CPC Members Also Elected to Democratic Caucus Leadership Roles
CPC Leaders Oppose Any Effort to Rollback Financial Protections for Low-Income Communities
November 20, 2018
Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Mark Pocan (WI-02) and Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ-03), joined Financial Services Committee members Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12) and Nydia M. Velázquez (NY-7) to express concern with a number of suggested changes in the Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR).
CPC: We Cannot Turn a Blind Eye to Massive Pentagon Waste
November 19, 2018
Following news that the Pentagon failed its first ever agency-wide audit, Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva, Rep. Mark Pocan, and Rep. Barbara Lee said it is past time to end the culture of waste, fraud and abuse at the Pentagon and to have real transparency on how this funding is being spent.
CPC Statement Demanding Removal of CFPB Fair Lending Chief
October 10, 2018
U.S. Representatives Mark Pocan (WI-02) and Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ-03), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), today called on Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Mick Mulvaney, to fire Eric Blankenstein, a high level appointee at CFPB tasked with enforcing anti-discrimination laws, following the Washington Post's recent report detailing Blankenstein's history of racist and sexist writing.
CPC Urges Withdrawal of Judge Kavanaugh's Nomination and Vows to Exercise House Oversight on Perjury Allegations
October 5, 2018
Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Mark Pocan (WI-02) and Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ-03), along with CPC First Vice Chair Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) led a letter to President Trump calling for the withdrawal of Judge Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court. The group of 39 Democrats, including eight CPC Members who serve on the House Judiciary Committee, further committed to exercising constitutional oversight to investigate evidence of possible perjury committed by Judge Kavanaugh. Lying under oath to the Senate would be a federal crime.
CPC Commends Exclusion of Big Pharma Bailout in Opioid Crisis Response Act
September 28, 2018
Following today's passage of the Opioid Crisis Response Act in the House of Representatives, Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Mark Pocan (WI-02) and Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ-03), along with CPC Vice-Chair and Health Task Force Chair Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), released the following statement celebrating the exclusion of a proposed multi-billion-dollar bailout of the pharmaceutical industry from the final bill.
CPC Vice Chair Ro Khanna (CA-17), CPC Member and ranking Democrat on House Armed Services Committee Adam Smith (WA-09), as well as CPC Co-Chairs Mark Pocan (WI-02) and Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ-03) led a bipartisan group of two dozen lawmakers today in introducing a privileged resolution to end unauthorized U.S. military participation in Saudi Arabia's war against Yemen's Houthi rebels. The three-year-old U.S.-Saudi military campaign has triggered the world's worst humanitarian crisis, leading the United Nations to warn of imminent, widespread famine.
CPC Condemns Violence and Human Rights Violations in Nicaragua
September 12, 2018
Today, U.S. Representatives Mark Pocan (WI-02) and Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ-03), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), released the following statement regarding the ongoing violence and violations of human rights in Nicaragua, which have resulted in hundreds of deaths.
CPC Statement on the Passing of Joel Silberman
August 2, 2018
CPC Co-Chairs Pocan and Grijalva released the following statements regarding the passing of Joel Silberman, a champion of the progressive movement and a vital ally and friend of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
CPC Leads Congressional Effort to Brazilian Ambassador Urging Respect for Human Rights & Democracy
July 26, 2018
Citing an "intensifying assault on democracy and human rights in Brazil," members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus led a bicameral letter to the Brazilian Ambassador, raising concerns over the killings of Brazilian activists, the current administration's anti-worker policies, and the denial of due-process rights to Brazil's former president, Luís Inácio Lula da Silva.
