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Washington, DC – Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) today announced his intent to introduce the ‘Abortion Care Awareness Act,’ the first bill he is set to introduce in 2024. Goldman will be introducing this bill alongside Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (TX-30).

Washington, DC – Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) joined Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) and Congresswoman Emilia Strong Sykes (OH-13) in introducing the ‘Stop Anti-Abortion Disinformation (SAD) Act’ to stop crisis pregnancy center organizations from using deceptive advertisements claiming to offer reproductive health care. The SAD Act would direct the Federal Trade Commission to prohibit unfair or deceptive advertising related to the provisions of abortion services and authorize the FTC to enforce these rules and collect penalties from organizations in violation.

Washington, DC – Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) joined Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) in introducing the ‘Reproductive Health Travel Fund Act,’ which would support women attempting to access abortion care that may be unavailable in their state. This legislation would provide grants to non-profit and community-based organizations – including abortion funds – to offset the cost of travel-related expenses.

“Sexual violence is used as a weapon of war around the world to devastating and dehumanizing effects. As confirmed by the United Nations, sexual violence has most recently been used in horrific ways by Hamas on October 7 and subsequently on hostages held in their captivity.

Washington, DC – Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) joined Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08), Congressman Ami Bera (CA-06), and Congressman Raul Ruiz (CA-25) in introducing the ‘Let Doctors Provide Reproductive Health Care Act,’ to protect doctors who are performing safe abortions in states where abortions are legal. This legislation would prohibit federal funding from being used to carry out litigation against health care providers performing abortions and would fund programs to provide them with legal assistance.

Washington, DC – Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) joined Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-04) and Congressman Mark Takano (CA-39) in sending a letter to Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough urging the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) to take steps to address the problems created by the ‘Kennedy Amendment.’ The ‘Kennedy Amendment’ is a rider House Republicans fought to include in the recently passed Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024 that limits the VA’s ability to stop veterans who pose a danger to themselves or others from purchasing firearms.

Brooklyn, NY – Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08), Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10), and Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez (NY-07) today released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) awarded a $5.6 million grant to advance visioning of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE) North and South corridors.

Washington, DC – Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) and Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability Jamie Raskin (MD-08) called on Oversight Chairman James Comer (KY-01) to hold a congressional hearing to examine troubling reports indicating that X (formerly Twitter) is selling its Premium services to U.S.-designated terrorist groups and sanctioned entities.