Press Releases
Washington, DC – Today, Leaders of the New Democrat Coalition strongly urged their colleagues to support the reauthorization of the Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers (TAA) program and the extension of many trade preferences, including the African Growth & Opportunity Act. These have been long held and unifying priorities for the Democratic party.
Washington, DC – Today, twenty members of the New Democrat Coalition worked together to push Trade Promotion Authority forward. Every member of the 28 pro-trade democrats who voted in favor today also voted in favor of TPA last week. U.S. Rep.
Washington, DC – Yesterday 33 members of the House New Democrat Coalition sent a letter to Secretary of Labor Tom Perez outlining key priorities for implementation of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA).
Washington, DC – Earlier this week, members of the New Democrat Coalition Financial Services Task Force sent a letter to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Mary Jo White to highlight areas of equity market structure that would benefit from empirically-driven reforms to enhance transparency for investors and better facilitate capital formation.
Washington, D.C. – Rep. Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-WA), and Rep.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Ron Kind (WI-03), Chair of the New Democrat Coalition, joined House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Ranking Member on Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Peter DeFazio (OR-04), Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus G. K.
Washington, D.C. – The leaders of the 46-strong New Democrat Coalition’s National Security Task Force released the following joint statement on the Protecting Cyber Networks Act and the National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act:
Washington, D.C. – Members of the New Democrat Coalition released the following statement in reaction to the release of the ‘Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015:”
Washington, D.C. - Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO) and Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX), two leaders of the New Democrat Coalition's 21st Century Education, Immigration, and Workforce Task Force, released the following statement on the compromise reached between Sen.
Washington, D.C. – New Democrat Coalition Chairman Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) and Health Care Task Force Co-Chairs Rep. Ami Bera (D-CA), Annie Kuster (D-NH) and Kurt Schrader (D-OR) issued the following statement on the bipartisan SGR/CHIP legislative package before the House: