Statement

The shooting last night in Las Vegas is horrific. We are holding in the Light the victims, their families, and their communities.

The Friends Committee on National Legislation strongly opposes President Trump’s proclamation to indefinitely ban nearly all travel from seven nations, including six Muslim-majority countries.

On September 13, the United States Senate voted (61-36) to table an amendment to the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act introduced by Sen. Rand Paul, that called for repealing the 2001 and 2002 Authorizations for Use of Military Force (AUMF).

President Trump’s decision to send thousands more Americans to Afghanistan is a tragic mistake that simply expands the bomb and blast approach that has failed for more than a decade.

Our country is looking for moral leadership. President Trump is failing us.

We hold Kenya in the Light as the country enters into a crucial post-election period.

As communities of faith, we respect and care for one another as a sacred imperative that expresses our endeavor to “love our neighbor as ourselves.” But American society as a whole is called to be a place where we delight in the value of each and every person and gladly accept a mutual responsibility for one another’s wellbeing.

FCNL welcomes the defeat of the Senate healthcare bill or “Skinny Repeal” on final passage. The bill was narrowly defeated by 51-49, thanks to the courage of Senators Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins and John McCain, who crossed party lines to vote NO on a bill that would have devastated millions of families beyond repair.

In response to the July 25 House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) and Current Terrorist Threats, FCNL Lobbyist for Human Rights and Civil Liberties Yasmine Taeb urged members of the Foreign Affairs Committee to view these proceedings as merely the first step towards repealing the 2001 AUMF and making congressional control over war authority a reality.

The Friends Committee on National Legislation (Quakers) urges members of Congress to reject the House of Representatives’ Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appropriations bill upon full chamber consideration.