Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Today, Freshman Leadership Representative and Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (TX-30) will play in the bipartisan Congressional Baseball Game, supporting various Washington, DC charities. Under the leadership of Coach Linda Sanchez (CA-38), Crockett will play as the only female player on the Democratic Team. Crockett will also play as the first Black female Democrat in the 114-year history of the game.
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), Congressman Lance Gooden (TX-05), and 31 bipartisan cosponsors introduced the Bipartisan Secure Testing Resources Instead of Prosecuting (STRIP) Act. This legislation would exempt the possession, sale, or purchase of fentanyl testing equipment, including test strips, from the federal drug paraphernalia law.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (TX-30) joined House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member David Scott in denouncing the announcement of a bill by Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee that would make devastating cuts to the United States Department of Agriculture and the programs it administers.
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, a coalition of 18 Texas congressional members led by Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (TX-30) and Chairwoman Kay Granger (TX-12) sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra expressing support in the selection of Texas as ARPA-H’s customer experience hub, with Pegasus Park in Dallas serving as the hub location, with spokes located in Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio, East and West Texas, and other numerous partners across the state.