Equality
Amid an extremist Supreme Court majority, Congresswoman Crockett is determined to file and pass safeguards for the rights of the LGBTQIA+ community. Crockett works to protect our nation’s most vulnerable individuals and is fighting to protect same sex marriage, LGBTQIA+ identifying children in schools and fighting against employment discrimination. In the ever-continued pursuit of justice, Crockett demands that discrimination and bigotry in any form are treated as crimes.
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WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (TX-30) announced the introduction of a bill that would boost the amount of federal funding available to states and tribes to purchase fentanyl testing strips. The Test Strip Access Act would amend the 21st Century Cures Act to include grants for the implementation of overdose prevention programs with respect to fentanyl and xylazine test strips.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (TX-30), member of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, issued the following statement after former President Trump announced that a federal grand jury indicted him for mishandling classified documents. The indictment follows an independent investigation by Special Counsel Jack Smith of the former President’s handling of presidential and classified records:
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (TX-30) led a bipartisan letter with Reps. Mike Turner (OH-10), Rob Wittman (VA-1) and Jared Moskowitz (FL-23) and 36 member signatories to the Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, and Office of Personnel Management Director Kiran Ahuja requesting information on employment restrictions impacting retention of federally-employed military spouses.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), and Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR) introduced bipartisan legislation to address the U.S. public defender shortage.
The Ensuring Quality Access to Legal (EQUAL) Defense Act, H.R. 3758, will increase access to quality counsel by providing public defense grants, establish workload limits, phase in pay parity between public defenders and prosecutors within five years, and more.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (TX-30) released the following statement after voting against the House Budget Agreement.
WASHINGTON – Today, on the one-year anniversary of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, TX on May 24, 2022, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (TX-30) spoke on the House Floor honoring the 21 victims and calling upon her colleagues to pass meaningful gun reform to stop the surge of gun violence in America.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (TX-30) celebrated the FDA's decision to end the outdated and discriminatory time-based deferral for gay and bisexual men seeking to donate blood. Updated guidance would screen all potential donors through individual donor assessment, a stringent screening process that is part of a multi-step process designed to uphold the safety of the blood supply.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (TX-30), Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, issued the following statement after Republicans issued a subpoena to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for documents based on an unverified tip.
WASHINGTON – In the face of a looming default as a result of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's refusal to raise the debt ceiling without devastating budget cuts to critical federal programs, House Democrats filed a discharge petition to bring a clean bill raising the debt ceiling to the floor. This bill would force House Republicans to vote for or against a default on America's debts and the resulting recession such a default would likely create.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (TX-30) joined U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-New Jersey), Peter Welch (D-Vermont), and Congressman Greg Casar (TX-35) in introducing the bicameral Child Labor Exploitation Accountability Act, legislation aimed at holding corporations accountable for the exploitation of children and workers in the food industry.