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White House
March 20, 2025
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Congressman Dan Goldman joined Congressman John Larson (CT-01) in sending a letter to Acting Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner Leland Dudek urging him to halt Trump-Musk's plan to purge Social Security personnel. Earlier this month, Dudek announced plans to consolidate ten SSA regional offices down to four and cut 7,000 workers. Elon Musk promoted their plan on The Joe Rogan Experience, dismissing the Social Security benefits 70 million Americans rely on to make ends meet as “the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time.”   
Issues:Social Security and Medicare
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Capitol
March 19, 2025
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Congressman Dan Goldman joined Congressmen Don Beyer (VA-08) and Ted Lieu (CA-36) in introducing the ‘Security Clearance Review Act,’ which would reform the process by which security clearances are approved for political appointees in the Executive Office of the President (EOP). 
Issues:Social Security and Medicare
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March 18, 2025
Washington, DC – Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) joined Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-04) and 78 of his colleagues from the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force in sending a letter to President Trump urging him to remove Kash Patel as Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and nominate a qualified candidate to head the bureau. The ATF is the leading law enforcement agency responsible for addressing the gun violence epidemic in our country.
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March 17, 2025
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Congressman Dan Goldman joined Congresswoman Terri Sewell (AL-07) in introducing the ‘John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act,’ which would restore and modernize the protections of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) to address modern-day voter suppression and ensure every voter, regardless of race or background, has equal access to the ballot box.  
Issues:Democracy and Voting Rights
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March 13, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) joined Congressman John Larson (CT-01) in introducing the ‘Ending DOGE Conflicts Act,’ which would require Elon Musk, who is currently serving as a ‘Special Government Employee,’ to file a public financial disclosure and face review for his potential conflicts of interest by the independent Office of Government Ethics (OGE). In recent months, Musk has been granted sweeping authority to scrutinize and cancel billions in government contracts while his company receives $13 billion in government funds and is reportedly eyeing yet another $2.4 billion FAA contract.
Issues:Congress
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March 13, 2025
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Congressman Dan Goldman joined Congressman Herb Conaway Jr. (NJ-03), Congressman Mark Pocan (WI-02) and 137 of his Democratic colleagues in sending a bicameral letter to Acting Secretary of Labor Vince Miccone, expressing serious concerns regarding reports that Elon Musk and DOGE are being granted access to the Department of Labor’s internal systems and data. 
Issues:Congress
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Ukraine
March 12, 2025
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Congressman Dan Goldman joined Congressman Gerry Connolly (VA-11) in introducing the ‘Defending Ukraine’s Territorial Integrity Act,’ which codifies the United States’ support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity by prohibiting the United States Government from recognizing any potential referenda in Russian-occupied, sovereign Ukrainian territory.
Issues:Democracy and Voting Rights
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 Arturo A. Schomburg
March 11, 2025
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Congressman Dan Goldman joined Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez (NY-07) in introducing legislation to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, an Afro-Latino, Puerto Rican historian, writer, and activist in honor of his groundbreaking work in preserving and celebrating the history of the African Diaspora. Schomberg immigrated to New York City in 1891 and became a key figure in the Harlem Renaissance. His personal collection of over 10,000 books, manuscripts, and artifacts was acquired by the New York Public Library in 1926, laying the foundation for what is now the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Issues:Civil Rights, LGBTQIA+ Rights, and Combating Hate
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The White House
March 11, 2025
New York, NY – Congressman Dan Goldman today released the following statement after reports that the Trump Administration plans to dismantle the Department of Justice’s Public Integrity Section (PIN), a venerable, apolitical section that oversees government corruption investigations and federal elections. At least four veteran supervisors from PIN recently resigned rather than sign a motion to dismiss the Eric Adams case.
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U.S. Capitol
March 10, 2025
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Congressman Dan Goldman joined Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-01), Congresswoman Dina Titus (NV-01), and Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10) in introducing the ‘Keep Americans Safe Act (KASA), which would reinstate a nationwide ban on the sale, transfer, possession, import, or manufacture of high-capacity gun magazines that hold more than fifteen rounds. 
Issues:Gun Violence Prevention