Washington, D.C. —Today, Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia, introduced the United States-Jordan Defense Cooperation Act of 2024 to advance and deepen our strategic defense partnership.
Jordan has long been a reliable partner and has worked alongside the U.S. in… Read more »
Washington, D.C. — Today, Rep. Dean Phillips reintroduced the bipartisan Pathways to Policing Act to address the police shortage in Minnesota and across the nation. The bill is endorsed by the Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association, the Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association, and the Fraternal Order of Police. Original cosponsors of this legislation include Representatives Brad… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) reintroduced the bipartisan Porch Pirates Act in the 118th Congress. As online shopping increases, studies have shown that one in five Americans have been the victims of porch piracy on their own front doors, resulting in millions of dollars in stolen goods every year. The Porch… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dean Phillips voted against H.Res.1371, “Strongly condemning the Biden Administration and its Border Czar Kamala Harris’s failure to secure the United States border,” and called on Congress to get serious about solving our nation’s border security and immigration problem.
“If there is someone to blame for the human and security failures at our… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. Dean Phillips, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia, issued the following statement in response to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to a Joint Session of Congress:
"In his address to Congress, Prime Minister Netanyahu spoke about the threat that Iran and its terror… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) reintroduced the Voter Choice Act in the 118th Congress. The Voter Choice Act boosts adoption of a ranked choice voting (RCV) model for elections by investing $40 million in federal grants to cover up to 50 percent of the cost for local and state governments that choose to adopt RCV. The bicameral bill is led by Sens. Michael Bennet… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Representatives Costa, Cohen, Goldman, Manning, Norcross, Phillips, Schrier, Stevens, Stanton, Sherman, Wasserman-Schultz, and Wild voted against H.R. 8369, the Israel Security Assistance Support Act, and issued the following joint statement in response to repeated attempts by House Republicans to use Israel and the American Jewish community as… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dean Phillips voted to pass the bipartisan, bicameral Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act of 2024. The bill will be signed into law by President Biden and includes an amendment authored by Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) aimed at making travel more accessible for disabled Americans and their caretakers by requiring all medium and large… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. Dean Phillips (D, MN) released the following statement today after H.R. 6090, the Antisemitism Awareness Act, passed the House on a 320-91 vote:
"For years, antisemitism has been steadily rising across the United States and around the world. Following the October 7th terrorist attack on Israel in which 1,200 people were brutally murdered and over 200… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dean Phillips (D, MN) voted against H.R. 7521, a bill to require the Chinese company ByteDance to sell TikTok to an American or allied company or face a nationwide ban.
“As members of Congress, it’s our duty to ensure America’s national security and our collective personal security - and the risks of misinformation and misuse of personal data is subject to… Read more »
