Press Releases
Congresswoman Terri A. Sewell (AL-7) released the following statement after the Alabama State House passed a General Fund Budget that includes a $156 million cut to the state Medicaid Agency:
Congresswoman Terri Sewell issued the following statement commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965:
Today, Congresswoman Terri Sewell again called on Congress to restore critical federal protections to protect the sacred right to vote for vulnerable communities.
Congresswoman Terri Sewell is visiting Kenya and Ethiopia as part of the Presidential delegation to East Africa.
Today Congresswoman Terri Sewell joined National Parks Service Director Jonathan Jarvis for a ceremony at Zion Methodist Church to announce that the City of Marion, Alabama has been added to the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail.
The death of Jimmie Lee Jackson was among the catalysts for the Selma to Montgomery marches of 1965.
Today, Congresswoman Terri Sewell spoke of the urgent need to restore federal voter protections alongside Rep. John Lewis and members of the House Democratic leadership team. A transcript of her remarks follows:
Congresswoman Terri Sewell issued the following statement after the House passed the Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015:
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Terri Sewell, a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement after the United States reached a tentative nuclear agreement with Iran:
Congresswoman Terri Sewell released the following statement in response to the death of Anthony Dewayne Ware, a Tuscaloosa resident who collapsed and died after being pepper sprayed during an arrest by Tuscaloosa police.
Washington, D.C. -- Congresswoman Terri Sewell voted against H.R. 5, the so called Student Success Act, saying the bill diverts much needed resources from poorer school districts to wealthier schools.