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Reps. Sara Jacobs, Pramila Jayapal, Mark Pocan Lead 155 Members in Push to Remove Anti-LGBTQ+ Measures from Final NDAA

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Reps. Sara Jacobs (CA-51) and Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Co-Chairs of the Transgender Equality Task Force, and Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02), Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, led 155 total Democratic House Members in a push to remove anti-LGBTQ+ measures from the final version of the FY2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). In a letter to House and Senate Armed Services Committee leade...

Jacobs, Davis, Lee, Connolly, Casey Lead Effort to Cut Child Poverty in Half in 5 Years

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On September 21, 2023, Reps. Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA), and U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) introduced the Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2023 to commit the nation to cutting child poverty by half in 5 years and to implement an accountability framework to ensure we achieve this goal. Due to strong federal investment—especially the expanded ...

Reps. Jacobs, Takano, and Sen. Blumenthal Reintroduce Legislation to Create Commission on LGBTQ+ Service members, Veterans, and Members of the Uniformed Services

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Today, on the 12th anniversary of the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” Representative Sara Jacobs (CA-51), Representative Mark Takano (CA-39), and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) reintroduced the Commission on Equity and Reconciliation in the Uniformed Services Act, a bill establishing a commission to investigate the historic and ongoing impacts of discriminatory military policies on LGBTQ ser...

Reps. Sara Jacobs, Ilhan Omar, Brad Sherman Push for Renewal of ICHREE at UN Human Rights Council

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Reps. Sara Jacobs (CA-51), Ilhan Omar (MN-05), and Brad Sherman (CA-32) called for the State Department and the United States Mission to the United Nations to renew the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia (ICHREE) at the current 54th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. In a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Ambassador to the UN Linda Thom...

Rep. Sara Jacobs Leads Call for Humanitarian Exemptions to ECOWAS Sanctions in Niger

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Following the coup in Niger, Rep. Sara Jacobs (CA-51) led the call for humanitarian exemptions to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) sanctions to ensure the continued delivery of necessary humanitarian and development services to civilian populations in Niger. In a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Rep. Sara Jacob...

Reps. Jacobs, Larsen Senators Murray, Duckworth, Reintroduce Legislation to Help Veterans Start Their Families, Provide Major Expansion to Covered Fertility Care Services at DoD and VA

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Today, Representatives Sara Jacobs (D-CA-51) and Rick Larsen (D-WA-02) and U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), a senior member and former Chair of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, and Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) reintroduced the Veteran Families Health Services Act of 2023, comprehensive legislation that would expand the fertility treatments and family-building services that are covered un...

Rep. Sara Jacobs Co-Leads Bicameral Legislation to Avoid Child Care Cliff

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Rep. Sara Jacobs (CA-51) helped introduce bicameral legislation today to avoid the child care cliff that could force 3.2 million children, including 83,417 children in California, to lose their child care and 70,000 child care programs across the country to close. The Child Care Stabilization Act would extend funding for Child Care Stabilization grants, which kept the child care sector from collap...

Rep. Sara Jacobs Praises Reports of G20 Granting Membership to the African Union

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Rep. Sara Jacobs (CA-51), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, praised today’s reports of the Group of 20 (G20) planning to grant membership to the African Union (AU). In June, Rep. Sara Jacobs led House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Gregory Meeks (NY-05) and all the Democratic Members of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa in introducing a re...

Reps. Sara Jacobs, Stephanie Bice Reintroduce Bipartisan Bill to Ensure Safe, High-Quality Private Military Housing

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Representatives Sara Jacobs (CA-51) and Stephanie Bice (OK-05) reintroduced bipartisan legislation today to ensure oversight and accountability of privatized military housing to guarantee it’s safe and high-quality for service members and military families. The Military Housing Readiness Council Act would create a council to monitor the Department of Defense’s implementation of the tenants’ bill o...

Rep. Sara Jacobs Slams Latest Attack on Mifepristone Access

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Following the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit’s new ruling, which if upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, would roll back mifepristone access, Rep. Sara Jacobs (CA-51) released the following statement: “Right-wing Republicans know they can’t win at the ballot box so they’ve chosen to weaponize the courts and ignore decades of precedent and science to enact their dystopian, anti-abortion age...

Jacobs, Bonamici, Kaine, Smith, Warren Lead Bicameral Call to Avert Child Care Funding Cliff

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Today Representatives Sara Jacobs (D-CA) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), along with Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Tina Smith (D-MN), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) called on President Joe Biden to support efforts to provide needed funding to prevent a national wave of child care closures. Congress secured historic funding through the American Rescue Plan Act to stabilize child care amid the COVID-19 pandem...

Rep. Sara Jacobs Introduces Bill to Push DoD to Review and Make Amends for Past Cases of Civilian Harm

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Following NPR’s investigation revealing flaws in the Department of Defense’s investigative processes on potential Syrian civilian casualties during the 2019 raid on ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Rep. Sara Jacobs (CA-51), Co-Chair of the Protection of Civilians in Conflict (POCC) Caucus, introduced the Civilian Harm Review and Reassessment Act. The legislation would require the DoD to review an...

Rep. Sara Jacobs Statement on Niger

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Rep. Sara Jacobs (CA-51), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, released the following statement regarding the unfolding situation in Niger: “The unfolding situation in Niger could be the latest in a string of coups in the Sahel. President Bazoum must be released and the constitutional order restored. But beyond that, we need to rethink our approach to promoting good ...

Rep. Sara Jacobs Introduces Atrocity Prevention Act

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Rep. Sara Jacobs (CA-51) introduced the Atrocity Prevention Act, which would help create a whole-of-government approach to preventing mass atrocities, like genocide and war crimes, by ensuring that U.S. security assistance aligns with atrocity prevention objectives. The legislation fills in the gaps of the landmark Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act (EWGAPA) by requiring the U.S. t...

Reps. Jacobs, Davidson, Lofgren, Nadler, Biggs, Buck, Jayapal, & Massie Introduce Bipartisan Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act, Closing Warrantless Surveillance Loophole

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U.S. Representatives Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Jerry Nadler (D-NY), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Ken Buck (R-CO), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), and Thomas Massie (R-KY) introduced the bipartisan Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act. This legislation stops the federal government from circumventing the Fourth Amendment right to privacy by closing loopholes that allow the govern...