Congress

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10), Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO), Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Congresswoman Maria Salazar (FL-27) today introduced the bipartisan ‘Children’s Court Act’ to combat the immigration court backlog and strengthen due process rights for children.

Washington, DC – Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) joined House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force Chair Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-04), Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (CA-11), and 89 other Task Force members in a letter urging Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson to address the gun violence crisis in America. 

“The heartbreaking shooting in Lewiston, Maine, is a devastating reminder of the epidemic of gun violence. 18 innocent lives were stolen and 13 others were injured by a mass shooter. People were bowling with their families, out to dinner, or simply at work and were faced with a barrage of bullets.

“It has been nearly three weeks since Hamas savagely attacked Israel, killing more than 1,400 Israelis and abducting more than 200 civilians as hostages inside Gaza – including American citizens. We condemn Hamas’s war crimes and its heinous, inhuman attacks on civilians, which have continued with rocket fire targeted at Israeli civilians and the war crime of holding innocent civilians hostage.  We stand with the Israeli people and all those who have relatives, friends, and colleagues impacted by this tragedy, and we call on Hamas to release the hostages immediately.

Washington, DC – Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) joined Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Congressman Mark Pocan (WI-02) in introducing the ‘Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act’ to require colleges and universities receiving federal support to establish written anti-harassment policies to prohibit harassment based on actual or perceived race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or religion.

Washington, DC – Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) joined Congressman Bill Pascrell (NJ-09), Congressman Carlos Gimenez (FL-28), Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) in introducing the ‘Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act’ (Honor Act).

Washington, DC – Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) joined  Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) in introducing the ‘WIC For Kids Act’ to increase access to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program under the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program.

Washington, DC – Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) was today joined by Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-12) and Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) in leading every Democratic Jewish Member and 107 other Democrats in Congress to express unified support for President Biden’s strong and principled leadership in addressing conflict in the Middle East.