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PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS MEMBERS URGE APPLE TO REVERSE IMPENDING CLOSURE OF UNIONIZED BALTIMORE-AREA STORE

June 1, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Forty members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) wrote to Apple Inc. raising concern about treatment of unionized workers at an Apple store in Towson, Maryland, which has “deeply troubling in its national implications for workers’ rights and the

ability of multi-trillion-dollar corporations to undercut their efforts to collectively bargain for better pay, benefits, and dignity on the job.”

The letter, addressed to Apple CEO Tim Cook and Senior Vice President for Hardware Engineering John Ternus, urges the company to reverse its planned closure of its Towson, Maryland, store, the first of any Apple store workers in the country to unionize. Those unionized workers are “the only Apple store employees who will not be transferred to nearby locations,” write the Members of Congress.  

“It certainly appears that Apple has decided to retaliate against the workers at this location for forming a union and collectively bargaining to secure their wages, hours, and working conditions,” the members write. “As Members of Congress, we remind you that these actions would qualify as unfair labor practices, which are illegal as violations of Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act.” That law allows workers to choose their representation and collectively bargain without interference or coercion.

“Should Apple not choose to reverse its decision to leave the Baltimore area, given the national ramifications of that choice,” conclude the lawmakers, “we strongly urge you to reconsider how you will fully support these employees, and assist them in transferring, just as other employees of closing stores are allowed to do.” 

The letter, led by CPC Chair Greg Casar (TX-35), Deputy Chair Ilhan Omar (MN-05), and Whip Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04), was also signed by Representatives Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03), Troy Carter (LA-02), Joaquin Castro (TX-10), Danny Davis (IL-07), Chris Deluzio (PA-17), Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10), Maxine Dexter (OR-03), Debbie Dingell (MI-06), Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), Maxwell Frost (FL-10), John Garamendi (CA-08), Daniel Goldman (NY-10), Val Hoyle (OR-04), Jared Huffman (CA-02), Jonathan Jackson (IL-01), Ro Khanna (CA-17), Summer Lee (PA-12), Mike Levin (CA-49), Analilia Mejia (NJ-11), LaMonica McIver (NJ-10), Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Donald Norcross (NJ-01), Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC-AL), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), Chellie Pingree (ME-01), Mark Pocan (WI-02), Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Delia Ramirez (IL-03), Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Brad Sherman (CA-32), Lateefah Simon (CA-12), Adam Smith (WA-09), Shri Thanedar (MI-13), Rashida Tlaib (MI-12), Paul Tonko (NY-20), Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), and Frederica Wilson (FL-24).   

A full copy of the letter is available here.

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Congressional Progressive Caucus Adopts Official Position Opposing Short-Term Extension of Surveillance Law Without Civil Liberties Protections

May 22, 2026

In response to the passage of repeated short-term authorizations to Section 702 of FISA in which House Republican Leadership squandered the opportunity to negotiate necessary, significant bipartisan guardrails to protect Americans’ civil liberties, the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) adopted an official position to oppose extensions of any length to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) absent significant reforms.  
Congress passed two short-term extensions of FISA 702 with the aim of creating time and space for serious negotiations, yet Republican leadership still refuses to commit to votes to codify civil-liberties protections, like ending backdoor searches and data broker loopholes. As the Trump Administration continues to show its stunning disregard for Americans’ privacy and civil liberties, a super-majority of the CPC voted to oppose further short-term extensions to the surveillance law and instead support popular, bipartisan and significant reforms to FISA 702.

Casar Statement on War Powers Resolutions

May 14, 2026

Jacobs Set to Introduce 10th War Powers Resolution Wednesday
 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Wednesday, Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Greg Casar released the following statement about Congressional Progressive Caucus introducing a series of War Powers Resolutions to end Trump’s illegal war with Iran: 

"While Donald Trump says he doesn't think about how his war has impacted Americans' financial situation,' members of the Progressive Caucus do. Trump's war with Iran has cost thousands of lives and spiked the price of everything from gas to groceries. We will keep holding Republicans in Congress accountable for as long as they enable this reckless, illegal war."

On Thursday, Rep. Sara Jacobs (CA-51) introduced a War Powers Resolution. Resolutions have previously been introduced by: Reps. Ro Khanna (CA-17), Jared Huffman (CA-02), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Maxine Dexter (OR-03), John Garamendi (CA-08), Chuy García (IL-04), Becca Balint (VT-AL), Nydia Velázquez (NY-07), and Valerie Foushee (NC-04). 

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Progressive Caucus Statement on Louisiana v. Callais

April 29, 2026

Following the Supreme Court’s ruling in Louisiana v. Callais:, Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Greg Casar wrote: "The Supreme Court's decision in favor of racist gerrymandering is an attack on American democracy itself. It is a betrayal of the Americans who fought and bled in the civil rights movement to establish basic rights for all people regardless of race. When Democrats retake power, we must pass legislation to restore the basic right to vote for all Americans. And Americans must look seriously at plans to rein in a corrupt, out of control Supreme Court.”
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CHC, CAPAC, and CPC Chairs Lead 53 Members of Congress in Urging Leadership to Include Fourth Amendment Protections in FISA Reauthorization

April 14, 2026

Letter urges Congress to close data broker loophole and require warrants before government can access Americans' private data

 

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, 53 Members of Congress — led by the Chairs of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, and the Congressional Progressive Caucus — sent a letter to House and Senate leadership calling for meaningful Fourth Amendment protections for Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).

 

Section 702, which is set to expire on April 20, authorizes the federal government to conduct surveillance of non-U.S. citizens abroad. However, the program has long been used to collect and search Americans' private communications without a warrant, and under the Trump Administration, that threat has escalated dramatically.

 

"The Trump Administration has demonstrated an unparalleled appetite for collecting and exploiting Americans' personal data," the Members wrote. "Without independent guardrails on Section 702, this Administration has repeatedly shown that it cannot be trusted to police its own use of this sweeping surveillance authority."

 

The letter highlights how federal agencies are already purchasing Fourth Amendment-protected data from commercial data brokers without warrants or court orders, including the FBI, DHS, the Department of Defense, and the IRS. The proposed reforms in the letter include closing the "data broker loophole," the gap in existing law that allows companies to skirt data privacy requirements by selling information to a data broker middleman who can then resell it to the federal government; ending warrantless searches of Americans’ communications; and repealing the “visa vetting provision” which permits completely suspicionless searches of communications data of all immigrants entering the country. 

 

The letter was endorsed by over 30 advocacy organizations, including:

 

Access Now, ACLU, Amnesty International USA, Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC), Black Voters Matter Fund, Center for Democracy & Technology, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), Color Of Change, Common Cause, Courage California, Defending Rights & Dissent, Due Process Institute, Earth Ethics, Inc., Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), Fight for the Future, Free Press Action, Indivisible, Japanese American Citizens League, Lucy Parsons Labs, Make the Road States, Muslims for Just Futures, NTEN, Oakland Privacy, People Power United, Project On Government Oversight, Restore The Fourth, RootsAction, Snake River Alliance, Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, The Leadership Conference’s Center for Civil Rights and Technology, UltraViolet Action, WA People's Privacy.

 

 

The full letter is available HERE.

New Dem, CPC Chairs Condemn President Trump’s War Crimes Threat, Call for Congressional Action

April 7, 2026

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

New Dem, CPC Chairs Condemn President Trump’s War Crimes Threat, Call for Congressional Action

Washington, D.C. — Today, New Democrat Coalition Chair Brad Schneider (IL-10) and Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Greg Casar (TX-35) issued a joint statement following President Trump’s claims that “a whole civilization will die tonight” if the Iranian regime does not capitulate to his demands:

“Our nation now finds itself facing the stark reality of the President of the United States openly threatening to wipe out a ‘whole civilization’ — a clear and unambiguous war crime. This comes after weeks of contradictory proclamations and phantom red lines that have consistently undermined America’s ability to bring this costly war to an end.

“Put simply, the President is unhinged, deranged, and must be stopped.

“President Trump’s language does not reflect the will of the American people. Threatening to murder a ‘whole civilization’ is not who we are, nor who we aspire to be. 

“Congress, Republicans and Democrats together, have a duty and responsibility to hold the President in check. We must immediately reconvene to take the reins from the President and end the war.”

 

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Congressional Progressive Caucus Adopts Official Position to Oppose Republicans’ Flawed Farm Bill

March 27, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Congressional Progressive Caucus has adopted an official position to oppose H.R. 7567, the Food, Farm and National Security Act without amendments to remove Republican poison-pill provisions and restore investments in nutrition programs and other Democratic priorities.

The position, adopted by a supermajority vote of the Caucus, comes after a 23-hour House Agriculture Committee markup where Republicans advanced the bill, which would codify the One Big Ugly Bill’s harshest cuts to nutrition support—the largest in history, which stripped 4 million Americans of SNAP benefits. 

Additional harmful provisions include language backed by Big Chemical interests that would shield pesticide manufacturers from lawsuits and undermine state-level warning label laws that protect families, farmers, and children. The legislation also overrides authorities from states that have pursued successful policies to ensure greater animal welfare in the pork and poultry industries, such restrictions on extreme confinement and other cruel practices, threatening farmers who have invested capital in meeting consumer demand for more humanely raised meat. Finally, the bill fails to address the effects of Trump’s devastating tariffs and trade wars on small farmers and cuts funding for regenerative agriculture. 

Congressional Progressive Caucus Adopts Official Position to Oppose Supplemental Funding for Iran War

March 25, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Congressional Progressive Caucus has adopted an official position to oppose any supplemental funding for Trump’s war against Iran as long as the conflict remains illegal and unconstitutional.

The position, adopted by a supermajority vote of the Caucus, comes after virtually all House and Senate Democrats voted to direct the President to end illegal hostilities against Iran given that the Administration never attempted to obtain a specific statutory authorization or a declaration of war as required by the War Powers Resolution of 1973 and the Constitution. 

The CPC has long been a leading voice against war with Iran and a champion of diplomatic alternatives to conflict. Earlier this year, the Caucus adopted an official position to support the bipartisan Iran War Powers Resolution introduced by Reps. Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Thomas Massie (R-KY). The caucus played a key role in Congressional adoption of President Obama’s Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action in 2015. That agreement successfully contained Iran’s nuclear program while providing sanctions relief that benefited Iranian civilians.

Congressional Progressive Caucus Adopts Official Position Opposing Reauthorization of Surveillance Law Without Civil Liberties Protections

March 20, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Congressional Progressive Caucus announced an official position to oppose reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) without significant reforms to protect Americans’ civil liberties.

The position, adopted by a vote of the caucus, comes as FBI Director Kash Patel admitted under oath that the FBI is buying location data on Americans, raising fresh concerns about the Trump Administration’s stunning disregard for American privacy and civil liberties – including refusing to rule out using artificial intelligence for mass domestic surveillance, with the Defense department reportedly insisting that AI firms allow the collection and analysis of “commercial bulk data on Americans, such as geolocation and web browsing data.”

The vote also comes amid growing concern about the potential for the government to collect data related to reproductive health, such as data collected by a company about visits to Planned Parenthood visits.

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The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) is made up of nearly 100 members standing up for progressive ideals in Washington and throughout the country. Since 1991, the CPC has advocated for progressive policies that prioritize working Americans over corporate interests. The CPC champions policies including comprehensive immigration reform, good-paying jobs, fair trade, universal health care, debt-free college, climate action, and a just foreign policy. The caucus is the leading voice calling for bold and sweeping solutions to the urgent crises facing this nation, including ending America’s broken for-profit health care system, raising American wages, eliminating political corruption, supporting the labor movement, and taking action to protect the planet for generations to come.

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