Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) Co-Chairs Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) and Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) with CPC Peace and Security Taskforce Chair Rep. Barbara Lee and Korean War veteran Rep. John Conyers, Jr. released a statement regarding the danger of escalating threats between the United States and North Korea.
Congressional Progressive Caucus Sends Letter to Attorney General Sessions Regarding DreamHost, Inc. Inquiry
September 22, 2017
Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) Co-Chairs Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) and Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI), and CPC Vice-Chair Keith Ellison (D-MN) sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Jefferson Sessions following a data request issued by the Department of Justice to DreamHost, Inc. and subsequent litigation surrounding the request.
Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) and Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) released the following statement regarding Senator Bernie Sanders releasing his Medicare for All bill in the U.S. Senate today.
Congressional Progressive Caucus Condemns Trump Administration's Decision to End DACA
September 5, 2017
Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) and Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) released the following statement regarding President Trump's decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
Congressional Progressive Caucus Leaders Oppose Trump, Mattis on Deployment of Troops to Afghanistan
August 21, 2017
Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) and Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI), and CPC Peace and Security Taskforce Chair Barbara Lee (D-CA) opposed President Trump's authorization of a reported troop increase in U.S. military personnel in Afghanistan.
Congressional Progressive Caucus Statement on Steve Bannon's Ousting at the White House
August 18, 2017
Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) and Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) released the following statement regarding Steve Bannon's ousting at the White House.
Congressional Progressive Caucus Demands NAFTA Renegotiations Include Fair-Trade Principles
August 16, 2017
Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) and Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) released the following statement regarding the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) renegotiations that are set to kick off today. Since its implementation in 1994, NAFTA has cost millions of jobs, increased economic inequality, undermined labor rights, degraded the environment, and forced millions of Mexican workers to migrate.
Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) and Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) released the following statement responding to the violent attacks perpetrated by white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia, which included the murder of Charlottesville resident Heather Heyer.
Congressional Progressive Caucus Responds to Trump Banning Transgender Individuals from U.S. Military
July 27, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C.– Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) and Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) released the following statement regarding President Trump's decision to ban transgender individuals from serving in the U.S. military and reports indicating that the Department of Justice's plans to file a brief rejecting LGBT protections under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
WASHINGTON, D.C.– Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) and Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) released the following statement regarding the Daines Amendment."As a caucus that has championed the cause of Medicare For All for the past 25 years, the Congressional Progressive Caucus condemns Senator Daines' sham single-payer amendment. The debate on health care occurring in the U.S. Senate is not a game and Senator Daines' attempt to score political points at a moment when millions of Americans are at risk of losing access to live-saving health care, affordable medicine, and financial security is truly shameful.
