for persons of Middle Eastern and North African origin. Support that the Standards state more clearly and directly that the major race and ethnicity categories represent the minimum reporting categories agencies must use if they collect this information through self-reporting methods. Support adding south or central American subgroups to the description of the American Indian or Alaska Native category. Support the removal of the term negro and Far East from the Standards. Support the removal of all other races from forms, descriptions, etc. Oppose Nomination of Tennessee State Senator Mark Green to be Secretary of the Army Support the prompt nomination of a highly qualified and well respected professional to serve as the next Director of the US Census Support existing Civil Rights Programs Support the 2017 Do No Harm Act / Support HR 3222, which would clarify the intent for the Religious Freedom Restoration Act Support National Week to register voters with disabilities Support the Automatic Voter Registration Act of 2017 in both the House (H.R. 2876) and the Senate (S. 1353) Oppose the Executive Order, signed 5/4/2017, easing IRS enforcement of the Johnson Amendment, which bans churches from engaging in political speech. Oppose the Executive Order, signed 5/11/2017, establishing a commission, led by Vice President Mike Pence, to investigate allegations of voter fraud and voter suppression in the U.S. voting process. The commission, called the "Presidential Commission on Election Integrity," is co-chaired by Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach. Oppose the voter data request by the Commission on Voter Integrity. Oppose the Executive Order, signed 6/17/2017 regarding US policies towards Cuba. Support the Voter Empowerment Act, HR 12 / S. 1437 Support the Voting Rights Advancement Act, H.R. 2978 / S. 1419 Oppose photo identification requirements for voters. Support the re-enfranchisement of ex felony offenders / Support the Democracy Restoration Act / Support S. 1588 Ensure an accurate, trustworthy, complete census count in 2020 Oppose the defunding of the Election Assistance Commission (EAC); support the Quigley (IL) Amendment to restore funding for the EAC Oppose the nomination of Eric Dreiband to serve as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Pose a number of hard questions during the confirmation hearing of Randy Quarles to the federal reserve Support publicly embracing our nations core values of religious diversity and pluralism and reject hatred and intolerance Oppose HR 3600, the mis-named Census Accuracy Act which would require questions regarding an individuals status in this country on the census form Oppose the Higgins (TX) amendment #19 to Division C of HR 3354. The Higgins Amendment would deny funds to the US Census Bureau for the 2020 Census unless it included a question as to an individuals citizenship and legal status on the form Support rigorous questioning and careful review of the record of Janet Dhillon, nominee to be Chairman of the EEOC. Oppose Janet Dhillon's nomination to serve as the Chair of the EEOC Oppose nomination of Judge David Stras to serve on the US Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit Support the nomination of Pam Patenaude to be Deputy Secretary of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Support Members of Congress declining to speak at the ACT for America conference and release a statement denouncing anti-Muslim bigotry Oppose the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity

Support restoration of language to the FHA form mortgage contract that promotes compliance with regulations addressing foreclosure alternatives Oppose S. 103 / H.R. 482 the Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act (anti-AFH data collection) Support a robust Federal data source which is accurate and open to all. Oppose anti-fair housing / anti geo-spatial amendments Support the protection and expansion of the National Housing Trust Fund Support the Administration taking immediate steps to shore up the capital position of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Support lifting the existing budget caps and fully fund affordable housing programs Support federal funding for homeless children and youth Support bipartisan legislative reforms in housing and other areas that will increase access to sustainable credit Support the FHA Support CFPBs efforts to reconcile the requirements of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) to facilitate accurate data reporting by lenders who may not be required to report HMDA data every year. Support expansion of data collection to include auto refinance loans, requiring adverse action notices even where counteroffers are accepted by the applicant, and expanding record retention requirements to brokers and dealers Support insisting that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac must rebuild their capital buffers in order to protect against the foreseeable risk to the housing market of any short-term operating losses requiring a draw from the U.S. Treasury Support GSE affordable housing goals Support common sense GSE reform principles: support creating a capital buffer; support maintaining a strong and independent regulator, the FHFA; support recapitalization of the GSEs Support the importance and benefits of fair housing regulations and guidance (including disparate impact and the affirmatively furthering rule). Express concern that the Duty to Serve plans as proposed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac do not include enough specific, measurable loan purchase objectives and that the objectives in the plans comprise too few loan purchases in these underserved markets Oppose S. 1310 / HR 2954, the Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act which excludes many more financial institutions from complying with the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Oppose HR 2133, the Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief (CLEARR) Act of 2017, which would rewrite the Fair Housing Act of 1968 and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to make it significantly harder for victims of discrimination to obtain relief. Support current HUD Equal Access Rule; oppose re-opening it. Support the nomination of Pam Patenaude to be Deputy Secretary of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Oppose Stivers Amendment #24 to FY 2018 Appropriations which would shift funding away from private fair housing enforcement Support funding for Hurricane Harvey recovery that is not offset by cuts to other programs; Support agencies distributing funding for Harvey recovery efforts in accordance with laws intended to protect the civil rights of all Americans Support efforts by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to establish clear Affordable Housing Goals for serving low / very low income communities; Support Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac meeting and enforcing benchmark and market metrics; support FHFA increasing it enforcement of the Affordable Housing Goals Support increasing single family purchase benchmark levels to at least 27% Support recovery and rebuilding resources in light of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria are distributed quickly and equitably, so that everyone in the affected communities has a fair shot at sharing in the recovery. Oppose the Grothman amendments to HR 3354 reducing funds for the HUD Section 8 program.

Support funding for Hurricane Harvey recovery that is not offset by cuts to other programs; Support agencies distributing funding for Harvey recovery efforts in accordance with laws intended to protect the civil rights of all Americans Support recovery and rebuilding resources in light of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria are distributed quickly and equitably, so that everyone in the affected communities has a fair shot at sharing in the recovery.

Oppose H J Res 42, which repeals a bipartisan rule prohibiting drug testing or some UI recipients Support HR 244, the Honoring Investments in Recruiting and Employing Military Veterans Act of 2017

Oppose Nomination of Tennessee State Senator Mark Green to be Secretary of the Army. Support wage protections for Defense Department contractors who are paid at an hourly rate. Support a moratorium on the U.S. Department of Defenses 1033 program-the largest and most prominent federal program providing police departments with military equipment-until Congress holds hearings to provide the public with important assurances and to consider various legislative proposals about this issue. provisions in the FY2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which gut prevailing wage protections for Defense Department contractors who are paid at an hourly rate

Support that federal priorities must (1) protect and assist low-income and vulnerable people; (2) invest in broadly shared economic growth and jobs; (3) increase revenues from fair sources; and (4) seek savings from reducing waste in the Pentagon and elsewhere. Supports OMB revoking the Interim Guidance of Section 2 of the EO entitled Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Cost Support a lifting of the budget sequester for FY 17 & FY 18 for non-defense domestic discretionary programs that provide services to children and families. Oppose cuts to important programs including ACA, CHIP, SNAP, EITC, CTC, SSI and other programs which serve children, babies, toddlers, and youth. Support lifting the existing budget caps and fully fund affordable housing programs Support funding for Juvenile Justice programs in Fy18 Support funding in FY2018 for federal innocence and forensic science programs Support funding for key justice assistance grant programs within DoJ, including the Office of Justice Programs, the COPS program, and the Violence Against Women Program in any remaining appropriations bill for FY 2017. Support federal funding for homeless children and youth Support the Byrne JAG program Support funding for the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program at a total of $2.465 billion in FY2018; support that the CDC Division of HIV Prevention receive a total of $822.7 million in FY2018; support that the CDC Division of Adolescent and School Health receive a total of $50 million in FY2018; support that the CDCs Division of STD Prevention receive a total of $192.3 million in FY2018; support that the CDCs Division of Viral Hepatitis receive a total of $70 million in FY2018; support that the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program receive a total of $130 million in FY2018; support that funding be completely eliminated for failed and incomplete abstinence-only-until-marriage sexual risk avoidance education program and the Title V abstinence education state grant program in FY2018; support maintaining the current appropriations language that allows access to syringe services in those jurisdictions that are experiencing or at risk for a significant increase in HIV or hepatitis infections due to injection drug use; support that HIV research at the NIH receive a total of $3.225 billion in FY2018; support that the Housing for People with AIDS program be funded at $385 million in FY2018; support that the Minority HIV / AIDS Initiative be funded at $610 million in FY2018 Oppose ideological policy riders on FY2018 Appropriations bills Oppose provisions in the Trumps 2018 Budget proposal which affects the treatment, prevention, and research into AIDS. Specifically: oppose cuts to funding for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention HIV Prevention programs, including HIV School Health, by 149 million dollars; oppose the elimination of the Ryan White HIV / AIDS program AIDS Education and training Centers and Special Projects of National Significance; Oppose the elimination of the Health and Human Services Secretarys Minority AIDS Initiative Fund and oppose cuts to Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Minority AIDS Initiative funding by $18 million; oppose cuts to Housing and Urban Developments Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS program by $26 million; oppose cuts to funding for the National Institutes of Health AIDS Research by $550 million; oppose cuts to CDC STD Prevention programs by $22 million; and oppose the elimination of the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program while continuing funding for failed abstinence-only until marriage grants. Oppose riders to appropriations bill which may be in opposition to the expressed desires of the residents of the District of Columbia, as expressed in elections Oppose President Trump's proposed cuts to the budget at the Department of Education for FY2018 Oppose the proposed $3.3 billion recission from Pell grants in the FY 18 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill; Support sequester relief with parity between defense and non-defense programs; support providing adequate resources to all important programs in the FY 18 Labor-HHS-Education bill Support $300 million above the amount allotted in the FY 2018 Commerce-Justice-Science bill (H.R. 3267) for the 2020 Census. Oppose the Higgins (TX) amendment #19 to Division C of HR 3354. The Higgins Amendment would deny funds to the US Census Bureau for the 2020 Census unless it included a question as to an individuals citizenship and legal status on the form Support overall funding levels that are adequate to support all of the important programs in Labor, Education, Health and Human Services, to protect Pell Grants by opposing additional cuts to the program, and to instead use existing Pell resources to increase the maximum Pell Grant by at least the amount the inflation adjustment would provide were it not expiring. Oppose any FY 2018 appropriations bills or packages which include ideological policy riders Oppose Stivers Amendment #24 to FY 2018 Appropriations which would shift funding away from private fair housing enforcement Support amendments to Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations bills which prevent the proposed expansion of civil forfeiture by the federal government. Support amendments by Congressman Walberg, and Cohen (#46); Raskin and Sensenbrenner (#67); and Amash, Blumenauer, and Sanford (#70) to H.R. 3345 Support the Ellison amendment to HR 3354 which eliminates the ills prohibition on allowing the CFPB to regulate small dollar loans. Support the Ellison amendment to HR 3354 which eliminates the bills provisions which would place the CFPB under the appropriations process. Support the Norton amendment to HR 3354 that would eliminate the bills repeal of D.C. Budget autonomy Oppose the Palmer amendment to HR 3354 which would prohibit funds going towards the implementation of the Dc Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Amendment Act Oppose the Gibbs amendment to HR 3354 to prohibit funds to go towards the Workplace Injury Rule Support the Ellison amendment to HR 3354 to prohibit entering into contract with companies that willfully or repeatedly violate the Fair Labor Standards Act Support the Norton amendment to HR 3354 which prohibits individuals who reside in a halfway house to pay a fee Support the Ellison amendment to HR 3354 to eliminate the delay of the national ambient air quality standards Oppose the Yoho amendment to HR 3354 to prohibit contributions to the UN Human Rights Council, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights or the UN Relief and Works Agency. Support the Castro amendment to HR 3354 to prohibit funds for being used for private3 immigration facilities Oppose the King, IA amendments banning the use of federal funds to go to pay contractor employees prevailing wages. Oppose the Smith, MO, amendment to HR 3354 prohibiting HUD funds to go to "sanctuary cities" Oppose the Grothman amendments to HR 3354 reducing funds for the HUD Section 8 program.

Oppose Scott Pruitt for EPA Administrator Support the Ellison amendment to HR 3354 to eliminate the delay of the national ambient air quality standards

Oppose allowing religious institutions to discriminate in hiring when using public monies. Support the 2017 Do No Harm Act / Support HR 3222 Oppose the Executive Order, signed 5/4/2017, easing IRS enforcement of the Johnson Amendment, which bans churches from engaging in political speech. Support publicly embracing our nations core values of religious diversity and pluralism and reject hatred and intolerance Support Members of Congress declining to speak at the ACT for America conference and release a statement denouncing anti-Muslim bigotry

Support H.R. 1251, the CPI-E bill Oppose HR 1181, Veterans Firearms bill Support HR 244, the Honoring Investments in Recruiting and Employing Military Veterans Act of 2017 Support HR 2258, legislation allowing active duty members of the military to be exempt from certain driving test requirements when obtaining a commercial drivers license. Support HR 3819, which extends funding and authorization for a host of Veterans programs Support HR 2228, Legislation Improving the Veterans Appeals Process

Oppose school vouchers Oppose rescission of Title IX guidance clarifying protections for transgender students Oppose HR 620, the ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017 Support the important role of the Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Education, the responsibilities of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, and the need to ensure robust oversight and enforcement of federal nondiscrimination law. Oppose any change to limit the scope, frequency, or public accessibility of civil rights data collection. Oppose the Reauthorization of the DC School Voucher Program Support protecting current student loan programs. Support strengthening Pell grant Program. Oppose SOAR Act; Oppose DC Vouchers Support H.R. 1262 / HR 2527, the Student Loan Fairness Act of 2017 Support a thorough and robust review of every state ESSA plan submitted, and approval should be only after it has met strict criteria. Support CFPB's proposed data collection on student loan servicers Oppose Candice Jackson for Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the Department of Education Support the CFPB to protect student loan borrowers Oppose the proposed elimination of a question in the 2017 National Survey of Childrens Health regarding whether a child between ages 3-5 was suspended or expelled in preschool. Oppose proposed cuts in the proposed budget by President Trump for FY2018 to the teacher training ($2.4 billion in grants to states for preparing and training teachers and school leaders and $43 million in grants to colleges for teacher preparation); $1.2 billion for after-school and summer programs (the budget would eliminate the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program, which currently provides $1.2 billion in grants for after-school and summer programs. Grant recipients include school districts, churches, and nonprofit groups which serve more than 1.6 million children nation-wide); $66 million in impact aid to offset tax revenue losses that communities face when they have federal properties in their bounds; and the scaling back or complete elimination of the federal TRIO and GEAR UP programs that help low-income students prepare and prepare for college; and the Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant, a $732 million program that provided aid to 1.6 million students in the 2014-15 academic year, is also on the chopping block. Oppose the Proposal in President Trump's budget for FY2018 to increase by $168 million for charter schools - 50% above the current level, as well as a new $250 million private school choice program (vouchers). Support H.R. 2452 / S. 1135, the Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act Support the HBCU Investment Expansion Act / Support H.R. 1080 Support S. 1262, the Fairness for Struggling Students Act, which repeals the 2005 change to the bankruptcy code and restores the availability of bankruptcy relief for private student loans and treating those loans like other forms of private debt such as credit card debt Oppose the delay, dismantling, or weakening of the gainful employment regulations finalized in October 2014 and the borrower defense to repayment and college accountability regulations finalized in November 2016.Support the Title IX Campus Sexual Assault Guidance Oppose the move to no longer raise the maximum amount of Pell Grants with inflation Oppose the proposed $3.3 billion recission from Pell grants in the FY 18 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill; Support sequester relief with parity between defense and non-defense programs; support providing adequate resources to all important programs in the FY 18 Labor-HHS-Education bill Support S. 1795, the The Higher Education Access and Success for Homeless and Foster Youth Act, which removes barriers and makes college more affordable for homeless and foster youth; and supports college retention, success, and completion of homeless and foster youth Support plans submitted to the Ed. Department under ESSA meeting the letter and purpose of the law to provide, all children significant opportunity to receive a fair, equitable, and high-quality education, and close educational achievement gaps." Oppose HR 620, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Education and Reform Act of 2017, which would create significant obstacles for people with disabilities to enforce their rights under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to access public accommodations, and would impede their ability to engage in daily activities and participate in the mainstream of society Support the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program Support overall funding levels that are adequate to support all of the important programs in Labor, Education, Health and Human Services, to protect Pell Grants by opposing additional cuts to the program, and to instead use existing Pell resources to increase the maximum Pell Grant by at least the amount the inflation adjustment would provide were it not expiring. Oppose any to repeal, replace, or modify any of the regulations or significant guidance documents which may result in fewer civil rights protections for all students Oppose changes to or rescission of the Gainful Employment Rule, the borrowers defense rule, the Higher Eds. Act ban on incentive compensation; and the 90 / 10 rule barring for-profit colleges from being funded solely by taxpayers. Oppose the April 11, 2017 Dpt. Of Education rescission of three memos that sought to reform the student loan servicing market and ensure the interests of borrowers were central to government contracts. Oppose the revised federal loan servicing requirements issued by the Department of Education on May 19, 2017. Support the Department of Education ensuring that debt collection agencies contracted to interact with student loan borrowers experiencing severe financial hardship are held accountable and that strong consumer protections ensure borrowers are given accurate and timely information. Support discharging debt held by students who were defrauded by their institution Support S. 1690, the Child Care Access Means Parents in Schools (CCAMPIS) Reauthorization Act Support HR 2451 / S 11135, legislation to expand the Pell Grant program in terms of who is eligible and the maximum amount available Support HR 2611, legislation making Little Rock Central High School a National Monument

Support Wall Street Reform; support the CFPB. Oppose attempts to weaken Dodd-Frank Oppose HR 5, the Regulatory Accountability Act; Oppose HR 78, the SEC Accountability Act; Oppose HR 238, the Commodity End User Relief Act Oppose proposed OCC white paper proposing the issuance of a special purpose national bank charter to financial technology (fintech) companies. Support restoration of language to the FHA form mortgage contract that promotes compliance with regulations addressing foreclosure alternatives Support expanded protections for borrowers with limited English proficiency in the CFPBs debt collection rule Support a single Director of the CFPB; oppose changing the leadership of the CFPB to a commission Support Section 1033 of the Dodd Frank Act regarding consumer access to data Oppose H. J. Res. 62; Support CFPB Prepaid Card rule Support Congresswoman Waters Comprehensive Consumer Credit Reporting Reform Act Oppose delay in fiduciary rule Support the Administration taking immediate steps to shore up the capital position of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Support S. 838, the Protecting Americans from Credit Entanglements Act of 2017 Oppose proposed 6-month extension of the effective date for complying with the CFPBs final prepaid accounts rule Support HR 970, the Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act Oppose any proposals that weaken controls on harmful financial practices in the name of "economic growth". Support a review and amendment of the Bank Secrecy Act and Anti Money Laundering rules compliance Support the CFPB Oppose changes to the funding stream or management structure of the CFPB Oppose Financial CHOICE Act / Oppose HR 10 Oppose HR 1849, weakening the FDCPA by allowing attorneys who are acting as debt collectors to ignore current consumer protection laws around debt collection Support CFPBs efforts to reconcile the requirements of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) to facilitate accurate data reporting by lenders who may not be required to report HMDA data every year. Support expansion of data collection to include auto refinance loans, requiring adverse action notices even where counteroffers are accepted by the applicant, and expanding record retention requirements to brokers and dealers Oppose section 841 of the Financial CHOICE Act, which prohibits implementation of the Fiduciary Rule" Support insisting that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac must rebuild their capital buffers in order to protect against the foreseeable risk to the housing market of any short-term operating losses requiring a draw from the US Treasury. Support strengthening the CFPBs proposed remittance rule by requiring the CFPB to focus on: I. The extent to which prices for remittances have been changed as the result of the new remittance rules; whether prices for remittances are uniform across different communities; and whether the price variations, if any, are the result of true competition, or the lack of competition, particularly in poor neighborhoods. II. Whether the exceptions allowed by the CFPB for the disclosure of the amounts to be received by the designated recipient (the Total to Recipient) a) continue to be necessary, b) have caused problems for remittance senders, and c) should be changed. III. Whether it is still appropriate and necessary to provide that the remittance provider has no duty to correct errors that are related to the deposit of funds in the wrong account because of the senders mistake. IV. Whether the required disclosures should be provided in more foreign languages and in more circumstances. Support more gender and racial and ethnic diversity at the federal reserve Support a national 36% interest rate cap on all loans Express concern that the Duty to Serve plans as proposed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac do not include enough specific, measurable loan purchase objectives and that the objectives in the plans comprise too few loan purchases in these underserved markets Oppose S. 1310 / HR 2954, the Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act which excludes many more financial institutions from complying with the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Oppose HR 2133, the Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief (CLEARR) Act of 2017, which would rewrite the Fair Housing Act of 1968 and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to make it significantly harder for victims of discrimination to obtain relief. Pose a number of hard questions during the confirmation hearing of Randy Quarles to the federal reserve Support the qualified mortgage rule ("QM"); the QM rule is important; the constrained lending environment is due to factors other than QM, and they should be addressed rather than weakening QM Oppose repeal or weakening of Section 1071 of Dodd Frank, which requires the CFPB to collect and disclose small business lending data. Oppose HR 3299 / S 1642, bills to reverse the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Madden v. Midland and allow nonbank lenders to use bank partnerships to overrule state and local interest rate caps. Support efforts by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to establish clear Affordable Housing Goals for serving low / very low income communities; Support Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac meeting and enforcing benchmark and market metrics; support FHFA increasing it enforcement of the Affordable Housing Goals Support increasing single family purchase benchmark levels to at least 27% Support the expeditious and thorough implementation of Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act, which requires modifies the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) to require financial institutions to collect and report information about credit applications by women-owned, minority-owned, and small businesses. Support legislation introduced by Senator Durbin (IL), and Congressman Cartwright (PA), the Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act. This legislation establishes a national 36% rate cap on small dollar loans. Support the Equal Employment for All Act, introduced by Senator Warren Support the Ellison amendment to HR 3354 which eliminates the ills prohibition on allowing the CFPB to regulate small dollar loans. Support the Ellison amendment to HR 3354 which eliminates the bills provisions which would place the CFPB under the appropriations process. Oppose HJRes 111, disapproving the CFPB's prohibition on forced arbitration in the financial services area.

Support the S. 838, the Protecting Americans from Credit Entanglements Act of 2017 Support full funding for LIHEAP

Oppose Scott Pruitt for EPA Administrator Support the Ellison amendment to HR 3354 to eliminate the delay of the national ambient air quality standards

Oppose the petition filed by six truck companies seeking exemptions from the drug testing regulations administered by the Department of Transportation (DOT) and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). If granted, the exemptions would permit the companies to test a hair specimen of a prospective driver in lieu of urine, in order to screen for substance abuse. Oppose privatization of our nations air traffic controllers

Oppose an expansion of the CVE (Countering Violent Extremism) program Support any proposal to reform the Foreign Intelligence Act include a full fix requiring all agencies to obtain a warrant based on probable cause to search Section 702 data for information about U.S. citizens and residents for all investigations

Support that federal priorities must (1) protect and assist low-income and vulnerable people; (2) invest in broadly shared economic growth and jobs; (3) increase revenues from fair sources; and (4) seek savings from reducing waste in the Pentagon and elsewhere. Oppose Steve Mnuchin for Treasury Secretary Support a lifting of the budget sequester for FY 17 & FY 18 for non-defense domestic discretionary programs that provide services to children and families. Support a uniform, sustainable maximum interest rate cap on all loans Support HR 40, which looks into the various reparations proposals for African Americans Support the expeditious and thorough implementation of Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act, which requires modifies the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) to require financial institutions to collect and report information about credit applications by women-owned, minority-owned, and small businesses.

Support maintaining ACA Patient Protections and Access to Prescription drugs Support S. 469 / HR 1245, the Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act Support Klobuchar Amendment #178 to S. Con. 3 which established a deficit neutral fund relating to lower drug prices for Americans by importing prescription drugs from Canada. Support Wyden amendment #188 to S Con Res 3 creating a point of order against legislation that does not lower drug prices.

Oppose an Article V Convention

Support the End Racial and Religious Profiling Act / End Racial Profiling Act (S. 411 / HR 1498) Oppose rescission of Title IX guidance clarifying protections for transgender students Oppose anti-fair housing / anti geo-spatial amendments Support the important role of the Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Education, the responsibilities of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, and the need to ensure robust oversight and enforcement of federal nondiscrimination law. Oppose any change to limit the scope, frequency, or public accessibility of civil rights data collection Support HR 970, the Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act Support HR 1242 / S 394, the 400 years of African American History Commission Act Support H.R. 40, to create a commission to study reparations proposals Support the preservation of affirmative action programs Support the Pay Equity for All Act, which prohibits employers from relying on the salary history of prospective employees when making hiring and pay decisions. Oppose transferring functions of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs from Dept. of Labor to the EEOC Support existing Civil Rights Programs Support the 2017 Do No Harm Act / Support HR 3222 Support more gender and racial and ethnic diversity at the federal reserve Support reforms of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to make it more respective of basic civil rights and civil liberties Oppose Harris (MD) amendment to FY 18 C-J-s appropriations which would prohibit the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) from issuing an updated data collection form to better understand compensation patterns Oppose the nomination of Eric Dreiband to serve as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Oppose HR 620, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Education and Reform Act of 2017, which would create significant obstacles for people with disabilities to enforce their rights under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to access public accommodations, and would impede their ability to engage in daily activities and participate in the mainstream of society Support the establishment of a separate working group or task force to address hate violence and bias-motivated incidents in the United States, rather than embedding these issues into a subcommittee under the Task Force on Crime Reduction and Public Safety which is excessively focused on criminal activity of immigrants and people of color Support the restoration of funding cuts to key civil rights office budgets. Oppose policies that undermine faith, trust, and relationships with communities of color such as the reversal of policies to reform our justice system and the return to the failed policies of the war on drugs, limitations on consent decrees, demanding local law enforcement enforce immigration law, threatening funding for sanctuary cities, mass deportation and targeting of immigrants, proposed defunding of Planned Parenthood, support for a voter ID law ruled intentionally racially discriminatory, the formation of an election integrity task force that appears designed to promote voter suppression, the signing of an executive order that endorses discrimination under the guise of religious liberty, the withdrawal of guidance clarifying Title IX protections for transgender students, barring transgender individuals from serving in our Armed Forces, and the appointment of unqualified or inexperienced officials who appear bent on retreating from statutory civil and human rights agency priorities Support the creation of a strategic plan to rebuild relationships and trust with communities that have been harmed by these actions, including providing clarity regarding the role of law enforcement in interactions with community members Support a consistent and clear message from the Department of Justice and the entire executive branch that a bias-motivated attack on any individual because of who they are is unacceptable Support the US Department of Justice hosting host periodic interagency hate crime meetings - which should include members of the hate crime coalition - to promote cross-agency collaboration and to address prevention of and response to hate violence. This initiative - involving lead agencies including Department of Education, Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) - would continue the coordinated interagency effort that had been hosted by the Obama White House Domestic Policy Council Support the creation of a website, in close collaboration with law enforcement officials and the civil rights community- similar to the extraordinarily helpful www.stopbullying.gov - to serve as a one-stop portal for the general public, law enforcement officials, educators, public officials, media and other key stakeholders. The new website, should aggregate federal resources about effective hate crime laws, prevention programs, best police policies and procedures and community awareness-building practices, victim service resources, law enforcement training initiatives, and help in identifying agency contacts that can assist in ancillary issues arising from hate crimes (such as immigration issues and security for houses of worship). Support DoJ and all public officials using their bully pulpit to call out attacks on individuals because of who they are at every opportunity. The Department must send loud, clear, and consistent messages that violent bigotry is unacceptable - and ensure that the FBI and the Civil Rights Division will enforce federal law and vigorously investigate and prosecute hate crimes. The Attorney General and other leaders in the Administration must prioritize hate crimes investigations and prosecutions, and speak to communities that need support in the aftermath of hate crimes. Support DoJ incentivizing and encouraging state and local law enforcement agencies to more comprehensively collect and report hate crimes data to the FBI, with special attention devoted to large underreporting law enforcement agencies that either have not participated in the HCSA program at all or have incorrectly reported zero hate crimes. To create incentives for participation in the FBIs HCSA data collection program, certain Department of Justice funds should only be made available to agencies that are demonstrating credible participation in the HCSA program. Whether a specific state or local law enforcement agency is participating in the HCSA program should be included in the rating and scoring criteria as applications for Justice Department funding are considered Support the administration and DoJ taking steps to ensure that it is efficient and safe for all victims of hate crimes to contact the police. Support DoJ providing clarity on the role of local law enforcement in responding to 911 calls and issuing clear guidance stating that local law enforcement will not enforce federal immigration law Support a DoJ should grant to the International Association of Chiefs of Police to enable them to make its excellent Model Policy on Hate Crime publically available - beyond just IACP members Support DoJ collecting data from every federal law enforcement agency Support FBI Field Office and FBI Resident Agent offices keeping track of law enforcement agencies in their jurisdictions that are substantially underreporting hate crimes, communicate directly with them, and take more responsibility for their participation in the Bureaus HCSA program. The success of this outreach should be taken into account as part of a Field Offices evaluation, with recognition for improved reporting and ineffective cooperative communication with police departments on hate crime reporting factored in as part of the Special Agent in Charges rating Support DoJ and the FBI working cooperatively with police organizations and departments to promote and increase funding for the FBIs National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) crime reporting program and increase real-time reporting and transparency by integrating hate crime data collection information in the promising Police Data Initiative promoted by the Task Force on 21st Century Policing. Support DoJ ensuring implementation and compliance with the Death in Custody Reporting Act. DoJ must also advance the FBIs National Use of Force database. Support DoJ undertaking a comprehensive research study to understand gaps in hate crime reporting by law enforcement agencies, including why law enforcement agencies dont report, barriers to reporting by hate crime victims, and identification of best practices in hate crime training, data collection, and reporting Support DoJ seeking budget authority for grants authorized under Section 4704 of the HCPA, which are intended to promote federal coordination and support for bias-motivated criminal investigations and prosecutions by state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials Support budget authority for the Justice Departments Community Relations Service to allow for the hiring of new professionals to help mediate, train, and facilitate in communities with intergroup tensions and in the aftermath of hate crimes Support DoJ opposing legislation to add police, firefighters, emergency medical personnel, or other first responders to federal hate crime laws Support DoJ promoting anti-bias education, hate crime prevention, and properly crafted anti-bullying, cyberbullying, and harassment education and training initiatives. While some of these actions are protected free speech, understanding this context and creating effective responses is critical to hate crime prevention Support DoJ planning additional regional training sessions - focused on jurisdictions that are underreporting hate crimes and where incidents appear to be on the rise - to enhance law enforcements ability to recognize, investigate, and report accurate data on hate crimes, as well as to build community trust and help educate and engage the public in combatting hate crimes. The Department should highlight the availability of the FBIs hate crime training manual that included particularized attention to identifying and combatting hate crimes directed against marginalized, targeted communities, including LGBT people, Muslims, Arabs, Sikhs, and Hindus Support DoJ continuing its enforcement of its civil rights statutes that protect the rights of religious communities to build places of worship and practice their religions safely Support DoJ reaffirming its commitment to implicit bias training for all federal law enforcement officials and expand that training to include local law enforcement Support DoJ developing and promoting cultural competency trainings Support DoJ undertaking a thorough review of all trainings and trainers; those that are found to be biased and bigoted must be revoked and all personnel who went through those trainings must be retrained. Each step of this process must use professional standards and always include engagement of the impacted communities in question Support publicly embracing our nations core values of religious diversity and pluralism and reject hatred and intolerance Oppose Stivers Amendment #24 to FY 2018 Appropriations which would shift funding away from private fair housing enforcement Support funding for Hurricane Harvey recovery that is not offset by cuts to other programs; Support agencies distributing funding for Harvey recovery efforts in accordance with laws intended to protect the civil rights of all Americans Oppose any to repeal, replace, or modify any of the regulations or significant guidance documents which may result in fewer civil rights protections for all students Support amendment # 29 by Reps. DeLauro, Frankel, and Scott (VA) to HR 3345, which would allow the EEOC to move forward with updating its EEO-1 form to collect information from employers relative to employees earnings and hours worked. Support Members of Congress declining to speak at the ACT for America conference and release a statement denouncing anti-Muslim bigotry Support HR 2611, legislation making Little Rock Central High School a National Monument Support S J Res 49, condemning the violence and domestic terrorism that took place in Charlottesville, VA between August 11- August 12, 2017

Oppose S 283

Support a lifting of the budget sequester for FY 17 & FY 18 for non-defense domestic discretionary programs that provide services to children and families. Oppose cuts to important programs including ACA, CHIP, SNAP, EITC, CTC, SSI and other programs which serve children, babies, toddlers, and youth. Oppose any cuts to the SNAP program Oppose increasing poultry line speed from 140 bpm (birds per minute) to 175 bpm Oppose expansion of the H-2A program and the creation of a new guestworker program. Oppose the push to deport undocumented workers and import exploitable guestworkers. Oppose the Newhouse (WA) amendment to the House Appropriations spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security on July 18, which would open up the uncapped H-2A program to year-round jobs. Oppose efforts by Congressman Goodlatte (VA) to replace the H-2A program with a new agricultural visa system. Support the Agricultural Worker Program Act of 2017, authored by Senator Feinstein and Representative Gutierrez, which would provide undocumented agricultural workers and their family members with a path to immigration status and citizenship.

Support a lifting of the budget sequester for FY 17 & FY 18 for non-defense domestic discretionary programs that provide services to children and families. Oppose cuts to important programs including ACA, CHIP, SNAP, EITC, CTC, SSI and other programs which serve children, babies, toddlers, and youth. Oppose HR 1628, the Healthcare Marketplace Overhaul Support release by all Presidential candidates of their tax returns from the previous 5 years once they declare their candidacy. Support the Working Families Tax Relief Act, by Senators Brown (OH) Bennet (CO) and Durbin (IL) / Support S 1371

Support Wall Street Reform; support the CFPB. Oppose attempts to weaken Dodd-Frank Oppose HR 5, the Regulatory Accountability Act; Oppose HR 78, the SEC Accountability Act; Oppose HR 238, the Commodity End User Relief Act Oppose proposed OCC white paper proposing the issuance of a special purpose national bank charter to financial technology (fintech) companies Support restoration of language to the FFHA form mortgage contract that promotes compliance with regulations addressing foreclosure alternatives Support expanded protections for borrowers with limited English proficiency in the CFPBs debt collection rule Support a single Director of the CFPB; oppose changing the leadership of the CFPB to a commission Support Section 1033 of the Dodd Frank Act regarding consumer access to data Oppose H. J. Res. 62; Support CFPB Prepaid Card rule Oppose H. J. Res. 62; H.J. Res. 73; and S. J. Res. 19, bills using CRA to repeal CFPB transparency rules on prepaid cards. Support Congresswoman Waters Comprehensive Consumer Credit Reporting Reform Act Oppose delay in fiduciary rule / Support implementation of the rule. Support the Administration taking immediate steps to shore up the capital position of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Support the S. 838, the Protecting Americans from Credit Entanglements Act of 2017 Oppose proposed 6-month extension of the effective date for complying with the CFPBs final prepaid accounts rule Support HR 970, the Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act Oppose any proposals that weaken controls on harmful financial practices in the name of "economic growth". Support a review and amendment of the Bank Secrecy Act and Anti Money Laundering rules compliance Oppose changes to the funding stream or management structure of the CFPB Oppose Financial CHOICE Act / Oppose HR 10 Oppose HR 1849, weakening the FDCPA by allowing attorneys who are acting as debt collectors to ignore current consumer protection laws around debt collection Support CFPBs efforts to reconcile the requirements of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) to facilitate accurate data reporting by lenders who may not be required to report HMDA data every year. Support expansion of data collection to include auto refinance loans, requiring adverse action notices even where counteroffers are accepted by the applicant, and expanding record retention requirements to brokers and dealers Oppose section 841 of the Financial CHOICE Act, which prohibits implementation of the Fiduciary Rule Support strengthening the CFPBs proposed remittance rule by requiring the CFPB to focus on: I. The extent to which prices for remittances have been changed as the result of the new remittance rules; whether prices for remittances are uniform across different communities; and whether the price variations, if any, are the result of true competition, or the lack of competition, particularly in poor neighborhoods. II. Whether the exceptions allowed by the CFPB for the disclosure of the amounts to be received by the designated recipient (the Total to Recipient) a) continue to be necessary, b) have caused problems for remittance senders, and c) should be changed. III. Whether it is still appropriate and necessary to provide that the remittance provider has no duty to correct errors that are related to the deposit of funds in the wrong account because of the senders mistake. IV. Whether the required disclosures should be provided in more foreign languages and in more circumstances. Support more gender and racial and ethnic diversity at the federal reserve Support a national 36% interest rate cap on all loans Express concern that the Duty to Serve plans as proposed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac do not include enough specific, measurable loan purchase objectives and that the objectives in the plans comprise too few loan purchases in these underserved markets Oppose S. 1310 / HR 2954, the Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act which excludes many more financial institutions from complying with the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Oppose HR 2133, the Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief (CLEARR) Act of 2017, which would rewrite the Fair Housing Act of 1968 and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to make it significantly harder for victims of discrimination to obtain relief. Pose a number of hard questions during the confirmation hearing of Randy Quarles to the federal reserve Support the qualified mortgage rule ("QM"); the QM rule is important; the constrained lending environment is due to factors other than QM, and they should be addressed rather than weakening QM Oppose repeal or weakening of Section 1071 of Dodd Frank, which requires the CFPB to collect and disclose small business lending data Oppose HR 3299 / S 1642, bills to reverse the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Madden v. Midland and allow nonbank lenders to use bank partnerships to overrule state and local interest rate caps Support efforts by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to establish clear Affordable Housing Goals for serving low / very low income communities; Support Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac meeting and enforcing benchmark and market metrics; support FHFA increasing it enforcement of the Affordable Housing Goals Support increasing single family purchase benchmark levels to at least 27% Support the expeditious and thorough implementation of Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act, which requires modifies the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) to require financial institutions to collect and report information about credit applications by women-owned, minority-owned, and small businesses. Support legislation introduced by Senator Durbin (IL), and Congressman Cartwright (PA), the Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act. This legislation establishes a national 36% rate cap on small dollar loans. Support the Equal Employment for All Act, introduced by Senator Warren Support the Ellison amendment to HR 3354 which eliminates the ills prohibition on allowing the CFPB to regulate small dollar loans. Support the Ellison amendment to HR 3354 which eliminates the bills provisions which would place the CFPB under the appropriations process. Oppose HJRes 111, disapproving the CFPB's prohibition on forced arbitration in the financial services area.

Support the Administration working closely with insurers and state insurance officials to ensure maximum participation in the ACA, and also issuing a regulation that empowers the Administration to negotiate with insurance companies. Support Congress moving beyond trying to repeal the ACA and instead working in a bipartisan fashion t0: guarantee funding for cost-sharing reductions (CSRs); restore premium stabilization programs; and ensure continued funding for outreach and enrollment assistance

Support FCC Commission Clyburns Solutions 2020 Call to Action Plan Support Lifeline reform adopted in March 2016 Oppose Wireline Competition Bureaus Order on reconsideration issued 2/3/2017 Oppose the Wireline Competition Bureau Lifeline Broadband Provider revocation order. Oppose S J Res 34, the Broadband Privacy Disapproval CRA Concerned about the possible impact of the FCCs Net Neutrality rulemaking on the Lifeline programs support for broadband service. Oppose the FCCs proposal to weaken the copper retirement rules; oppose the preemption of state and local governments regarding the retirement of copper facilities. Support the FCC adopting open Internet rules which do not block, do not throttle (slow down), do not promote "unreasonable discrimination" (e.g. fast lanes, slow lanes), and do provide full transparency. Support the FCC establishing sound legal basis for the rule, following the blueprint laid out by the DC Circuit based on Section 706 of the Act (e.g. Title I). Support maintaining Lifeline for Broadband; support focusing on job creating investment and closing the digital divide Oppose any proposal to delay or eliminate broadcaster diversity reporting obligations Support the FCC Lifeline program

Support HR 2258, the Accelerating Individuals into the Workforce Act

Oppose the petition filed by six truck companies seeking exemptions from the drug testing regulations administered by the Department of Transportation (DOT) and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). If granted, the exemptions would permit the companies to test a hair specimen of a prospective driver in lieu of urine, in order to screen for substance abuse. Oppose HR 2851, the Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues Act (SISTA) of 2017 Support the Ellison amendment to HR 3354 to prohibit entering into contract with companies that willfully or repeatedly violate the Fair Labor Standards Act

Oppose the Executive Order, signed 6/17/2017 regarding US policies towards Cuba. Oppose the Yoho amendment to HR 3354 to prohibit contributions to the UN Human Rights Council, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights or the UN Relief and Works Agency.

Support S. 1262, the Fairness for Struggling Students Act, which repeals the 2005 change to the bankruptcy code and restores the availability of bankruptcy relief for private student loans and treating those loans like other forms of private debt such as credit card debt

Support that federal priorities must (1) protect and assist low-income and vulnerable people; (2) invest in broadly shared economic growth and jobs; (3) increase revenues from fair sources; and (4) seek savings from reducing waste in the Pentagon and elsewhere. Oppose Steve Mnuchin for Treasury Secretary Support a lifting of the budget sequester for FY 17 & FY 18 for non-defense domestic discretionary programs that provide services to children and families. Support a uniform, sustainable maximum interest rate cap on all loans Support HR 40, which looks into the various reparations proposals for African Americanz

Oppose HR 620, the ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017 Support an individual with a proven track record in aggressively pursuing the civil and rights and liberties of all people being nominated to the position of Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Support faster, more robust investigations into possible hate crimes Support programs to end human slavery and trafficking Support funding for Juvenile Justice programs in Fy18 Support funding in FY2018 for federal innocence and forensic science programs Support the Byrne JAG program Support the Smart on Crime Initiative Support H.R. 1809 / S. 860, reauthorizing the JJDPA Support S. 573 / H.R. 1886 the National Criminal Justice Commission Act Support HR 1437, the No Money Bail Act Support S. 662 / H.R.1566, to provide incentives for hate crime reporting, grants for State-run hate crime hotlines, a Federal private right of action for victims of hate crimes, and additional penalties for individuals convicted under the Matthew Shephard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. Support the Police Training and Independent Review Act of 2017 (S. 814 / H.R. 1870). Support the End Racial and Religious Profilinng / End Racial Profiling Act S. 411 / H.R. 1498 Support the CAM TIP Act, H.R. 124 Oppose HR 985, the Fairness in Class Action Litigation and Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act of 2017. Support an increase in law enforcement integrity and trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve. Support national uniform standards for use of force by law enforcement Support move to eliminate racially disparate prosecution. Support requirement of video surveillance of all law enforcement interactions with civilians Support the establishment of independent and effective community civilian review boards to review police activity Support sentencing reform, especially for non-violent offenders Oppose all mandatory minimum sentences Support abolition of the federal death penalty Support the "Youth Promise Act" Oppose the federal mandate that calls for driver's licenses of all individuals convicted of any drug offense to be suspended for a minimum of 6 month Support full federal funding for the Violence Against Women Act, the Victims of Crime Act, and the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act Support the Due Process Act (Civil Asset Reform) HR 1795 Support raising the expungement rate of non-violent drug offenders from age 21 / Support HR 2617 Support resolution declaring April, 2017, to be Second Chance Month / Support S Res 129 / Support H Res 281 Support funding for several issues, including implicit bias and other training, data collection and reform, and CRT and COPS police reform efforts in the FY18 budget Oppose HR 115, mandating additional death penalty penalties for killing or ambushing a police officer Oppose HR 1038 / HR 1039, the Probation Officer Protection Act as it gives broad arrest authority; it is unnecessary; it would be dangerous; it would inhibit successful reentry; and there are alternatives. Support the Reverse Incarceration Act, by Senator Booker / Support S 1458 Oppose HR 2851, the Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues Act (SISTA) of 2017 Oppose H.R. 3003, the No Sanctuary for Criminals Act which would go after localities with limited detainer policies (aimed at complying with the Constitution), sanctuary city policies and community trust policies by threatening to take away millions of dollars in federal funding for law enforcement. Oppose H.R. 3004, Kates Law would expand the governments ability to prosecute people for illegal reentry in to the U.S. and heighten the penalties in those cases. This bill would further Attorney General Sessions goals of criminalizing all immigrants and expanding mass incarceration. Support criminal justice legislative reforms aimed at meaningfully addressing the primary drivers of unwarranted racial disparities, prison overcrowding, harsh sentences and unsustainable costs Support reforms of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to make it more respective of basic civil rights and civil liberties Oppose HR 38 / S 446, the (Constitutional) Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017 Oppose S 59 / HR 367, the Hearing Protection Act of 2017 Support H. Res. 285, a resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress and the President should empower the creation of police and community alliances designed to enhance and improve communication and collaboration between members of the law enforcement community and the public they serve. Support HR 2899, the Second Chance Reauthorization Support S 1458, the Reverse Mass Incarceration Act. Oppose HR 115, expanding aggravating factors when considering the death penalty. Oppose HR 1215, Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Limitations. Oppose nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the US Supreme Court Oppose changing the rules of the US Senate to enable the confirmation of a US Supreme Court Justice by a simple majority0

Oppose HR 113. Oppose HR 634. Former is legislation to terminate the Presidential Election Campaign Fund, Former is to terminate the Election Assistance Commission Support a single Director of the CFPB; oppose changing the leadership of the CFPB to a commission Oppose Executive Order titled Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Cost, which requires an agency to rescind 2 regulations for every new 1 Supports OMB revoking the Interim Guidance of Section 2 of the EO entitled Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Cost Support Section 1033 of the Dodd Frank Act regarding consumer access to datad February 9, 2017, focusing on public safety Support a robust Federal data source which is accurate and open to all Oppose H.R. 634, the Election Assistance Commission Termination Act Support the Government By the People Act, HR 20 Support a Department of Peace; support HR 1111 Support release by all Presidential candidates of their tax returns from the previous 5 years once they declare their candidacy. Support $1.35 billion for FY 2017 for the Census Bureau Support disaggregation of data on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Support revising the Standards Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity. Support the collection of race and ethnicity data through a combined question format. Support the addition of a new ethnic category for persons of Middle Eastern and North African origin. Support that the Standards state more clearly and directly that the major race and ethnicity categories represent the minimum reporting categories agencies must use if they collect this information through self-reporting methods. Support adding south or central American subgroups to the description of the American Indian or Alaska Native category. Support the removal of the term negro and Far East from the Standards. Support the removal of all other races from forms, descriptions, etc. Oppose Nomination of Tennessee State Senator Mark Green to be Secretary of the Army Support the prompt nomination of a highly qualified and well respected professional to serve as the next Director of the US Census Support existing Civil Rights Programs Oppose Lee Francis Cissna for Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Support the 2017 Do No Harm Act / Support HR 3222 Support National Week to register voters with disabilities Support the Automatic Voter Registration Act of 2017 in both the House (H.R. 2876) and the Senate (S. 1353) Oppose the Executive Order, signed 5/4/2017, easing IRS enforcement of the Johnson Amendment, which bans churches from engaging in political speech. Oppose the Executive Order, signed 5/11/2017, establishing a commission, led by Vice President Mike Pence, to investigate allegations of voter fraud and voter suppression in the U.S. voting process. The commission, called the "Presidential Commission on Election Integrity," is co-chaired by Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach. Oppose the Executive Order, signed 6/17/2017 regarding US policies towards Cuba. Support the Voter Empowerment Act, HR 12 / S. 1437 Support the Voting Rights Advancement Act, H.R. 2978 / S. 1419

Support the S. 838, the Protecting Americans from Credit Entanglements Act of 2017 Support full funding for LIHEAP

Support S. 1262, the Fairness for Struggling Students Act, which repeals the 2005 change to the bankruptcy code and restores the availability of bankruptcy relief for private student loans and treating those loans like other forms of private debt such as credit card debt

Oppose allowing religious institutions to discriminate in hiring when using public monies. Support the 2017 Do No Harm Act / Support HR 3222 Oppose the Executive Order, signed 5/4/2017, easing IRS enforcement of the Johnson Amendment, which bans churches from engaging in political speech.

Oppose the Executive Order, signed 6/17/2017 regarding US policies towards Cuba.

Oppose H J Res 42, which repeals a bipartisan rule prohibiting drug testing or some UI recipients Support HR 244, the Honoring Investments in Recruiting and Employing Military Veterans Act of 2017

Oppose school vouchers Oppose H.J. Res. 57 and H Res. 58, which apply the CRA to ESSA Accountability standards Oppose rescission of Title IX guidance clarifying protections for transgender students Oppose HR 620, the ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017 Support the important role of the Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Education, the responsibilities of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, and the need to ensure robust oversight and enforcement of federal nondiscrimination law. Oppose any change to limit the scope, frequency, or public accessibility of civil rights data collection. Oppose the Reauthorization of the DC School Voucher Program Support protecting current student loan programs. Support strengthening Pell grant Program. Oppose SOAR Act; Oppose DC Vouchers Support H.R. 1127, the Student Loan Fairness Act of 2017 Support the HBCU Investment Act, HR 1080 Support a thorough and robust review of every state ESSA plan submitted, and approval should be only after it has met strict criteria. Support CFPB's proposed data collection on student loan servicers Oppose Candice Jackson for Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the Department of Education Support the CFPB to protect student loan borrowers Oppose the proposed elimination of a question in the 2017 National Survey of Childrens Health regarding whether a child between ages 3-5 was suspended or expelled in preschool. Oppose proposed cuts in the proposed budget by President Trump for FY2018 to the teacher training ($2.4 billion in grants to states for preparing and training teachers and school leaders and $43 million in grants to colleges for teacher preparation); $1.2 billion for after-school and summer programs (the budget would eliminate the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program, which currently provides $1.2 billion in grants for after-school and summer programs. Grant recipients include school districts, churches, and nonprofit groups which serve more than 1.6 million children nation-wide); $66 million in impact aid to offset tax revenue losses that communities face when they have federal properties in their bounds; and the scaling back or complete elimination of the federal TRIO and GEAR UP programs that help low-income students prepare and prepare for college; and the Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant, a $732 million program that provided aid to 1.6 million students in the 2014-15 academic year, is also on the chopping block. Oppose the Proposal in President Trump's budget for FY2018 to increase by $168 million for charter schools - 50% above the current level, as well as a new $250 million private school choice program (vouchers). Support H.R. 2452 / S. 1135, the Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act Support the HBCU Investment Expansion Act / Support H.R. 1080 Support S. 1262, the Fairness for Struggling Students Act, which repeals the 2005 change to the bankruptcy code and restores the availability of bankruptcy relief for private student loans and treating those loans like other forms of private debt such as credit card debt

Support Wall Street Reform; support the CFPB. Oppose attempts to weaken Dodd-Frank Oppose HR 5, the Regulatory Accountability Act; Oppose HR 78, the SEC Accountability Act; Oppose HR 238, the Commodity End User Relief Act Oppose proposed OCC white paper proposing the issuance of a special purpose national bank charter to financial technology (fintech) companies. Support restoration of language to the FHA form mortgage contract that promotes compliance with regulations addressing foreclosure alternatives Support expanded protections for borrowers with limited English proficiency in the CFPBs debt collection rule Support a single Director of the CFPB; oppose changing the leadership of the CFPB to a commission Support Section 1033 of the Dodd Frank Act regarding consumer access to data Oppose H. J. Res. 62; Support CFPB Prepaid Card rule Support Congresswoman Waters Comprehensive Consumer Credit Reporting Reform Act Oppose delay in fiduciary rule Support the Administration taking immediate steps to shore up the capital position of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Support S. 838, the Protecting Americans from Credit Entanglements Act of 2017 Oppose proposed 6-month extension of the effective date for complying with the CFPBs final prepaid accounts rule Support HR 970, the Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act Oppose any proposals that weaken controls on harmful financial practices in the name of "economic growth". Support a review and amendment of the Bank Secrecy Act and Anti Money Laundering rules compliance Support the CFPB Oppose changes to the funding stream or management structure of the CFPB Oppose Financial CHOICE Act / Oppose HR 10 Oppose HR 1849, weakening the FDCPA by allowing attorneys who are acting as debt collectors to ignore current consumer protection laws around debt collection Support CFPBs efforts to reconcile the requirements of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) to facilitate accurate data reporting by lenders who may not be required to report HMDA data every year. Support expansion of data collection to include auto refinance loans, requiring adverse action notices even where counteroffers are accepted by the applicant, and expanding record retention requirements to brokers and dealers Oppose section 841 of the Financial CHOICE Act, which prohibits implementation of the Fiduciary Rule" Support insisting that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac must rebuild their capital buffers in order to protect against the foreseeable risk to the housing market of any short-term operating losses requiring a draw from the US Treasury. Support strengthening the CFPBs proposed remittance rule by requiring the CFPB to focus on: I. The extent to which prices for remittances have been changed as the result of the new remittance rules; whether prices for remittances are uniform across different communities; and whether the price variations, if any, are the result of true competition, or the lack of competition, particularly in poor neighborhoods. II. Whether the exceptions allowed by the CFPB for the disclosure of the amounts to be received by the designated recipient (the Total to Recipient) a) continue to be necessary, b) have caused problems for remittance senders, and c) should be changed. III. Whether it is still appropriate and necessary to provide that the remittance provider has no duty to correct errors that are related to the deposit of funds in the wrong account because of the senders mistake. IV. Whether the required disclosures should be provided in more foreign languages and in more circumstances. Support more gender and racial and ethnic diversity at the federal reserve Support a national 36% interest rate cap on all loans

Oppose Scott Pruitt for EPA Administrator

Oppose repeal of the Affordable Care Act, defunding Planned Parenthood & block granting Medicaid Oppose ACA repeal, oppose Medicaid block grants / per capita caps / defunding of Planned Parenthood Support legislative hearings on any sweeping changes to ACA and / or Medicaid and / or Medicare Oppose HR 1628, the American Health Care Act Oppose the Better Care Reconciliation Act Support the Department of Health & Human Services and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services taking administrative action to ensure that every American continues to be able to participate in the Health Insurance Marketplaces created by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Support the Administration working closely with insurers and state insurance officials to ensure maximum participation in the ACA, and also issuing a regulation that empowers the Administration to negotiate with insurance companies.

Support HR 2258, the Accelerating Individuals into the Workforce Act

Support Wall Street Reform; support the CFPB. Oppose attempts to weaken Dodd-Frank Oppose HR 5, the Regulatory Accountability Act; Oppose HR 78, the SEC Accountability Act; Oppose HR 238, the Commodity End User Relief Act Oppose proposed OCC white paper proposing the issuance of a special purpose national bank charter to financial technology (fintech) companies Support restoration of language to the FFHA form mortgage contract that promotes compliance with regulations addressing foreclosure alternatives Support expanded protections for borrowers with limited English proficiency in the CFPBs debt collection rule Support a single Director of the CFPB; oppose changing the leadership of the CFPB to a commission Support Section 1033 of the Dodd Frank Act regarding consumer access to data Oppose H. J. Res. 62; Support CFPB Prepaid Card rule Oppose H. J. Res. 62; H.J. Res. 73; and S. J. Res. 19, bills using CRA to repeal CFPB transparency rules on prepaid cards. Support Congresswoman Waters Comprehensive Consumer Credit Reporting Reform Act Oppose delay in fiduciary rule / Support Support the Administration taking immediate steps to shore up the capital position of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Support the S. 838, the Protecting Americans from Credit Entanglements Act of 2017 Oppose proposed 6-month extension of the effective date for complying with the CFPBs final prepaid accounts rule Support HR 970, the Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act Oppose any proposals that weaken controls on harmful financial practices in the name of "economic growth". Support a review and amendment of the Bank Secrecy Act and Anti Money Laundering rules compliance Support the CFPB Oppose changes to the funding stream or management structure of the CFPB Oppose Financial CHOICE Act / Oppose HR 10 Oppose HR 1849, weakening the FDCPA by allowing attorneys who are acting as debt collectors to ignore current consumer protection laws around debt collection Support CFPBs efforts to reconcile the requirements of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) to facilitate accurate data reporting by lenders who may not be required to report HMDA data every year. Support expansion of data collection to include auto refinance loans, requiring adverse action notices even where counteroffers are accepted by the applicant, and expanding record retention requirements to brokers and dealers Oppose section 841 of the Financial CHOICE Act, which prohibits implementation of the Fiduciary Rule Support insisting that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac must rebuild their capital buffers in order to protect against the foreseeable risk to the housing market of any short-term operating losses requiring a draw from the U.S. Treasury Support strengthening the CFPBs proposed remittance rule by requiring the CFPB to focus on: I. The extent to which prices for remittances have been changed as the result of the new remittance rules; whether prices for remittances are uniform across different communities; and whether the price variations, if any, are the result of true competition, or the lack of competition, particularly in poor neighborhoods. II. Whether the exceptions allowed by the CFPB for the disclosure of the amounts to be received by the designated recipient (the Total to Recipient) a) continue to be necessary, b) have caused problems for remittance senders, and c) should be changed. III. Whether it is still appropriate and necessary to provide that the remittance provider has no duty to correct errors that are related to the deposit of funds in the wrong account because of the senders mistake. IV. Whether the required disclosures should be provided in more foreign languages and in more circumstances. Support more gender and racial and ethnic diversity at the federal reserve Support a national 36% interest rate cap on all loans

Support FCC Commission Clyburns Solutions 2020 Call to Action Plan Oppose S J Res 34, the Broadband Privacy Disapproval CRA Concerned about the possible impact of the FCCs Net Neutrality rulemaking on the Lifeline programs support for broadband service. Oppose the FCCs proposal to weaken the copper retirement rules; oppose the preemption of state and local governments regarding the retirement of copper facilities.

Support a lifting of the budget sequester for FY 17 & FY 18 for non-defense domestic discretionary programs that provide services to children and families. Oppose cuts to important programs including ACA, CHIP, SNAP, EITC, CTC, SSI and other programs which serve children, babies, toddlers, and youth. Oppose HR 1628, the Healthcare Marketplace Overhaul Support release by all Presidential candidates of their tax returns from the previous 5 years once they declare their candidacy. Support the Working Families Tax Relief Act, by Senators Brown (OH) Bennet (CO) and Durbin (IL) / Support S 1371

Oppose HR 1181, Veterans Firearms bill Support more robust background checks Support the "no-fly / no-buy" proposal Support increasing penalties for straw purchasers support a ban on the sale or transfer of automatic weapons and ammunition Oppose HR 38 / S 446, the (Constitutional) Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017 Oppose S 59 / HR 367, the Hearing Protection Act of 2017 Support Requiring universal background checks on all gun sales and transfers; Ban military-style semi-automatic assault guns and military high capacity ammunition clips; Enact tough new criminal penalties for straw purchasers and gun traffickers; Ban suspects on the terror watch list from purchasing firearms; Allow the Center for Disease Control to research gun violence as a major public health issue; Maintain current law requiring background checks and permits for gun silencers; Allow states to maintain and enforce their own concealed carry laws; Require microstamping or ballistic fingerprinting of all new firearms and ammunition sold in the U.S.; Repeal all state stand your ground laws; Encourage local jurisdictions to utilize their buyer power to create incentives for firearm manufacturers to employ countermarketing strategies to ensure that their retailers are using all available procedures to prevent illegal firearms diversion.

Oppose using the Congressional Review Act to repeal the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order Oppose S. 345, the Workplace Advancement Act Oppose delay in fiduciary rule" Support HR 947 / S 337, the "FAMILY" Act, calling for paid medical leave Oppose H. J. Res. 37, which would apply the repeal authority of the Congressional Review Act to the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order. Support the Paycheck Fairness Act, S. 819 / H.R. 1869 Support a prohibition on credit checks by potential employers unless it directly impacts the job Support the prohibition on questions about previous incarceration by potential employers Suport unions Support implementation of a revised EEO-1 form Support letter by Senators Booker, Gillibrand & Murray to OMB Director Mulvaney in support of the updated EEO-1 pay data form. Oppose section 841 of the Financial CHOICE Act, which prohibits implementation of the Fiduciary Rule Support the Pay Equity for All Act, which prohibits employers from relying on the salary history of prospective employees when making hiring and pay decisions (support HR 2418) Oppose transferring functions of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs from Dept. of Labor to the EEOC Oppose the elimination, de-funding, underfunding of the Womens Bureau at the Department of Labor Support the Schedules that Work Act, by Sen. Warren / Congresswoman DeLauro / Support S. 1386 / H.R. 2942 Oppose the Paid Family and Medical Leave proposal put forth by President Trump in his FY2018 Budget proposal Oppose the elimination of funding for the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act (WANTO) program Oppose the Harris (MD) amendment to the Commerce-Justice-State Appropriations bill for FY 2018 which would prohibit the EEOC from implementing the updated EEO-1 form. Support wage protections for Defense Department contractors who are paid at an hourly rate. Support the Raise the Wage Act / Support HR 15 & S 1242 Oppose H, J, Res. 66, a resolution of disapproval to nullify a rule by the previous Department of Labor that exempts certain state-administered retirement programs from select federal regulations

Support the Administration working closely with insurers and state insurance officials to ensure maximum participation in the ACA, and also issuing a regulation that empowers the Administration to negotiate with insurance companies.

Oppose delay in fiduciary rule Support H.R. 1251, the CPI-E bill Oppose H, J, Res. 66, a resolution of disapproval to nullify a rule by the previous Department of Labor that exempts certain state-administered retirement programs from select federal regulations

Oppose the petition filed by six truck companies seeking exemptions from the drug testing regulations administered by the Department of Transportation (DOT) and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). If granted, the exemptions would permit the companies to test a hair specimen of a prospective driver in lieu of urine, in order to screen for substance abuse.

Oppose S 283

Support FCC Commission Clyburns Solutions 2020 Call to Action Plan Support Lifeline reform adopted in March 2016 Oppose Wireline Competition Bureaus Order on reconsideration issued 2/3/2017 Oppose the Wireline Competition Bureau Lifeline Broadband Provider revocation order. Oppose S J Res 34, the Broadband Privacy Disapproval CRA Concerned about the possible impact of the FCCs Net Neutrality rulemaking on the Lifeline programs support for broadband service. Oppose the FCCs proposal to weaken the copper retirement rules; oppose the preemption of state and local governments regarding the retirement of copper facilities.

Oppose S. 33, and any other blocking new parks bills or attempts to repeal protections for new parks and monuments Support the Antiquities Act; Oppose the executive Order calling for a review of every national monument / park designation made by President Obama.

Oppose Nomination of Tennessee State Senator Mark Green to be Secretary of the Army. Support wage protections for Defense Department contractors who are paid at an hourly rate.

Oppose the Reauthorization of the DC School Voucher Program Oppose SOAR Act; Oppose DC Vouchers Support DC Statehood; support HR 1291 / S 1278 Support full voting rights for the people of DC Oppose riders to appropriations bill which may be in opposition to the expressed desires of the residents of the District of Columbia, as expressed in elections

Support the End Racial and Religious Profiling Act / End Racial Profiling Act (S. 411 / HR 1498) Oppose rescission of Title IX guidance clarifying protections for transgender students Oppose anti-fair housing / anti geo-spatial amendments Support the important role of the Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Education, the responsibilities of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, and the need to ensure robust oversight and enforcement of federal nondiscrimination law. Oppose any change to limit the scope, frequency, or public accessibility of civil rights data collection Support HR 970, the Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act Support HR 1242 / S 394, the 400 years of African American History Commission Act Support H.R. 40, to create a commission to study reparations proposals Support the preservation of affirmative action programs Support the Pay Equity for All Act, which prohibits employers from relying on the salary history of prospective employees when making hiring and pay decisions. Oppose transferring functions of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs from Dept. of Labor to the EEOC Support existing Civil Rights Programs Support the 2017 Do No Harm Act / Support HR 3222 Support more gender and racial and ethnic diversity at the federal reserve Support reforms of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to make it more respective of basic civil rights and civil liberties

Support HR 947 / S 337, the "FAMILY" Act, calling for paid medical leave Oppose H. J. Res. 43, a resolution which applies the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to repeal a rule issued on December 9, 2016, by the US Department of Health and Human Services which updates the Title X Family Planning program Support the Schedules that Work Act, by Sen. Warren / Congresswoman DeLauro / Support S. 1386 / H.R. 2942 Oppose the Paid Family and Medical Leave proposal put forth by President Trump in his FY2018 Budget proposal. Support HR 2847, Expanding foster care benefits Support HR 2866. calling for the establishment of foster family home licensing standards

Support maintaining ACA Patient Protections and Access to Prescription drugs Support S. 469 / HR 1245, the Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act Support Klobuchar Amendment #178 to S. Con. 3 which established a deficit neutral fund relating to lower drug prices for Americans by importing prescription drugs from Canada. Support Wyden amendment #188 to S Con Res 3 creating a point of order against legislation that does not lower drug prices.

Support H.R. 1251, the CPI-E bill Oppose HR 1181, Veterans Firearms bill Support HR 244, the Honoring Investments in Recruiting and Employing Military Veterans Act of 2017 Support HR 2258, legislation allowing active duty members of the military to be exempt from certain driving test requirements when obtaining a commercial drivers license.

Oppose Scott Pruitt for EPA Administrator

Oppose the petition filed by six truck companies seeking exemptions from the drug testing regulations administered by the Department of Transportation (DOT) and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). If granted, the exemptions would permit the companies to test a hair specimen of a prospective driver in lieu of urine, in order to screen for substance abuse. Oppose HR 2851, the Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues Act (SISTA) of 2017

Oppose an Article V Convention

Support that federal priorities must (1) protect and assist low-income and vulnerable people; (2) invest in broadly shared economic growth and jobs; (3) increase revenues from fair sources; and (4) seek savings from reducing waste in the Pentagon and elsewhere. Supports OMB revoking the Interim Guidance of Section 2 of the EO entitled Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Cost Support a lifting of the budget sequester for FY 17 & FY 18 for non-defense domestic discretionary programs that provide services to children and families. Oppose cuts to important programs including ACA, CHIP, SNAP, EITC, CTC, SSI and other programs which serve children, babies, toddlers, and youth. Support lifting the existing budget caps and fully fund affordable housing programs Support funding for Juvenile Justice programs in Fy18 Support funding in FY2018 for federal innocence and forensic science programs Support funding for key justice assistance grant programs within DoJ, including the Office of Justice Programs, the COPS program, and the Violence Against Women Program in any remaining appropriations bill for FY 2017. Support federal funding for homeless children and youth Support the Byrne JAG program Support funding for the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program at a total of $2.465 billion in FY2018; support that the CDC Division of HIV Prevention receive a total of $822.7 million in FY2018; support that the CDC Division of Adolescent and School Health receive a total of $50 million in FY2018; support that the CDCs Division of STD Prevention receive a total of $192.3 million in FY2018; support that the CDCs Division of Viral Hepatitis receive a total of $70 million in FY2018; support that the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program receive a total of $130 million in FY2018; support that funding be completely eliminated for failed and incomplete abstinence-only-until-marriage sexual risk avoidance education program and the Title V abstinence education state grant program in FY2018; support maintaining the current appropriations language that allows access to syringe services in those jurisdictions that are experiencing or at risk for a significant increase in HIV or hepatitis infections due to injection drug use; support that HIV research at the NIH receive a total of $3.225 billion in FY2018; support that the Housing for People with AIDS program be funded at $385 million in FY2018; support that the Minority HIV / AIDS Initiative be funded at $610 million in FY2018 Oppose ideological policy riders on FY2018 Appropriations bills Oppose provisions in the Trumps 2018 Budget proposal which affects the treatment, prevention, and research into AIDS. Specifically: oppose cuts to funding for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention HIV Prevention programs, including HIV School Health, by 149 million dollars; oppose the elimination of the Ryan White HIV / AIDS program AIDS Education and training Centers and Special Projects of National Significance; Oppose the elimination of the Health and Human Services Secretarys Minority AIDS Initiative Fund and oppose cuts to Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Minority AIDS Initiative funding by $18 million; oppose cuts to Housing and Urban Developments Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS program by $26 million; oppose cuts to funding for the National Institutes of Health AIDS Research by $550 million; oppose cuts to CDC STD Prevention programs by $22 million; and oppose the elimination of the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program while continuing funding for failed abstinence-only until marriage grants. Oppose riders to appropriations bill which may be in opposition to the expressed desires of the residents of the District of Columbia, as expressed in elections Oppose President Trump's proposed cuts to the budget at the Department of Education for FY2018

Support a lifting of the budget sequester for FY 17 & FY 18 for non-defense domestic discretionary programs that provide services to children and families. Oppose cuts to important programs including ACA, CHIP, SNAP, EITC, CTC, SSI and other programs which serve children, babies, toddlers, and youth. Oppose any cuts to the SNAP program

Support the Obama Administrations Executive Order on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Support ICE Stakeholder / Tour Directive Oppose the enactment of Texas SB4, an immigration bill that would greatly expand the involvement of state and local police in immigration enforcement. Oppose H.R. 496 & S 128 / the Trump Mass Deportation Letter, or SAFE Act / Oppose S 127 Support the Health Equity and Access Under Law (HEAL) for Immigrant Women and Families, HR 2788 Oppose H.R. 2581, the Verify First Act, which requires proof of citizenship prior to obtaining health coverage subsidies via the ACA Oppose Lee Francis Cissna for Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Oppose H.R. 3003, the No Sanctuary for Criminals Act which would go after localities with limited detainer policies (aimed at complying with the Constitution), sanctuary city policies and community trust policies by threatening to take away millions of dollars in federal funding for law enforcement. Oppose H.R. 3004, Kates Law would expand the governments ability to prosecute people for illegal reentry in to the U.S. and heighten the penalties in those cases. This bill would further Attorney General Sessions goals of criminalizing all immigrants and expanding mass incarceration.

Support restoration of language to the FHA form mortgage contract that promotes compliance with regulations addressing foreclosure alternatives Oppose S. 103 / H.R. 482 the Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act (anti-AFH data collection) Support a robust Federal data source which is accurate and open to all. Oppose anti-fair housing / anti geo-spatial amendments Support the protection and expansion of the National Housing Trust Fund Support the Administration taking immediate steps to shore up the capital position of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Support lifting the existing budget caps and fully fund affordable housing programs Support federal funding for homeless children and youth Support bipartisan legislative reforms in housing and other areas that will increase access to sustainable credit Support the FHA Support CFPBs efforts to reconcile the requirements of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) to facilitate accurate data reporting by lenders who may not be required to report HMDA data every year. Support expansion of data collection to include auto refinance loans, requiring adverse action notices even where counteroffers are accepted by the applicant, and expanding record retention requirements to brokers and dealers Support insisting that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac must rebuild their capital buffers in order to protect against the foreseeable risk to the housing market of any short-term operating losses requiring a draw from the U.S. Treasury Support GSE affordable housing goals Support common sense GSE reform principles: support creating a capital buffer; support maintaining a strong and independent regulator, the FHFA; support recapitalization of the GSEs Support the importance and benefits of fair housing regulations and guidance (including disparate impact and the affirmatively furthering rule).

Support probing Education Secretary nominee DeVos about her support for public schools Oppose Education Secretary nominee Betsy DeVos Oppose school vouchers Oppose H.J. Res. 57 and H Res. 58, which apply the CRA to ESSA Accountability standards Oppose rescission of Title IX guidance clarifying protections for transgender students Oppose HR 620, the ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017 Support the important role of the Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Education, the responsibilities of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, and the need to ensure robust oversight and enforcement of federal nondiscrimination law. Oppose any change to limit the scope, frequency, or public accessibility of civil rights data collection. Oppose the Reauthorization of the DC School Voucher Program Support protecting current student loan programs. Support strengthening Pell grant Program. Oppose SOAR Act; Oppose DC Vouchers Support H.R. 1127, the Student Loan Fairness Act of 2017 Support the HBCU Investment Act, HR 1080

Oppose Scott Pruitt for EPA Administrator

Support the S. 838, the Protecting Americans from Credit Entanglements Act of 2017 Support letter from Congressman Cuellar (TX), Cleaver (MO, and Thompson (MS) to Richard Cordray, Director of the CFPB, urging that the CFPB do a thorough investigation of the rooftop solar industry and the financing contracts it may offer some of its clients.

Oppose repeal of the Affordable Care Act, defunding Planned Parenthood & block granting Medicaid Oppose ACA repeal, oppose Medicaid block grants / per capita caps / defunding of Planned Parenthood Support legislative hearings on any sweeping changes to ACA and / or Medicaid and / or Medicare Oppose HR 1628, the Healthcare Marketplace Overhaul Support Hirono Amendment #20 to S. Con. Res. 3, which protect the Medicaid and Medicare programs. Support Sanders amendment #19 to S. Con. Res. 3 to accept no cuts to Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid Support Menendez amendment #83 to S. Con. Res. 3, which would raise a point of order against any legislation that would eliminate or reduce Federal funding to states under the Medicaid expansion.

Support the Obama Administrations Executive Order on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Support ICE Stakeholder / Tour Directive Support the release of Daniela Vargas, Daniel Ramirez, Edwin Romero, and Josue Romero, four DACA recipients who have been arrested and detained by ICE. Oppose their deportation. Support humane, moral immigration reform

Support allowing members of the HELP Committee as much time as they need to question Andrew Puzder fully during his confirmation hearing. Support allowing present and former employees of CKE Restaurants to testify as to the working conditions in Mr. Puzders company. Oppose Andrew Puzder for Secretary of Labor Oppose using the Congressional Review Act to repeal the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order Oppose H.J. Res. 83 / S. J. Res. 27 which repeals a key OSHA rule Support the withdrawal of Andrew Puzders nomination to be US Secretary of Labor Oppose H.R. 1313, the Preserving Employee Wellness Program Act Support asking Department of Labor Secretary nominee R. Alexander Acosta about political hiring if confirmed Oppose S. 345, the Workplace Advancement Act Oppose delay in fiduciary rule" Support questioning Department of Labor Secretary nominee his position on the Fiduciary Rule Oppose Neil Gorsuch nomination to US Supreme Court Support HR 947 / S 337, the "FAMILY" Act, calling for paid medical leave Oppose H. J. Res. 37, which would apply the repeal authority of the Congressional Review Act to the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order. Support the Paycheck Fairness Act, S. 819 / H.R. 1869 Support a prohibition on credit checks by potential employers unless it directly impacts the job Support the prohibition on questions about previous incarceration by potential employers Suport unions

Support HR 947 / S 337, the "FAMILY" Act, calling for paid medical leave Oppose H. J. Res. 43, a resolution which applies the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to repeal a rule issued on December 9, 2016, by the US Department of Health and Human Services which updates the Title X Family Planning program

Oppose Mick Mulvaneys nomination as Director of OMB Support that federal priorities must (1) protect and assist low-income and vulnerable people; (2) invest in broadly shared economic growth and jobs; (3) increase revenues from fair sources; and (4) seek savings from reducing waste in the Pentagon and elsewhere. Supports OMB revoking the Interim Guidance of Section 2 of the EO entitled Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Cost Support a lifting of the budget sequester for FY 17 & FY 18 for non-defense domestic discretionary programs that provide services to children and families. Oppose cuts to important programs including ACA, CHIP, SNAP, EITC, CTC, SSI and other programs which serve children, babies, toddlers, and youth. Support lifting the existing budget caps and fully fund affordable housing programs Support funding for Juvenile Justice programs in Fy18 Support funding in FY2018 for federal innocence and forensic science programs Support funding for key justice assistance grant programs within DoJ, including the Office of Justice Programs, the COPS program, and the Violence Against Women Program in any remaining appropriations bill for FY 2017. Support federal funding for homeless children and youth Support the Byrne JAG program Oppose S Con Res 3, the proposed budget for FY 2018 through FY 2026 Support Kaine amendment #8 to S. Con. Res. 3, which prohibits legislation to Make America Sick again. Support Hirono Amendment #20 to S. Con. Res. 3, which protect the Medicaid and Medicare programs. Support Sanders amendment #19 to S. Con. Res. 3 to accept no cuts to Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid Support Manchin amendment #64 to S. Con. Res. 3 to create a point of order against any legislation which harms rural health care providers or hospitals Support the Baldwin Amendment # 81 to S. Con, Res. 3, which prohibits legislation which would adversely impact the health of young people Support Tester amendment #104 which would prohibit legislation which limits health care choices of Veterans Support Casey amendment # 61 to S Con Res 3, which makes a point of order against legislation that would make people with disabilities and chronic conditions sick again Support Menendez amendment #83 to S. Con. Res. 3, which would raise a point of order against any legislation that would eliminate or reduce Federal funding to states under the Medicaid expansion. Support Gillibrand amendment #82, which would create a point of order against any legislation which would make women sick again. Support the Brown Amendment # 86 to S. Con. Res.3, which would create a point of order against any legislation which might adversely impact the health of children Support Klobuchar Amendment #178 to S. Con. 3 which established a deficit neutral fund relating to lower drug prices for Americans by importing prescription drugs from Canada. Support Wyden amendment #188 to S Con Res 3 creating a point of order against legislation that does not lower drug prices.

Support a lifting of the budget sequester for FY 17 & FY 18 for non-defense domestic discretionary programs that provide services to children and families. Oppose cuts to important programs including ACA, CHIP, SNAP, EITC, CTC, SSI and other programs which serve children, babies, toddlers, and youth. Oppose any cuts to the SNAP program

Support a lifting of the budget sequester for FY 17 & FY 18 for non-defense domestic discretionary programs that provide services to children and families. Oppose cuts to important programs including ACA, CHIP, SNAP, EITC, CTC, SSI and other programs which serve children, babies, toddlers, and youth. Oppose HR 1628, the Healthcare Marketplace Overhaul Support release by all Presidential candidates of their tax returns from the previous 5 years once they declare their candidacy.

Support H.R. 1251, the CPI-E bill Oppose HR 1181, Veterans Firearms bill Support HR 244, the Honoring Investments in Recruiting and Employing Military Veterans Act of 2017 Support Tester amendment #104 which would prohibit legislation which limits health care choices of Veterans

Support that federal priorities must (1) protect and assist low-income and vulnerable people; (2) invest in broadly shared economic growth and jobs; (3) increase revenues from fair sources; and (4) seek savings from reducing waste in the Pentagon and elsewhere. Oppose Steve Mnuchin for Treasury Secretary Support a lifting of the budget sequester for FY 17 & FY 18 for non-defense domestic discretionary programs that provide services to children and families. Support a uniform, sustainable maximum interest rate cap on al loans

Oppose S. 33, and any other blocking new parks bills or attempts to repeal protections for new parks and monuments

Oppose Scott Pruitt for EPA Administrator

Oppose allowing religious institutions to discriminate in hiring when using public monies.

Support Wall Street Reform; support the CFPB. Oppose attempts to weaken Dodd-Frank Oppose HR 5, the Regulatory Accountability Act; Oppose HR 78, the SEC Accountability Act; Oppose HR 238, the Commodity End User Relief Act Oppose proposed OCC white paper proposing the issuance of a special purpose national bank charter to financial technology (fintech) companies Support restoration of language to the FFHA form mortgage contract that promotes compliance with regulations addressing foreclosure alternatives Support expanded protections for borrowers with limited English proficiency in the CFPBs debt collection rule Support a single Director of the CFPB; oppose changing the leadership of the CFPB to a commission Support Section 1033 of the Dodd Frank Act regarding consumer access to data Oppose H. J. Res. 62; Support CFPB Prepaid Card rule Support Congresswoman Waters Comprehensive Consumer Credit Reporting Reform Act Oppose delay in fiduciary rule Support the Administration taking immediate steps to shore up the capital position of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Support the S. 838, the Protecting Americans from Credit Entanglements Act of 2017 Oppose proposed 6-month extension of the effective date for complying with the CFPBs final prepaid accounts rule Support HR 970, the Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act Support letter from Congressman Cuellar (TX), Cleaver (MO, and Thompson (MS) to Richard Cordray, Director of the CFPB, urging that the CFPB do a thorough investigation of the rooftop solar industry and the financing contracts it may offer some of its clients.

Support the End Racial and Religious Profiling Act / End Racial Profiling Act (S. 411 / HR 1498) Oppose rescission of Title IX guidance clarifying protections for transgender students Oppose anti-fair housing / anti geo-spatial amendments Support the important role of the Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Education, the responsibilities of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, and the need to ensure robust oversight and enforcement of federal nondiscrimination law. Oppose any change to limit the scope, frequency, or public accessibility of civil rights data collection Support HR 970, the Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act Support HR 1242 / S 394, the 400 years of African American History Commission Act Support H.R. 40, to create a commission to study reparations proposals Support the preservation of affirmative action programs

Support DC Home Rule Oppose the Reauthorization of the DC School Voucher Program Oppose SOAR Act; Oppose DC Vouchers Support DC Statehood; support HR 1291 Support full voting rights for the people of DC

Oppose Tom Prices nomination as Secretary of HHS Oppose repeal of the Affordable Care Act, defunding Planned Parenthood & block granting Medicaid Support maintaining ACA Patient Protections and Access to Prescription drugs Oppose ACA repeal, oppose Medicaid block grants / per capita caps / defunding of Planned Parenthood Support a lifting of the budget sequester for FY 17 & FY 18 for non-defense domestic discretionary programs that provide services to children and families. Oppose cuts to important programs including ACA, CHIP, SNAP, EITC, CTC, SSI and other programs which serve children, babies, toddlers, and youth. Support legislative hearings on any sweeping changes to ACA and / or Medicaid and / or Medicare Support doing no harm to health insurance programs which cover children Support S. 469 / HR 1245, the Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act Oppose H. J. Res. 43, a resolution which applies the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to repeal a rule issued on December 9, 2016, by the US Department of Health and Human Services which updates the Title X Family Planning program Oppose HR 1628, the Healthcare Marketplace Overhaul Support Kaine amendment #8 to S. Con. Res. 3, which prohibits legislation to Make America Sick again. Support Hirono Amendment #20 to S. Con. Res. 3, which protect the Medicaid and Medicare programs. Support Manchin amendment #64 to S. Con. Res. 3 to create a point of order against any legislation which harms rural health care providers or hospitals Support the Baldwin Amendment # 81 to S. Con, Res. 3, which prohibits legislation which would adversely impact the health of young people. Support Tester amendment #104 which would prohibit legislation which limits health care choices of Veterans Support Casey amendment # 61 to S Con Res 3, which makes a point of order against legislation that would make people with disabilities and chronic conditions sick again Support Menendez amendment #83 to S. Con. Res. 3, which would raise a point of order against any legislation that would eliminate or reduce Federal funding to states under the Medicaid expansion. Support Gillibrand amendment #82, which would create a point of order against any legislation which would make women sick again Support the Brown Amendment # 86 to S. Con. Res.3, which would create a point of order against any legislation which might adversely impact the health of children Support Klobuchar Amendment #178 to S. Con. 3 which established a deficit neutral fund relating to lower drug prices for Americans by importing prescription drugs from Canada. Support Wyden amendment #188 to S Con Res 3 creating a point of order against legislation that does not lower drug prices.

Oppose delay in fiduciary rule Support questioning Department of Labor Secretary nominee his position on the Fiduciary Rule Support H.R. 1251, the CPI-E bill Support Sanders amendment #19 to S. Con. Res. 3 to accept no cuts to Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid

Support Wall Street Reform; support the CFPB. Oppose attempts to weaken Dodd-Frank Oppose HR 5, the Regulatory Accountability Act; Oppose HR 78, the SEC Accountability Act; Oppose HR 238, the Commodity End User Relief Act Oppose proposed OCC white paper proposing the issuance of a special purpose national bank charter to financial technology (fintech) companies. Oppose Steven Mnuchin for Treasury Secretary Support restoration of language to the FHA form mortgage contract that promotes compliance with regulations addressing foreclosure alternatives Support expanded protections for borrowers with limited English proficiency in the CFPBs debt collection rule Support a single Director of the CFPB; oppose changing the leadership of the CFPB to a commission Support Section 1033 of the Dodd Frank Act regarding consumer access to data Oppose H. J. Res. 62; Support CFPB Prepaid Card rule Support Congresswoman Waters Comprehensive Consumer Credit Reporting Reform Act Oppose delay in fiduciary rule Support the Administration taking immediate steps to shore up the capital position of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Support S. 838, the Protecting Americans from Credit Entanglements Act of 2017 Oppose proposed 6-month extension of the effective date for complying with the CFPBs final prepaid accounts rule Support HR 970, the Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act Support letter from Congressman Cuellar (TX), Cleaver (MO, and Thompson (MS) to Richard Cordray, Director of the CFPB, urging that the CFPB do a thorough investigation of the rooftop solar industry and the financing contracts it may offer some of its clients.

Oppose H J Res 42, which repeals a bipartisan rule prohibiting drug testing or some UI recipients Support HR 244, the Honoring Investments in Recruiting and Employing Military Veterans Act of 2017

Oppose HR 1181, Veterans Firearms bill Support more robust background checks Support the "no-fly / no-buy" proposal Support increasing penalties for straw purchasers support a ban on the sale or transfer of automatic weapons and ammunition

Oppose an Article V Convention

Oppose the petition filed by six truck companies seeking exemptions from the drug testing regulations administered by the Department of Transportation (DOT) and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). If granted, the exemptions would permit the companies to test a hair specimen of a prospective driver in lieu of urine, in order to screen for substance abuse.

Support commuting the sentence for Oscar Lopez Rivera Oppose Jefferson Sessions nomination to be US Attorney General Support a second delay on the vote on the nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions for Attorney General and ask Senator Sessions to re-appear as a witness in another Committee hearing. Given the reported involvement of Senator Sessions in President Trumps executive orders, we request that the committee hold a second hearing with Senator Sessions to consider the position of the nominee on the extraordinary claims of executive authority, the Presidents call for an investigation into voter fraud, and the grave dangers to civil liberties and civil rights, posed by the actions taken and proposed by President Donald Trump over the past five days. Oppose 3 Executive Orders issued February 9, 2017, focusing on public safety Oppose HR 620, the ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017 Support an individual with a proven track record in aggressively pursuing the civil and rights and liberties of all people being nominated to the position of Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Support faster, more robust investigations into possible hate crimes Support programs to end human slavery and trafficking Support funding for Juvenile Justice programs in Fy18 Support funding in FY2018 for federal innocence and forensic science programs Support funding for key justice assistance grant programs within DoJ, including the Office of Justice Programs, the COPS program, and the Violence Against Women Program in any remaining appropriations bill for FY 2017. Support the Byrne JAG program Support the Smart on Crime Initiative Support H.R. 1809 / S. 860, reauthorizing the JJDPA Support S. 573 / H.R. 1886 the National Criminal Justice Commission Act Support HR 1437, the No Money Bail Act Support S. 662 / H.R.1566, to provide incentives for hate crime reporting, grants for State-run hate crime hotlines, a Federal private right of action for victims of hate crimes, and additional penalties for individuals convicted under the Matthew Shephard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. Support the Police Training and Independent Review Act of 2017 (S. 814 / H.R. 1870). Support the End Racial and Religious Profilinng / End Racial Profiling Act S. 411 / H.R. 1498 Support the CAM TIP Act, H.R. 124 Oppose HR 985, the Fairness in Class Action Litigation and Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act of 2017. Oppose the confirmation of Neil Gorsuch to the US Supreme Court Support an increase in law enforcement integrity and trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve. Support national uniform standards for use of force by law enforcement Support move to eliminate racially disparate prosecution. Support requirement of video surveillance of all law enforcement interactions with civilians Support the establishment of independent and effective community civilian review boards to review police activity Support sentencing reform, especially for non-violent offenders Oppose all mandatory minimum sentences Support abolition of the federal death penalty Support the "Youth Promise Act"

Support FCC Commission Clyburns Solutions 2020 Call to Action Plan Oppose S J Res 34, the Broadband Privacy Disapproval CRA

Support FCC Commission Clyburns Solutions 2020 Call to Action Plan Support Lifeline reform adopted in March 2016 Oppose Wireline Competition Bureaus Order on reconsideration issued 2/3/2017 Oppose the Wireline Competition Bureau Lifeline Broadband Provider revocation order. Oppose S J Res 34, the Broadband Privacy Disapproval CRA

Oppose the petition filed by six truck companies seeking exemptions from the drug testing regulations administered by the Department of Transportation (DOT) and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). If granted, the exemptions would permit the companies to test a hair specimen of a prospective driver in lieu of urine, in order to screen for substance abuse.

Support restoration of language to the FHA form mortgage contract that promotes compliance with regulations addressing foreclosure alternatives Oppose S. 103 / H.R. 482 the Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act (anti-AFH data collection) Support a robust Federal data source which is accurate and open to all. Oppose anti-fair housing / anti geo-spatial amendments Support the protection and expansion of the National Housing Trust Fund Support the Administration taking immediate steps to shore up the capital position of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Support lifting the existing budget caps and fully fund affordable housing programs Support federal funding for homeless children and youth

Support maintaining ACA Patient Protections and Access to Prescription drugs Support S. 469 / HR 1245, the Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act Support Klobuchar Amendment #178 to S. Con. 3 which established a deficit neutral fund relating to lower drug prices for Americans by importing prescription drugs from Canada. Support Wyden amendment #188 to S Con Res 3 creating a point of order against legislation that does not lower drug prices.

Oppose S 283

Support H.R. 317 / S 1688 Oppose H J Res 43 Oppose HR 10 / S 2171 Oppose riders to the Omnibus Appropriations bill which may authorize DC Private School Vouchers Oppose any riders on DC Appropriations for FY 2017 which impede or otherwise ban DCs established policy Oppose HR 4901 Oppose HR 5233 Oppose Palmer (AL) #41 to HR 5485 Support Norton (DC) amendment #19 to HR 5485

Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund. Support S. 705 Oppose H.R. 596 Support full funding for domestic HIV / AIDS programs Oppose HR 30 Oppose HR 7 Support HR 2 Support efforts to fight childhood obesity Support HR 1974 Support HR 932 / S 497 Support the Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) Support H Res 82 Support HR 3285 Support Planned Parenthood Oppose HR 2646 Support that HHS administers this Section 1557 of the ACA through robust implementation and enforcement mechanisms, and this must be reflected in the final regulations that HHS promulgates. Support continued funding in FY2016 to the National Center for Environmental Healths Healthy Community Design Initiative (HCDI) at its current level of $2.8 million. Support Andy Slavitt to serve as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Oppose HR 2646 Support funding for several programs related to child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in FY 2017 Labor-HHS-Education funding bill. Specifically, $129,325,000 for the DOL International Affairs Labor Bureau; $5,000,000 for the DOL / Department of Wage and Hour / Services and Benefits for Victims of Trafficking; $32,000,000 for the HHS / Administration for Children and Families; $2,500, for the HHS / Administration for Children and Families / The National Human Trafficking Resource Center; $165,000,000 for the HHS / Administration of Children and Families / Runaway and Homeless Youth Act; $85,000,000for the Department of Education / McKinney - Vento Act Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program; $2,000,000 for ED grants for Local Education Agencies Under Title I; Oppose increasing cost sharing for beneficiaries in the Medicare Part D program. Support the final regulations implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) be finalized as quickly as possible and with strong protections addressing the serious issues of discrimination that we know affect members of marginalized communities, such as racial and ethnic minorities; women; people with disabilities; immigrants; people whose primary language is not English; and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals. Support Sec. Burwell speaking at UNGASS Oppose HR 3762. Oppose veto override of HR 3762 Oppose Price motion to concur with Senate amendments to HR 3762 Support the Health Equity and Accountability Act Support treating the drug problem as a health issue sUPPORT hr 2014 / s 1078 Support HHS proposed rule on Section 1557 of the ACA Oppose proposed CMS Meaningful Use rule Support the restoration of monies to AIDS programs Support investing $120 million per year into CDC directed data collection and programs to inspire moreSupport an agreement that would enable Canadian drug company Biolyse to manufacture a more affordable generic version of cancer drug enzalutamide for export and sale in low- and middle-income countries physical activity. Support shared use of school grounds, parks, gymnasiums and other physical activity spaces beyond normal business hours for public use Oppose repeal of Affordable Care Act without an adequate replacement.

Support an agreement that would enable Canadian drug company Biolyse to manufacture a more affordable generic version of cancer drug enzalutamide for export and sale in low- and middle-income countries

Support the Antiquities Act. Oppose Amendments # 3023 AND # 3126 to S. 2012 Support regional haze rule overall, but there are some areas of concern that would delay implementation and weaken critical provisions. Support an inclusive National Park system which reflects the diversity of our nation. Oppose the sale or display of the confederate flag at Veterans cemeteries or on any federally owned public land, unless as part of a learning experience Support Grijalva amendment #41 to HR 5538 Support shared use of school grounds, parks, gymnasiums and other physical activity spaces beyond normal business hours for public use Oppose Lee amendment # 3023 to Murkowski to S 2012 Support national monument designation for the Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument in Birmingham, Alabama; the Freedom Riders National Monument in Anniston, Alabama; and the Reconstruction Era National Monument in Beaufort County, South Carolina.

Oppose HR 1891 / S 1267. Support increasing trade / taking down trade barriers between the U.S. and Cuba Oppose Fast Track legislation Support HR 1295 Support an agreement that would enable Canadian drug company Biolyse to manufacture a more affordable generic version of cancer drug enzalutamide for export and sale in low- and middle-income countries Support FTC using its rulemaking authority to go after discriminatory auto lending

Support the Department of Labor's proposed "Conflicted Advice Rule" regarding retirement savings. Oppose HR 4293. Oppose HR 4294 Oppose H J Res 88

Oppose any efforts to dismantle, weaken, or change the structure or the funding stream of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Support a rule from the CFPB regarding payday lending which require the lender to determine the borrowers ability to repay the loan, including consideration of income and expenses; does not sanction any series of repeat loans or provide a safe harbor for poorly underwritten loans; establishes an outer limit on length of indebtedness that is at least as short as the FDICs 2005 guidelines - 90 days in a twelve-month period; and restricts lenders from requiring a post-dated check or electronic access to a borrowers checking account as a condition of extending credit. Support the Department of Labor's "Fiduciary Responsibility" rule. Support the CFPB's study on forced arbitration clauses; oppose efforts to disable the CFPB to act on its findings. Oppose H.R. 685. Oppose H.R. 1529 Oppose H.R. 650 Oppose H.R. 1408 Oppose H.R. 1265 Oppose H.R. 1259 Oppose H.R. 1195 Oppose H.R. 601 Support S. 838 / H.R. 1565 Oppose H.R. 50 Oppose HR 37 Support continued implementation of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act of 2010; oppose efforts to eliminate or weaken provisions of the law. Support S. 1133 / H.R.2087 Support HR 2362 Support a strong short term lending reform package by the CFPB that does not undermine state or local laws which may be stronger (offer more protection) Oppose HR 1210 Oppose HR 3192 Oppose HR 1737 Oppose HR 776 Oppose HR 1317 Oppose HR 1941 Oppose HR 3189 Support HR 3524 / S 1981 Support the Federal Insurance Office‟s effort to assess the affordability and accessibility of auto insurance in low-wealth communities, communities of color and underserved communities and the proposed definition of affordability and Affected Persons. Oppose HR 1266 Oppose S. 2038 Oppose H.R. 4018 Support principle reduction of mortgages by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Oppose H.R. 766. Support Operation Choke Point. Support full funding in FY 2017 for the 2020 Census and for the ACS Oppose any financial riders on FY17 spending bills Support a robust proposed survey of financing for auto buyers. Support CFPB moving forward on a rulemaking to address the widespread harm resulting from forced arbitration. Support Senators signing onto a letter to the CFPB in support of their auto lending efforts. Support extending the upcoming rule curbing short-term pay day and car title loans to long term payday and car title loans. Oppose granting certiorari in the case of Midland Funding LLC v. Madden. Support Director Cordray speaking to advocates from across the country about financial reform issues Oppose all budget riders to weaken the powers, structure, or funding of the CFPB --particularly opposing proposals that would limit, delay or remove their authority to take action on forced arbitration. Support reassessment of Treasurys plan to eliminate the GSEs capital buffers by the end of 2017. Oppose S. 2663 Oppose HR 5112 Support suspension of GSE dividend payments to Treasury, and require the GSEs to develop and implement capital restoration plans, so they have enough capital to safely manage their business and to support Americas housing finance system. Support the Comprehensive Consumer Credit Reporting Reform Act of 2016 Support HUD AFFH tools as designed to local PHAs and state and local governments with some strengthening suggestions. Support Rep. Meeks Congressional sign-on letter to the regulators urging better enforcement of the ComSupport the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for releasing a strong proposed payday and car title lending rule and urge the Bureau to close some concerning loopholes that would allow some lenders to continue making harmful loans business as usual.munity Reinvestment Act Support the elimination / reduction of loan level price adjustments Support capturing the borrowers preferred language on mortgage application forms. Support HR 4893 Support principal reduction by HUD and FHFA. Support proposed CFPB rule to limit forced arbitration by financial services Support letter by Congressman Meeks (NY) to federal bank regulators that seeks reforms to CRA regulations and examinations practices. Support the proposed affordability standard set by Federal Insurance Office for future auto insurance research Oppose HR 5893 Support the inclusion of a company satisfaction survey to the CFPBs complaint process Oppose CFPB outline of proposed regulations of debt collection as they fail to sufficiently improve protect consumers victimized by predatory debt collection practices. Support proposed rule on short-term loans, including payday and car title loans, support strengthening rule to close loopholes. Oppose Congressional efforts to attach piecemeal GSE reform as amendments to must pass legislation. Oppose HR 5485 Oppose Guinta (NH)"auto lending" amendment to HR 5485 Support Sewell (AL)"payday lending" amendment to HR 5485 Support Moore (WI) "CFPB" amendment to HR 5485 Support Ellison "arbitration" amendment to HR 5485 Support proposed short-term loan rule, support strengthening to close loopholes Support providing credit reports in multiple languages for LEP individuals Support automatic debt relief for the defrauded former students of the for-profit Corinthian Colleges, Inc. Oppose all financial services riders to any and all appropriations bills Support FTC using its rulemaking authority to go after discriminatory auto lending Oppose rent-a-bank lending. Support increased FDIC oversight, as proposed by the FDIC, but call for additional measures including: A) The FDIC should not allow its member institutions to rent their charters; B) The FDICs definition of significant risk activity should mirror that of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) Third-Party Relationship Guidance; and C) The FDIC should propose guidance with stronger limits on third-party relationships and bring its regulation in line with the OCC. Oppose any riders to any appropriations bills that would weaken or undermine the CFPB, Dodd-Frank, Department of Labors conflict -of-interest rule (aka fiduciary rule) or other financial reform and accountability legislation or regulation. Support mortgage servicers to employ a phone hotline to efficiently address the most pressing of mortgage problems. Oppose HR 6392 Support S 3491 Support proposed CFPB Consumer Satisfaction Survey

Oppose HR 1737 Support the Federal Insurance Offices effort to assess the affordability and accessibility of auto insurance in low-wealth communities, communities of color and underserved communities and the proposed definition of affordability and Affected Persons. Support FHA continuing to have and deploy its full legal authority over all approved lenders to enforce its standards and responsibilities under the FHA insurance programs. Support the proposed affordability standard set by Federal Insurance Office for future auto insurance research Oppose repeal of Affordable Care Act without an adequate replacement.

Support the Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) Support immediate cessation of children harvesting tobacco

Support Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule. Support FHFAs effort to provide Extra Credit for Residential Economic Diversity Activities, Support EPA coordination with HUD, and both to engage in the AFFH process and leverage it for its other nondiscrimination investigations and enforcement. Support HUD AFFH tools as designed to local PHAs and state and local governments with some strengthening suggestions. Support Congressman Conyers WATER Act Support HR 4754 Support HUDs proposal to implement Small Area Fair Market Rents in metropolitan areas where Housing Choice Voucher families are most severely clustered in high poverty neighborhoods. Oppose any CR that does not contain money for Flint water mitigation. Support HR 4754 Support shared use of school grounds, parks, gymnasiums and other physical activity spaces beyond normal business hours for public use Support final version of S 612 Support HR 3735

Oppose S. 499 Oppose H.R. 918 Oppose S. 343 Support legislation to prohibit credit checks by potential employers Support HR 1000

Support HR 2499 Support HR 251 Support HR 4676 Oppose Fleming (LA) immigration amendment to HR 4974 Support Huffman (CA) confederate flag amendment to HR 4974 Oppose Gosar (AZ) labor organization amendment to HR 4974 Oppose Perry (PA) project labor agreement amendment to HR 4974 Support Maloney (NY) anti-LGBT discrimination amendment Oppose the sale or display of the confederate flag at Veterans cemeteries or on any federally owned public land, unless as part of a learning experience

Support the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) permitting its borrowers to use the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program to finance home improvements that increase energy efficiency and lower utility costs Support the implementation of best practices in the PACE program, including a strong ability-to-repay; contract assignee liability; a requirement of recorded phone calls with borrower confirmation before and after home improvement work; a prohibition on mandatory arbitration clauses in PACE contracts; foreclosure prevention measures; and a requirement that programs participants in the PACE program direct low-income borrowers to low-cost alternatives.

Support the expansion of the FCC Lifeline program to include Broadband Support broadband deployment, adoption, and competition, to communities which have limited or no internet access. Support HR 2638 / S 1472 Support the promotion of racial, gender, and ethnic diversity in all media Support the capping of inter- and intra-state rates for prison phone calls Oppose legislation which would undermine a March 2014 decision by the FCC by grandfathering agreements among broadcasters which otherwise violate media ownership limits. To the contrary, we support the FCCs decision to count Joint Sales Agreements (JSAs) toward ownership determinations for full power television stations. Support S. 2235 Support increase in minority owned media. Support the FCC exerting its authority and safeguarding consumers both inside and outside prisons by addressing the following issues put forward in the most recent NPRM: 1) advanced communications, including video visitation; 2) international calling rates; 3) the communications rights of deaf, hard of hearing, and disabled inmates; 4) ensuring the limits on ancillary fees are effective for all communications; and 5) regular data collection in the prison communications industry. Support the investigation into the continued and largely unregulated use of Stingrays by law enforcement officials, to remedy the lack of data and transparency about these devices, and to act swiftly to prevent the disproportionate harms that the use of these devices by law enforcement officials can pose to historically disadvantaged communities. Support FCC carefully examining the privacy interests of historically disadvantaged communities; developing broadband privacy rules consistent with the Civil Rights Principles for the Era of Big Data; Privacy protections should be made equally available to all consumers, regardless of whether they are rich or poor, using fixed or mobile connections. Oppose lack of media diversity at all levels Oppose HR 4884 Oppose HR 2666 Oppose HR 5525 Support the integrity of the Lifeline program; oppose efforts to cap it or eliminate some of the options provided Support HUDs proposed rules to narrow the digital divide by requiring broadband infrastructure installation in HUD-funded construction and modernizing HUDs Consolidated Plan process. Oppose repealing the newspaper-broadcast ownership rule without conducting studies on the impact of media ownership diversity in the area first. Oppose the FCCs Declaratory Ruling that robocalls may be made to cell phones Support increased diversity and inclusion on the nations airwaves as it relates to the revised proposal released on September 8th regarding the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Memorandum Opinion and Order Expanding Consumers Video Navigation Choices aka the Proposal to Unlock the Set Top Box. Oppose HR 5525 Support an improvement in data collection, analysis, and research on broadband Support a stay of the 30-day non usage rule for Lifeline

Support HR 3285 Oppose HR 2646 Support an agreement that would enable Canadian drug company Biolyse to manufacture a more affordable generic version of cancer drug enzalutamide for export and sale in low- and middle-income countries

Support H.R. 1232 Support S. 1133 / H.R.2087. Support H. RES. 616 Oppose Fleming (LA) amendment to HR 4974 Support Huffman (CA) amendment to HR 4974 Oppose Kline Amendment to NDAA 2017 which would repeal President Obamas Executive Order on Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Oppose Russell (OK) amendment to NDAA to sanction taxpayer-funded hiring discrimination in all government contracts and grants. Oppose Ayotte amendments S. AMDT. 4082 and S. AMDT. 4083 to S. 2943, Support retaining the Senate language (Section 591) to NDAA requiring women to register for the draft. Support a military justice system that moves away from a command-centered prosecution system and towards a fair and impartial process for administering justice Oppose Russell (OK) religious organizations amendment to NDAA

Support a larger 302 (b) allocation for the Transportation - HUD Appropriations bill for FY 2017. Support S. 705 Oppose requiring the Secretary of Treasury to contract with private debt collection agencies to collect taxes. Support continued funding in FY2016 to the National Center for Environmental Healths Healthy Community Design Initiative (HCDI) at its current level of $2.8 million. Support investing $120 million per year into CDC directed data collection and programs to inspire more physical activity. Support shared use of school grounds, parks, gymnasiums and other physical activity spaces beyond normal business hours for public

Oppose sequestration Oppose mandatory budget caps. Support continued federal funding of innocence and forensic science programs at the Department of Justice and the National Institute of Standards and Technology at the Department of Commerce in the final FY 2017 appropriations bill. Support a larger 302 (b) allocation for the Transportation - HUD Appropriations bill for FY 2017. Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund. Support a significant increase funding for federal programs that address domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence and stalking Oppose HR 2578 Support the inclusion of funding for Juvenile Justice Programs through the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Program (JJDPA) in the House Appropriations Bill for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and Science and related Agencies for FY 2017 Support funding for Planned Parenthood and Planned Parenthood affiliates. Support Voter registration through Federally Funded Health Insurance Exchanges Oppose policy "riders" on appropriations bills. Support sufficient FY2017 funding level for the 2020 Census and American Community Survey Oppose rider to any appropriation bill which would prohibit funds being spent by the Department of Education implementing its Gainful Employment regulation. Oppose any riders in appropriations bills which would limit or forestall CFPB action on arbitration. Urge Congress to allocate a sufficient new 302(b) allocation for the FY 2017 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies appropriations bill so that criminal and juvenile justice grant programs can be adequately funded. Support S. 2235 Support S. 1513 / H.R. 3406; support full funding for the Second Chance Act. Oppose any policy riders to an omnibus appropriations bill which would in any way weaken or change the structure of the CFPB Oppose riders which may authorize DC Private School Vouchers. Support providing the FY17 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations (CJS) bill with the highest 302(b) allocation possible to ensure adequate funding for key criminal and juvenile justice grant programs within the bill. Support a strong implementation of the Holder Rule, which says that when a seller of a good or service originates or helps arrange credit, the consumer is allowed to raise the sellers misconduct as a basis for bringing claims or defenses. Support funding for several programs related to child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in FY 2017 Labor-HHS-Education funding bill. Specifically, $129,325,000 for the DOL International Affairs Labor Bureau; $5,000,000 for the DOL / Department of Wage and Hour / Services and Benefits for Victims of Trafficking; $32,000,000 for the HHS / Administration for Children and Families; $2,500, for the HHS / Administration for Children and Families / The National Human Trafficking Resource Center; $165,000,000 for the HHS / Administration of Children and Families / Runaway and Homeless Youth Act; $85,000,000for the Department of Education / McKinney - Vento Act Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program; $2,000,000 for ED grants for Local Education Agencies Under Title I Support funding for several programs related to child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in FY 2017 Transportation-HUD funding bill. Specifically, $33,000,000 to fund comprehensive continuum of care projects for homeless and runaway youth. Oppose any financial riders on FY17 spending bills. Support funding for HUDs Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing program in FY17 Support adequate funding for critical juvenile justice and delinquency prevention programs in the final Fiscal Year 2017 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations bill. Support adequate funding for innocence and forensic science programs in FY 17. Specifically, $5 million for the DoJ Wrongful Conviction Review Program; $5 million for the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Program; $14 million for the Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement Grant Program; $5 million for the DoJ National Commission on Forensic Science; and $15 million for NIST. Support an increase in funding for programs that serve victims of sexual assault and domestic violence (including VAWA, VOC, and FVPSA) in FY 2017. Oppose Balanced Budget Amendment to the US Constitution. Oppose efforts to redirect funding from Pell Grants for other purposes as you advance the FY 2017 appropriations process Support $15 million for a new Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration. Oppose any riders on DC Appropriations for FY 2017 which impede or otherwise ban DCs established policy Oppose Fleming (LA) immigration amendment to HR 4974 Support Huffman (CA) confederate flag amendment to HR 4974 Oppose Gosar (AZ) labor organization amendment to HR 4974 Oppose Perry (PA) project labor agreement amendment to HR 4974 Support Maloney (NY) anti-LGBT discrimination amendment to HR 4974 Oppose Pittenger (NC) North Carolina amendment to HR 5055 Support Maloney (NY) anti LGBT discrimination amendment to HR 5055 Oppose Byrne (Ala) religious institutions amendment to HR 5055 Support Collins (ME) motion to table Lee (UT) amendment 3897 Oppose Lee (UT) amendment 3897 Support Murphy (CT) amendment 4750 to HR 2578 Oppose Grassley (IA) amendment 4751 to HR 2578 Oppose Cornyn (TX) amendment 4749 to HR 2578 Support Feinstein (CA) amendment 4720 to HR 2578 Oppose amendments #31 and #34 offered by Representative Pittenger (NC) to H.R. 5055 Support Murray amendment to the FY 2017 Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations bill to provide funding for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to implement a rule supplementing the information collected through the Employer Information Report (EEO-1) to include pay data from many employers. Support HR 4893 Oppose any CR that does not contain money for Flint water mitigation. Oppose HR 5485 Oppose Guinta (NH)"auto lending" amendment to HR 5485 Support Sewell (AL)"payday lending" amendment to HR 5485 Support Moore (WI) "CFPB" amendment to HR 5485 Support Ellison "arbitration" amendment to HR 5485 Support Grijalva amendment #41 to HR 5538 Oppose Palmer (AL) #41 to HR 5485 Support Norton (DC) amendment #19 to HR 5485 Support a final budget as close as possible to the Obama Administration's request for FY 2017 to fund both the 2020 Census and the American Community Survey. Oppose all financial services riders to any and all appropriations bills Oppose taking money from the Pell grant program to pay for FY 2017 appropriations Oppose any riders to any appropriations bills that would weaken or undermine the CFPB, Dodd-Frank, Department of Labors conflict -of-interest rule (aka fiduciary rule) or other financial reform and accountability legislation or regulation. Support Census Bureau anomaly in any second continuing resolution. Support Census Bureau receiving an annual spend rate of $1.192 billion through the second fiscal quarter

Support Presidential Medal of Freedom for H. Julian Bond

Oppose any efforts to dismantle, weaken, or change the structure or the funding stream of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Support a rule from the CFPB regarding payday lending which require the lender to determine the borrowers ability to repay the loan, including consideration of income and expenses; does not sanction any series of repeat loans or provide a safe harbor for poorly underwritten loans; establishes an outer limit on length of indebtedness that is at least as short as the FDICs 2005 guidelines - 90 days in a twelve-month period; and restricts lenders from requiring a post-dated check or electronic access to a borrowers checking account as a condition of extending credit. Support the Department of Labor's proposed "Conflicted Advice Rule" (also known as the "Fiduciary Responsibility" rule) regarding retirement savings. Support the CFPB's study on forced arbitration clauses; oppose efforts to disable the CFPB to act on its findings. Oppose H.R. 685 Oppose H.R. 1529 Oppose H.R. 650 Oppose H.R. 1408 Oppose H.R. 1265 Oppose H.R. 1259 Oppose H.R. 1195 Oppose H.R. 601 Support S. 838 / H.R. 1565 oppose H.R. 50 Oppose HR 37 Support continued implementation of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act of 2010; oppose efforts to eliminate or weaken provisions of the law Support S. 1133 / H.R.2087 Support HR 2362 Oppose S 1484 Oppose HR 1737 Support a strong short term lending reform package by the CFPB that does not undermine state or local laws which may be stronger (offer more protection) Urge FHA to improve its current proposal to change the certification requirements that lenders must make in order to secure Federal Housing Administration insurance on a mortgage loan and adopt an enhanced certification requirement that requires lenders to certify that they meet all three of the following: Exercise of due diligence and good faith in underwriting the mortgage and submitting the application for insurance, which is proposed; Establish, operate and monitor a Quality Control program that complies with all FHA requirements; and For any defects that occur notwithstanding compliance with the first two lender duties, timely remediate or indemnify FHA for any defects that affect the insurability of the loan. Oppose HR 1210 Oppose HR 3192 Oppose HR 1737 Oppose HR 776 Oppose HR 1317 Oppose HR 1941 Oppose HR 3189 Support HR 3524 / S 1981 Oppose HR 1266 Oppose H.R. 4018 Support principle reduction of mortgages Oppose H.R. 766. Support Operation Choke Point. Support a strong implementation of the Holder Rule, which says that when a seller of a good or service originates or helps arrange credit, the consumer is allowed to raise the sellers misconduct as a basis for bringing claims or defenses against the entity holding the debt. Oppose any financial riders on FY17 spending bills. Support a robust proposed survey of financing for auto buyers. Support CFPB moving forward on a rulemaking to address the widespread harm resulting from forced arbitration. Support Senators signing onto a letter to the CFPB in support of their auto lending efforts.Support extending the upcoming rule curbing short-term pay day and car title loans to long term payday and car title loans. Oppose granting certiorari in the case of Midland Funding LLC v. Madden Support Director Cordray speaking to advocates from across the country about financial reform issues Oppose all budget riders to weaken the powers, structure, or funding of the CFPB --particularly opposing proposals that would limit, delay or remove their authority to take action on forced arbitration. Support reassessment of Treasurys plan to eliminate the GSEs capital buffers by the end of 2017. Oppose S. 2663 Support making the AFFH Assessment tool more effective and closing gaps Oppose HR 5112 Support suspension of GSE dividend payments to Treasury, and require the GSEs to develop and implement capital restoration plans, so they have enough capital to safely manage their business and to support Americas housing finance system. Support the Comprehensive Consumer Credit Reporting Reform Act of 2016 Support HUD AFFH tools as designed to local PHAs and state and local governments with some strengthening suggestions. Support Rep. Meeks Congressional sign-on letter to the regulators urging better enforcement of the Community Reinvestment Act Support the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for releasing a strong proposed payday and car title lending rule and urge the Bureau to close some concerning loopholes that would allow some lenders to continue making harmful loans business as usual. Support the elimination / reduction of loan level price adjustments Support capturing the borrowers preferred language on mortgage application forms. Support HR 4893 Support principal reduction by HUD and FHFA. Support proposed CFPB rule to limit forced arbitration by financial services Support letter by Congressman Meeks (NY) to federal bank regulators that seeks reforms to CRA regulations and examinations practices. Support the proposed affordability standard set by Federal Insurance Office for future auto insurance research Oppose HR 5893 Support the inclusion of a company satisfaction survey to the CFPBs complaint process. Oppose CFPB outline of proposed regulations of debt collection as they fail to sufficiently improve protect consumers victimized by predatory debt collection practices. Support proposed rule on short-term loans, including payday and car title loans, support strengthening rule to close loopholes, Oppose Congressional efforts to attach piecemeal GSE reform as amendments to must pass legislation. Oppose HR 5485 Oppose Guinta (NH)"auto lending" amendment to HR 5485 Support Sewell (AL)"payday lending" amendment to HR 5485 Support Moore (WI) "CFPB" amendment to HR 5485 Support Ellison "arbitration" amendment to HR 5485 Support proposed short-term loan rule, support strengthening to close loopholes Support providing credit reports in multiple languages for LEP individuals Support automatic debt relief for the defrauded former students of the for-profit Corinthian Colleges, Inc. Oppose all financial services riders to any and all appropriations bills Support FTC using its rulemaking authority to go after discriminatory auto lending Oppose rent-a-bank lending. Support increased FDIC oversight, as proposed by the FDIC, but call for additional measures including: A) The FDIC should not allow its member institutions to rent their charters; B) The FDICs definition of significant risk activity should mirror that of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) Third-Party Relationship Guidance; and C) The FDIC should propose guidance with stronger limits on third-party relationships and bring its regulation in line with the OCC. Oppose any riders to any appropriations bills that would weaken or undermine the CFPB, Dodd-Frank, Department of Labors conflict -of-interest rule (aka fiduciary rule) or other financial reform and accountability legislation or regulation. Support mortgage servicers to employ a phone hotline to efficiently address the most pressing of mortgage problems. Oppose HR 6392 Support S 3491 Support proposed CFPB Consumer Satisfaction Survey

Support H.J. Res. 25 Oppose a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution

Support giving the federal government and private citizens the legal tools they need to stop discriminatory voting and election changes before they are put into effect anywhere in the country Support ensuring that voting changes are transparent by requiring all States, cities and counties to provide effective disclosure and publicity in modern media outlets that reach impacted voters and through local community organizations; Support restoring federal review (preclearance) of voting changes for those states, cities and counties with a history of recent voting discrimination as well as those with the greatest need. Support authorizing federal observers to respond to potential racial or language minority discrimination in any State, city or county. Support S. 772 / H.R. 1459 Support H.R. 40 Support S. 862 / H.R. 1619 Support H.R. 12 Oppose any initiative including "faith based initiatives" that may result in legalized and federally funded discrimination Support H.R. 671 Support H.J. Res. 25 Support H.R. 431 Support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act Oppose HR 2899 Support H Res 341 Oppose HR 2048 Support H Res 355 Support HR 2867 / S 1659 Oppose anti-Muslim, islamophobic rhetoric, actions, and legislation. Ensure that the Department of Justice is as tough as possible in protecting an individual's right to vote in light if the elimination of Se4ction V of the 1065 Voting Rights Act Oppose HR 712 Oppose HR 1927 Support EEOC initiative to expand data collection on collecting pay data from private employers on race and gender pay. Support FCC carefully examining the privacy interests of historically disadvantaged communities; developing broadband privacy rules consistent with the Civil Rights Principles for the Era of Big Data; Privacy protections should be made equally available to all consumers, regardless of whether they are rich or poor, using fixed or mobile connections. Support H. RES. 616 Support S 2546 / HR 4539 Oppose lack of media diversity at all levels Support Conyers amendment to HR 1927 Support Huffman (CA) confederate flag amendment to HR 4974 Support Maloney (NY) anti LGBT discrimination amendment to HR 4974 Oppose Pittenger (NC) North Carolina amendment to HR 5055 Support Maloney (NY) anti LGBT discrimination amendment to HR 5055 Oppose Byrne (Ala) religious institutions amendment to HR 5055 Oppose Russell (OK) amendment to NDAA to sanction taxpayer-funded hiring discrimination in all government contracts and grants. Oppose Anti-Transgender Initiatives Support proposed DoE / DoJ guidance on Title IX on the rights of trans students in schools Support investigating the arrest and indictment of disproportionately Asian American scientists Support HR 5272. Oppose HR 2802 S. 1598 Support Education Departments Office of Civil Rights Title IX Guidance and enforcement Oppose Russell (OK) religious organizations amendment to NDAA. Support HR 6030 Oppose the sale or display of the confederate flag at Veterans cemeteries or on any federally owned public land, unless as part of a learning experience Support S. 2854 / H.R. 5067 Support HR 5373 Support HR 5272 Support the development state and local plans to ensure that no voter is disenfranchised Support diversity in Congressional staff Oppose Steve Bannon as chief strategist and senior counselor in the White House. Support HR 3735

Oppose HR 712 Oppose HR 1927

Support Andy Slavitt to serve as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Oppose increasing cost sharing for beneficiaries in the Medicare Part D program. Support H.R.5100, S.2874 Support overall arc of proposed regulations for delivery ad payment reform to implement the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act. Oppose proposed CMS Meaningful Use rule Support an agreement that would enable Canadian drug company Biolyse to manufacture a more affordable generic version of cancer drug enzalutamide for export and sale in low- and middle-income countries

Support H.R. 735 Support President Obama's initiatives towards Cuba Support debt relief for the globe's poorest nations Oppose Section 2 of HR 2337 Support a stronger US position at the UN General Assembly on the World Drug Problem on: acknowledging the ramifications of new drug policies; standing up for human rights; calling for a people-centered approach to drug policy; taking a stronger stance on criminal justice reform; and ensuring an open dialog between all interested parties. Support President Obama speaking at the UNGASS on the world drug problem. Support Sec. Burwell speaking at UNGASS Support H Res 780

Oppose any efforts to dismantle, weaken, or change the structure or the funding stream of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Support the CFPB's study on forced arbitration clauses. Support S. 1133 / H.R.2087 Support HR 2362 Oppose HR 712 Oppose HR 1927 Support a robust proposed survey of financing for auto buyers Oppose granting certiorari in the case of Midland Funding LLC v. Madden Support an agreement that would enable Canadian drug company Biolyse to manufacture a more affordable generic version of cancer drug enzalutamide for export and sale in low- and middle-income countries Support S 3491 Support proposed CFPB Consumer Satisfaction Survey

Support shared use of school grounds, parks, gymnasiums and other physical activity spaces beyond normal business hours for public use

Support revising the primary National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for ozone to 60 parts per billion (ppb). Oppose HR 2042 Oppose S.J. Res 24 Support EPA making improvements to regulatory mechanisms from removing lead from drinking water. Support S. 2491. Oppose HR 3797 Support HR 4470 Oppose HR 4775 Support Congressman Conyers WATER Act Support regional haze rule overall, but there are some areas of concern that would delay implementation and weaken critical provisions. Oppose any CR that does not contain money for Flint water mitigation. Support Stabenow Flint amendment to S. 2848 Support Kildee Flint amendment to HR 5303 Support S. 2848 Support HR 5303 Support final version of S 612

Support closing a large gap in the EITC by expanding it for low-income childless adults and non-custodial parents. Oppose requiring the Secretary of Treasury to contract with private debt collection agencies to collect taxes. Oppose the omission of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program in the Treasurys Departments proposed regulation implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. Support protecting the CTC/EITC eligibility of taxpaying immigrant families who file their taxes with an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN). Support the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Support a federal automatic Individual Retirement Account (IRA) and, in the absence of a federal solution, support state auto-IRAs and other similar retirement programs Support substantive changes to ensure that the LIHTC program will further the Administrations goals of promoting racial and socioeconomic integration and provide ladders of opportunity to low-income families - particularly Black and Latino families Support an expansion of the EITC to low wage adults not raising children. Support improvements in proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing tool for public housing authorities; support the inclusion of Low Income Housing Tax Credit demographic data; support the inclusion of PHA waiting list questions. Support HR 1286 / S 631 Support S. 1012

Support a larger 302 (b) allocation for the Transportation - HUD Appropriations bill for FY 2017. Support H.R. 372 oppose H.R. 574 Support the National Housing Trust Fund; support its funding through Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Support HR 2997 Oppose HR 3192 Support, in the President's budget proposal for FY 17, Additional $50 million for the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (RHYA) programs - $2.5 million for the national prevalence, needs, and characteristics of homeless youth in America authorized by RHYA - Additional $50 million for the McKinney-Vento Education for Homeless Children and Youth (EHCYA) Program - Additional $400 million for McKinney-Vento HUD Homeless Assistance programs, of which $150 million be directed to serving homeless youth - Additional $40 million for 10 community demonstration projects to provide comprehensive approaches to serving homeless youth. - Clarifying language that all children, youth and families in vulnerable and unsafe situations should be eligible for HUD homeless assistance and waived from being required to provide third-part documentation to receive housing and supportive services with Continuum of Care funds. Support, in FY16, - Additional $50 million for the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (RHYA) programs - $2.5 million for the national prevalence, needs, and characteristics of homeless youth in America authorized by RHYA - Additional $50 million for the McKinney-Vento Education for Homeless Children and Youth (EHCYA) Program Support HR 1662 Oppose S. 2038 Support principle reduction of mortgages Support the Low Income Housing Support funding for several programs related to child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in FY 2017 Labor-HHS-Education funding bill. Specifically, Specifically, Services and Benefits for Victims of Trafficking; $32,000,000 for the HHS / Administration for Children and Families; $2,500, for the HHS / Administration for Children and Families / The National Human Trafficking Resource Center; $165,000,000 for the HHS / Administration of Children and Families / Runaway and Homeless Youth Act; Support funding for several programs related to child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in FY 2017 Transportation-HUD funding bill. Specifically, $33,000,000 to fund comprehensive continuum of care projects for homeless and runaway youth. Support funding for HUDs Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing program in FY17 Support substantive changes to ensure that the LIHTC program will further the Administrations goals of promoting racial and socioeconomic integration and provide ladders of opportunity to low-income families - particularly Black and Latino families. Support FHFAs effort to provide Extra Credit for Residential Economic Diversity Activities. Support EPA coordination with HUD, and both to engage in the AFFH process and leverage it for its other nondiscrimination investigations and enforcement. Support including language preference in the Uniform Residential Loan Application (URLA). Support $15 million for a new Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration. Support Al Green, TX, amendment to HR 3700 Support HR 3700 Support Moore (WI) Fair Housing amendment to HR 1927 Support Collins (ME) motion to table Lee (UT) amendment 3897 Oppose Lee (UT) amendment 3897 Support reassessment of Treasurys plan to eliminate the GSEs capital buffers by the end of 2017. Support making the AFFH Assessment tool more effective and closing gaps Support suspension of GSE dividend payments to Treasury, and require the GSEs to develop and implement capital restoration plans, so they have enough capital to safely manage their business and to support Americas housing finance system. Support HUD AFFH tools as designed to local PHAs and state and local governments with some strengthening suggestions. Support the elimination / reduction of loan level price adjustments Support capturing the borrowers preferred language on mortgage application forms. Support HR 4888 Support HR 4893 Support principal reduction by HUD and FHFA. Support S 3164 Support HUDs proposed rules to narrow the digital divide by requiring broadband infrastructure installation in HUD-funded construction and modernizing HUDs Consolidated Plan process. Support the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) permitting its borrowers to use the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program to finance home improvements that increase energy efficiency and lower utility costs Support HUDs proposal to implement Small Area Fair Market Rents in metropolitan areas where Housing Choice Voucher families are most severely clustered in high poverty neighborhoods. Support HUD responding to its IG report on down payment assistance (DPA) and not restricting DPA by geography Support the following improvements in the AFFH Local Assessment Tool: The need for stronger community participation and consultation elements; More accountability around the use of local knowledge and data (for which participants go beyond the HUD-supplied data, and assess the particular problems of the community in more range and depth); The need to assess whether the requirement to incorporate the AFHs goals into other planning processes has been met; Improvements to the Opportunity Indices, specifically in assessing education, environmental health, and transportation; The need to include assessment of other civil rights enforcement (beyond fair housing), such as Title V I; Changes to the Inserts that HUD includes for secondary participants, such as requiring them to identify contributing factors, incorporate community participation that focuses on those participants, and evaluate PHA programmatic features. Oppose Congressional efforts to attach piecemeal GSE reform as amendments to must pass legislation. Support HR 6211 Support Principal reduction Support improvements in proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing tool for public housing authorities; support the inclusion of Low Income Housing Tax Credit demographic data; support the inclusion of PHA waiting list questions. Support the implementation of best practices in the PACE program, including a strong ability-to-repay; contract assignee liability; a requirement of recorded phone calls with borrower confirmation before and after home improvement work; a prohibition on mandatory arbitration clauses in PACE contracts; foreclosure prevention measures; and a requirement that programs participants in the PACE program direct low-income borrowers to low-cost alternatives. Support more robust directives around community participation, use of local data/knowledge, and linked accountability for civil rights enforcement for Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing tool (AFH). Also support states AFH to assess additional contributing factors particular to state legal and financial authority, which differs in nature as well as in degree from localities; and the need for HUD to adjust its language in order to clearly and consistently encourage the use of local data, local knowledge, community participation, and interagency coordination. Support mortgage servicers to employ a phone hotline to efficiently address the most pressing of mortgage problems. Support OMB approval of HUD-proposed AFFH tools Support better cross-subsidization in the GSEs pricing so that borrowers across the credit spectrum, including those with less than perfect credit, may have better and more affordable access to conventional mortgage credit

Oppose HR 1030 Oppose HR 2042 Oppose S.J. Res 24 Oppose HR 712 Oppose HR 1927 Support continued funding in FY2016 to the National Center for Environmental Healths Healthy Community Design Initiative (HCDI) at its current level of $2.8 million. Support EPA making improvements to regulatory mechanisms from removing lead from drinking water. Support EPA coordination with HUD, and both to engage in the AFFH process and leverage it for its other nondiscrimination investigations and enforcement. Support S. 2491. Oppose HR 3797 Support HR 4470 Oppose HR 4775 Support the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) permitting its borrowers to use the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program to finance home improvements that increase energy efficiency and lower utility costs Support the establishment of a White House Office of Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization. Support Grijalva amendment #41 to HR 5538 Support final version of S 612

Support S. 178. Oppose mandatory minimum sentences Support restoring proportionality to drug sentencing. Support promotion and adequately fund recidivism reduction and reentry programming. Support making sentencing reductions retroactive. Support expanding the Bureau of Prison's Compassionate Release Program. Support expanding time credits for good behavior. Comments on Juvenile Justice Provisions of ESSA implementation: urge prompt and appropriate access to a quality education and the success of students involved in and reentering from the juvenile justice system through the development of effective regulations and guidance as well as other activities to fully implement reauthorization of Title I, Part D in ESSA. Support the BOP's providing voter eligibility information to all upon release from prison or jail. Support continued federal funding of innocence and forensic science programs at the Department of Justice and the National Institute of Standards and Technology at the Department of Commerce in the final FY 2017 appropriations bill. Support S. 502/H.R. 920 Support H.R. 1232 Support a significant increase funding for federal programs that address domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence and stalking Support H.R. 1255 Support H.R. 1253 / S. 467 Support S. 772 / H.R. 1459 Support requiring universal background checks on all gun sales Support a ban on military-style semi automatic assault guns Support a ban on high capacity ammunition clips Support tough new criminal penalties for straw purchasers and gun traffickers Support "no fly-no buy" gun proposals Support executive action to ensure that both federal agencies and federal contractors are leading the way to making employment opportunities available for qualified job-seekers who have an arrest or conviction in their past. Support S. 295 Oppose the federal death penalty support federal support for local law enforcement agencies to purchase video surveillance equipment such as body cameras, gun cameras, dashboard cameras, and taser cameras Support the establishment of independent, effective civilian review boards for all levels of law enforcement Support legislation to review racial disparities in decisions by prosecutors Support the creation of uniform use of force standards for law enforcement officials. Support aggressive, comprehensive reform of civil asset forfeiture laws. Oppose H.R. 1927 Promote employment of body worn cameras by law enforcement officers which also promotes and protect civil rights and civil liberties. Support S. 1119 / H.R. 2330 Support S. 1133 / H.R.2087 Support HR 2875 / s. 2168 Support HR 1933 / S 1056 Support HR 1124 Support HR 2197/ S. 1770 Support HR 2944 Support S. 1169 / HR 2728 Support S. 1513 / H.R. 3406; support full funding for the Second Chance Act Support H Res 262 Support HR 2302 Support H Res 295 Support the inclusion of funding for Juvenile Justice Programs through the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Program (JJDPA) in the House Appropriations Bill for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and Science and related Agencies for FY 2017 Support S. 255 / H.R. 540 Oppose a new five-year mandatory minimum sentence for illegal reentry. Support S 2168 Support HR 1124 Support HR 3470 / S 2021 Urge Congress to allocate a sufficient new 302(b) allocation for the FY 2017 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies appropriations bill so that criminal and juvenile justice grant programs can be adequately funded. Support HR 2521 Support strengthening and passing H.R. 3713 / s 2123 Oppose anti-Muslim, Islamophobic rhetoric, actions, and legislation. Ensure that the Department of Justice is as tough as possible in protecting an individual's right to vote in light if the elimination of Se4ction V of the 1065 Voting Rights Act Oppose HR 712 Oppose HR 1927 Support Cornyn / Leahy amendment to the Justice for All Act which strengthens the Prison Rape Elimination Act Support the FCC exerting its authority and safeguarding consumers both inside and outside prisons by addressing the following issues put forward in the most recent NPRM: 1) advanced communications, including video visitation; 2) international calling rates; 3) the communications rights of deaf, hard of hearing, and disabled inmates; 4) ensuring the limits on ancillary fees are effective for all communications; and 5) regular data collection in the prison communications industry. Oppose H.R. 766. Support Operation Choke Point. Support President Obama speaking at the UNGASS on the world drug problem. Support providing the FY17 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations (CJS) bill with the highest 302(b) allocation possible to ensure adequate funding for key criminal and juvenile justice grant programs within the bill.Support a strong implementation of the Holder Rule, which says that when a seller of a good or service originates or helps arrange credit, the consumer is allowed to raise the sellers misconduct as a basis for bringing claims or defenses against the entity holding the debt. Support the investigation into the continued and largely unregulated use of Stingrays by law enforcement officials, to remedy the lack of data and transparency about these devices, and to act swiftly to prevent the disproportionate harms that the use of these devices by law enforcement officials can pose to historically disadvantaged communities. Support OJP to a) condition federal criminal justice grants on data collection and reporting on police-civilian encounters and b) provide regulations on the implementation of the Deaths in Custody Reporting Act (DCRA). Support H.R. 4364 Oppose refusal by some Senators to give fair consideration to any Supreme Court nomination until after the next President is sworn into office on January 20, 2017. Support funding for several programs related to child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in FY 2017 Labor-HHS-Education funding bill. Support funding for several programs related to child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in FY 2017 Transportation-HUD funding bill. Specifically, $33,000,000 to fund comprehensive continuum of care projects for homeless and runaway youth. Support a stronger US position at the UN General Assembly on the World Drug Problem on: acknowledging the ramifications of new drug policies; standing up for human rights; calling for a people-centered approach to drug policy; taking a stronger stance on criminal justice reform; and ensuring an open dialog between all interested parties. Support adequate funding for critical juvenile justice and delinquency prevention programs in the final Fiscal Year 2017 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations bill. Support adequate funding for innocence and forensic science programs in FY 17. Specifically, $5 million for the DoJ Wrongful Conviction Review Program; $5 million for the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Program; $14 million for the Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement Grant Program; $5 million for the DoJ National Commission on Forensic Science; and $15 million for NIST Oppose S 2576 Support an increase in funding for programs that serve victims of sexual assault and domestic violence (including VAWA, VOC, and FVPSA) in FY 2017. Support HR 4611 Support the Equal Justice Under Law Act. Support H.R. 3406 Support S 2123 / HR 3713 with the following improvements: The increased use of evidence-based sentencing alternatives, including drug, Veteran, and mental health courts; Reducing recidivism through educational and job training opportunities for prisoners while they are incarcerated (this includes restoring Pell grant eligibility to prisoners); A concentration on using prison space for career or violent criminals; The elimination of all mandatory minimum sentences, and an increase in judicial discretion; and In depth reports to Congress by the Department of Justice on the extent to which reforms have addressed both over-incarceration and racial disparities. Oppose backlog of judicial nominees Support Sec. Burwell speaking at UNGASS Support executive order prohibiting federal contractors from asking about past criminal records on job application Oppose current policy which allows children to go through the immigration court process without the benefit of counsel. Oppose HR 1927 Support Moore (WI) equal pay and fair housing amendments to HR 1927 Support Conyers amendment to HR 1927 Support rule banning forced arbitration for students victimized by for-profit institutions Oppose Anti-Transgender Initiatives Support proposed DoE / DoJ guidance on Title IX on the rights of trans students in schools Support H.R.5100, S.2874 Conditional support for HR 5283. Support bringing HR 5283 to the floor for consideration prior to Summer break and strengthening it to include the Equitable Sharing program Oppose Ayotte amendments S. AMDT. 4082 and S. AMDT. 4083 to S. 2943. Support investigating the arrest and indictment of disproportionately Asian American scientists Support treating the drug problem as a health issue Support the Baldwin, Mikulski, and Hirono Amendment to the FY 2017 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act which would add necessary funds for the Justice Departments Civil Rights Division (CRT) and its Community Relations Service (CRS) to prevent hate crimes and to effectively investigate and prosecute them when they occur. Support OPM proposed rule on Recruitment, Selection, and Placement (General) and Suitability Support HR 4752 Support S.1513/H.R.3406. Support Senate hearings on President Obama's Supreme Court nominee Support HR 5124 Support HR 2302 Support S 2584 / HR 5067 Support greater accountability of schools serving students involved in the juvenile justice system in ESSA regulations. Support Department of Justice efforts to establish standards, grounded in sound science, for laboratory reports and testimony based on specific forensic disciplines. Oppose predictive policing Support the conditioning of federal criminal justice grants on data collection and reporting on police-civilian encounters under the promulgation of the Death In Custody Reporting Act Support funding levels for innocence and forensic science programs as found in the Senate FY17 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill. Support HR 5963 Support strong, enforceable guidelines to ensure that School Resource Officers respect the civil rights of students. Support HR 6211 Support S. 2854 / H.R. 5067 Support S. 3144 / H.R. 5124 Support HR 4754 Support S.1513/H.R.3406 Oppose HR 3537 Oppose HR 6158 Support increased oversight of the use of the FBIs face recognition technology Support S 2123; support it being considered during lame duck Support hearings and a vote on Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland ASAP Oppose Jeff Sessions for US Attorney General Support expansion of presidential clemency of non-violent drug offenders Support HR 5963 Support S 2854 Oppose HR 3537 Support S.1513/H.R.3406.

Support the Department of Labor's proposed "Conflicted Advice Rule" regarding retirement savings. Support the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) proposal to update the Sex Discrimination Guidelines for federal contractors to align the standards with Executive Order 11246 and current law. Support reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act Support S. 862 / H.R. 1619 Support executive action to ensure that both federal agencies and federal contractors are leading the way to making employment opportunities available for qualified job-seekers who have an arrest or conviction in their past. Oppose HR 30 Support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act Support workers who want to form a union. Support HR 1848 / S. 974 Support HR 2150 / S 1150 Support HR 3524 / S 1981 Support S. 786/H.R. 1439 Support HR 3201 Support the promotion of racial, gender, and ethnic diversity in media Support HR 3470 / S 2021 Support S. 2042/H.R. 3514 Oppose racial and ethnic discrimination in hiring Support a federal automatic Individual Retirement Account (IRA) and, in the absence of a federal solution, support state auto-IRAs and other similar retirement programs Oppose HR 4293. Oppose HR 4294 Support HR 4376 Support funding for several programs related to child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in FY 2017 Labor-HHS-Education funding bill. Specifically, $129,325,000 for the DOL International Affairs Labor Bureau; $5,000,000 for the DOL / Department of Wage and Hour. Support EEOC initiative to expand data collection on collecting pay data from private employers on race and gender pay. Support for the Department of Labors (DOL) proposal to update the nondiscrimination and equal opportunity regulations implementing Section 188 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) to align with current law and thus more effectively address current workforce issues support for the U.S. Department of Labors proposal to update the Apprenticeship Programs Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) regulations. Oppose lack of media diversity at all levels. Support proposed rule establishing paid sick leave for employees of federal government contractors Support executive order prohibiting federal contractors from asking about past criminal records on job application Support Moore (WI) Equal Pay amendment to HR 1927 Oppose H J Res 88 Oppose Gosar (AZ) amendment to HR 4974. Oppose Kline (MN) Amendment to NDAA 2017 which would repeal President Obamas Executive Order on Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Oppose any attempt to defund the Equal Employment Opportunity Commissions (EEOC) implementation or revision of the Employer Information Report (EEO-1) Support for Department of Labors new Overtime rule. Support Murray amendment to the FY 2017 Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations bill to provide funding for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to implement a rule supplementing the information collected through the Employer Information Report (EEO-1) to include pay data from many employers. Support S. 2697 / HR 4376 Support OPM proposed rule on Recruitment, Selection, and Placement (General) and Suitability Support S. 786 / HR 1439 Support H.R. 5587 Support immediate cessation of children harvesting tobacco. Support HR 6030 Support S. 786 / H.R. 1439 Oppose HR 6094 Oppose King (IA) Davis-Bacon amendment to HR 5538 Support an updating of Executive Order 11246 Support HR 1286 / S 631 Oppose any riders to any appropriations bills that would weaken or undermine the CFPB, Dodd-Frank, Department of Labors conflict -of-interest rule (aka fiduciary rule) or other financial reform and accountability legislation or regulation. Support S 3491 Oppose H J Res 88 Support HR 5963

Support FCC rules limiting rates charged for intra-state and inter-state phone rates charged to incarcerated people and their families. Support the FCC Lifeline program; support expanding the Lifeline program to cover Broadband. Support broadband deployment, adoption, and competition, to communities which have limited or no internet access. Support HR 2638 / S 1472 Support S. 2235 Support increase in minority owned media. Support the FCC exerting its authority and safeguarding consumers both inside and outside prisons by addressing the following issues put forward in the most recent NPRM: 1) advanced communications, including video visitation; 2) international calling rates; 3) the communications rights of deaf, hard of hearing, and disabled inmates; 4) ensuring the limits on ancillary fees are effective for all communications; and 5) regular data collection in the prison communications industry. Oppose HR 4884 Oppose HR 2666 Oppose HR 5525 Support the integrity of the Lifeline program; oppose efforts to cap it or eliminate some of the options provided Support HUDs proposed rules to narrow the digital divide by requiring broadband infrastructure installation in HUD-funded construction and modernizing HUDs Consolidated Plan process. Oppose repealing the newspaper-broadcast ownership rule without conducting studies on the impact of media ownership diversity in the area first. Support increased diversity and inclusion on the nations airwaves as it relates to the revised proposal released on September 8th regarding the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Memorandum Opinion and Order Expanding Consumers Video Navigation Choices aka the Proposal to Unlock the Set Top Box. Oppose HR5525 Support an improvement in data collection, analysis, and research on broadband Support a stay of the 30-day non usage rule for Lifeline Oppose the pattern of racial, ethnic and sexualized intimidation that emerged during the Presidential campaign

Support an agreement that would enable Canadian drug company Biolyse to manufacture a more affordable generic version of cancer drug enzalutamide for export and sale in low- and middle-income countries

Oppose any initiative including "faith based initiatives" that may result in legalized and federally funded discrimination. Oppose a finding by the Office of Legal Counsel that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA) provides a blanket override of a statutory non-discrimination provision. Support the implementation of Executive Order 13559, which seeks to strengthen the constitutional protections against unwelcome proselytizing of program beneficiaries, to promote grantee and contractor transparency and understanding of church-state separation parameters, and to implement safeguards against excessive government entanglement with religious institutions. Oppose Byrne (Ala) religious institutions amendment to HR 5055 Oppose Russell (OK) amendment to NDAA to sanction taxpayer-funded hiring discrimination in all government contracts and grants. Support HR 5272. Oppose HR 2808 / S. 1598 Oppose Russell (OK) religious organizations amendment to NDAA Support HR 5272

Oppose H.R. 452. Support S. 416 Support reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act Support H.R. 1070 Support H.R. 242 Support HBCUs Oppose the provision delaying or denying federal student aid to individuals convicted of a minor drug offense. Support legislation to renovate, rehabilitate or repair our nation's public schools. Oppose HR 970 / S 559. Support S. 1133 / H.R.2087 Oppose the reauthorization of the District of Columbia private school voucher program Oppose S. 474 Support H Res 82 Support HR 2731 Support HR 3512 Oppose HR 10 / S. 2171; Support the 21st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC) Support HR 3201 Oppose rider to any appropriation bill which would prohibit funds being spent by the Department of Education implementing its Gainful Employment regulation Support HR 2521 Oppose riders to any Appropriations bill which may authorize DC Private School Vouchers Support a summit to look into the benefits and current lack of diversity among public school teachers. Support HR 2197 / S 1770 Support standardized testing of elementary and high school students; oppose "opt outs" be parents Oppose high stakes testing of elementary and high school students Comments on ESSA Implementation: Regulation, guidance, and technical assistance must ensure that low-income communities, communities of color, the disability community, immigrant communities, and tribes are included in decision-making; the Department should propose regulations that ensure that state accountability systems are driven by the performance of groups of students and that support and intervention systems are developed with stakeholders and are implemented to raise achievement for consistently low-performing groups of students; assessments should not be an excuse to provide vulnerable students with lower quality assessments or obscure disparities in student outcomes; If supplement not supplant is to allow greater flexibility in demonstrating compliance, it must presume and ensure an equal base of actual per-pupil funding before any federal funds can be considered supplemental; and all publicly reported data should be available and understandable to students, parents and communities to help inform their participation in decision-making. The test of regulations, guidance, technical assistance and other implementation activities must be whether or not they advance educational equity and serve the interests of all students. Oppose private school vouchers. Comments on ESSA implementation: urge that the regulations and guidance for Title I to promote effective implementation of the foster care provisions of ESSA include guidance for state and local education agencies to ensure effective collaboration with state and local child welfare agencies for timely implementation of these important provisions. Comments on Juvenile Justice Provisions of ESSA implementation: urge prompt and appropriate access to a quality education and the success of students involved in and reentering from the juvenile justice system through the development of effective regulations and guidance as well as other activities to fully implement reauthorization of Title I, Part D in ESSA. Support the creation of a centralized complaint system within the Department of Education that accepts complaints about student loans, other aid, and institutions participating in the Title IV program that serves students and promotes accountability. Support robust and meaningful federal regulation in ESSA. Support funding for several programs related to child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in FY 2017 Labor-HHS-Education funding bill. $2,000,000 for ED grants for Local Education Agencies Under Title I; Support US Department of Education withholding federal student loan money from any school that uses forced arbitration clauses in their enrollment agreements Support the Education Department discharging more quickly and efficiently the federal loans of defrauded students under current regulations and proposing regulations that will make it easier, not harder, for such borrowers to get the relief they are entitled to under existing law. Support HR 4681. Support S. 2491 Support federal guidelines for Part A of Section 1010 of the ESSA including definitive, transparent timelines for these interactive processes. Support part D of Title I of ESSA, which addresses prevention and intervention programs for children and youth who are neglected, delinquent, or at-risk. Federal regulations are necessary to adequately implement this section. Such regulations should be based on the joint DOJ-Dept. of Education Guidelines on Correctional Education in Juvenile Justice Facilities; the joint DOJ-Department of Education Guidelines on School Climate and School Discipline; and the HHS-Department of Education Policy Statement on Pre-K Suspensions and Expulsions. Support Dr. John King to be Secretary of Education. Support the Equity in IDEA rule Oppose efforts to redirect funding from Pell Grants for other purposes as you advance the FY 2017 appropriations process Support the U.S. Department of Education issuing regulations and comprehensive guidance to assist state and local education agencies in not only complying with new data reporting requirements in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), but also encouraging school leaders to make this information accessible, high-quality, and helpful in reducing inequities for disadvantaged students. Support HR 4570 Oppose HR 4901 Support rule banning forced arbitration for students victimized by for-profit institutions. Support the Department of Education issuing regulations clarifying the means by which school districts must demonstrate their compliance with the supplement, not supplant requirement in Title I of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Support timely implementation of proposed gainful employment rules Support proposed DoE / DoJ guidance on Title IX on the rights of trans students in schools Support Department of Educations Office for Civil Rights efforts to combat sexual harassment and violence in schools using Title IX Support Department of Educations initial rules to promulgate ESSA, support strengthening those rules. Support HR 4681 S 2491 Support teacher diversity Support Education Departments Office of Civil Rights Title IX Guidance and enforcement Support HR 5587 Support a decrease in the Education Departments n-size threshold from 30 students to 10. Support the Departments proposed rule on arbitration, with the following strengthening amendments: 1. Presume full loan relief for defrauded borrowers; 2. Ensure loan relief is automatic when there is sufficient evidence of school wrongdoing; 3. Make the federal standard for relief a floor, not a ceiling that eliminates current borrower eligibility for relief; 4. Ensure unscrupulous schools cannot prevent students from holding schools accountable in the courts; 5. Improve the warnings for students regarding concerns about their school; 6. Do not impose new time limits on borrower relief; and 7. Ensure the independence of decision makers involved in borrower relief determinations Support Department of Education proposed rules on accountability and state plan requirements in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) support strengthening the rules where needed Support greater accountability of schools serving students involved in the juvenile justice system in ESSA regulations. Support HR 5738 / S 3168 Support the Departments of Educations arbitration rule to bring within the scope of the subsection of the rule those students who pursue claims on their own or with small groups of classmates, not just those students who bring class-action claims and the Departments efforts to promote access to justice for students who have already been harmed, not just those who enroll in predatory schools in the future. Support HR 5963 Support strong, enforceable guidelines to ensure that School Resource Officers respect the civil rights of students. Support HR 5692 Oppose HR 6119 Support automatic debt relief for the defrauded former students of the for-profit Corinthian Colleges, Inc. Support the Department of Educations Enterprise Complaints System; support improving it by making the complaint system public, searchable, and easy to find, including optional consumer complaint narratives; creating seamless coordination between government entities that run complaint systems; and improving complaint resolution by holding contractors accountable for meaningfully and efficiently addressing complaints and reviewing complaints when users are not satisfied. Oppose taking money from the Pell grant program to pay for FY 2017 appropriations Support the Department of Educations proposed supplement not supplant rule, Support strengthening the rule to say that no matter the method for distributing state and local funds to schools, the result is such that Title I schools have at least as much actual funding as do the average of all non-Title I schools. Support an end to corporal punishment in public schools Support shared use of school grounds, parks, gymnasiums and other physical activity spaces beyond normal business hours for public use Support concept that incoming Secretary of Education must enforce civil rights law and advance public education Oppose Betsy DeVos' nomination for Secretary of Education

Oppose H.R. 399 Oppose HR 240 Support HR 1974 Support HR 3201 Oppose anti-Muslim, Islamophobic rhetoric, actions, and legislation. Oppose current policy which allows children to go through the immigration court process without the benefit of counsel. Oppose H Res 639 Oppose Fleming (LA) immigration amendment to HR 4974 Support resolution sponsored by Congressman Grijalva in support of developing a national immigration policy which respects the basic human dignity of immigrants. Support elimination of U Visa Adjudication delays

Support H.R. 20. Oppose any efforts to dismantle, weaken, or change the structure or the funding stream of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Support an executive order requiring full disclosure of political spending by business entities receiving federal government contracts. Support giving the federal government and private citizens the legal tools they need to stop discriminatory voting and election changes before they are put into effect anywhere in the country Support ensuring that voting changes are transparent by requiring all States, cities and counties to provide effective disclosure and publicity in modern media outlets that reach impacted voters and through local community organizations; Support restoring federal review (preclearance) of voting changes for those states, cities and counties with a history of recent voting discrimination as well as those with the greatest need. Support authorizing federal observers to respond to potential racial or language minority discrimination in any State, city or county. Support S. 772 / H.R. 1459 Support H.R.12 Oppose H.R. 195 Oppose HR 185 Support S 1538 Support legislation to provide stiffer penalties for engaging in deceptive practices around elections Support HR 2887. Support HR 2867 / S 1659 Support HR 317 Support the Census Bureaus federal register notice regarding the Residence Rule and Residence Situations, 80 FR 28950 (May 20, 2015) Support H.R. 2694 Support H Res 341 Support H Res 355 Support H J Res 25 Oppose requiring the Secretary of Treasury to contract with private debt collection agencies to collect taxes. Support Voter registration through Federally Funded Health Insurance Exchanges Support sufficient FY2017 funding level for the 2020 Census and American Community Survey Support HR 2867 / S 1659 Support fully funding the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) Oppose "prison gerrymandering" by the Census Bureau Support S. 2021/H.R 3470 Urging full funding for the Census Bureau in FY 17 Support Presidential Medal of Freedom for H. Julian Bond Ensure that the Department of Justice is as tough as possible in protecting an individual's right to vote in light if the elimination of Se4ction V of the 1065 Voting Rights Act Oppose HR 712 Oppose HR 1927 Oppose letter by EAC ED Newby letting Kansas, Alabama and Georgia require proof of citizenship on federal voter registration. Oppose refusal by some Senators to give fair consideration to any Supreme Court nomination until after the next President is sworn into office on January 20, 2017. Oppose Balanced Budget Amendment to the US Constitution Support executive order prohibiting federal contractors from asking about past criminal records on job application Support HR 3735 Oppose the conduct of the Select Investigative Panels activities as they relate to the investigation of Planned Parenthood Support OPM proposed rule on Recruitment, Selection, and Placement (General) and Suitability. Support the establishment of a White House Office of Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization. Oppose proposed Census Bureau residency rules for incarcerated individuals Support the Committee Chairs denouncing efforts to have voter-discouraging patrolling of the polls. Oppose the sale or display of the confederate flag at Veterans cemeteries or on any federally owned public land, unless as part of a learning experience Support HR 5373 Support the development state and local plans to ensure that no voter is disenfranchised Support HR 5272 Support a final budget as close as possible to the Obama Administration's request for FY 2017 to fund both the 2020 Census and the American Community Survey. Support hearings and a vote on Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland ASAP Support diversity in Congressional staff Oppose Steve Bannon as chief strategist and senior counselor in the White House. Oppose Jeff Sessions for US Attorney General Support Census Bureau anomaly in any second continuing resolution. Support Census Bureau receiving an annual spend rate of $1.192 billion through the second fiscal quarter Support shared use of school grounds, parks, gymnasiums and other physical activity spaces beyond normal business hours for public use Support concept that incoming Secretary of Education must enforce civil rights law and advance public education Oppose Betsy DeVos' nomination for Secretary of Education Support HR 3735 Oppose HR 5982 Oppose proposed census bureau's RESIDENCE RULE AND RESIDENCE SITUATIONS oppose the so-called religious organizations amendment which was offered by Congressman Steve Russell (OK) to H.R. 4909, the House-passed version of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2017 (NDAA)

Support the Department of Labor's proposed "Conflicted Advice Rule" regarding retirement savings. Oppose HR 4293. Oppose HR 4294 Oppose H J Res 88

Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund. Support S. 705 Oppose H.R. 596 Support full funding for domestic HIV / AIDS programs Oppose HR 30 Oppose HR 7 Support HR 2 Support efforts to fight childhood obesity Support HR 1974 Support HR 932 / S 497 Support the Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) Support H Res 82 Support HR 3285 Support Planned Parenthood Oppose HR 2646 Support that HHS administers this Section 1557 of the ACA through robust implementation and enforcement mechanisms, and this must be reflected in the final regulations that HHS promulgates. Support continued funding in FY2016 to the National Center for Environmental Healths Healthy Community Design Initiative (HCDI) at its current level of $2.8 million. Support Andy Slavitt to serve as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Oppose HR 2646 Support funding for several programs related to child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in FY 2017 Labor-HHS-Education funding bill. Specifically, $129,325,000 for the DOL International Affairs Labor Bureau; $5,000,000 for the DOL / Department of Wage and Hour / Services and Benefits for Victims of Trafficking; $32,000,000 for the HHS / Administration for Children and Families; $2,500, for the HHS / Administration for Children and Families / The National Human Trafficking Resource Center; $165,000,000 for the HHS / Administration of Children and Families / Runaway and Homeless Youth Act; $85,000,000for the Department of Education / McKinney - Vento Act Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program; $2,000,000 for ED grants for Local Education Agencies Under Title I; Oppose increasing cost sharing for beneficiaries in the Medicare Part D program. Support the final regulations implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) be finalized as quickly as possible and with strong protections addressing the serious issues of discrimination that we know affect members of marginalized communities, such as racial and ethnic minorities; women; people with disabilities; immigrants; people whose primary language is not English; and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals. Support Sec. Burwell speaking at UNGASS Oppose HR 3762. Oppose veto override of HR 3762 Oppose Price motion to concur with Senate amendments to HR 3762 Support the Health Equity and Accountability Act Support treating the drug problem as a health issue sUPPORT hr 2014 / s 1078 Support HHS proposed rule on Section 1557 of the ACA Oppose proposed CMS Meaningful Use rule Support the restoration of monies to AIDS programs Support investing $120 million per year into CDC directed data collection and programs to inspire more physical activity.

Oppose any efforts to dismantle, weaken, or change the structure or the funding stream of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Support a rule from the CFPB regarding payday lending which require the lender to determine the borrowers ability to repay the loan, including consideration of income and expenses; does not sanction any series of repeat loans or provide a safe harbor for poorly underwritten loans; establishes an outer limit on length of indebtedness that is at least as short as the FDICs 2005 guidelines - 90 days in a twelve-month period; and restricts lenders from requiring a post-dated check or electronic access to a borrowers checking account as a condition of extending credit. Support the Department of Labor's proposed "Conflicted Advice Rule" (also known as the "Fiduciary Responsibility" rule) regarding retirement savings. Support the CFPB's study on forced arbitration clauses; oppose efforts to disable the CFPB to act on its findings. Oppose H.R. 685 Oppose H.R. 1529 Oppose H.R. 650 Oppose H.R. 1408 Oppose H.R. 1265 Oppose H.R. 1259 Oppose H.R. 1195 Oppose H.R. 601 Support S. 838 / H.R. 1565 oppose H.R. 50 Oppose HR 37 Support continued implementation of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act of 2010; oppose efforts to eliminate or weaken provisions of the law Support S. 1133 / H.R.2087 Support HR 2362 Oppose S 1484 Oppose HR 1737 Support a strong short term lending reform package by the CFPB that does not undermine state or local laws which may be stronger (offer more protection) Urge FHA to improve its current proposal to change the certification requirements that lenders must make in order to secure Federal Housing Administration insurance on a mortgage loan and adopt an enhanced certification requirement that requires lenders to certify that they meet all three of the following: Exercise of due diligence and good faith in underwriting the mortgage and submitting the application for insurance, which is proposed; Establish, operate and monitor a Quality Control program that complies with all FHA requirements; and For any defects that occur notwithstanding compliance with the first two lender duties, timely remediate or indemnify FHA for any defects that affect the insurability of the loan. Oppose HR 1210 Oppose HR 3192 Oppose HR 1737 Oppose HR 776 Oppose HR 1317 Oppose HR 1941 Oppose HR 3189 Support HR 3524 / S 1981 Oppose HR 1266 Oppose H.R. 4018 Support principle reduction of mortgages Oppose H.R. 766. Support Operation Choke Point. Support a strong implementation of the Holder Rule, which says that when a seller of a good or service originates or helps arrange credit, the consumer is allowed to raise the sellers misconduct as a basis for bringing claims or defenses against the entity holding the debt. Oppose any financial riders on FY17 spending bills. Support a robust proposed survey of financing for auto buyers. Support CFPB moving forward on a rulemaking to address the widespread harm resulting from forced arbitration. Support Senators signing onto a letter to the CFPB in support of their auto lending efforts.Support extending the upcoming rule curbing short-term pay day and car title loans to long term payday and car title loans. Oppose granting certiorari in the case of Midland Funding LLC v. Madden Support Director Cordray speaking to advocates from across the country about financial reform issues Oppose all budget riders to weaken the powers, structure, or funding of the CFPB --particularly opposing proposals that would limit, delay or remove their authority to take action on forced arbitration. Support reassessment of Treasurys plan to eliminate the GSEs capital buffers by the end of 2017. Oppose S. 2663 Support making the AFFH Assessment tool more effective and closing gaps Oppose HR 5112 Support suspension of GSE dividend payments to Treasury, and require the GSEs to develop and implement capital restoration plans, so they have enough capital to safely manage their business and to support Americas housing finance system. Support the Comprehensive Consumer Credit Reporting Reform Act of 2016 Support HUD AFFH tools as designed to local PHAs and state and local governments with some strengthening suggestions. Support Rep. Meeks Congressional sign-on letter to the regulators urging better enforcement of the Community Reinvestment Act Support the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for releasing a strong proposed payday and car title lending rule and urge the Bureau to close some concerning loopholes that would allow some lenders to continue making harmful loans business as usual. Support the elimination / reduction of loan level price adjustments Support capturing the borrowers preferred language on mortgage application forms. Support HR 4893 Support principal reduction by HUD and FHFA. Support proposed CFPB rule to limit forced arbitration by financial services Support letter by Congressman Meeks (NY) to federal bank regulators that seeks reforms to CRA regulations and examinations practices. Support the proposed affordability standard set by Federal Insurance Office for future auto insurance research Oppose HR 5893 Support the inclusion of a company satisfaction survey to the CFPBs complaint process. Oppose CFPB outline of proposed regulations of debt collection as they fail to sufficiently improve protect consumers victimized by predatory debt collection practices. Support proposed rule on short-term loans, including payday and car title loans, support strengthening rule to close loopholes, Oppose Congressional efforts to attach piecemeal GSE reform as amendments to must pass legislation. Oppose HR 5485 Oppose Guinta (NH)"auto lending" amendment to HR 5485 Support Sewell (AL)"payday lending" amendment to HR 5485 Support Moore (WI) "CFPB" amendment to HR 5485 Support Ellison "arbitration" amendment to HR 5485

Support closing a large gap in the EITC by expanding it for low-income childless adults and non-custodial parents. Oppose requiring the Secretary of Treasury to contract with private debt collection agencies to collect taxes. Oppose the omission of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program in the Treasurys Departments proposed regulation implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. Support protecting the CTC/EITC eligibility of taxpaying immigrant families who file their taxes with an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN). Support the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Support a federal automatic Individual Retirement Account (IRA) and, in the absence of a federal solution, support state auto-IRAs and other similar retirement programs Support substantive changes to ensure that the LIHTC program will further the Administrations goals of promoting racial and socioeconomic integration and provide ladders of opportunity to low-income families - particularly Black and Latino families Support an expansion of the EITC to low wage adults not raising children.

Support Andy Slavitt to serve as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Oppose increasing cost sharing for beneficiaries in the Medicare Part D program. Support H.R.5100, S.2874 Support overall arc of proposed regulations for delivery ad payment reform to implement the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act. Oppose proposed CMS Meaningful Use rule

Oppose H.R. 452. Support S. 416 Support reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act Support H.R. 1070 Support H.R. 242 Support HBCUs Oppose the provision delaying or denying federal student aid to individuals convicted of a minor drug offense. Support legislation to renovate, rehabilitate or repair our nation's public schools. Oppose HR 970 / S 559. Support S. 1133 / H.R.2087 Oppose the reauthorization of the District of Columbia private school voucher program Oppose S. 474 Support H Res 82 Support HR 2731 Support HR 3512 Oppose HR 10 / S. 2171; Support the 21st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC) Support HR 3201 Oppose rider to any appropriation bill which would prohibit funds being spent by the Department of Education implementing its Gainful Employment regulation Support HR 2521 Oppose riders to any Appropriations bill which may authorize DC Private School Vouchers Support a summit to look into the benefits and current lack of diversity among public school teachers. Support HR 2197 / S 1770 Support standardized testing of elementary and high school students; oppose "opt outs" be parents Oppose high stakes testing of elementary and high school students Comments on ESSA Implementation: Regulation, guidance, and technical assistance must ensure that low-income communities, communities of color, the disability community, immigrant communities, and tribes are included in decision-making; the Department should propose regulations that ensure that state accountability systems are driven by the performance of groups of students and that support and intervention systems are developed with stakeholders and are implemented to raise achievement for consistently low-performing groups of students; assessments should not be an excuse to provide vulnerable students with lower quality assessments or obscure disparities in student outcomes; If supplement not supplant is to allow greater flexibility in demonstrating compliance, it must presume and ensure an equal base of actual per-pupil funding before any federal funds can be considered supplemental; and all publicly reported data should be available and understandable to students, parents and communities to help inform their participation in decision-making. The test of regulations, guidance, technical assistance and other implementation activities must be whether or not they advance educational equity and serve the interests of all students. Oppose private school vouchers. Comments on ESSA implementation: urge that the regulations and guidance for Title I to promote effective implementation of the foster care provisions of ESSA include guidance for state and local education agencies to ensure effective collaboration with state and local child welfare agencies for timely implementation of these important provisions. Comments on Juvenile Justice Provisions of ESSA implementation: urge prompt and appropriate access to a quality education and the success of students involved in and reentering from the juvenile justice system through the development of effective regulations and guidance as well as other activities to fully implement reauthorization of Title I, Part D in ESSA. Support the creation of a centralized complaint system within the Department of Education that accepts complaints about student loans, other aid, and institutions participating in the Title IV program that serves students and promotes accountability. Support robust and meaningful federal regulation in ESSA. Support funding for several programs related to child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in FY 2017 Labor-HHS-Education funding bill. $2,000,000 for ED grants for Local Education Agencies Under Title I; Support US Department of Education withholding federal student loan money from any school that uses forced arbitration clauses in their enrollment agreements Support the Education Department discharging more quickly and efficiently the federal loans of defrauded students under current regulations and proposing regulations that will make it easier, not harder, for such borrowers to get the relief they are entitled to under existing law. Support HR 4681. Support S. 2491 Support federal guidelines for Part A of Section 1010 of the ESSA including definitive, transparent timelines for these interactive processes. Support part D of Title I of ESSA, which addresses prevention and intervention programs for children and youth who are neglected, delinquent, or at-risk. Federal regulations are necessary to adequately implement this section. Such regulations should be based on the joint DOJ-Dept. of Education Guidelines on Correctional Education in Juvenile Justice Facilities; the joint DOJ-Department of Education Guidelines on School Climate and School Discipline; and the HHS-Department of Education Policy Statement on Pre-K Suspensions and Expulsions. Support Dr. John King to be Secretary of Education. Support the Equity in IDEA rule Oppose efforts to redirect funding from Pell Grants for other purposes as you advance the FY 2017 appropriations process Support the U.S. Department of Education issuing regulations and comprehensive guidance to assist state and local education agencies in not only complying with new data reporting requirements in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), but also encouraging school leaders to make this information accessible, high-quality, and helpful in reducing inequities for disadvantaged students. Support HR 4570 Oppose HR 4901 Support rule banning forced arbitration for students victimized by for-profit institutions. Support the Department of Education issuing regulations clarifying the means by which school districts must demonstrate their compliance with the supplement, not supplant requirement in Title I of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Support timely implementation of proposed gainful employment rules Support proposed DoE / DoJ guidance on Title IX on the rights of trans students in schools Support Department of Educations Office for Civil Rights efforts to combat sexual harassment and violence in schools using Title IX Support Department of Educations initial rules to promulgate ESSA, support strengthening those rules. Support HR 4681 S 2491 Support teacher diversity Support Education Departments Office of Civil Rights Title IX Guidance and enforcement Support HR 5587 Support a decrease in the Education Departments n-size threshold from 30 students to 10. Support the Departments proposed rule on arbitration, with the following strengthening amendments: 1. Presume full loan relief for defrauded borrowers; 2. Ensure loan relief is automatic when there is sufficient evidence of school wrongdoing; 3. Make the federal standard for relief a floor, not a ceiling that eliminates current borrower eligibility for relief; 4. Ensure unscrupulous schools cannot prevent students from holding schools accountable in the courts; 5. Improve the warnings for students regarding concerns about their school; 6. Do not impose new time limits on borrower relief; and 7. Ensure the independence of decision makers involved in borrower relief determinations Support Department of Education proposed rules on accountability and state plan requirements in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) support strengthening the rules where needed Support greater accountability of schools serving students involved in the juvenile justice system in ESSA regulations. Support HR 5738 / S 3168 Support the Departments of Educations arbitration rule to bring within the scope of the subsection of the rule those students who pursue claims on their own or with small groups of classmates, not just those students who bring class-action claims and the Departments efforts to promote access to justice for students who have already been harmed, not just those who enroll in predatory schools in the future. Support HR 5963 Support strong, enforceable guidelines to ensure that School Resource Officers respect the civil rights of students. Support HR 5692 Oppose HR 6119

Support the Department of Labor's proposed "Conflicted Advice Rule" regarding retirement savings. Support the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) proposal to update the Sex Discrimination Guidelines for federal contractors to align the standards with Executive Order 11246 and current law. Support reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act Support S. 862 / H.R. 1619 Support executive action to ensure that both federal agencies and federal contractors are leading the way to making employment opportunities available for qualified job-seekers who have an arrest or conviction in their past. Oppose HR 30 Support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act Support workers who want to form a union. Support HR 1848 / S. 974 Support HR 2150 / S 1150 Support HR 3524 / S 1981 Support S. 786/H.R. 1439 Support HR 3201 Support the promotion of racial, gender, and ethnic diversity in media Support HR 3470 / S 2021 Support S. 2042/H.R. 3514 Oppose racial and ethnic discrimination in hiring Support a federal automatic Individual Retirement Account (IRA) and, in the absence of a federal solution, support state auto-IRAs and other similar retirement programs Oppose HR 4293. Oppose HR 4294 Support HR 4376 Support funding for several programs related to child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in FY 2017 Labor-HHS-Education funding bill. Specifically, $129,325,000 for the DOL International Affairs Labor Bureau; $5,000,000 for the DOL / Department of Wage and Hour. Support EEOC initiative to expand data collection on collecting pay data from private employers on race and gender pay. Support for the Department of Labors (DOL) proposal to update the nondiscrimination and equal opportunity regulations implementing Section 188 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) to align with current law and thus more effectively address current workforce issues support for the U.S. Department of Labors proposal to update the Apprenticeship Programs Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) regulations. Oppose lack of media diversity at all levels. Support proposed rule establishing paid sick leave for employees of federal government contractors Support executive order prohibiting federal contractors from asking about past criminal records on job application Support Moore (WI) Equal Pay amendment to HR 1927 Oppose H J Res 88 Oppose Gosar (AZ) amendment to HR 4974. Oppose Kline (MN) Amendment to NDAA 2017 which would repeal President Obamas Executive Order on Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Oppose any attempt to defund the Equal Employment Opportunity Commissions (EEOC) implementation or revision of the Employer Information Report (EEO-1) Support for Department of Labors new Overtime rule. Support Murray amendment to the FY 2017 Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations bill to provide funding for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to implement a rule supplementing the information collected through the Employer Information Report (EEO-1) to include pay data from many employers. Support S. 2697 / HR 4376 Support OPM proposed rule on Recruitment, Selection, and Placement (General) and Suitability Support S. 786 / HR 1439 Support H.R. 5587 Support immediate cessation of children harvesting tobacco. Support HR 6030 Support S. 786 / H.R. 1439 Oppose HR 6094 Oppose King (IA) Davis-Bacon amendment to HR 5538

Oppose HR 7 Support HR 932 / S. 497 Support proposed rule rules to modernize the federal child support system, and to break the link between unaffordable child support orders/arrears and mass incarceration. Support HR 4681 Support federal guidelines for Part A of Section 1010 of the ESSA including definitive, transparent timelines for these interactive processes. Support H.R. 3406 Support HR 4681 Support regulations as they relate to children in foster care; offer a few suggestions to strengthen. Support an expansion of the EITC to low wage adults not raising children. Support S. 786 / H.R. 1439

Support HR 3285 Oppose HR 2646

Oppose any efforts to dismantle, weaken, or change the structure or the funding stream of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Support a rule from the CFPB regarding payday lending which require the lender to determine the borrowers ability to repay the loan, including consideration of income and expenses; does not sanction any series of repeat loans or provide a safe harbor for poorly underwritten loans; establishes an outer limit on length of indebtedness that is at least as short as the FDICs 2005 guidelines - 90 days in a twelve-month period; and restricts lenders from requiring a post-dated check or electronic access to a borrowers checking account as a condition of extending credit. Support the Department of Labor's "Fiduciary Responsibility" rule. Support the CFPB's study on forced arbitration clauses; oppose efforts to disable the CFPB to act on its findings. Oppose H.R. 685. Oppose H.R. 1529 Oppose H.R. 650 Oppose H.R. 1408 Oppose H.R. 1265 Oppose H.R. 1259 Oppose H.R. 1195 Oppose H.R. 601 Support S. 838 / H.R. 1565 Oppose H.R. 50 Oppose HR 37 Support continued implementation of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act of 2010; oppose efforts to eliminate or weaken provisions of the law. Support S. 1133 / H.R.2087 Support HR 2362 Support a strong short term lending reform package by the CFPB that does not undermine state or local laws which may be stronger (offer more protection) Oppose HR 1210 Oppose HR 3192 Oppose HR 1737 Oppose HR 776 Oppose HR 1317 Oppose HR 1941 Oppose HR 3189 Support HR 3524 / S 1981 Support the Federal Insurance Office‟s effort to assess the affordability and accessibility of auto insurance in low-wealth communities, communities of color and underserved communities and the proposed definition of affordability and Affected Persons. Oppose HR 1266 Oppose S. 2038 Oppose H.R. 4018 Support principle reduction of mortgages by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Oppose H.R. 766. Support Operation Choke Point. Support full funding in FY 2017 for the 2020 Census and for the ACS Oppose any financial riders on FY17 spending bills Support a robust proposed survey of financing for auto buyers. Support CFPB moving forward on a rulemaking to address the widespread harm resulting from forced arbitration. Support Senators signing onto a letter to the CFPB in support of their auto lending efforts. Support extending the upcoming rule curbing short-term pay day and car title loans to long term payday and car title loans. Oppose granting certiorari in the case of Midland Funding LLC v. Madden. Support Director Cordray speaking to advocates from across the country about financial reform issues Oppose all budget riders to weaken the powers, structure, or funding of the CFPB --particularly opposing proposals that would limit, delay or remove their authority to take action on forced arbitration. Support reassessment of Treasurys plan to eliminate the GSEs capital buffers by the end of 2017. Oppose S. 2663 Oppose HR 5112 Support suspension of GSE dividend payments to Treasury, and require the GSEs to develop and implement capital restoration plans, so they have enough capital to safely manage their business and to support Americas housing finance system. Support the Comprehensive Consumer Credit Reporting Reform Act of 2016 Support HUD AFFH tools as designed to local PHAs and state and local governments with some strengthening suggestions. Support Rep. Meeks Congressional sign-on letter to the regulators urging better enforcement of the ComSupport the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for releasing a strong proposed payday and car title lending rule and urge the Bureau to close some concerning loopholes that would allow some lenders to continue making harmful loans business as usual.munity Reinvestment Act Support the elimination / reduction of loan level price adjustments Support capturing the borrowers preferred language on mortgage application forms. Support HR 4893 Support principal reduction by HUD and FHFA. Support proposed CFPB rule to limit forced arbitration by financial services Support letter by Congressman Meeks (NY) to federal bank regulators that seeks reforms to CRA regulations and examinations practices. Support the proposed affordability standard set by Federal Insurance Office for future auto insurance research Oppose HR 5893 Support the inclusion of a company satisfaction survey to the CFPBs complaint process Oppose CFPB outline of proposed regulations of debt collection as they fail to sufficiently improve protect consumers victimized by predatory debt collection practices. Support proposed rule on short-term loans, including payday and car title loans, support strengthening rule to close loopholes. Oppose Congressional efforts to attach piecemeal GSE reform as amendments to must pass legislation. Oppose HR 5485 Oppose Guinta (NH)"auto lending" amendment to HR 5485 Support Sewell (AL)"payday lending" amendment to HR 5485 Support Moore (WI) "CFPB" amendment to HR 5485 Support Ellison "arbitration" amendment to HR 5485

Oppose HR 712 Oppose HR 1927

Oppose H.R. 399 Oppose HR 240 Support HR 1974 Support HR 3201 Oppose anti-Muslim, Islamophobic rhetoric, actions, and legislation. Oppose current policy which allows children to go through the immigration court process without the benefit of counsel. Oppose H Res 639 Oppose Fleming (LA) immigration amendment to HR 4974 Support resolution sponsored by Congressman Grijalva in support of developing a national immigration policy which respects the basic human dignity of immigrants. Support elimination of U Visa Adjudication delays

Oppose any efforts to dismantle, weaken, or change the structure or the funding stream of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Support the CFPB's study on forced arbitration clauses. Support S. 1133 / H.R.2087 Support HR 2362 Oppose HR 712 Oppose HR 1927 Support a robust proposed survey of financing for auto buyers Oppose granting certiorari in the case of Midland Funding LLC v. Madden

Support Presidential Medal of Freedom for H. Julian Bond

Support giving the federal government and private citizens the legal tools they need to stop discriminatory voting and election changes before they are put into effect anywhere in the country Support ensuring that voting changes are transparent by requiring all States, cities and counties to provide effective disclosure and publicity in modern media outlets that reach impacted voters and through local community organizations; Support restoring federal review (preclearance) of voting changes for those states, cities and counties with a history of recent voting discrimination as well as those with the greatest need. Support authorizing federal observers to respond to potential racial or language minority discrimination in any State, city or county. Support S. 772 / H.R. 1459 Support H.R. 40 Support S. 862 / H.R. 1619 Support H.R. 12 Oppose any initiative including "faith based initiatives" that may result in legalized and federally funded discrimination Support H.R. 671 Support H.J. Res. 25 Support H.R. 431 Support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act Oppose HR 2899 Support H Res 341 Oppose HR 2048 Support H Res 355 Support HR 2867 / S 1659 Oppose anti-Muslim, islamophobic rhetoric, actions, and legislation. Ensure that the Department of Justice is as tough as possible in protecting an individual's right to vote in light if the elimination of Se4ction V of the 1065 Voting Rights Act Oppose HR 712 Oppose HR 1927 Support EEOC initiative to expand data collection on collecting pay data from private employers on race and gender pay. Support FCC carefully examining the privacy interests of historically disadvantaged communities; developing broadband privacy rules consistent with the Civil Rights Principles for the Era of Big Data; Privacy protections should be made equally available to all consumers, regardless of whether they are rich or poor, using fixed or mobile connections. Support H. RES. 616 Support S 2546 / HR 4539 Oppose lack of media diversity at all levels Support Conyers amendment to HR 1927 Support Huffman (CA) confederate flag amendment to HR 4974 Support Maloney (NY) anti LGBT discrimination amendment to HR 4974 Oppose Pittenger (NC) North Carolina amendment to HR 5055 Support Maloney (NY) anti LGBT discrimination amendment to HR 5055 Oppose Byrne (Ala) religious institutions amendment to HR 5055 Oppose Russell (OK) amendment to NDAA to sanction taxpayer-funded hiring discrimination in all government contracts and grants. Oppose Anti-Transgender Initiatives Support proposed DoE / DoJ guidance on Title IX on the rights of trans students in schools Support investigating the arrest and indictment of disproportionately Asian American scientists Support HR 5272. Oppose HR 2802 S. 1598 Support Education Departments Office of Civil Rights Title IX Guidance and enforcement Oppose Russell (OK) religious organizations amendment to NDAA. Support HR 6030 Oppose the sale or display of the confederate flag at Veterans cemeteries or on any federally owned public land, unless as part of a learning experience Support S. 2854 / H.R. 5067 Support HR 5373 Support HR 5272

Support H.R. 20. Oppose any efforts to dismantle, weaken, or change the structure or the funding stream of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Support an executive order requiring full disclosure of political spending by business entities receiving federal government contracts. Support giving the federal government and private citizens the legal tools they need to stop discriminatory voting and election changes before they are put into effect anywhere in the country Support ensuring that voting changes are transparent by requiring all States, cities and counties to provide effective disclosure and publicity in modern media outlets that reach impacted voters and through local community organizations; Support restoring federal review (preclearance) of voting changes for those states, cities and counties with a history of recent voting discrimination as well as those with the greatest need. Support authorizing federal observers to respond to potential racial or language minority discrimination in any State, city or county. Support S. 772 / H.R. 1459 Support H.R.12 Oppose H.R. 195 Oppose HR 185 Support S 1538 Support legislation to provide stiffer penalties for engaging in deceptive practices around elections Support HR 2887. Support HR 2867 / S 1659 Support HR 317 Support the Census Bureaus federal register notice regarding the Residence Rule and Residence Situations, 80 FR 28950 (May 20, 2015) Support H.R. 2694 Support H Res 341 Support H Res 355 Support H J Res 25 Oppose requiring the Secretary of Treasury to contract with private debt collection agencies to collect taxes. Support Voter registration through Federally Funded Health Insurance Exchanges Support sufficient FY2017 funding level for the 2020 Census and American Community Survey Support HR 2867 / S 1659 Support fully funding the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) Oppose "prison gerrymandering" by the Census Bureau Support S. 2021/H.R 3470 Urging full funding for the Census Bureau in FY 17 Support Presidential Medal of Freedom for H. Julian Bond Ensure that the Department of Justice is as tough as possible in protecting an individual's right to vote in light if the elimination of Se4ction V of the 1065 Voting Rights Act Oppose HR 712 Oppose HR 1927 Oppose letter by EAC ED Newby letting Kansas, Alabama and Georgia require proof of citizenship on federal voter registration. Oppose refusal by some Senators to give fair consideration to any Supreme Court nomination until after the next President is sworn into office on January 20, 2017. Oppose Balanced Budget Amendment to the US Constitution Support executive order prohibiting federal contractors from asking about past criminal records on job application Support HR 3735 Oppose the conduct of the Select Investigative Panels activities as they relate to the investigation of Planned Parenthood Support OPM proposed rule on Recruitment, Selection, and Placement (General) and Suitability. Support the establishment of a White House Office of Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization. Oppose proposed Census Bureau residency rules for incarcerated individuals Support the Committee Chairs denouncing efforts to have voter-discouraging patrolling of the polls. Oppose the sale or display of the confederate flag at Veterans cemeteries or on any federally owned public land, unless as part of a learning experience Support HR 5373

Support a larger 302 (b) allocation for the Transportation - HUD Appropriations bill for FY 2017. Support H.R. 372 oppose H.R. 574 Support the National Housing Trust Fund; support its funding through Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Support HR 2997 Oppose HR 3192 Support, in the President's budget proposal for FY 17, Additional $50 million for the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (RHYA) programs - $2.5 million for the national prevalence, needs, and characteristics of homeless youth in America authorized by RHYA - Additional $50 million for the McKinney-Vento Education for Homeless Children and Youth (EHCYA) Program - Additional $400 million for McKinney-Vento HUD Homeless Assistance programs, of which $150 million be directed to serving homeless youth - Additional $40 million for 10 community demonstration projects to provide comprehensive approaches to serving homeless youth. - Clarifying language that all children, youth and families in vulnerable and unsafe situations should be eligible for HUD homeless assistance and waived from being required to provide third-part documentation to receive housing and supportive services with Continuum of Care funds. Support, in FY16, - Additional $50 million for the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (RHYA) programs - $2.5 million for the national prevalence, needs, and characteristics of homeless youth in America authorized by RHYA - Additional $50 million for the McKinney-Vento Education for Homeless Children and Youth (EHCYA) Program Support HR 1662 Oppose S. 2038 Support principle reduction of mortgages Support the Low Income Housing Support funding for several programs related to child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in FY 2017 Labor-HHS-Education funding bill. Specifically, Specifically, Services and Benefits for Victims of Trafficking; $32,000,000 for the HHS / Administration for Children and Families; $2,500, for the HHS / Administration for Children and Families / The National Human Trafficking Resource Center; $165,000,000 for the HHS / Administration of Children and Families / Runaway and Homeless Youth Act; Support funding for several programs related to child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in FY 2017 Transportation-HUD funding bill. Specifically, $33,000,000 to fund comprehensive continuum of care projects for homeless and runaway youth. Support funding for HUDs Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing program in FY17 Support substantive changes to ensure that the LIHTC program will further the Administrations goals of promoting racial and socioeconomic integration and provide ladders of opportunity to low-income families - particularly Black and Latino families. Support FHFAs effort to provide Extra Credit for Residential Economic Diversity Activities. Support EPA coordination with HUD, and both to engage in the AFFH process and leverage it for its other nondiscrimination investigations and enforcement. Support including language preference in the Uniform Residential Loan Application (URLA). Support $15 million for a new Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration. Support Al Green, TX, amendment to HR 3700 Support HR 3700 Support Moore (WI) Fair Housing amendment to HR 1927 Support Collins (ME) motion to table Lee (UT) amendment 3897 Oppose Lee (UT) amendment 3897 Support reassessment of Treasurys plan to eliminate the GSEs capital buffers by the end of 2017. Support making the AFFH Assessment tool more effective and closing gaps Support suspension of GSE dividend payments to Treasury, and require the GSEs to develop and implement capital restoration plans, so they have enough capital to safely manage their business and to support Americas housing finance system. Support HUD AFFH tools as designed to local PHAs and state and local governments with some strengthening suggestions. Support the elimination / reduction of loan level price adjustments Support capturing the borrowers preferred language on mortgage application forms. Support HR 4888 Support HR 4893 Support principal reduction by HUD and FHFA. Support S 3164 Support HUDs proposed rules to narrow the digital divide by requiring broadband infrastructure installation in HUD-funded construction and modernizing HUDs Consolidated Plan process. Support the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) permitting its borrowers to use the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program to finance home improvements that increase energy efficiency and lower utility costs Support HUDs proposal to implement Small Area Fair Market Rents in metropolitan areas where Housing Choice Voucher families are most severely clustered in high poverty neighborhoods. Support HUD responding to its IG report on down payment assistance (DPA) and not restricting DPA by geography Support the following improvements in the AFFH Local Assessment Tool: The need for stronger community participation and consultation elements; More accountability around the use of local knowledge and data (for which participants go beyond the HUD-supplied data, and assess the particular problems of the community in more range and depth); The need to assess whether the requirement to incorporate the AFHs goals into other planning processes has been met; Improvements to the Opportunity Indices, specifically in assessing education, environmental health, and transportation; The need to include assessment of other civil rights enforcement (beyond fair housing), such as Title V I; Changes to the Inserts that HUD includes for secondary participants, such as requiring them to identify contributing factors, incorporate community participation that focuses on those participants, and evaluate PHA programmatic features. Oppose Congressional efforts to attach piecemeal GSE reform as amendments to must pass legislation. Support HR 6211 Support Principal reduction

Support the Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) Support immediate cessation of children harvesting tobacco

Support HR 2499 Support HR 251 Support HR 4676 Oppose Fleming (LA) immigration amendment to HR 4974 Support Huffman (CA) confederate flag amendment to HR 4974 Oppose Gosar (AZ) labor organization amendment to HR 4974 Oppose Perry (PA) project labor agreement amendment to HR 4974 Support Maloney (NY) anti-LGBT discrimination amendment Oppose the sale or display of the confederate flag at Veterans cemeteries or on any federally owned public land, unless as part of a learning experience

Oppose any initiative including "faith based initiatives" that may result in legalized and federally funded discrimination. Oppose a finding by the Office of Legal Counsel that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA) provides a blanket override of a statutory non-discrimination provision. Support the implementation of Executive Order 13559, which seeks to strengthen the constitutional protections against unwelcome proselytizing of program beneficiaries, to promote grantee and contractor transparency and understanding of church-state separation parameters, and to implement safeguards against excessive government entanglement with religious institutions. Oppose Byrne (Ala) religious institutions amendment to HR 5055 Oppose Russell (OK) amendment to NDAA to sanction taxpayer-funded hiring discrimination in all government contracts and grants. Support HR 5272. Oppose HR 2808 / S. 1598 Oppose Russell (OK) religious organizations amendment to NDAA Support HR 5272

Support the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) permitting its borrowers to use the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program to finance home improvements that increase energy efficiency and lower utility costs

Support H.R. 735 Support President Obama's initiatives towards Cuba Support debt relief for the globe's poorest nations Oppose Section 2 of HR 2337 Support a stronger US position at the UN General Assembly on the World Drug Problem on: acknowledging the ramifications of new drug policies; standing up for human rights; calling for a people-centered approach to drug policy; taking a stronger stance on criminal justice reform; and ensuring an open dialog between all interested parties. Support President Obama speaking at the UNGASS on the world drug problem. Support Sec. Burwell speaking at UNGASS

Support H.J. Res. 25 Oppose a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution

Support FCC rules limiting rates charged for intra-state and inter-state phone rates charged to incarcerated people and their families. Support the FCC Lifeline program; support expanding the Lifeline program to cover Broadband. Support broadband deployment, adoption, and competition, to communities which have limited or no internet access. Support HR 2638 / S 1472 Support S. 2235 Support increase in minority owned media. Support the FCC exerting its authority and safeguarding consumers both inside and outside prisons by addressing the following issues put forward in the most recent NPRM: 1) advanced communications, including video visitation; 2) international calling rates; 3) the communications rights of deaf, hard of hearing, and disabled inmates; 4) ensuring the limits on ancillary fees are effective for all communications; and 5) regular data collection in the prison communications industry. Oppose HR 4884 Oppose HR 2666 Oppose HR 5525 Support the integrity of the Lifeline program; oppose efforts to cap it or eliminate some of the options provided Support HUDs proposed rules to narrow the digital divide by requiring broadband infrastructure installation in HUD-funded construction and modernizing HUDs Consolidated Plan process. Oppose repealing the newspaper-broadcast ownership rule without conducting studies on the impact of media ownership diversity in the area first. Support increased diversity and inclusion on the nations airwaves as it relates to the revised proposal released on September 8th regarding the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Memorandum Opinion and Order Expanding Consumers Video Navigation Choices aka the Proposal to Unlock the Set Top Box. Oppose HR5525

Oppose HR 1891 / S 1267. Support increasing trade / taking down trade barriers between the U.S. and Cuba Oppose Fast Track legislation Support HR 1295

Support requiring universal background checks on all gun sales Support a ban on military-style semi automatic assault guns Support a ban on high capacity ammunition clips Support tough new criminal penalties for straw purchasers and gun traffickers Support "no-fly / no-buy" proposals

Oppose HR 1030 Oppose HR 2042 Oppose S.J. Res 24 Oppose HR 712 Oppose HR 1927 Support continued funding in FY2016 to the National Center for Environmental Healths Healthy Community Design Initiative (HCDI) at its current level of $2.8 million. Support EPA making improvements to regulatory mechanisms from removing lead from drinking water. Support EPA coordination with HUD, and both to engage in the AFFH process and leverage it for its other nondiscrimination investigations and enforcement. Support S. 2491. Oppose HR 3797 Support HR 4470 Oppose HR 4775 Support the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) permitting its borrowers to use the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program to finance home improvements that increase energy efficiency and lower utility costs Support the establishment of a White House Office of Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization. Support Grijalva amendment #41 to HR 5538

Support revising the primary National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for ozone to 60 parts per billion (ppb). Oppose HR 2042 Oppose S.J. Res 24 Support EPA making improvements to regulatory mechanisms from removing lead from drinking water. Support S. 2491. Oppose HR 3797 Support HR 4470 Oppose HR 4775 Support Congressman Conyers WATER Act Support regional haze rule overall, but there are some areas of concern that would delay implementation and weaken critical provisions. Oppose any CR that does not contain money for Flint water mitigation. Support Stabenow Flint amendment to S. 2848 Support Kildee Flint amendment to HR 5303 Support S. 2848 Support HR 5303

Support S. 178. Oppose mandatory minimum sentences Support restoring proportionality to drug sentencing. Support promotion and adequately fund recidivism reduction and reentry programming. Support making sentencing reductions retroactive. Support expanding the Bureau of Prison's Compassionate Release Program. Support expanding time credits for good behavior. Comments on Juvenile Justice Provisions of ESSA implementation: urge prompt and appropriate access to a quality education and the success of students involved in and reentering from the juvenile justice system through the development of effective regulations and guidance as well as other activities to fully implement reauthorization of Title I, Part D in ESSA. Support the BOP's providing voter eligibility information to all upon release from prison or jail. Support continued federal funding of innocence and forensic science programs at the Department of Justice and the National Institute of Standards and Technology at the Department of Commerce in the final FY 2017 appropriations bill. Support S. 502/H.R. 920 Support H.R. 1232 Support a significant increase funding for federal programs that address domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence and stalking Support H.R. 1255 Support H.R. 1253 / S. 467 Support S. 772 / H.R. 1459 Support requiring universal background checks on all gun sales Support a ban on military-style semi automatic assault guns Support a ban on high capacity ammunition clips Support tough new criminal penalties for straw purchasers and gun traffickers Support "no fly-no buy" gun proposals Support executive action to ensure that both federal agencies and federal contractors are leading the way to making employment opportunities available for qualified job-seekers who have an arrest or conviction in their past. Support S. 295 Oppose the federal death penalty support federal support for local law enforcement agencies to purchase video surveillance equipment such as body cameras, gun cameras, dashboard cameras, and taser cameras Support the establishment of independent, effective civilian review boards for all levels of law enforcement Support legislation to review racial disparities in decisions by prosecutors Support the creation of uniform use of force standards for law enforcement officials. Support aggressive, comprehensive reform of civil asset forfeiture laws. Oppose H.R. 1927 Promote employment of body worn cameras by law enforcement officers which also promotes and protect civil rights and civil liberties. Support S. 1119 / H.R. 2330 Support S. 1133 / H.R.2087 Support HR 2875 / s. 2168 Support HR 1933 / S 1056 Support HR 1124 Support HR 2197/ S. 1770 Support HR 2944 Support S. 1169 / HR 2728 Support S. 1513 / H.R. 3406; support full funding for the Second Chance Act Support H Res 262 Support HR 2302 Support H Res 295 Support the inclusion of funding for Juvenile Justice Programs through the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Program (JJDPA) in the House Appropriations Bill for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and Science and related Agencies for FY 2017 Support S. 255 / H.R. 540 Oppose a new five-year mandatory minimum sentence for illegal reentry. Support S 2168 Support HR 1124 Support HR 3470 / S 2021 Urge Congress to allocate a sufficient new 302(b) allocation for the FY 2017 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies appropriations bill so that criminal and juvenile justice grant programs can be adequately funded. Support HR 2521 Support strengthening and passing H.R. 3713 / s 2123 Oppose anti-Muslim, Islamophobic rhetoric, actions, and legislation. Ensure that the Department of Justice is as tough as possible in protecting an individual's right to vote in light if the elimination of Se4ction V of the 1065 Voting Rights Act Oppose HR 712 Oppose HR 1927 Support Cornyn / Leahy amendment to the Justice for All Act which strengthens the Prison Rape Elimination Act Support the FCC exerting its authority and safeguarding consumers both inside and outside prisons by addressing the following issues put forward in the most recent NPRM: 1) advanced communications, including video visitation; 2) international calling rates; 3) the communications rights of deaf, hard of hearing, and disabled inmates; 4) ensuring the limits on ancillary fees are effective for all communications; and 5) regular data collection in the prison communications industry. Oppose H.R. 766. Support Operation Choke Point. Support President Obama speaking at the UNGASS on the world drug problem. Support providing the FY17 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations (CJS) bill with the highest 302(b) allocation possible to ensure adequate funding for key criminal and juvenile justice grant programs within the bill.Support a strong implementation of the Holder Rule, which says that when a seller of a good or service originates or helps arrange credit, the consumer is allowed to raise the sellers misconduct as a basis for bringing claims or defenses against the entity holding the debt. Support the investigation into the continued and largely unregulated use of Stingrays by law enforcement officials, to remedy the lack of data and transparency about these devices, and to act swiftly to prevent the disproportionate harms that the use of these devices by law enforcement officials can pose to historically disadvantaged communities. Support OJP to a) condition federal criminal justice grants on data collection and reporting on police-civilian encounters and b) provide regulations on the implementation of the Deaths in Custody Reporting Act (DCRA). Support H.R. 4364 Oppose refusal by some Senators to give fair consideration to any Supreme Court nomination until after the next President is sworn into office on January 20, 2017. Support funding for several programs related to child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in FY 2017 Labor-HHS-Education funding bill. Support funding for several programs related to child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in FY 2017 Transportation-HUD funding bill. Specifically, $33,000,000 to fund comprehensive continuum of care projects for homeless and runaway youth. Support a stronger US position at the UN General Assembly on the World Drug Problem on: acknowledging the ramifications of new drug policies; standing up for human rights; calling for a people-centered approach to drug policy; taking a stronger stance on criminal justice reform; and ensuring an open dialog between all interested parties. Support adequate funding for critical juvenile justice and delinquency prevention programs in the final Fiscal Year 2017 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations bill. Support adequate funding for innocence and forensic science programs in FY 17. Specifically, $5 million for the DoJ Wrongful Conviction Review Program; $5 million for the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Program; $14 million for the Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement Grant Program; $5 million for the DoJ National Commission on Forensic Science; and $15 million for NIST Oppose S 2576 Support an increase in funding for programs that serve victims of sexual assault and domestic violence (including VAWA, VOC, and FVPSA) in FY 2017. Support HR 4611 Support the Equal Justice Under Law Act. Support H.R. 3406 Support S 2123 / HR 3713 with the following improvements: The increased use of evidence-based sentencing alternatives, including drug, Veteran, and mental health courts; Reducing recidivism through educational and job training opportunities for prisoners while they are incarcerated (this includes restoring Pell grant eligibility to prisoners); A concentration on using prison space for career or violent criminals; The elimination of all mandatory minimum sentences, and an increase in judicial discretion; and In depth reports to Congress by the Department of Justice on the extent to which reforms have addressed both over-incarceration and racial disparities. Oppose backlog of judicial nominees Support Sec. Burwell speaking at UNGASS Support executive order prohibiting federal contractors from asking about past criminal records on job application Oppose current policy which allows children to go through the immigration court process without the benefit of counsel. Oppose HR 1927 Support Moore (WI) equal pay and fair housing amendments to HR 1927 Support Conyers amendment to HR 1927 Support rule banning forced arbitration for students victimized by for-profit institutions Oppose Anti-Transgender Initiatives Support proposed DoE / DoJ guidance on Title IX on the rights of trans students in schools Support H.R.5100, S.2874 Conditional support for HR 5283. Support bringing HR 5283 to the floor for consideration prior to Summer break and strengthening it to include the Equitable Sharing program Oppose Ayotte amendments S. AMDT. 4082 and S. AMDT. 4083 to S. 2943. Support investigating the arrest and indictment of disproportionately Asian American scientists Support treating the drug problem as a health issue Support the Baldwin, Mikulski, and Hirono Amendment to the FY 2017 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act which would add necessary funds for the Justice Departments Civil Rights Division (CRT) and its Community Relations Service (CRS) to prevent hate crimes and to effectively investigate and prosecute them when they occur. Support OPM proposed rule on Recruitment, Selection, and Placement (General) and Suitability Support HR 4752 Support S.1513/H.R.3406. Support Senate hearings on President Obama's Supreme Court nominee Support HR 5124 Support HR 2302 Support S 2584 / HR 5067 Support greater accountability of schools serving students involved in the juvenile justice system in ESSA regulations. Support Department of Justice efforts to establish standards, grounded in sound science, for laboratory reports and testimony based on specific forensic disciplines. Oppose predictive policing Support the conditioning of federal criminal justice grants on data collection and reporting on police-civilian encounters under the promulgation of the Death In Custody Reporting Act Support funding levels for innocence and forensic science programs as found in the Senate FY17 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill. Support HR 5963 Support strong, enforceable guidelines to ensure that School Resource Officers respect the civil rights of students. Support HR 6211 Support S. 2854 / H.R. 5067 Support S. 3144 / H.R. 5124 Support HR 4754 Support S.1513/H.R.3406 Oppose HR 3537

Support the Antiquities Act. Oppose Amendments # 3023 AND # 3126 to S. 2012 Support regional haze rule overall, but there are some areas of concern that would delay implementation and weaken critical provisions. Support an inclusive National Park system which reflects the diversity of our nation. Oppose the sale or display of the confederate flag at Veterans cemeteries or on any federally owned public land, unless as part of a learning experience Support Grijalva amendment #41 to HR 5538

Oppose S. 499 Oppose H.R. 918 Oppose S. 343 Support legislation to prohibit credit checks by potential employers Support HR 1000

Oppose sequestration Oppose mandatory budget caps. Support continued federal funding of innocence and forensic science programs at the Department of Justice and the National Institute of Standards and Technology at the Department of Commerce in the final FY 2017 appropriations bill. Support a larger 302 (b) allocation for the Transportation - HUD Appropriations bill for FY 2017. Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund. Support a significant increase funding for federal programs that address domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence and stalking Oppose HR 2578 Support the inclusion of funding for Juvenile Justice Programs through the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Program (JJDPA) in the House Appropriations Bill for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and Science and related Agencies for FY 2017 Support funding for Planned Parenthood and Planned Parenthood affiliates. Support Voter registration through Federally Funded Health Insurance Exchanges Oppose policy "riders" on appropriations bills. Support sufficient FY2017 funding level for the 2020 Census and American Community Survey Oppose rider to any appropriation bill which would prohibit funds being spent by the Department of Education implementing its Gainful Employment regulation. Oppose any riders in appropriations bills which would limit or forestall CFPB action on arbitration. Urge Congress to allocate a sufficient new 302(b) allocation for the FY 2017 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies appropriations bill so that criminal and juvenile justice grant programs can be adequately funded. Support S. 2235 Support S. 1513 / H.R. 3406; support full funding for the Second Chance Act. Oppose any policy riders to an omnibus appropriations bill which would in any way weaken or change the structure of the CFPB Oppose riders which may authorize DC Private School Vouchers. Support providing the FY17 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations (CJS) bill with the highest 302(b) allocation possible to ensure adequate funding for key criminal and juvenile justice grant programs within the bill. Support a strong implementation of the Holder Rule, which says that when a seller of a good or service originates or helps arrange credit, the consumer is allowed to raise the sellers misconduct as a basis for bringing claims or defenses. Support funding for several programs related to child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in FY 2017 Labor-HHS-Education funding bill. Specifically, $129,325,000 for the DOL International Affairs Labor Bureau; $5,000,000 for the DOL / Department of Wage and Hour / Services and Benefits for Victims of Trafficking; $32,000,000 for the HHS / Administration for Children and Families; $2,500, for the HHS / Administration for Children and Families / The National Human Trafficking Resource Center; $165,000,000 for the HHS / Administration of Children and Families / Runaway and Homeless Youth Act; $85,000,000for the Department of Education / McKinney - Vento Act Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program; $2,000,000 for ED grants for Local Education Agencies Under Title I Support funding for several programs related to child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in FY 2017 Transportation-HUD funding bill. Specifically, $33,000,000 to fund comprehensive continuum of care projects for homeless and runaway youth. Oppose any financial riders on FY17 spending bills. Support funding for HUDs Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing program in FY17 Support adequate funding for critical juvenile justice and delinquency prevention programs in the final Fiscal Year 2017 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations bill. Support adequate funding for innocence and forensic science programs in FY 17. Specifically, $5 million for the DoJ Wrongful Conviction Review Program; $5 million for the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Program; $14 million for the Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement Grant Program; $5 million for the DoJ National Commission on Forensic Science; and $15 million for NIST. Support an increase in funding for programs that serve victims of sexual assault and domestic violence (including VAWA, VOC, and FVPSA) in FY 2017. Oppose Balanced Budget Amendment to the US Constitution. Oppose efforts to redirect funding from Pell Grants for other purposes as you advance the FY 2017 appropriations process Support $15 million for a new Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration. Oppose any riders on DC Appropriations for FY 2017 which impede or otherwise ban DCs established policy Oppose Fleming (LA) immigration amendment to HR 4974 Support Huffman (CA) confederate flag amendment to HR 4974 Oppose Gosar (AZ) labor organization amendment to HR 4974 Oppose Perry (PA) project labor agreement amendment to HR 4974 Support Maloney (NY) anti-LGBT discrimination amendment to HR 4974 Oppose Pittenger (NC) North Carolina amendment to HR 5055 Support Maloney (NY) anti LGBT discrimination amendment to HR 5055 Oppose Byrne (Ala) religious institutions amendment to HR 5055 Support Collins (ME) motion to table Lee (UT) amendment 3897 Oppose Lee (UT) amendment 3897 Support Murphy (CT) amendment 4750 to HR 2578 Oppose Grassley (IA) amendment 4751 to HR 2578 Oppose Cornyn (TX) amendment 4749 to HR 2578 Support Feinstein (CA) amendment 4720 to HR 2578 Oppose amendments #31 and #34 offered by Representative Pittenger (NC) to H.R. 5055 Support Murray amendment to the FY 2017 Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations bill to provide funding for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to implement a rule supplementing the information collected through the Employer Information Report (EEO-1) to include pay data from many employers. Support HR 4893 Oppose any CR that does not contain money for Flint water mitigation. Oppose HR 5485 Oppose Guinta (NH)"auto lending" amendment to HR 5485 Support Sewell (AL)"payday lending" amendment to HR 5485 Support Moore (WI) "CFPB" amendment to HR 5485 Support Ellison "arbitration" amendment to HR 5485 Support Grijalva amendment #41 to HR 5538 Oppose Palmer (AL) #41 to HR 5485 Support Norton (DC) amendment #19 to HR 5485

Support Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule. Support FHFAs effort to provide Extra Credit for Residential Economic Diversity Activities, Support EPA coordination with HUD, and both to engage in the AFFH process and leverage it for its other nondiscrimination investigations and enforcement. Support HUD AFFH tools as designed to local PHAs and state and local governments with some strengthening suggestions. Support Congressman Conyers WATER Act Support HR 4754 Support HUDs proposal to implement Small Area Fair Market Rents in metropolitan areas where Housing Choice Voucher families are most severely clustered in high poverty neighborhoods. Oppose any CR that does not contain money for Flint water mitigation. Support HR 4754

Support H.R. 1232 Support S. 1133 / H.R.2087. Support H. RES. 616 Oppose Fleming (LA) amendment to HR 4974 Support Huffman (CA) amendment to HR 4974 Oppose Kline Amendment to NDAA 2017 which would repeal President Obamas Executive Order on Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Oppose Russell (OK) amendment to NDAA to sanction taxpayer-funded hiring discrimination in all government contracts and grants. Oppose Ayotte amendments S. AMDT. 4082 and S. AMDT. 4083 to S. 2943, Support retaining the Senate language (Section 591) to NDAA requiring women to register for the draft. Support a military justice system that moves away from a command-centered prosecution system and towards a fair and impartial process for administering justice Oppose Russell (OK) religious organizations amendment to NDAA

Oppose HR 1737 Support the Federal Insurance Offices effort to assess the affordability and accessibility of auto insurance in low-wealth communities, communities of color and underserved communities and the proposed definition of affordability and Affected Persons. Support FHA continuing to have and deploy its full legal authority over all approved lenders to enforce its standards and responsibilities under the FHA insurance programs. Support the proposed affordability standard set by Federal Insurance Office for future auto insurance research

Support H.R. 317 / S 1688 Oppose H J Res 43 Oppose HR 10 / S 2171 Oppose riders to the Omnibus Appropriations bill which may authorize DC Private School Vouchers Oppose any riders on DC Appropriations for FY 2017 which impede or otherwise ban DCs established policy Oppose HR 4901 Oppose HR 5233 Oppose Palmer (AL) #41 to HR 5485 Support Norton (DC) amendment #19 to HR 5485

Support a larger 302 (b) allocation for the Transportation - HUD Appropriations bill for FY 2017. Support S. 705 Oppose requiring the Secretary of Treasury to contract with private debt collection agencies to collect taxes. Support continued funding in FY2016 to the National Center for Environmental Healths Healthy Community Design Initiative (HCDI) at its current level of $2.8 million. Support investing $120 million per year into CDC directed data collection and programs to inspire more physical activity.

Support requiring universal background checks on all gun sales Support a ban on military-style semi automatic assault guns Support a ban on high capacity ammunition clips Support tough new criminal penalties for straw purchasers and gun traffickers Support "no-fly / no-buy" proposals

Support H.R. 1232 Support S. 1133 / H.R.2087. Support H. RES. 616 Oppose Fleming (LA) amendment to HR 4974 Support Huffman (CA) amendment to HR 4974 Oppose Kline Amendment to NDAA 2017 which would repeal President Obamas Executive Order on Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Oppose Russell (OK) amendment to NDAA to sanction taxpayer-funded hiring discrimination in all government contracts and grants. Oppose Ayotte amendments S. AMDT. 4082 and S. AMDT. 4083 to S. 2943, Support retaining the Senate language (Section 591) to NDAA requiring women to register for the draft. Support a military justice system that moves away from a command-centered prosecution system and towards a fair and impartial process for administering justice Oppose Russell (OK) religious organizations amendment to NDAA

Oppose any efforts to dismantle, weaken, or change the structure or the funding stream of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Support a rule from the CFPB regarding payday lending which require the lender to determine the borrowers ability to repay the loan, including consideration of income and expenses; does not sanction any series of repeat loans or provide a safe harbor for poorly underwritten loans; establishes an outer limit on length of indebtedness that is at least as short as the FDICs 2005 guidelines - 90 days in a twelve-month period; and restricts lenders from requiring a post-dated check or electronic access to a borrowers checking account as a condition of extending credit. Support the Department of Labor's proposed "Conflicted Advice Rule" (also known as the "Fiduciary Responsibility" rule) regarding retirement savings. Support the CFPB's study on forced arbitration clauses; oppose efforts to disable the CFPB to act on its findings. Oppose H.R. 685 Oppose H.R. 1529 Oppose H.R. 650 Oppose H.R. 1408 Oppose H.R. 1265 Oppose H.R. 1259 Oppose H.R. 1195 Oppose H.R. 601 Support S. 838 / H.R. 1565 oppose H.R. 50 Oppose HR 37 Support continued implementation of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act of 2010; oppose efforts to eliminate or weaken provisions of the law Support S. 1133 / H.R.2087 Support HR 2362 Oppose S 1484 Oppose HR 1737 Support a strong short term lending reform package by the CFPB that does not undermine state or local laws which may be stronger (offer more protection) Urge FHA to improve its current proposal to change the certification requirements that lenders must make in order to secure Federal Housing Administration insurance on a mortgage loan and adopt an enhanced certification requirement that requires lenders to certify that they meet all three of the following: Exercise of due diligence and good faith in underwriting the mortgage and submitting the application for insurance, which is proposed; Establish, operate and monitor a Quality Control program that complies with all FHA requirements; and For any defects that occur notwithstanding compliance with the first two lender duties, timely remediate or indemnify FHA for any defects that affect the insurability of the loan. Oppose HR 1210 Oppose HR 3192 Oppose HR 1737 Oppose HR 776 Oppose HR 1317 Oppose HR 1941 Oppose HR 3189 Support HR 3524 / S 1981 Oppose HR 1266 Oppose H.R. 4018 Support principle reduction of mortgages Oppose H.R. 766. Support Operation Choke Point. Support a strong implementation of the Holder Rule, which says that when a seller of a good or service originates or helps arrange credit, the consumer is allowed to raise the sellers misconduct as a basis for bringing claims or defenses against the entity holding the debt. Oppose any financial riders on FY17 spending bills. Support a robust proposed survey of financing for auto buyers. Support CFPB moving forward on a rulemaking to address the widespread harm resulting from forced arbitration. Support Senators signing onto a letter to the CFPB in support of their auto lending efforts.Support extending the upcoming rule curbing short-term pay day and car title loans to long term payday and car title loans. Oppose granting certiorari in the case of Midland Funding LLC v. Madden Support Director Cordray speaking to advocates from across the country about financial reform issues Oppose all budget riders to weaken the powers, structure, or funding of the CFPB --particularly opposing proposals that would limit, delay or remove their authority to take action on forced arbitration. Support reassessment of Treasurys plan to eliminate the GSEs capital buffers by the end of 2017. Oppose S. 2663 Support making the AFFH Assessment tool more effective and closing gaps Oppose HR 5112 Support suspension of GSE dividend payments to Treasury, and require the GSEs to develop and implement capital restoration plans, so they have enough capital to safely manage their business and to support Americas housing finance system. Support the Comprehensive Consumer Credit Reporting Reform Act of 2016 Support HUD AFFH tools as designed to local PHAs and state and local governments with some strengthening suggestions. Support Rep. Meeks Congressional sign-on letter to the regulators urging better enforcement of the Community Reinvestment Act Support the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for releasing a strong proposed payday and car title lending rule and urge the Bureau to close some concerning loopholes that would allow some lenders to continue making harmful loans business as usual. Support the elimination / reduction of loan level price adjustments Support capturing the borrowers preferred language on mortgage application forms. Support HR 4893 Support principal reduction by HUD and FHFA. Support proposed CFPB rule to limit forced arbitration by financial services Support letter by Congressman Meeks (NY) to federal bank regulators that seeks reforms to CRA regulations and examinations practices. Support the proposed affordability standard set by Federal Insurance Office for future auto insurance research Oppose HR 5893 Support the inclusion of a company satisfaction survey to the CFPBs complaint process. Oppose CFPB outline of proposed regulations of debt collection as they fail to sufficiently improve protect consumers victimized by predatory debt collection practices. Support proposed rule on short-term loans, including payday and car title loans, support strengthening rule to close loopholes, Oppose Congressional efforts to attach piecemeal GSE reform as amendments to must pass legislation.

Oppose any initiative including "faith based initiatives" that may result in legalized and federally funded discrimination. Oppose a finding by the Office of Legal Counsel that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA) provides a blanket override of a statutory non-discrimination provision. Support the implementation of Executive Order 13559, which seeks to strengthen the constitutional protections against unwelcome proselytizing of program beneficiaries, to promote grantee and contractor transparency and understanding of church-state separation parameters, and to implement safeguards against excessive government entanglement with religious institutions. Oppose Byrne (Ala) religious institutions amendment to HR 5055 Oppose Russell (OK) amendment to NDAA to sanction taxpayer-funded hiring discrimination in all government contracts and grants. Support HR 5272. Oppose HR 2808 / S. 1598 Oppose Russell (OK) religious organizations amendment to NDAA Support HR 5272

Support closing a large gap in the EITC by expanding it for low-income childless adults and non-custodial parents. Oppose requiring the Secretary of Treasury to contract with private debt collection agencies to collect taxes. Oppose the omission of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program in the Treasurys Departments proposed regulation implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. Support protecting the CTC/EITC eligibility of taxpaying immigrant families who file their taxes with an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN). Support the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Support a federal automatic Individual Retirement Account (IRA) and, in the absence of a federal solution, support state auto-IRAs and other similar retirement programs Support substantive changes to ensure that the LIHTC program will further the Administrations goals of promoting racial and socioeconomic integration and provide ladders of opportunity to low-income families - particularly Black and Latino families Support an expansion of the EITC to low wage adults not raising children.

Oppose any efforts to dismantle, weaken, or change the structure or the funding stream of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Support a rule from the CFPB regarding payday lending which require the lender to determine the borrowers ability to repay the loan, including consideration of income and expenses; does not sanction any series of repeat loans or provide a safe harbor for poorly underwritten loans; establishes an outer limit on length of indebtedness that is at least as short as the FDICs 2005 guidelines - 90 days in a twelve-month period; and restricts lenders from requiring a post-dated check or electronic access to a borrowers checking account as a condition of extending credit. Support the Department of Labor's "Fiduciary Responsibility" rule. Support the CFPB's study on forced arbitration clauses; oppose efforts to disable the CFPB to act on its findings. Oppose H.R. 685. Oppose H.R. 1529 Oppose H.R. 650 Oppose H.R. 1408 Oppose H.R. 1265 Oppose H.R. 1259 Oppose H.R. 1195 Oppose H.R. 601 Support S. 838 / H.R. 1565 Oppose H.R. 50 Oppose HR 37 Support continued implementation of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act of 2010; oppose efforts to eliminate or weaken provisions of the law. Support S. 1133 / H.R.2087 Support HR 2362 Support a strong short term lending reform package by the CFPB that does not undermine state or local laws which may be stronger (offer more protection) Oppose HR 1210 Oppose HR 3192 Oppose HR 1737 Oppose HR 776 Oppose HR 1317 Oppose HR 1941 Oppose HR 3189 Support HR 3524 / S 1981 Support the Federal Insurance Office‟s effort to assess the affordability and accessibility of auto insurance in low-wealth communities, communities of color and underserved communities and the proposed definition of affordability and Affected Persons. Oppose HR 1266 Oppose S. 2038 Oppose H.R. 4018 Support principle reduction of mortgages by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Oppose H.R. 766. Support Operation Choke Point. Support full funding in FY 2017 for the 2020 Census and for the ACS Oppose any financial riders on FY17 spending bills Support a robust proposed survey of financing for auto buyers. Support CFPB moving forward on a rulemaking to address the widespread harm resulting from forced arbitration. Support Senators signing onto a letter to the CFPB in support of their auto lending efforts. Support extending the upcoming rule curbing short-term pay day and car title loans to long term payday and car title loans. Oppose granting certiorari in the case of Midland Funding LLC v. Madden. Support Director Cordray speaking to advocates from across the country about financial reform issues Oppose all budget riders to weaken the powers, structure, or funding of the CFPB --particularly opposing proposals that would limit, delay or remove their authority to take action on forced arbitration. Support reassessment of Treasurys plan to eliminate the GSEs capital buffers by the end of 2017. Oppose S. 2663 Oppose HR 5112 Support suspension of GSE dividend payments to Treasury, and require the GSEs to develop and implement capital restoration plans, so they have enough capital to safely manage their business and to support Americas housing finance system. Support the Comprehensive Consumer Credit Reporting Reform Act of 2016 Support HUD AFFH tools as designed to local PHAs and state and local governments with some strengthening suggestions. Support Rep. Meeks Congressional sign-on letter to the regulators urging better enforcement of the ComSupport the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for releasing a strong proposed payday and car title lending rule and urge the Bureau to close some concerning loopholes that would allow some lenders to continue making harmful loans business as usual.munity Reinvestment Act Support the elimination / reduction of loan level price adjustments Support capturing the borrowers preferred language on mortgage application forms. Support HR 4893 Support principal reduction by HUD and FHFA. Support proposed CFPB rule to limit forced arbitration by financial services Support letter by Congressman Meeks (NY) to federal bank regulators that seeks reforms to CRA regulations and examinations practices. Support the proposed affordability standard set by Federal Insurance Office for future auto insurance research Oppose HR 5893 Support the inclusion of a company satisfaction survey to the CFPBs complaint process Oppose CFPB outline of proposed regulations of debt collection as they fail to sufficiently improve protect consumers victimized by predatory debt collection practices. Support proposed rule on short-term loans, including payday and car title loans, support strengthening rule to close loopholes. Oppose Congressional efforts to attach piecemeal GSE reform as amendments to must pass legislation.

Support a larger 302 (b) allocation for the Transportation - HUD Appropriations bill for FY 2017. Support S. 705 Oppose requiring the Secretary of Treasury to contract with private debt collection agencies to collect taxes. Support continued funding in FY2016 to the National Center for Environmental Healths Healthy Community Design Initiative (HCDI) at its current level of $2.8 million. Support investing $120 million per year into CDC directed data collection and programs to inspire more physical activity.

Support the Antiquities Act. Oppose Amendments # 3023 AND # 3126 to S. 2012 Support regional haze rule overall, but there are some areas of concern that would delay implementation and weaken critical provisions. Support an inclusive National Park system which reflects the diversity of our nation. Oppose the sale or display of the confederate flag at Veterans cemeteries or on any federally owned public land, unless as part of a learning experience

Oppose HR 1891 / S 1267. Support increasing trade / taking down trade barriers between the U.S. and Cuba Oppose Fast Track legislation Support HR 1295

Support H.J. Res. 25 Oppose a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution

Oppose HR 2899

Support the Department of Labor's proposed "Conflicted Advice Rule" regarding retirement savings. Support the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) proposal to update the Sex Discrimination Guidelines for federal contractors to align the standards with Executive Order 11246 and current law. Support reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act Support S. 862 / H.R. 1619 Support executive action to ensure that both federal agencies and federal contractors are leading the way to making employment opportunities available for qualified job-seekers who have an arrest or conviction in their past. Oppose HR 30 Support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act Support workers who want to form a union. Support HR 1848 / S. 974 Support HR 2150 / S 1150 Support HR 3524 / S 1981 Support S. 786/H.R. 1439 Support HR 3201 Support the promotion of racial, gender, and ethnic diversity in media Support HR 3470 / S 2021 Support S. 2042/H.R. 3514 Oppose racial and ethnic discrimination in hiring Support a federal automatic Individual Retirement Account (IRA) and, in the absence of a federal solution, support state auto-IRAs and other similar retirement programs Oppose HR 4293. Oppose HR 4294 Support HR 4376 Support funding for several programs related to child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in FY 2017 Labor-HHS-Education funding bill. Specifically, $129,325,000 for the DOL International Affairs Labor Bureau; $5,000,000 for the DOL / Department of Wage and Hour. Support EEOC initiative to expand data collection on collecting pay data from private employers on race and gender pay. Support for the Department of Labors (DOL) proposal to update the nondiscrimination and equal opportunity regulations implementing Section 188 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) to align with current law and thus more effectively address current workforce issues support for the U.S. Department of Labors proposal to update the Apprenticeship Programs Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) regulations. Oppose lack of media diversity at all levels. Support proposed rule establishing paid sick leave for employees of federal government contractors Support executive order prohibiting federal contractors from asking about past criminal records on job application Support Moore (WI) Equal Pay amendment to HR 1927 Oppose H J Res 88 Oppose Gosar (AZ) amendment to HR 4974. Oppose Kline (MN) Amendment to NDAA 2017 which would repeal President Obamas Executive Order on Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Oppose any attempt to defund the Equal Employment Opportunity Commissions (EEOC) implementation or revision of the Employer Information Report (EEO-1) Support for Department of Labors new Overtime rule. Support Murray amendment to the FY 2017 Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations bill to provide funding for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to implement a rule supplementing the information collected through the Employer Information Report (EEO-1) to include pay data from many employers. Support S. 2697 / HR 4376 Support OPM proposed rule on Recruitment, Selection, and Placement (General) and Suitability Support S. 786 / HR 1439 Support H.R. 5587 Support immediate cessation of children harvesting tobacco. Support HR 6030 Support S. 786 / H.R. 1439

Oppose any efforts to dismantle, weaken, or change the structure or the funding stream of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Support the CFPB's study on forced arbitration clauses. Support S. 1133 / H.R.2087 Support HR 2362 Oppose HR 712 Oppose HR 1927 Support a robust proposed survey of financing for auto buyers Oppose granting certiorari in the case of Midland Funding LLC v. Madden

Oppose H.R. 452. Support S. 416 Support reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act Support H.R. 1070 Support H.R. 242 Support HBCUs Oppose the provision delaying or denying federal student aid to individuals convicted of a minor drug offense. Support legislation to renovate, rehabilitate or repair our nation's public schools. Oppose HR 970 / S 559. Support S. 1133 / H.R.2087 Oppose the reauthorization of the District of Columbia private school voucher program Oppose S. 474 Support H Res 82 Support HR 2731 Support HR 3512 Oppose HR 10 / S. 2171; Support the 21st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC) Support HR 3201 Oppose rider to any appropriation bill which would prohibit funds being spent by the Department of Education implementing its Gainful Employment regulation Support HR 2521 Oppose riders to any Appropriations bill which may authorize DC Private School Vouchers Support a summit to look into the benefits and current lack of diversity among public school teachers. Support HR 2197 / S 1770 Support standardized testing of elementary and high school students; oppose "opt outs" be parents Oppose high stakes testing of elementary and high school students Comments on ESSA Implementation: Regulation, guidance, and technical assistance must ensure that low-income communities, communities of color, the disability community, immigrant communities, and tribes are included in decision-making; the Department should propose regulations that ensure that state accountability systems are driven by the performance of groups of students and that support and intervention systems are developed with stakeholders and are implemented to raise achievement for consistently low-performing groups of students; assessments should not be an excuse to provide vulnerable students with lower quality assessments or obscure disparities in student outcomes; If supplement not supplant is to allow greater flexibility in demonstrating compliance, it must presume and ensure an equal base of actual per-pupil funding before any federal funds can be considered supplemental; and all publicly reported data should be available and understandable to students, parents and communities to help inform their participation in decision-making. The test of regulations, guidance, technical assistance and other implementation activities must be whether or not they advance educational equity and serve the interests of all students. Oppose private school vouchers. Comments on ESSA implementation: urge that the regulations and guidance for Title I to promote effective implementation of the foster care provisions of ESSA include guidance for state and local education agencies to ensure effective collaboration with state and local child welfare agencies for timely implementation of these important provisions. Comments on Juvenile Justice Provisions of ESSA implementation: urge prompt and appropriate access to a quality education and the success of students involved in and reentering from the juvenile justice system through the development of effective regulations and guidance as well as other activities to fully implement reauthorization of Title I, Part D in ESSA. Support the creation of a centralized complaint system within the Department of Education that accepts complaints about student loans, other aid, and institutions participating in the Title IV program that serves students and promotes accountability. Support robust and meaningful federal regulation in ESSA. Support funding for several programs related to child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in FY 2017 Labor-HHS-Education funding bill. $2,000,000 for ED grants for Local Education Agencies Under Title I; Support US Department of Education withholding federal student loan money from any school that uses forced arbitration clauses in their enrollment agreements Support the Education Department discharging more quickly and efficiently the federal loans of defrauded students under current regulations and proposing regulations that will make it easier, not harder, for such borrowers to get the relief they are entitled to under existing law. Support HR 4681. Support S. 2491 Support federal guidelines for Part A of Section 1010 of the ESSA including definitive, transparent timelines for these interactive processes. Support part D of Title I of ESSA, which addresses prevention and intervention programs for children and youth who are neglected, delinquent, or at-risk. Federal regulations are necessary to adequately implement this section. Such regulations should be based on the joint DOJ-Dept. of Education Guidelines on Correctional Education in Juvenile Justice Facilities; the joint DOJ-Department of Education Guidelines on School Climate and School Discipline; and the HHS-Department of Education Policy Statement on Pre-K Suspensions and Expulsions. Support Dr. John King to be Secretary of Education. Support the Equity in IDEA rule Oppose efforts to redirect funding from Pell Grants for other purposes as you advance the FY 2017 appropriations process Support the U.S. Department of Education issuing regulations and comprehensive guidance to assist state and local education agencies in not only complying with new data reporting requirements in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), but also encouraging school leaders to make this information accessible, high-quality, and helpful in reducing inequities for disadvantaged students. Support HR 4570 Oppose HR 4901 Support rule banning forced arbitration for students victimized by for-profit institutions. Support the Department of Education issuing regulations clarifying the means by which school districts must demonstrate their compliance with the supplement, not supplant requirement in Title I of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Support timely implementation of proposed gainful employment rules Support proposed DoE / DoJ guidance on Title IX on the rights of trans students in schools Support Department of Educations Office for Civil Rights efforts to combat sexual harassment and violence in schools using Title IX Support Department of Educations initial rules to promulgate ESSA, support strengthening those rules. Support HR 4681 S 2491 Support teacher diversity Support Education Departments Office of Civil Rights Title IX Guidance and enforcement Support HR 5587 Support a decrease in the Education Departments n-size threshold from 30 students to 10. Support the Departments proposed rule on arbitration, with the following strengthening amendments: 1. Presume full loan relief for defrauded borrowers; 2. Ensure loan relief is automatic when there is sufficient evidence of school wrongdoing; 3. Make the federal standard for relief a floor, not a ceiling that eliminates current borrower eligibility for relief; 4. Ensure unscrupulous schools cannot prevent students from holding schools accountable in the courts; 5. Improve the warnings for students regarding concerns about their school; 6. Do not impose new time limits on borrower relief; and 7. Ensure the independence of decision makers involved in borrower relief determinations Support Department of Education proposed rules on accountability and state plan requirements in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) support strengthening the rules where needed Support greater accountability of schools serving students involved in the juvenile justice system in ESSA regulations. Support HR 5738 / S 3168 Support the Departments of Educations arbitration rule to bring within the scope of the subsection of the rule those students who pursue claims on their own or with small groups of classmates, not just those students who bring class-action claims and the Departments efforts to promote access to justice for students who have already been harmed, not just those who enroll in predatory schools in the future. Support HR 5963 Support strong, enforceable guidelines to ensure that School Resource Officers respect the civil rights of students. Support HR 5692 Oppose HR 6119

Support the Department of Labor's proposed "Conflicted Advice Rule" regarding retirement savings. Oppose HR 4293. Oppose HR 4294 Oppose H J Res 88

Support H.R. 20. Oppose any efforts to dismantle, weaken, or change the structure or the funding stream of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Support an executive order requiring full disclosure of political spending by business entities receiving federal government contracts. Support giving the federal government and private citizens the legal tools they need to stop discriminatory voting and election changes before they are put into effect anywhere in the country Support ensuring that voting changes are transparent by requiring all States, cities and counties to provide effective disclosure and publicity in modern media outlets that reach impacted voters and through local community organizations; Support restoring federal review (preclearance) of voting changes for those states, cities and counties with a history of recent voting discrimination as well as those with the greatest need. Support authorizing federal observers to respond to potential racial or language minority discrimination in any State, city or county. Support S. 772 / H.R. 1459 Support H.R.12 Oppose H.R. 195 Oppose HR 185 Support S 1538 Support legislation to provide stiffer penalties for engaging in deceptive practices around elections Support HR 2887. Support HR 2867 / S 1659 Support HR 317 Support the Census Bureaus federal register notice regarding the Residence Rule and Residence Situations, 80 FR 28950 (May 20, 2015) Support H.R. 2694 Support H Res 341 Support H Res 355 Support H J Res 25 Oppose requiring the Secretary of Treasury to contract with private debt collection agencies to collect taxes. Support Voter registration through Federally Funded Health Insurance Exchanges Support sufficient FY2017 funding level for the 2020 Census and American Community Survey Support HR 2867 / S 1659 Support fully funding the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) Oppose "prison gerrymandering" by the Census Bureau Support S. 2021/H.R 3470 Urging full funding for the Census Bureau in FY 17 Support Presidential Medal of Freedom for H. Julian Bond Ensure that the Department of Justice is as tough as possible in protecting an individual's right to vote in light if the elimination of Se4ction V of the 1065 Voting Rights Act Oppose HR 712 Oppose HR 1927 Oppose letter by EAC ED Newby letting Kansas, Alabama and Georgia require proof of citizenship on federal voter registration. Oppose refusal by some Senators to give fair consideration to any Supreme Court nomination until after the next President is sworn into office on January 20, 2017. Oppose Balanced Budget Amendment to the US Constitution Support executive order prohibiting federal contractors from asking about past criminal records on job application Support HR 3735 Oppose the conduct of the Select Investigative Panels activities as they relate to the investigation of Planned Parenthood Support OPM proposed rule on Recruitment, Selection, and Placement (General) and Suitability. Support the establishment of a White House Office of Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization. Oppose proposed Census Bureau residency rules for incarcerated individuals Support the Committee Chairs denouncing efforts to have voter-discouraging patrolling of the polls. Oppose the sale or display of the confederate flag at Veterans cemeteries or on any federally owned public land, unless as part of a learning experience Support HR 5373

Support Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule. Support FHFAs effort to provide Extra Credit for Residential Economic Diversity Activities, Support EPA coordination with HUD, and both to engage in the AFFH process and leverage it for its other nondiscrimination investigations and enforcement. Support HUD AFFH tools as designed to local PHAs and state and local governments with some strengthening suggestions. Support Congressman Conyers WATER Act Support HR 4754 Support HUDs proposal to implement Small Area Fair Market Rents in metropolitan areas where Housing Choice Voucher families are most severely clustered in high poverty neighborhoods. Oppose any CR that does not contain money for Flint water mitigation. Support HR 4754

Oppose HR 1030 Oppose HR 2042 Oppose S.J. Res 24 Oppose HR 712 Oppose HR 1927 Support continued funding in FY2016 to the National Center for Environmental Healths Healthy Community Design Initiative (HCDI) at its current level of $2.8 million. Support EPA making improvements to regulatory mechanisms from removing lead from drinking water. Support EPA coordination with HUD, and both to engage in the AFFH process and leverage it for its other nondiscrimination investigations and enforcement. Support S. 2491. Oppose HR 3797 Support HR 4470 Oppose HR 4775 Support the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) permitting its borrowers to use the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program to finance home improvements that increase energy efficiency and lower utility costs Support the establishment of a White House Office of Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization.

Oppose HR 1737 Support the Federal Insurance Offices effort to assess the affordability and accessibility of auto insurance in low-wealth communities, communities of color and underserved communities and the proposed definition of affordability and Affected Persons. Support FHA continuing to have and deploy its full legal authority over all approved lenders to enforce its standards and responsibilities under the FHA insurance programs. Support the proposed affordability standard set by Federal Insurance Office for future auto insurance research

Support HR 2499 Support HR 251 Support HR 4676 Oppose Fleming (LA) immigration amendment to HR 4974 Support Huffman (CA) confederate flag amendment to HR 4974 Oppose Gosar (AZ) labor organization amendment to HR 4974 Oppose Perry (PA) project labor agreement amendment to HR 4974 Support Maloney (NY) anti-LGBT discrimination amendment Oppose the sale or display of the confederate flag at Veterans cemeteries or on any federally owned public land, unless as part of a learning experience

Support S. 178. Oppose mandatory minimum sentences Support restoring proportionality to drug sentencing. Support promotion and adequately fund recidivism reduction and reentry programming. Support making sentencing reductions retroactive. Support expanding the Bureau of Prison's Compassionate Release Program. Support expanding time credits for good behavior. Comments on Juvenile Justice Provisions of ESSA implementation: urge prompt and appropriate access to a quality education and the success of students involved in and reentering from the juvenile justice system through the development of effective regulations and guidance as well as other activities to fully implement reauthorization of Title I, Part D in ESSA. Support the BOP's providing voter eligibility information to all upon release from prison or jail. Support continued federal funding of innocence and forensic science programs at the Department of Justice and the National Institute of Standards and Technology at the Department of Commerce in the final FY 2017 appropriations bill. Support S. 502/H.R. 920 Support H.R. 1232 Support a significant increase funding for federal programs that address domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence and stalking Support H.R. 1255 Support H.R. 1253 / S. 467 Support S. 772 / H.R. 1459 Support requiring universal background checks on all gun sales Support a ban on military-style semi automatic assault guns Support a ban on high capacity ammunition clips Support tough new criminal penalties for straw purchasers and gun traffickers Support "no fly-no buy" gun proposals Support executive action to ensure that both federal agencies and federal contractors are leading the way to making employment opportunities available for qualified job-seekers who have an arrest or conviction in their past. Support S. 295 Oppose the federal death penalty support federal support for local law enforcement agencies to purchase video surveillance equipment such as body cameras, gun cameras, dashboard cameras, and taser cameras Support the establishment of independent, effective civilian review boards for all levels of law enforcement Support legislation to review racial disparities in decisions by prosecutors Support the creation of uniform use of force standards for law enforcement officials. Support aggressive, comprehensive reform of civil asset forfeiture laws. Oppose H.R. 1927 Promote employment of body worn cameras by law enforcement officers which also promotes and protect civil rights and civil liberties. Support S. 1119 / H.R. 2330 Support S. 1133 / H.R.2087 Support HR 2875 / s. 2168 Support HR 1933 / S 1056 Support HR 1124 Support HR 2197/ S. 1770 Support HR 2944 Support S. 1169 / HR 2728 Support S. 1513 / H.R. 3406; support full funding for the Second Chance Act Support H Res 262 Support HR 2302 Support H Res 295 Support the inclusion of funding for Juvenile Justice Programs through the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Program (JJDPA) in the House Appropriations Bill for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and Science and related Agencies for FY 2017 Support S. 255 / H.R. 540 Oppose a new five-year mandatory minimum sentence for illegal reentry. Support S 2168 Support HR 1124 Support HR 3470 / S 2021 Urge Congress to allocate a sufficient new 302(b) allocation for the FY 2017 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies appropriations bill so that criminal and juvenile justice grant programs can be adequately funded. Support HR 2521 Support strengthening and passing H.R. 3713 / s 2123 Oppose anti-Muslim, Islamophobic rhetoric, actions, and legislation. Ensure that the Department of Justice is as tough as possible in protecting an individual's right to vote in light if the elimination of Se4ction V of the 1065 Voting Rights Act Oppose HR 712 Oppose HR 1927 Support Cornyn / Leahy amendment to the Justice for All Act which strengthens the Prison Rape Elimination Act Support the FCC exerting its authority and safeguarding consumers both inside and outside prisons by addressing the following issues put forward in the most recent NPRM: 1) advanced communications, including video visitation; 2) international calling rates; 3) the communications rights of deaf, hard of hearing, and disabled inmates; 4) ensuring the limits on ancillary fees are effective for all communications; and 5) regular data collection in the prison communications industry. Oppose H.R. 766. Support Operation Choke Point. Support President Obama speaking at the UNGASS on the world drug problem. Support providing the FY17 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations (CJS) bill with the highest 302(b) allocation possible to ensure adequate funding for key criminal and juvenile justice grant programs within the bill.Support a strong implementation of the Holder Rule, which says that when a seller of a good or service originates or helps arrange credit, the consumer is allowed to raise the sellers misconduct as a basis for bringing claims or defenses against the entity holding the debt. Support the investigation into the continued and largely unregulated use of Stingrays by law enforcement officials, to remedy the lack of data and transparency about these devices, and to act swiftly to prevent the disproportionate harms that the use of these devices by law enforcement officials can pose to historically disadvantaged communities. Support OJP to a) condition federal criminal justice grants on data collection and reporting on police-civilian encounters and b) provide regulations on the implementation of the Deaths in Custody Reporting Act (DCRA). Support H.R. 4364 Oppose refusal by some Senators to give fair consideration to any Supreme Court nomination until after the next President is sworn into office on January 20, 2017. Support funding for several programs related to child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in FY 2017 Labor-HHS-Education funding bill. Support funding for several programs related to child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in FY 2017 Transportation-HUD funding bill. Specifically, $33,000,000 to fund comprehensive continuum of care projects for homeless and runaway youth. Support a stronger US position at the UN General Assembly on the World Drug Problem on: acknowledging the ramifications of new drug policies; standing up for human rights; calling for a people-centered approach to drug policy; taking a stronger stance on criminal justice reform; and ensuring an open dialog between all interested parties. Support adequate funding for critical juvenile justice and delinquency prevention programs in the final Fiscal Year 2017 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations bill. Support adequate funding for innocence and forensic science programs in FY 17. Specifically, $5 million for the DoJ Wrongful Conviction Review Program; $5 million for the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Program; $14 million for the Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement Grant Program; $5 million for the DoJ National Commission on Forensic Science; and $15 million for NIST Oppose S 2576 Support an increase in funding for programs that serve victims of sexual assault and domestic violence (including VAWA, VOC, and FVPSA) in FY 2017. Support HR 4611 Support the Equal Justice Under Law Act. Support H.R. 3406 Support S 2123 / HR 3713 with the following improvements: The increased use of evidence-based sentencing alternatives, including drug, Veteran, and mental health courts; Reducing recidivism through educational and job training opportunities for prisoners while they are incarcerated (this includes restoring Pell grant eligibility to prisoners); A concentration on using prison space for career or violent criminals; The elimination of all mandatory minimum sentences, and an increase in judicial discretion; and In depth reports to Congress by the Department of Justice on the extent to which reforms have addressed both over-incarceration and racial disparities. Oppose backlog of judicial nominees Support Sec. Burwell speaking at UNGASS Support executive order prohibiting federal contractors from asking about past criminal records on job application Oppose current policy which allows children to go through the immigration court process without the benefit of counsel. Oppose HR 1927 Support Moore (WI) equal pay and fair housing amendments to HR 1927 Support Conyers amendment to HR 1927 Support rule banning forced arbitration for students victimized by for-profit institutions Oppose Anti-Transgender Initiatives Support proposed DoE / DoJ guidance on Title IX on the rights of trans students in schools Support H.R.5100, S.2874 Conditional support for HR 5283. Support bringing HR 5283 to the floor for consideration prior to Summer break and strengthening it to include the Equitable Sharing program Oppose Ayotte amendments S. AMDT. 4082 and S. AMDT. 4083 to S. 2943. Support investigating the arrest and indictment of disproportionately Asian American scientists Support treating the drug problem as a health issue Support the Baldwin, Mikulski, and Hirono Amendment to the FY 2017 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act which would add necessary funds for the Justice Departments Civil Rights Division (CRT) and its Community Relations Service (CRS) to prevent hate crimes and to effectively investigate and prosecute them when they occur. Support OPM proposed rule on Recruitment, Selection, and Placement (General) and Suitability Support HR 4752 Support S.1513/H.R.3406. Support Senate hearings on President Obama's Supreme Court nominee Support HR 5124 Support HR 2302 Support S 2584 / HR 5067 Support greater accountability of schools serving students involved in the juvenile justice system in ESSA regulations. Support Department of Justice efforts to establish standards, grounded in sound science, for laboratory reports and testimony based on specific forensic disciplines. Oppose predictive policing Support the conditioning of federal criminal justice grants on data collection and reporting on police-civilian encounters under the promulgation of the Death In Custody Reporting Act Support funding levels for innocence and forensic science programs as found in the Senate FY17 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill. Support HR 5963 Support strong, enforceable guidelines to ensure that School Resource Officers respect the civil rights of students. Support HR 6211 Support S. 2854 / H.R. 5067 Support S. 3144 / H.R. 5124 Support HR 4754 Support S.1513/H.R.3406

Support FCC rules limiting rates charged for intra-state and inter-state phone rates charged to incarcerated people and their families. Support the FCC Lifeline program; support expanding the Lifeline program to cover Broadband. Support broadband deployment, adoption, and competition, to communities which have limited or no internet access. Support HR 2638 / S 1472 Support S. 2235 Support increase in minority owned media. Support the FCC exerting its authority and safeguarding consumers both inside and outside prisons by addressing the following issues put forward in the most recent NPRM: 1) advanced communications, including video visitation; 2) international calling rates; 3) the communications rights of deaf, hard of hearing, and disabled inmates; 4) ensuring the limits on ancillary fees are effective for all communications; and 5) regular data collection in the prison communications industry. Oppose HR 4884 Oppose HR 2666 Oppose HR 5525 Support the integrity of the Lifeline program; oppose efforts to cap it or eliminate some of the options provided Support HUDs proposed rules to narrow the digital divide by requiring broadband infrastructure installation in HUD-funded construction and modernizing HUDs Consolidated Plan process. Oppose repealing the newspaper-broadcast ownership rule without conducting studies on the impact of media ownership diversity in the area first. Support increased diversity and inclusion on the nations airwaves as it relates to the revised proposal released on September 8th regarding the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Memorandum Opinion and Order Expanding Consumers Video Navigation Choices aka the Proposal to Unlock the Set Top Box. Oppose HR5525

Oppose HR 7 Support HR 932 / S. 497 Support proposed rule rules to modernize the federal child support system, and to break the link between unaffordable child support orders/arrears and mass incarceration. Support HR 4681 Support federal guidelines for Part A of Section 1010 of the ESSA including definitive, transparent timelines for these interactive processes. Support H.R. 3406 Support HR 4681 Support regulations as they relate to children in foster care; offer a few suggestions to strengthen. Support an expansion of the EITC to low wage adults not raising children. Support S. 786 / H.R. 1439

Support H.R. 735 Support President Obama's initiatives towards Cuba Support debt relief for the globe's poorest nations Oppose Section 2 of HR 2337 Support a stronger US position at the UN General Assembly on the World Drug Problem on: acknowledging the ramifications of new drug policies; standing up for human rights; calling for a people-centered approach to drug policy; taking a stronger stance on criminal justice reform; and ensuring an open dialog between all interested parties. Support President Obama speaking at the UNGASS on the world drug problem. Support Sec. Burwell speaking at UNGASS

Support HR 3285 Oppose HR 2646

Oppose sequestration Oppose mandatory budget caps. Support continued federal funding of innocence and forensic science programs at the Department of Justice and the National Institute of Standards and Technology at the Department of Commerce in the final FY 2017 appropriations bill. Support a larger 302 (b) allocation for the Transportation - HUD Appropriations bill for FY 2017. Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund. Support a significant increase funding for federal programs that address domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence and stalking Oppose HR 2578 Support the inclusion of funding for Juvenile Justice Programs through the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Program (JJDPA) in the House Appropriations Bill for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and Science and related Agencies for FY 2017 Support funding for Planned Parenthood and Planned Parenthood affiliates. Support Voter registration through Federally Funded Health Insurance Exchanges Oppose policy "riders" on appropriations bills. Support sufficient FY2017 funding level for the 2020 Census and American Community Survey Oppose rider to any appropriation bill which would prohibit funds being spent by the Department of Education implementing its Gainful Employment regulation. Oppose any riders in appropriations bills which would limit or forestall CFPB action on arbitration. Urge Congress to allocate a sufficient new 302(b) allocation for the FY 2017 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies appropriations bill so that criminal and juvenile justice grant programs can be adequately funded. Support S. 2235 Support S. 1513 / H.R. 3406; support full funding for the Second Chance Act. Oppose any policy riders to an omnibus appropriations bill which would in any way weaken or change the structure of the CFPB Oppose riders which may authorize DC Private School Vouchers. Support providing the FY17 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations (CJS) bill with the highest 302(b) allocation possible to ensure adequate funding for key criminal and juvenile justice grant programs within the bill. Support a strong implementation of the Holder Rule, which says that when a seller of a good or service originates or helps arrange credit, the consumer is allowed to raise the sellers misconduct as a basis for bringing claims or defenses. Support funding for several programs related to child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in FY 2017 Labor-HHS-Education funding bill. Specifically, $129,325,000 for the DOL International Affairs Labor Bureau; $5,000,000 for the DOL / Department of Wage and Hour / Services and Benefits for Victims of Trafficking; $32,000,000 for the HHS / Administration for Children and Families; $2,500, for the HHS / Administration for Children and Families / The National Human Trafficking Resource Center; $165,000,000 for the HHS / Administration of Children and Families / Runaway and Homeless Youth Act; $85,000,000for the Department of Education / McKinney - Vento Act Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program; $2,000,000 for ED grants for Local Education Agencies Under Title I Support funding for several programs related to child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in FY 2017 Transportation-HUD funding bill. Specifically, $33,000,000 to fund comprehensive continuum of care projects for homeless and runaway youth. Oppose any financial riders on FY17 spending bills. Support funding for HUDs Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing program in FY17 Support adequate funding for critical juvenile justice and delinquency prevention programs in the final Fiscal Year 2017 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations bill. Support adequate funding for innocence and forensic science programs in FY 17. Specifically, $5 million for the DoJ Wrongful Conviction Review Program; $5 million for the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Program; $14 million for the Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement Grant Program; $5 million for the DoJ National Commission on Forensic Science; and $15 million for NIST. Support an increase in funding for programs that serve victims of sexual assault and domestic violence (including VAWA, VOC, and FVPSA) in FY 2017. Oppose Balanced Budget Amendment to the US Constitution. Oppose efforts to redirect funding from Pell Grants for other purposes as you advance the FY 2017 appropriations process Support $15 million for a new Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration. Oppose any riders on DC Appropriations for FY 2017 which impede or otherwise ban DCs established policy Oppose Fleming (LA) immigration amendment to HR 4974 Support Huffman (CA) confederate flag amendment to HR 4974 Oppose Gosar (AZ) labor organization amendment to HR 4974 Oppose Perry (PA) project labor agreement amendment to HR 4974 Support Maloney (NY) anti-LGBT discrimination amendment to HR 4974 Oppose Pittenger (NC) North Carolina amendment to HR 5055 Support Maloney (NY) anti LGBT discrimination amendment to HR 5055 Oppose Byrne (Ala) religious institutions amendment to HR 5055 Support Collins (ME) motion to table Lee (UT) amendment 3897 Oppose Lee (UT) amendment 3897 Support Murphy (CT) amendment 4750 to HR 2578 Oppose Grassley (IA) amendment 4751 to HR 2578 Oppose Cornyn (TX) amendment 4749 to HR 2578 Support Feinstein (CA) amendment 4720 to HR 2578 Oppose amendments #31 and #34 offered by Representative Pittenger (NC) to H.R. 5055 Support Murray amendment to the FY 2017 Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations bill to provide funding for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to implement a rule supplementing the information collected through the Employer Information Report (EEO-1) to include pay data from many employers. Support HR 4893 Oppose any CR that does not contain money for Flint water mitigation.

Support Presidential Medal of Freedom for H. Julian Bond

Support a larger 302 (b) allocation for the Transportation - HUD Appropriations bill for FY 2017. Support H.R. 372 oppose H.R. 574 Support the National Housing Trust Fund; support its funding through Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Support HR 2997 Oppose HR 3192 Support, in the President's budget proposal for FY 17, Additional $50 million for the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (RHYA) programs - $2.5 million for the national prevalence, needs, and characteristics of homeless youth in America authorized by RHYA - Additional $50 million for the McKinney-Vento Education for Homeless Children and Youth (EHCYA) Program - Additional $400 million for McKinney-Vento HUD Homeless Assistance programs, of which $150 million be directed to serving homeless youth - Additional $40 million for 10 community demonstration projects to provide comprehensive approaches to serving homeless youth. - Clarifying language that all children, youth and families in vulnerable and unsafe situations should be eligible for HUD homeless assistance and waived from being required to provide third-part documentation to receive housing and supportive services with Continuum of Care funds. Support, in FY16, - Additional $50 million for the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (RHYA) programs - $2.5 million for the national prevalence, needs, and characteristics of homeless youth in America authorized by RHYA - Additional $50 million for the McKinney-Vento Education for Homeless Children and Youth (EHCYA) Program Support HR 1662 Oppose S. 2038 Support principle reduction of mortgages Support the Low Income Housing Support funding for several programs related to child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in FY 2017 Labor-HHS-Education funding bill. Specifically, Specifically, Services and Benefits for Victims of Trafficking; $32,000,000 for the HHS / Administration for Children and Families; $2,500, for the HHS / Administration for Children and Families / The National Human Trafficking Resource Center; $165,000,000 for the HHS / Administration of Children and Families / Runaway and Homeless Youth Act; Support funding for several programs related to child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in FY 2017 Transportation-HUD funding bill. Specifically, $33,000,000 to fund comprehensive continuum of care projects for homeless and runaway youth. Support funding for HUDs Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing program in FY17 Support substantive changes to ensure that the LIHTC program will further the Administrations goals of promoting racial and socioeconomic integration and provide ladders of opportunity to low-income families - particularly Black and Latino families. Support FHFAs effort to provide Extra Credit for Residential Economic Diversity Activities. Support EPA coordination with HUD, and both to engage in the AFFH process and leverage it for its other nondiscrimination investigations and enforcement. Support including language preference in the Uniform Residential Loan Application (URLA). Support $15 million for a new Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration. Support Al Green, TX, amendment to HR 3700 Support HR 3700 Support Moore (WI) Fair Housing amendment to HR 1927 Support Collins (ME) motion to table Lee (UT) amendment 3897 Oppose Lee (UT) amendment 3897 Support reassessment of Treasurys plan to eliminate the GSEs capital buffers by the end of 2017. Support making the AFFH Assessment tool more effective and closing gaps Support suspension of GSE dividend payments to Treasury, and require the GSEs to develop and implement capital restoration plans, so they have enough capital to safely manage their business and to support Americas housing finance system. Support HUD AFFH tools as designed to local PHAs and state and local governments with some strengthening suggestions. Support the elimination / reduction of loan level price adjustments Support capturing the borrowers preferred language on mortgage application forms. Support HR 4888 Support HR 4893 Support principal reduction by HUD and FHFA. Support S 3164 Support HUDs proposed rules to narrow the digital divide by requiring broadband infrastructure installation in HUD-funded construction and modernizing HUDs Consolidated Plan process. Support the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) permitting its borrowers to use the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program to finance home improvements that increase energy efficiency and lower utility costs Support HUDs proposal to implement Small Area Fair Market Rents in metropolitan areas where Housing Choice Voucher families are most severely clustered in high poverty neighborhoods. Support HUD responding to its IG report on down payment assistance (DPA) and not restricting DPA by geography Support the following improvements in the AFFH Local Assessment Tool: The need for stronger community participation and consultation elements; More accountability around the use of local knowledge and data (for which participants go beyond the HUD-supplied data, and assess the particular problems of the community in more range and depth); The need to assess whether the requirement to incorporate the AFHs goals into other planning processes has been met; Improvements to the Opportunity Indices, specifically in assessing education, environmental health, and transportation; The need to include assessment of other civil rights enforcement (beyond fair housing), such as Title V I; Changes to the Inserts that HUD includes for secondary participants, such as requiring them to identify contributing factors, incorporate community participation that focuses on those participants, and evaluate PHA programmatic features. Oppose Congressional efforts to attach piecemeal GSE reform as amendments to must pass legislation. Support HR 6211 Support Principal reduction

Oppose HR 712 Oppose HR 1927

Support giving the federal government and private citizens the legal tools they need to stop discriminatory voting and election changes before they are put into effect anywhere in the country Support ensuring that voting changes are transparent by requiring all States, cities and counties to provide effective disclosure and publicity in modern media outlets that reach impacted voters and through local community organizations; Support restoring federal review (preclearance) of voting changes for those states, cities and counties with a history of recent voting discrimination as well as those with the greatest need. Support authorizing federal observers to respond to potential racial or language minority discrimination in any State, city or county. Support S. 772 / H.R. 1459 Support H.R. 40 Support S. 862 / H.R. 1619 Support H.R. 12 Oppose any initiative including "faith based initiatives" that may result in legalized and federally funded discrimination Support H.R. 671 Support H.J. Res. 25 Support H.R. 431 Support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act Oppose HR 2899 Support H Res 341 Oppose HR 2048 Support H Res 355 Support HR 2867 / S 1659 Oppose anti-Muslim, islamophobic rhetoric, actions, and legislation. Ensure that the Department of Justice is as tough as possible in protecting an individual's right to vote in light if the elimination of Se4ction V of the 1065 Voting Rights Act Oppose HR 712 Oppose HR 1927 Support EEOC initiative to expand data collection on collecting pay data from private employers on race and gender pay. Support FCC carefully examining the privacy interests of historically disadvantaged communities; developing broadband privacy rules consistent with the Civil Rights Principles for the Era of Big Data; Privacy protections should be made equally available to all consumers, regardless of whether they are rich or poor, using fixed or mobile connections. Support H. RES. 616 Support S 2546 / HR 4539 Oppose lack of media diversity at all levels Support Conyers amendment to HR 1927 Support Huffman (CA) confederate flag amendment to HR 4974 Support Maloney (NY) anti LGBT discrimination amendment to HR 4974 Oppose Pittenger (NC) North Carolina amendment to HR 5055 Support Maloney (NY) anti LGBT discrimination amendment to HR 5055 Oppose Byrne (Ala) religious institutions amendment to HR 5055 Oppose Russell (OK) amendment to NDAA to sanction taxpayer-funded hiring discrimination in all government contracts and grants. Oppose Anti-Transgender Initiatives Support proposed DoE / DoJ guidance on Title IX on the rights of trans students in schools Support investigating the arrest and indictment of disproportionately Asian American scientists Support HR 5272. Oppose HR 2802 S. 1598 Support Education Departments Office of Civil Rights Title IX Guidance and enforcement Oppose Russell (OK) religious organizations amendment to NDAA. Support HR 6030 Oppose the sale or display of the confederate flag at Veterans cemeteries or on any federally owned public land, unless as part of a learning experience Support S. 2854 / H.R. 5067 Support HR 5373 Support HR 5272

Support H.R. 317 / S 1688 Oppose H J Res 43 Oppose HR 10 / S 2171 Oppose riders to the Omnibus Appropriations bill which may authorize DC Private School Vouchers Oppose any riders on DC Appropriations for FY 2017 which impede or otherwise ban DCs established policy Oppose HR 4901 Oppose HR 5233

Support the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) permitting its borrowers to use the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program to finance home improvements that increase energy efficiency and lower utility costs

Support the expansion of the FCC Lifeline program to include Broadband Support broadband deployment, adoption, and competition, to communities which have limited or no internet access. Support HR 2638 / S 1472 Support the promotion of racial, gender, and ethnic diversity in all media Support the capping of inter- and intra-state rates for prison phone calls Oppose legislation which would undermine a March 2014 decision by the FCC by grandfathering agreements among broadcasters which otherwise violate media ownership limits. To the contrary, we support the FCCs decision to count Joint Sales Agreements (JSAs) toward ownership determinations for full power television stations. Support S. 2235 Support increase in minority owned media. Support the FCC exerting its authority and safeguarding consumers both inside and outside prisons by addressing the following issues put forward in the most recent NPRM: 1) advanced communications, including video visitation; 2) international calling rates; 3) the communications rights of deaf, hard of hearing, and disabled inmates; 4) ensuring the limits on ancillary fees are effective for all communications; and 5) regular data collection in the prison communications industry. Support the investigation into the continued and largely unregulated use of Stingrays by law enforcement officials, to remedy the lack of data and transparency about these devices, and to act swiftly to prevent the disproportionate harms that the use of these devices by law enforcement officials can pose to historically disadvantaged communities. Support FCC carefully examining the privacy interests of historically disadvantaged communities; developing broadband privacy rules consistent with the Civil Rights Principles for the Era of Big Data; Privacy protections should be made equally available to all consumers, regardless of whether they are rich or poor, using fixed or mobile connections. Oppose lack of media diversity at all levels Oppose HR 4884 Oppose HR 2666 Oppose HR 5525 Support the integrity of the Lifeline program; oppose efforts to cap it or eliminate some of the options provided Support HUDs proposed rules to narrow the digital divide by requiring broadband infrastructure installation in HUD-funded construction and modernizing HUDs Consolidated Plan process. Oppose repealing the newspaper-broadcast ownership rule without conducting studies on the impact of media ownership diversity in the area first. Oppose the FCCs Declaratory Ruling that robocalls may be made to cell phones Support increased diversity and inclusion on the nations airwaves as it relates to the revised proposal released on September 8th regarding the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Memorandum Opinion and Order Expanding Consumers Video Navigation Choices aka the Proposal to Unlock the Set Top Box. Oppose HR 5525

Support revising the primary National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for ozone to 60 parts per billion (ppb). Oppose HR 2042 Oppose S.J. Res 24 Support EPA making improvements to regulatory mechanisms from removing lead from drinking water. Support S. 2491. Oppose HR 3797 Support HR 4470 Oppose HR 4775 Support Congressman Conyers WATER Act Support regional haze rule overall, but there are some areas of concern that would delay implementation and weaken critical provisions. Oppose any CR that does not contain money for Flint water mitigation. Support Stabenow Flint amendment to S. 2848 Support Kildee Flint amendment to HR 5303 Support S. 2848 Support HR 5303

Oppose H.R. 399 Oppose HR 240 Support HR 1974 Support HR 3201 Oppose anti-Muslim, Islamophobic rhetoric, actions, and legislation. Oppose current policy which allows children to go through the immigration court process without the benefit of counsel. Oppose H Res 639 Oppose Fleming (LA) immigration amendment to HR 4974 Support resolution sponsored by Congressman Grijalva in support of developing a national immigration policy which respects the basic human dignity of immigrants. Support elimination of U Visa Adjudication delays

Support the Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) Support immediate cessation of children harvesting tobacco

Support H.R. 735 Support President Obama's initiatives towards Cuba Support debt relief for the globe's poorest nations Oppose Section 2 of HR 2337 Support a stronger US position at the UN General Assembly on the World Drug Problem on: acknowledging the ramifications of new drug policies; standing up for human rights; calling for a people-centered approach to drug policy; taking a stronger stance on criminal justice reform; and ensuring an open dialog between all interested parties. Support President Obama speaking at the UNGASS on the world drug problem. Support Sec. Burwell speaking at UNGASS

Oppose sequestration Oppose mandatory budget caps. Support continued federal funding of innocence and forensic science programs at the Department of Justice and the National Institute of Standards and Technology at the Department of Commerce in the final FY 2017 appropriations bill. Support a larger 302 (b) allocation for the Transportation - HUD Appropriations bill for FY 2017. Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund. Support a significant increase funding for federal programs that address domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence and stalking Oppose HR 2578 Support the inclusion of funding for Juvenile Justice Programs through the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Program (JJDPA) in the House Appropriations Bill for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and Science and related Agencies for FY 2017 Support funding for Planned Parenthood and Planned Parenthood affiliates. Support Voter registration through Federally Funded Health Insurance Exchanges Oppose policy "riders" on appropriations bills. Support sufficient FY2017 funding level for the 2020 Census and American Community Survey Oppose rider to any appropriation bill which would prohibit funds being spent by the Department of Education implementing its Gainful Employment regulation. Oppose any riders in appropriations bills which would limit or forestall CFPB action on arbitration. Urge Congress to allocate a sufficient new 302(b) allocation for the FY 2017 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies appropriations bill so that criminal and juvenile justice grant programs can be adequately funded. Support S. 2235 Support S. 1513 / H.R. 3406; support full funding for the Second Chance Act. Oppose any policy riders to an omnibus appropriations bill which would in any way weaken or change the structure of the CFPB Oppose riders which may authorize DC Private School Vouchers. Support providing the FY17 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations (CJS) bill with the highest 302(b) allocation possible to ensure adequate funding for key criminal and juvenile justice grant programs within the bill. Support a strong implementation of the Holder Rule, which says that when a seller of a good or service originates or helps arrange credit, the consumer is allowed to raise the sellers misconduct as a basis for bringing claims or defenses. Support funding for several programs related to child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in FY 2017 Labor-HHS-Education funding bill. Specifically, $129,325,000 for the DOL International Affairs Labor Bureau; $5,000,000 for the DOL / Department of Wage and Hour / Services and Benefits for Victims of Trafficking; $32,000,000 for the HHS / Administration for Children and Families; $2,500, for the HHS / Administration for Children and Families / The National Human Trafficking Resource Center; $165,000,000 for the HHS / Administration of Children and Families / Runaway and Homeless Youth Act; $85,000,000for the Department of Education / McKinney - Vento Act Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program; $2,000,000 for ED grants for Local Education Agencies Under Title I Support funding for several programs related to child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in FY 2017 Transportation-HUD funding bill. Specifically, $33,000,000 to fund comprehensive continuum of care projects for homeless and runaway youth. Oppose any financial riders on FY17 spending bills. Support funding for HUDs Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing program in FY17 Support adequate funding for critical juvenile justice and delinquency prevention programs in the final Fiscal Year 2017 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations bill. Support adequate funding for innocence and forensic science programs in FY 17. Specifically, $5 million for the DoJ Wrongful Conviction Review Program; $5 million for the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Program; $14 million for the Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement Grant Program; $5 million for the DoJ National Commission on Forensic Science; and $15 million for NIST. Support an increase in funding for programs that serve victims of sexual assault and domestic violence (including VAWA, VOC, and FVPSA) in FY 2017. Oppose Balanced Budget Amendment to the US Constitution. Oppose efforts to redirect funding from Pell Grants for other purposes as you advance the FY 2017 appropriations process Support $15 million for a new Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration. Oppose any riders on DC Appropriations for FY 2017 which impede or otherwise ban DCs established policy Oppose Fleming (LA) immigration amendment to HR 4974 Support Huffman (CA) confederate flag amendment to HR 4974 Oppose Gosar (AZ) labor organization amendment to HR 4974 Oppose Perry (PA) project labor agreement amendment to HR 4974 Support Maloney (NY) anti-LGBT discrimination amendment to HR 4974 Oppose Pittenger (NC) North Carolina amendment to HR 5055 Support Maloney (NY) anti LGBT discrimination amendment to HR 5055 Oppose Byrne (Ala) religious institutions amendment to HR 5055 Support Collins (ME) motion to table Lee (UT) amendment 3897 Oppose Lee (UT) amendment 3897 Support Murphy (CT) amendment 4750 to HR 2578 Oppose Grassley (IA) amendment 4751 to HR 2578 Oppose Cornyn (TX) amendment 4749 to HR 2578 Support Feinstein (CA) amendment 4720 to HR 2578 Oppose amendments #31 and #34 offered by Representative Pittenger (NC) to H.R. 5055 Support Murray amendment to the FY 2017 Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations bill to provide funding for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to implement a rule supplementing the information collected through the Employer Information Report (EEO-1) to include pay data from many employers. Support HR 4893

Oppose any initiative including "faith based initiatives" that may result in legalized and federally funded discrimination. Oppose a finding by the Office of Legal Counsel that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA) provides a blanket override of a statutory non-discrimination provision. Support the implementation of Executive Order 13559, which seeks to strengthen the constitutional protections against unwelcome proselytizing of program beneficiaries, to promote grantee and contractor transparency and understanding of church-state separation parameters, and to implement safeguards against excessive government entanglement with religious institutions. Oppose Byrne (Ala) religious institutions amendment to HR 5055 Oppose Russell (OK) amendment to NDAA to sanction taxpayer-funded hiring discrimination in all government contracts and grants. Support HR 5272.

Oppose H.R. 399 Oppose HR 240 Support HR 1974 Support HR 3201 Oppose anti-Muslim, Islamophobic rhetoric, actions, and legislation. Oppose current policy which allows children to go through the immigration court process without the benefit of counsel. Oppose H Res 639 Oppose Fleming (LA) immigration amendment to HR 4974 Support resolution sponsored by Congressman Grijalva in support of developing a national immigration policy which respects the basic human dignity of immigrants. Support elimination of U Visa Adjudication delays

Support closing a large gap in the EITC by expanding it for low-income childless adults and non-custodial parents. Oppose requiring the Secretary of Treasury to contract with private debt collection agencies to collect taxes. Oppose the omission of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program in the Treasurys Departments proposed regulation implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. Support protecting the CTC/EITC eligibility of taxpaying immigrant families who file their taxes with an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN). Support the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Support a federal automatic Individual Retirement Account (IRA) and, in the absence of a federal solution, support state auto-IRAs and other similar retirement programs Support substantive changes to ensure that the LIHTC program will further the Administrations goals of promoting racial and socioeconomic integration and provide ladders of opportunity to low-income families - particularly Black and Latino families

Oppose HR 1891 / S 1267. Support increasing trade / taking down trade barriers between the U.S. and Cuba Oppose Fast Track legislation Support HR 1295

Oppose any efforts to dismantle, weaken, or change the structure or the funding stream of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Support a rule from the CFPB regarding payday lending which require the lender to determine the borrowers ability to repay the loan, including consideration of income and expenses; does not sanction any series of repeat loans or provide a safe harbor for poorly underwritten loans; establishes an outer limit on length of indebtedness that is at least as short as the FDICs 2005 guidelines - 90 days in a twelve-month period; and restricts lenders from requiring a post-dated check or electronic access to a borrowers checking account as a condition of extending credit. Support the Department of Labor's "Fiduciary Responsibility" rule. Support the CFPB's study on forced arbitration clauses; oppose efforts to disable the CFPB to act on its findings. Oppose H.R. 685. Oppose H.R. 1529 Oppose H.R. 650 Oppose H.R. 1408 Oppose H.R. 1265 Oppose H.R. 1259 Oppose H.R. 1195 Oppose H.R. 601 Support S. 838 / H.R. 1565 Oppose H.R. 50 Oppose HR 37 Support continued implementation of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act of 2010; oppose efforts to eliminate or weaken provisions of the law. Support S. 1133 / H.R.2087 Support HR 2362 Support a strong short term lending reform package by the CFPB that does not undermine state or local laws which may be stronger (offer more protection) Oppose HR 1210 Oppose HR 3192 Oppose HR 1737 Oppose HR 776 Oppose HR 1317 Oppose HR 1941 Oppose HR 3189 Support HR 3524 / S 1981 Support the Federal Insurance Office‟s effort to assess the affordability and accessibility of auto insurance in low-wealth communities, communities of color and underserved communities and the proposed definition of affordability and Affected Persons. Oppose HR 1266 Oppose S. 2038 Oppose H.R. 4018 Support principle reduction of mortgages by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Oppose H.R. 766. Support Operation Choke Point. Support full funding in FY 2017 for the 2020 Census and for the ACS Oppose any financial riders on FY17 spending bills Support a robust proposed survey of financing for auto buyers. Support CFPB moving forward on a rulemaking to address the widespread harm resulting from forced arbitration. Support Senators signing onto a letter to the CFPB in support of their auto lending efforts. Support extending the upcoming rule curbing short-term pay day and car title loans to long term payday and car title loans. Oppose granting certiorari in the case of Midland Funding LLC v. Madden. Support Director Cordray speaking to advocates from across the country about financial reform issues Oppose all budget riders to weaken the powers, structure, or funding of the CFPB --particularly opposing proposals that would limit, delay or remove their authority to take action on forced arbitration. Support reassessment of Treasurys plan to eliminate the GSEs capital buffers by the end of 2017. Oppose S. 2663 Oppose HR 5112 Support suspension of GSE dividend payments to Treasury, and require the GSEs to develop and implement capital restoration plans, so they have enough capital to safely manage their business and to support Americas housing finance system. Support the Comprehensive Consumer Credit Reporting Reform Act of 2016 Support HUD AFFH tools as designed to local PHAs and state and local governments with some strengthening suggestions. Support Rep. Meeks Congressional sign-on letter to the regulators urging better enforcement of the ComSupport the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for releasing a strong proposed payday and car title lending rule and urge the Bureau to close some concerning loopholes that would allow some lenders to continue making harmful loans business as usual.munity Reinvestment Act Support the elimination / reduction of loan level price adjustments Support capturing the borrowers preferred language on mortgage application forms. Support HR 4893 Support principal reduction by HUD and FHFA.

Support a larger 302 (b) allocation for the Transportation - HUD Appropriations bill for FY 2017. Support H.R. 372 oppose H.R. 574 Support the National Housing Trust Fund; support its funding through Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Support HR 2997 Oppose HR 3192 Support, in the President's budget proposal for FY 17, Additional $50 million for the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (RHYA) programs - $2.5 million for the national prevalence, needs, and characteristics of homeless youth in America authorized by RHYA - Additional $50 million for the McKinney-Vento Education for Homeless Children and Youth (EHCYA) Program - Additional $400 million for McKinney-Vento HUD Homeless Assistance programs, of which $150 million be directed to serving homeless youth - Additional $40 million for 10 community demonstration projects to provide comprehensive approaches to serving homeless youth. - Clarifying language that all children, youth and families in vulnerable and unsafe situations should be eligible for HUD homeless assistance and waived from being required to provide third-part documentation to receive housing and supportive services with Continuum of Care funds. Support, in FY16, - Additional $50 million for the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (RHYA) programs - $2.5 million for the national prevalence, needs, and characteristics of homeless youth in America authorized by RHYA - Additional $50 million for the McKinney-Vento Education for Homeless Children and Youth (EHCYA) Program Support HR 1662 Oppose S. 2038 Support principle reduction of mortgages Support the Low Income Housing Support funding for several programs related to child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in FY 2017 Labor-HHS-Education funding bill. Specifically, Specifically, Services and Benefits for Victims of Trafficking; $32,000,000 for the HHS / Administration for Children and Families; $2,500, for the HHS / Administration for Children and Families / The National Human Trafficking Resource Center; $165,000,000 for the HHS / Administration of Children and Families / Runaway and Homeless Youth Act; Support funding for several programs related to child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in FY 2017 Transportation-HUD funding bill. Specifically, $33,000,000 to fund comprehensive continuum of care projects for homeless and runaway youth. Support funding for HUDs Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing program in FY17 Support substantive changes to ensure that the LIHTC program will further the Administrations goals of promoting racial and socioeconomic integration and provide ladders of opportunity to low-income families - particularly Black and Latino families. Support FHFAs effort to provide Extra Credit for Residential Economic Diversity Activities. Support EPA coordination with HUD, and both to engage in the AFFH process and leverage it for its other nondiscrimination investigations and enforcement. Support including language preference in the Uniform Residential Loan Application (URLA). Support $15 million for a new Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration. Support Al Green, TX, amendment to HR 3700 Support HR 3700 Support Moore (WI) Fair Housing amendment to HR 1927 Support Collins (ME) motion to table Lee (UT) amendment 3897 Oppose Lee (UT) amendment 3897 Support reassessment of Treasurys plan to eliminate the GSEs capital buffers by the end of 2017. Support making the AFFH Assessment tool more effective and closing gaps Support suspension of GSE dividend payments to Treasury, and require the GSEs to develop and implement capital restoration plans, so they have enough capital to safely manage their business and to support Americas housing finance system. Support HUD AFFH tools as designed to local PHAs and state and local governments with some strengthening suggestions. Support the elimination / reduction of loan level price adjustments Support capturing the borrowers preferred language on mortgage application forms. Support HR 4888 Support HR 4893 Support principal reduction by HUD and FHFA.

Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund. Support S. 705 Oppose H.R. 596 Support full funding for domestic HIV / AIDS programs Oppose HR 30 Oppose HR 7 Support HR 2 Support efforts to fight childhood obesity Support HR 1974 Support HR 932 / S 497 Support the Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) Support H Res 82 Support HR 3285 Support Planned Parenthood Oppose HR 2646 Support that HHS administers this Section 1557 of the ACA through robust implementation and enforcement mechanisms, and this must be reflected in the final regulations that HHS promulgates. Support continued funding in FY2016 to the National Center for Environmental Healths Healthy Community Design Initiative (HCDI) at its current level of $2.8 million. Support Andy Slavitt to serve as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Oppose HR 2646 Support funding for several programs related to child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in FY 2017 Labor-HHS-Education funding bill. Specifically, $129,325,000 for the DOL International Affairs Labor Bureau; $5,000,000 for the DOL / Department of Wage and Hour / Services and Benefits for Victims of Trafficking; $32,000,000 for the HHS / Administration for Children and Families; $2,500, for the HHS / Administration for Children and Families / The National Human Trafficking Resource Center; $165,000,000 for the HHS / Administration of Children and Families / Runaway and Homeless Youth Act; $85,000,000for the Department of Education / McKinney - Vento Act Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program; $2,000,000 for ED grants for Local Education Agencies Under Title I; Oppose increasing cost sharing for beneficiaries in the Medicare Part D program. Support the final regulations implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) be finalized as quickly as possible and with strong protections addressing the serious issues of discrimination that we know affect members of marginalized communities, such as racial and ethnic minorities; women; people with disabilities; immigrants; people whose primary language is not English; and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals. Support Sec. Burwell speaking at UNGASS Oppose HR 3762. Oppose veto override of HR 3762 Oppose Price motion to concur with Senate amendments to HR 3762 Support the Health Equity and Accountability Act Support treating the drug problem as a health issue sUPPORT hr 2014 / s 1078 Support HHS proposed rule on Section 1557 of the ACA

Support H.R. 1232 Support S. 1133 / H.R.2087. Support H. RES. 616 Oppose Fleming (LA) amendment to HR 4974 Support Huffman (CA) amendment to HR 4974 Oppose Kline Amendment to NDAA 2017 which would repeal President Obamas Executive Order on Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Oppose Russell (OK) amendment to NDAA to sanction taxpayer-funded hiring discrimination in all government contracts and grants. Oppose Ayotte amendments S. AMDT. 4082 and S. AMDT. 4083 to S. 2943,

Support H.J. Res. 25 Oppose a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution

Support FCC rules limiting rates charged for intra-state and inter-state phone rates charged to incarcerated people and their families. Support the FCC Lifeline program; support expanding the Lifeline program to cover Broadband. Support broadband deployment, adoption, and competition, to communities which have limited or no internet access. Support HR 2638 / S 1472 Support S. 2235 Support increase in minority owned media. Support the FCC exerting its authority and safeguarding consumers both inside and outside prisons by addressing the following issues put forward in the most recent NPRM: 1) advanced communications, including video visitation; 2) international calling rates; 3) the communications rights of deaf, hard of hearing, and disabled inmates; 4) ensuring the limits on ancillary fees are effective for all communications; and 5) regular data collection in the prison communications industry. Oppose HR 4884 Oppose HR 2666 Oppose HR 5525 Support the integrity of the Lifeline program; oppose efforts to cap it or eliminate some of the options provided

Oppose HR 2899

Oppose HR 1737 Support the Federal Insurance Offices effort to assess the affordability and accessibility of auto insurance in low-wealth communities, communities of color and underserved communities and the proposed definition of affordability and Affected Persons. Support FHA continuing to have and deploy its full legal authority over all approved lenders to enforce its standards and responsibilities under the FHA insurance programs.

Support the Antiquities Act. Oppose Amendments # 3023 AND # 3126 to S. 2012 Support regional haze rule overall, but there are some areas of concern that would delay implementation and weaken critical provisions. Support an inclusive National Park system which reflects the diversity of our nation.

Support the Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI)

Support giving the federal government and private citizens the legal tools they need to stop discriminatory voting and election changes before they are put into effect anywhere in the country Support ensuring that voting changes are transparent by requiring all States, cities and counties to provide effective disclosure and publicity in modern media outlets that reach impacted voters and through local community organizations; Support restoring federal review (preclearance) of voting changes for those states, cities and counties with a history of recent voting discrimination as well as those with the greatest need. Support authorizing federal observers to respond to potential racial or language minority discrimination in any State, city or county. Support S. 772 / H.R. 1459 Support H.R. 40 Support S. 862 / H.R. 1619 Support H.R. 12 Oppose any initiative including "faith based initiatives" that may result in legalized and federally funded discrimination Support H.R. 671 Support H.J. Res. 25 Support H.R. 431 Support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act Oppose HR 2899 Support H Res 341 Oppose HR 2048 Support H Res 355 Support HR 2867 / S 1659 Oppose anti-Muslim, islamophobic rhetoric, actions, and legislation. Ensure that the Department of Justice is as tough as possible in protecting an individual's right to vote in light if the elimination of Se4ction V of the 1065 Voting Rights Act Oppose HR 712 Oppose HR 1927 Support EEOC initiative to expand data collection on collecting pay data from private employers on race and gender pay. Support FCC carefully examining the privacy interests of historically disadvantaged communities; developing broadband privacy rules consistent with the Civil Rights Principles for the Era of Big Data; Privacy protections should be made equally available to all consumers, regardless of whether they are rich or poor, using fixed or mobile connections. Support H. RES. 616 Support S 2546 / HR 4539 Oppose lack of media diversity at all levels Support Conyers amendment to HR 1927 Support Huffman (CA) confederate flag amendment to HR 4974 Support Maloney (NY) anti LGBT discrimination amendment to HR 4974 Oppose Pittenger (NC) North Carolina amendment to HR 5055 Support Maloney (NY) anti LGBT discrimination amendment to HR 5055 Oppose Byrne (Ala) religious institutions amendment to HR 5055 Oppose Russell (OK) amendment to NDAA to sanction taxpayer-funded hiring discrimination in all government contracts and grants. Oppose Anti-Transgender Initiatives Support proposed DoE / DoJ guidance on Title IX on the rights of trans students in schools Support investigating the arrest and indictment of disproportionately Asian American scientists Support HR 5272.

Support H.R. 317 / S 1688 Oppose H J Res 43 Oppose HR 10 / S 2171 Oppose riders to the Omnibus Appropriations bill which may authorize DC Private School Vouchers Oppose any riders on DC Appropriations for FY 2017 which impede or otherwise ban DCs established policy Oppose HR 4901 Oppose HR 5233

Support H.R. 20. Oppose any efforts to dismantle, weaken, or change the structure or the funding stream of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Support an executive order requiring full disclosure of political spending by business entities receiving federal government contracts. Support giving the federal government and private citizens the legal tools they need to stop discriminatory voting and election changes before they are put into effect anywhere in the country Support ensuring that voting changes are transparent by requiring all States, cities and counties to provide effective disclosure and publicity in modern media outlets that reach impacted voters and through local community organizations; Support restoring federal review (preclearance) of voting changes for those states, cities and counties with a history of recent voting discrimination as well as those with the greatest need. Support authorizing federal observers to respond to potential racial or language minority discrimination in any State, city or county. Support S. 772 / H.R. 1459 Support H.R.12 Oppose H.R. 195 Oppose HR 185 Support S 1538 Support legislation to provide stiffer penalties for engaging in deceptive practices around elections Support HR 2887. Support HR 2867 / S 1659 Support HR 317 Support the Census Bureaus federal register notice regarding the Residence Rule and Residence Situations, 80 FR 28950 (May 20, 2015) Support H.R. 2694 Support H Res 341 Support H Res 355 Support H J Res 25 Oppose requiring the Secretary of Treasury to contract with private debt collection agencies to collect taxes. Support Voter registration through Federally Funded Health Insurance Exchanges Support sufficient FY2017 funding level for the 2020 Census and American Community Survey Support HR 2867 / S 1659 Support fully funding the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) Oppose "prison gerrymandering" by the Census Bureau Support S. 2021/H.R 3470 Urging full funding for the Census Bureau in FY 17 Support Presidential Medal of Freedom for H. Julian Bond Ensure that the Department of Justice is as tough as possible in protecting an individual's right to vote in light if the elimination of Se4ction V of the 1065 Voting Rights Act Oppose HR 712 Oppose HR 1927 Oppose letter by EAC ED Newby letting Kansas, Alabama and Georgia require proof of citizenship on federal voter registration. Oppose refusal by some Senators to give fair consideration to any Supreme Court nomination until after the next President is sworn into office on January 20, 2017. Oppose Balanced Budget Amendment to the US Constitution Support executive order prohibiting federal contractors from asking about past criminal records on job application Support HR 3735 Oppose the conduct of the Select Investigative Panels activities as they relate to the investigation of Planned Parenthood Support OPM proposed rule on Recruitment, Selection, and Placement (General) and Suitabilityn

Support the Department of Labor's proposed "Conflicted Advice Rule" regarding retirement savings. Support the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) proposal to update the Sex Discrimination Guidelines for federal contractors to align the standards with Executive Order 11246 and current law. Support reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act Support S. 862 / H.R. 1619 Support executive action to ensure that both federal agencies and federal contractors are leading the way to making employment opportunities available for qualified job-seekers who have an arrest or conviction in their past. Oppose HR 30 Support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act Support workers who want to form a union. Support HR 1848 / S. 974 Support HR 2150 / S 1150 Support HR 3524 / S 1981 Support S. 786/H.R. 1439 Support HR 3201 Support the promotion of racial, gender, and ethnic diversity in media Support HR 3470 / S 2021 Support S. 2042/H.R. 3514 Oppose racial and ethnic discrimination in hiring Support a federal automatic Individual Retirement Account (IRA) and, in the absence of a federal solution, support state auto-IRAs and other similar retirement programs Oppose HR 4293. Oppose HR 4294 Support HR 4376 Support funding for several programs related to child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in FY 2017 Labor-HHS-Education funding bill. Specifically, $129,325,000 for the DOL International Affairs Labor Bureau; $5,000,000 for the DOL / Department of Wage and Hour. Support EEOC initiative to expand data collection on collecting pay data from private employers on race and gender pay. Support for the Department of Labors (DOL) proposal to update the nondiscrimination and equal opportunity regulations implementing Section 188 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) to align with current law and thus more effectively address current workforce issues support for the U.S. Department of Labors proposal to update the Apprenticeship Programs Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) regulations. Oppose lack of media diversity at all levels. Support proposed rule establishing paid sick leave for employees of federal government contractors Support executive order prohibiting federal contractors from asking about past criminal records on job application Support Moore (WI) Equal Pay amendment to HR 1927 Oppose H J Res 88 Oppose Gosar (AZ) amendment to HR 4974. Oppose Kline (MN) Amendment to NDAA 2017 which would repeal President Obamas Executive Order on Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Oppose any attempt to defund the Equal Employment Opportunity Commissions (EEOC) implementation or revision of the Employer Information Report (EEO-1) Support for Department of Labors new Overtime rule. Support Murray amendment to the FY 2017 Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations bill to provide funding for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to implement a rule supplementing the information collected through the Employer Information Report (EEO-1) to include pay data from many employers. Support S. 2697 / HR 4376 Support OPM proposed rule on Recruitment, Selection, and Placement (General) and Suitability Support S. 786 / HR 1439

Oppose HR 1030 Oppose HR 2042 Oppose S.J. Res 24 Oppose HR 712 Oppose HR 1927 Support continued funding in FY2016 to the National Center for Environmental Healths Healthy Community Design Initiative (HCDI) at its current level of $2.8 million. Support EPA making improvements to regulatory mechanisms from removing lead from drinking water. Support EPA coordination with HUD, and both to engage in the AFFH process and leverage it for its other nondiscrimination investigations and enforcement. Support S. 2491. Oppose HR 3797 Support HR 4470 Oppose HR 4775

Support Andy Slavitt to serve as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Oppose increasing cost sharing for beneficiaries in the Medicare Part D program. Support H.R.5100, S.2874 Support overall arc of proposed regulations for delivery ad payment reform to implement the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act.

Support a larger 302 (b) allocation for the Transportation - HUD Appropriations bill for FY 2017. Support S. 705 Oppose requiring the Secretary of Treasury to contract with private debt collection agencies to collect taxes. Support continued funding in FY2016 to the National Center for Environmental Healths Healthy Community Design Initiative (HCDI) at its current level of $2.8 million.

Support HR 2499 Support HR 251 Support HR 4676 Oppose Fleming (LA) immigration amendment to HR 4974 Support Huffman (CA) confederate flag amendment to HR 4974 Oppose Gosar (AZ) labor organization amendment to HR 4974 Oppose Perry (PA) project labor agreement amendment to HR 4974 Support Maloney (NY) anti-LGBT discrimination amendment to HR 4974

Support the expansion of the FCC Lifeline program to include Broadband Support broadband deployment, adoption, and competition, to communities which have limited or no internet access. Support HR 2638 / S 1472 Support the promotion of racial, gender, and ethnic diversity in all media Support the capping of inter- and intra-state rates for prison phone calls Oppose legislation which would undermine a March 2014 decision by the FCC by grandfathering agreements among broadcasters which otherwise violate media ownership limits. To the contrary, we support the FCCs decision to count Joint Sales Agreements (JSAs) toward ownership determinations for full power television stations. Support S. 2235 Support increase in minority owned media. Support the FCC exerting its authority and safeguarding consumers both inside and outside prisons by addressing the following issues put forward in the most recent NPRM: 1) advanced communications, including video visitation; 2) international calling rates; 3) the communications rights of deaf, hard of hearing, and disabled inmates; 4) ensuring the limits on ancillary fees are effective for all communications; and 5) regular data collection in the prison communications industry. Support the investigation into the continued and largely unregulated use of Stingrays by law enforcement officials, to remedy the lack of data and transparency about these devices, and to act swiftly to prevent the disproportionate harms that the use of these devices by law enforcement officials can pose to historically disadvantaged communities. Support FCC carefully examining the privacy interests of historically disadvantaged communities; developing broadband privacy rules consistent with the Civil Rights Principles for the Era of Big Data; Privacy protections should be made equally available to all consumers, regardless of whether they are rich or poor, using fixed or mobile connections. Oppose lack of media diversity at all levels Oppose HR 4884 Oppose HR 2666 Oppose HR 5525 Support the integrity of the Lifeline program; oppose efforts to cap it or eliminate some of the options provided

Support the Department of Labor's proposed "Conflicted Advice Rule" regarding retirement savings. Oppose HR 4293. Oppose HR 4294 Oppose H J Res 88

Support revising the primary National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for ozone to 60 parts per billion (ppb). Oppose HR 2042 Oppose S.J. Res 24 Support EPA making improvements to regulatory mechanisms from removing lead from drinking water. Support S. 2491. Oppose HR 3797 Support HR 4470 Oppose HR 4775 Support Congressman Conyers WATER Act Support regional haze rule overall, but there are some areas of concern that would delay implementation and weaken critical provisions.

Support requiring universal background checks on all gun sales Support a ban on military-style semi automatic assault guns Support a ban on high capacity ammunition clips Support tough new criminal penalties for straw purchasers and gun traffickers

Oppose HR 7 Support HR 932 / S. 497 Support proposed rule rules to modernize the federal child support system, and to break the link between unaffordable child support orders/arrears and mass incarceration. Support HR 4681 Support federal guidelines for Part A of Section 1010 of the ESSA including definitive, transparent timelines for these interactive processes. Support H.R. 3406 Support HR 4681

Oppose any efforts to dismantle, weaken, or change the structure or the funding stream of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Support the CFPB's study on forced arbitration clauses. Support S. 1133 / H.R.2087 Support HR 2362 Oppose HR 712 Oppose HR 1927 Support a robust proposed survey of financing for auto buyers Oppose granting certiorari in the case of Midland Funding LLC v. Madden