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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) joined Reps. Jahana Hayes (CT-05), Angie Craig (MN-02), and 211 House Democrats in urging U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins to immediately take action to ensure that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits continue to reach families during the ongoing government shutdown.

Washington, D.C. — Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) joined Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Congressman Eric Swalwell (CA-14), and his House Judiciary colleagues in sending an oversight letter to Stanley Woodward, Associate Attorney General and former lead of the Trump-Vance DOJ Transition Team, demanding information on when the Trump team learned that its “Border Czar” nominee was under active FBI investigation for accepting a $50,000 cash bribe and why Donald Trump moved forward with his appointment anyway.

Washington, DC – Following the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey at the personal direction of President Donald Trump and reports that the Department of Justice is drafting plans to investigate progressive organizations, Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today announced a framework for new legislation to enact guardrails to prevent the Trump Administration and future Administrations from misusing the justice system to target political opponents. This legislation will be titled the ‘Preventing Political Prosecutions Act.’

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) joined all of his Homeland Security Committee Democratic colleagues in sending a letter to Chairman Andrew Garbarino (NY-02) demanding that Trump “Border Czar” Tom Homan testify before the Committee following reports he accepted a $50,000 cash bribe while promising access to lucrative government contracts.

“H.Res. 719 is a non-binding resolution that does three things:

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10), Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06), Congressman Don Bacon (NE-02), Congresswoman Nanette Barragán (CA-44), and Congressman Dan Crenshaw (TX-02) today reintroduced the ‘Michelle Alyssa Go Act’ to increase the number of federal Medicaid-eligible in-patient psychiatric beds for individuals who are seeking treatment for both mental health and substance use disorders.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) today joined Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-02) in introducing the Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act, landmark legislation to finally establish a national paid family and medical leave program in the United States.

“I strongly oppose the decision by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to approve further expansion of settlements in the West Bank while he also asserts blanket opposition to a future Palestinian state.