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  • 25 Religious Organizations Express Disappointment on Paris Agreement Withdrawal

    Letter | June 5, 2017
    On June 5th, 25 religious organizations sent a letter to the Administration and Congress expressing disappointment at the decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement.

  • Reject a Religious Test for Refugees

    Letter | October 27, 2016
    Executive Secretary Diane Randall wrote a letter to Senator Ted Cruz (TX) in response to remarks he made during a Senate Judiciary hearing on the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program.

  • Representatives of Faith Communities Urge President-elect Trump to Act on Values

    Letter | January 12, 2017
    Grounded in a belief in the fundamental dignity of all people, Executive Secretary Diane Randall and representatives of over a dozen other faith communities wrote President-elect Trump expressing their hope that he will uphold human rights and the principles of democracy throughout his time in office.

  • Kenya: Lessons for U.S. Policy

    Update | September 25, 2016
    What are the consequences of a militarized counterterrorism policy? How can the U.S. help build peace? Kenya provides examples both of a failed military-first approach and the alternatives.

  • Remove Donald Trump Immediately

    Statement | January 7, 2021
    The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) urges the immediate removal of President Donald Trump due to his inability to carry out his responsibilities, and the clear and present danger of his continuation as U.S. President.

  • FCNL Calls on House Appropriators to Cut Wasteful Defense Spending

    Letter | June 14, 2021
    General Secretary Diane Randall called on appropriators to cut unnecessary defense spending, improve transparency, and reorient the U.S. national budget towards peace and justice.

  • To Create a Brighter Future, We Must Address Our Past

    Update | March 14, 2024

    In 2021, the bodies of nine Native American children who died at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School were return

  • Protecting Medicaid

    Background | July 28, 2017
    Facing the most dangerous threat to America’s health care system in decades, constituents across the country stepped up in a major way. All of those efforts paid off in the early morning hours of July 28, when key GOP votes sunk toxic health care legislation.

  • 25 Organizations Urge Congress to Fund Conflict Prevention

    Letter | April 2, 2019
    Twenty-five faith-based and humanitarian organizations sent a letter to Congress urging robust funding for the international affairs budget including programs that prevent violent conflict, mitigate atrocities and protect civilians.

  • 35 Organizations Support Amendment to Block Transfer of Refugee Office from DOS to DHS

    Letter | July 20, 2017
    As the Trump administration considers dissolving the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) of the Department of State and transferring some of its responsibilities to the Department of Homeland Security, FCNL and more than thirty other organizations have signed a letter urging representatives to block this executive action.