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Congressional Progressive Caucus Asks President Obama to Close Guantanamo in his Final Days

January 11, 2017

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, on the 15th anniversary of the opening of the Guantanamo Bay detention center, Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) and Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), First Vice Chair Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI), and Peace and Security Taskforce Chairwoman Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), along with 36 other Members of Congress sent a letter to President Obama, urging him to deny President-elect Trump the tools to reinstate torture.

Congressional Progressive Caucus Denounces $125 Billion in Wasteful Pentagon Spending

December 6, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) and Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), CPC First Vice Chair Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI), and CPC Peace and Security Taskforce Chairwoman Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) made the following statements today after The Washington Post published an article this morning, revealing the Pentagon hid evidence from an internal study that exposed $125 billion in "administrative waste."

Congressional Progressive Caucus Stands with Federal Contract Workers

December 6, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Wednesday, December 7th, Sen. Sanders, Rep. Ellison, Rep. Pocan, Rep. Schakowsky, and fellow members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus will address low-wage federal contract workers as they call on President-elect Trump to stop all federal contractors from shipping jobs overseas and stealing pay from U.S. workers.

Congressional Progressive Caucus: Carson is Unfit to Lead HUD

December 5, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) and Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), and First Vice Chair Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) made the following statement today after President-elect Trump nominated Dr. Ben Carson as Secretary for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
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