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Congressional Progressive Co-Chairs Ask Obama Administration to Stand Against Tobacco Companies

September 29, 2015

WASHINGTON– Earlier today, the Co-Chairs of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) and Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), sent a letter to United States Trade Representative Michael Forman asking the Obama Administration to take a stand against tobacco companies looking to secure their future profits in countries around the world through provisions in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) that would allow them to sue governments that enact public health policies to reduce tobacco use.

CPC Leadership Urge Speaker Boehner to Work with Democrats to Avoid Shutdown

September 22, 2015

Washington, D.C - Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Reps. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) and Keith Ellison (D-MN), along with CPC 1st Vice Chair Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI), today sent a letterto Speaker John Boehner urging him to work with Congressional Democrats in order to avoid another government shutdown. There are currently only five legislative days left for Speaker Boehner to find a solution to keep the government open.

Progressive Caucus Supports NLRB Decision on Joint Employers

August 28, 2015

WASHINGTON–Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) Co-Chairs Reps. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) and Keith Ellison (D-MN) released the following statement after the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that Browning-Ferris Industries is a joint employer responsible for working conditions set by their subcontractors and franchisees.

Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Praise Clean Power Plan

August 3, 2015

WASHINGTON–Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) Co-Chairs Reps. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) and Keith Ellison (D-MN) released the following statement today on President Obama's Clean Power Plan, the first ever national standards to limit carbon pollution from power plants.

Progressive Caucus and Working Families Introduce Resolution Calling for Universal Child Care

July 28, 2015

WASHINGTON—The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) and working families introduced a resolution today calling for universal child care. The Progressive Caucus resolution, introduced by Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), calls for high-quality, guaranteed, affordable and accessible child care for every American family and a strong child care workforce that is paid a living wage of at least $15 an hour and has a voice on the job. 

“Affordable, high quality child care is a basic necessity that should be available to every family no matter their income level,” Rep. Grijalva said. “Right now, too many Americans can’t afford or are forced to spend most of their paycheck on child care, leaving little leftover to support basic family necessities. It is time for our country to adopt policies that reflect our values. By making high quality child care available to all, we can allow mothers and fathers to work without worry and to spend the time they need to be dedicated parents.”

"The cost of caring for a child in America keeps rising, while our biggest corporations book bigger and bigger profits,” Rep. Ellison said. “It’s time we pledge no family in the United States faces a future without affordable child care.”

“To build the middle class, we need policies that give all Americans the opportunity to create a better life for their children,” Rep. Bonamici said. “As the cost of child care continues to rise, we need policies that support working families. This resolution recognizes the importance of reliable, quality child care, and it recognizes that family-friendly policies are good for workers and for the economy. I’m proud to be working with the CPC to advocate for affordable and accessible child care.”

The text of the resolution can be found here. 

Progressive Caucus, House Judiciary Democrats Hold Forum on Family Detention

July 28, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Congressional Progressive Caucus, along with Democratic Members of the House Judiciary Committee and support from the Congressional Tri-Caucuses, today held a forum on family detention. The forum highlighted grave abuses experienced by women and children housed in for-profit detention facilities across the country. The forum allowed Members of Congress to hear directly from a panel that included two former detainees, a whistleblower who once worked as the lead social worker at a detention facility, and two experts who spoke to the psychological, developmental and legal implications of current family detention policies. The event comes just days after a federal judge in California ruled that family detention centersseriously violate a longstanding court settlement, and that the families should be released as quickly as possible.
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