Press Releases
May 23, 2019
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a hearing today on diversity and inclusion in the intelligence community, U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07), a senior member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, slammed intelligence community (IC) leaders for their failure to appear before the Committee.
May 22, 2019
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) voted Wednesday in favor of the House-passed H.R. 1500, the Consumers First Act, to reverse the Trump Administration’s attempts to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
May 21, 2019
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SELMA, AL – U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) released the following statement today after the Alabama Tourism Department announced visitors to Dallas County in 2018 spent $76 million and were responsible for 1,028 jobs, a 7.1% increase since 2017:
May 17, 2019
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07), a member of the Ways & Means Subcommittee on Trade, released the following statement today after the Trump Administration announced it will delay for an additional 180 days a final decision on costly new tariffs that could harm the auto industry:
May 14, 2019
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SELMA, AL – The U.S. Department of Justice today awarded $1 million to the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs to help local Selma law enforcement target and reduce crime.
May 13, 2019
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BIRMINGHAM, AL – The House Administration Subcommittee on Elections held a field hearing Monday to examine voting rights and elections systems in Alabama.
May 9, 2019
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House passes legislation to protect Americans with pre-existing conditions and reverse Trump Administration attempts to sabotage American’s health care
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) voted today to in favor of H.R. 986, Protecting Americans with Pre-Existing Conditions Act of 2019, to block the Trump Administration’s efforts to weaken the Affordable Care Act’s critical protections for Americans with pre-existing conditions.
May 9, 2019
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) welcomed R.B. Hudson Middle School 7th grade students Alexis Perry, Corbyn Boyd and Diante Thomas, the 2018 Congressional App Challenge winners from Alabama’s 7th Congressional District, to Washington, D.C.
May 8, 2019
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Bipartisan group of nearly 160 Members of Congress urge Trump Administration not to implement auto tariffs
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07), a member of the Ways & Means Subcommittee on Trade, led a bipartisan group of 159 lawmakers in urging Director of the National Economic Council Larry Kudlow and President Trump against imposing costly new tariffs that could harm the auto industry.
May 8, 2019
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) today introduced the Home Health Payment Innovation Act of 2019 (H.R. 2573), legislation that will preserve Medicare recipients access to home health care services and provide a pathway for innovating approaches to using these services.