Press Releases

WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (TX-30) spoke on the House Floor to denounce Speaker McCarthy's proposed budget bill that would add burdensome work requirements to SNAP recipients over 50 and would result in cuts to nutrition assistance for low-income seniors.

Leader McCarthy's budget bill would:

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.

WASHINGTON – Representative Jasmine Crockett issued the following statement applauding an executive order issued last week by the Biden administration to expand access to child and home care and invest in the care workforce. The order directs federal agencies to consider requiring contractors to expand child care for their employees, and pushes all federal agencies to pursue opportunities to expand employee access to child care and expands home-based care access for veterans.

WASHINGTON – Last week, U.S. Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (TX-30) signed on to bipartisan legislation introduced by Reps. Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), Mark Alford (MO-04), and Dusty Johnson (SD-AL) called the Amplifying Processing of Livestock in the United States (A-PLUS) Act to increase meat processing capacity and competition by allowing livestock auction market owners to invest in small and regional packing facilities. Outdated prohibitions from nearly a century ago currently restrict the ability of the livestock industry to meet increasing demand.

WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (TX-30) joined leaders from the Pro-Choice Caucus (PCC) and the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC), and Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), for a press conference on Democrats’ continuing fight to protect access to medication abortion.

WASHINGTON – On Thursday, April 13, the Biden Administration announced that the Department of Health and Human Services will propose a rule expanding eligibility that would allow Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients to enroll in health care coverage through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace and Medicaid. A 2021 survey of people with DACA found that 34 percent are living without any kind of health insurance, compared to ten percent of the total population.

WASHINGTON – El jueves 13 de abril, la Administración Biden anunció que el Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos propondrá una regla que expanda la elegibilidad que permitiría a los beneficiarios de Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia (DACA) inscribirse en la cobertura de atención médica a través del mercado de la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio (ACA) y Medicaid. Una encuesta de 2021 de personas con DACA reveló que el 34 por ciento vive sin ningún tipo de seguro médico, en comparación con el diez por ciento de la población total.

WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (TX-30) pushed back against remarks made by Republican House Speaker McCarthy at a meeting with Wall Street bankers indicating he plans to cut SNAP benefits and add cruel and counterproductive work requirements to federal food assistance programs. Such cuts to SNAP would invariably result in the failure of the Farm Bill that American farmers, ranchers, food producers, and families depend on.