Press Releases

Davis Cosigns Letter on Refugees From Syria

April 16, 2018

Press Release

Donald J. Trump

The President

The White House

Washington, D.C. 20500

Dear Mr. President:

Davis Statement on Use of Force in Syria

April 14, 2018

Press Release

I join in condemning the criminal use of chemical weapons in Syria. I support a collective, international response to prosecute the use of such outlawed weapons as war crimes and I join those who have called for accountability for the use of the use these weapons.

Statement on demonstrations in Gaza

April 13, 2018

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U.S. Representative Danny K. Davis (IL07) today joined Representatives Mark Pocan (WI-02), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Keith Ellison (MN-05), Barbara Lee (CA-13), and Henry C. “Hank” Johnson Jr. (GA-04) in the following statement in advance of demonstrations scheduled to take place on Friday within the territory of Gaza.

Remarks on the Balanced Budget Amendment

April 13, 2018

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Mr. Speaker, today we are scheduled to engage in a recurring ritual of fiction and fantasy consideration of a so-called Balanced Budget Amendment.

Budgets, expenditures and revenues, are simply a statement of our priorities.

Rep. Davis Opening Statement at Human Resources Subcommittee Hearing on "Jobs and Opportunity: Local Perspectives on the Jobs Gap"

April 12, 2018

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For our Subcommittee, the right approach must include addressing structural barriers in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program or TANF. Otherwise our policies will fail our rural, urban, and suburban constituents who hit these barriers daily and are being left behind. I work closely with a number of programs in Chicago that work alongside employers to provide real opportunities for people who have been left behind by the labor market and are hitting walls every time they try to get good jobs and make a better life. But as I talk to these outstanding workforce development programs, I am struck by how few of them get any support from TANF, which is in this Subcommittee's jurisdiction.

Issues:Economy and JobsTax Reform

Davis Will Hold Town Hall Meeting: Gun Violence and What to do About It April 7, 2018

April 2, 2018

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Invitation from Congressman Danny K. Davis:

More than 100 Democrats to Call on Department of Health and Human Services to Put Patients First and Withdraw Discriminatory Refusal of Care Rule

March 27, 2018

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Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Danny K. Davis joined with Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-CA) and Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) who spearheaded an effort by 104 House Members to call for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to withdraw its proposed Refusal of Care rule.

83 Democrats Demand Dream Act Be Added to Omnibus & That Funding for Deportations, Detention and Walls Be Stripped

March 14, 2018

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On Wednesday, 83 House Democrats, including Representative Danny K. Davis released a letter they signed to House Leadership in both parties and to Appropriators calling for the Dream Act to be attached to the Omnibus spending bill the House will vote on this week or next.

Statement of Danny K. Davis on anti-Semitism (follow up)

March 8, 2018

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On Monday, March 5, 2018 I issued a statement in which I made crystal clear that “I have a lifetime record of rejecting, condemning and actively opposing all forms of hatred, bigotry and separatism based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, disability or language including specifically anti-Semitism.

Statement of Danny K. Davis on anti-Semitism

March 5, 2018

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Recently the ultra-right propaganda site The Daily Caller attempted to impugn my character, and more significantly divide and separate African Americans and Jewish Americans, by portraying me as sympathetic to anti-Semitic views. This smear was picked up and rebroadcast by the Republican National Committee.