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  • Quaker Lobby Critical of New Low Refugee Admissions Goal

    Press Release | December 9, 2020
    Washington, DC (September 18, 2018) – The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) has long opposed the Trump Administration’s low refugee admissions goals. The White House announced late yesterday that it is committed to resettling only 30,000 for FY2019—the lowest in the resettlement program’s history.

  • A World Without War

    Background | October 6, 2020
    Whether you live in D.C. or halfway across the country, we invite you to participate in the programs of the Quaker Welcome Center. In addition to these events, Witness Wednesdays provide lobbying training for visiting Friends as well as a time for silent meditation. The Quaker Welcome Center at 245 2nd Street NE, Washington, DC 20002, is your home in D.C.

  • We Will Not Accept President Trump's Muslim Ban 2.0

    Press Release | December 9, 2020
    The Friends Committee on National Legislation and our partners unequivocally condemn Trump’s newest executive order on immigrants and refugees as discriminatory, inhumane, and harmful to our national security. In this sense, it is no different from the version signed on January 27th.

  • In Remembrance of Kathy Guthrie

    Update | 

    Our FCNL family mourns the loss of our dear colleague and friend, Kathy Guthrie, whose love and compassion nurtured this community for decades. Kathy passed away on June 13, 2025. 

  • PRESS ADVISORY: Faith Leaders Call for Diplomacy, Not War, With Iran

    Press Release | December 9, 2020
    Washington, DC – On Tuesday, July 9, national faith leaders will convene on Capitol Hill to speak out against a morally and religiously indefensible war with Iran. Amid escalating tensions between the US and Iran, speakers will call on all Christian leaders, theologians, clergy, and laypersons to choose peace over more war. The speakers will also call on legislators to support an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act to ensure the president cannot take unauthorized unilateral military action in or against Iran.

  • We Hold These Truths: Quakers in America

    Event | November 20, 2018
    Join FCNL Executive Secretary Diane Randall on Sunday, November 18 at We Hold These Truths: Quakers in America – a discussion of Mat Smart’s play The Agitators.

  • A Call to #LOVETHYNEIGHBOR (No Exceptions)

    FCNL in the News | February 23, 2017

    “The Friends Committee on National Legislation has a long history of speaking truth to power, and it continues to do so with what may well be the savviest and strongest response to all the threats posed by Donald Trump’s presidency.”

  • Statement to the House Judiciary Committee Pertaining to H.R. 1585, the “Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019."

    Letter | March 13, 2019

    The Friends Committee on National Legislation urges members of the House Judiciary Committee to support the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019 (H.R. 1585) and its effortsto address violence against Native women.

  • The Consequences of War with North Korea

    Background | January 5, 2018

    In this op-ed, Abigail Stowe-Thurston, the program assistant for nuclear policy at the Friends Committee on National Legislation, and Erin Connolly, the program assistant at the Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation, urge the U.S. to choose peace in the face of nuclear conflict.

  • Diane Randall Speaks at Quaker Fundraisers Gathering

    Event | June 22, 2020
    Diane Randall was happy for the opportunity to give the keynote address at Friends Fiduciary’s 2018 Quaker Fundraisers Gathering on September 30, 2018 .