Press Releases

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 Demands Firing of White Supremacists from the White House, Removal of Confederate Statues in the U.S. Capitol, and Reopening of DHS Right-Wing Extremism Division in Response to Violence in Charlottesville

August 14, 2017

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.

Congressional Progressive Caucus Condemns Daines' Sham Amendment on Single-Payer

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 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.

GOP Spending bill Jeopardizes Economic Security

July 26, 2017

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) and Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) released the following statement today, responding to the Republican vote on the ‘minibus' bill that includes appropriation bills for Defense, Military Construction-Veterans Affairs, Legislative Branch, and Energy and Water Development.

Congressional Progressive Caucus Statement on Sanctions Legislation

July 26, 2017

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) and Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) released the following statement today regarding H.R.3364, The Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, legislation on sanctions against Iran, North Korea, and Russia.

Congressional Progressive Caucus Responds to DHS Appropriations Bill

July 19, 2017

WASHINGTON, D.C.–Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) and Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) released the following statement after the House Appropriations Committee voted to approve the FY 2018 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill yesterday. The bill includes a $1.6 billion border wall fund, increased funding for additional border patrol agents, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers, and immigration detention beds.
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