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  • FCNL Written Statement for House Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing on Immigration Policies

    Statement | October 5, 2016
    The Friends Committee on National Legislation’s Statement for the Record as it pertains to the U.S. House of Representatives’ Judiciary Committee hearing, The Real Victims of a Reckless and Lawless Immigration Policy: Families and Survivors Speak Out on the Real Cost of This Administration’s Policies
  • Holding Trump Accountable

    Statement | February 26, 2021
    As people of faith, we support the second impeachment of Donald Trump; holding him, his allies, and the insurrectionists accountable. No one, not even the president, should be above the law.
  • FCNL Joins More Than 30 Organizations in Letter of Solidarity with Iranian Protesters

    Letter | October 19, 2022
    The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) was proud to join this letter in solidarity with protesters in Iran. The letter was led by the National Iranian American Council and endorsed by nearly 40 national organizations, including Vote Vets, MADRE, J Street, Ploughshares Fund, and Win Without War. 
  • Quaker Lobby Honors Senators Kaine and Murkowski at Annual Meeting

    Press Release | November 18, 2022
    Two members of Congress will be honored this week during the Annual Meeting of the Friends Committee on National Legislation November 16-20.
  • From Grassroots to Global: Inspiring Peace Through Advocacy for a Gaza Ceasefire

    Update | March 21, 2024

    As the war in Gaza continues into its sixth month, the consequences for civilians have been devastating.

  • Interfaith Letter: Support Victims of U.S. Nuclear Testing

    Letter | May 31, 2024

    Fifteen interfaith groups joined in a letter to members of Congress to urge them to support and expedite the passage of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization Act.

  • Reflection on the FCNL Indigenous Land Acknowledgement

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    FCNL shares this Indigenous Land Acknowledgement as an important step towards truth telling and places it in the present.

  • “…This Thing Would Have Turned Ugly”

    Update | 
    From New York to Los Angeles, to Harrisburg, PA, and an increasing number of cities in between, a new approach to ending gun violence, especially in marginalized communities in urban areas, is starting to bear fruit and save lives. It is called violence interrupter programs.
  • Rebuilding Our Democracy

    Background | October 6, 2020
    When World War II broke out, more than 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry were stripped of their rights. Actor George Takei and his family were among those imprisoned in ten internment camps throughout the U.S.
  • Send Sentencing Reform to the President's Desk

    Update | October 13, 2016
    A few months ago, it seemed sentencing reform was on life support. There just wasn’t enough time before the election to move any legislation forward — let alone a bill that would start to reverse the failed 40-year “war on drugs.”