The House just passed a Farm Bill that will force at least two million people off of vital nutrition assistance by making harmful changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). SNAP is a vital resource for many leaving prisons and jails and returning to communities.
We need to pass bills lowering mandatory minimum
sentences, improving prison conditions, and authorizing programs to help
formerly incarcerated individuals successfully reenter communities
across the country
On November 30, 2017, FCNL along with 35 other organizations sent a letter to the House urging Members of Congress to oppose the FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017.
Last year, we saw the most robust attempts to reform America’s criminal
justice system that the federal government has seen in a generation.
Congress nearly brought a comprehensive criminal justice reform bill to
the floor.
Testimony in a House hearing frames the discussion about infrastructure development in Indian country. Tribes want to be consulted. Consultation does not mean telling us what you’re going to do. Consultation means listening and making the necessary changes to ensure these projects do not harm our people, our lands, and our resources.
Twenty members of Congress, led by Representative Betty McCollum (MN), sent a letter to President Obama calling for the appointment of a Special Envoy for Palestinian Youth, in response to reports of widespread mistreatment of Palestinian minors in Israeli military detention.
In a letter sent on July 10 to all House members, FCNL joined 36 other signatories, including former State and Defense Department leaders, in expressing support for Rep. Elliot Engel’s (NY-16) amendment to the 2020 NDAA, which would extend the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START).
FCNL and other leading organizations promoting the rights and safety of all immigrants, migrants, and refugees endorsed five ways Congress can address the humanitarian crisis at the border.
Joint NGO letter to Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council Calling for the UN Human Rights Council to Launch an Independent Inquiry on Yemen:
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