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May 17, 2019
Today, Rep. Davis voted to pass H.R. 5, the Equality Act, to ensure that all LGBTQ Americans are granted the full protections guaranteed by federal civil rights law.
May 8, 2019

WASHINGTON, DC –Ways & Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) and Worker & Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis (D-IL) today released the following joint statement on the U.S.

Issues:Health Care
May 6, 2019

WASHINGTON, DC –Top Democrat Committee leaders in the House and Senate today called on the Social Security Administration (SSA) to withdraw a proposed rule, “Removing Inability to Communicate in English as an Education Category.” House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B.

May 1, 2019

Chairman DeFazio, Ranking Member Graves, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to highlight my hopes for any transportation and infrastructure package.

April 30, 2019

Fairness and equality are core American values. The Supreme Court recognized this when it affirmed marriage equality. But even after this decision, it is still true in most states that a gay person can get married on Saturday, post photos of their wedding on Facebook on Sunday, and then get fired on Monday for no reason other than the fact they’re gay.

April 26, 2019
I want to commend the Chicago Housing Authority Board of Commissioners which voted yesterday to permit residents with a criminal conviction on their record an opportunity to access public housing. It has been a 20+ year struggle to get to this important milestone.
April 12, 2019

WASHINGTON, DC – This week Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), and Rep. Scott Peters (D-CA) introduced innovative legislation to make rental housing more affordable for struggling households at a time when renters’ wages have remained stagnant and housing costs have increased rapidly.

April 10, 2019

Today, Rep. Danny K. Davis voted to pass H.R. 1644, the Save the Internet Act, to restore popular, bipartisan net neutrality protections for consumers and small businesses after the Trump Administration ended these vital protections in a brazen, partisan attack last year. The Save the Internet Act passed the House by a vote of 232-190.