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May 22, 2020

Harris, Colleagues to Senate Leaders: Children’s Hospitals and Health Providers Need Urgent Help to Survive Pandemic

U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) on Friday joined Senators Tina Smith (D-MN), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) and 17 of their colleagues in telling Senate leaders that hospitals serving children cannot continue to sustain the expected $10 billion in losses in the next several months and they pressed Senate leaders to include relief specifically for children's hospitals and pediatric health care providers in the next COVID-19 relief package. Starting in Ja… Continue Reading

May 22, 2020

Harris, Feinstein Demand Protection for Domestic Violence Victims Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

U.S. Senators Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) on Friday sent a letter to Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard Shelby (R-AL) and Appropriations Committee Vice Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) requesting relief for Family Justice Centers, which function to support domestic violence and abuse survivors, during the COVID-19 crisis. Since the beginning of the pandemic, there has been an increase in domestic violence cases across the nation. Last year, Harris introduced legislati… Continue Reading

May 22, 2020

Harris, McBath Demand Independent DOJ Investigation into Breonna Taylor Case

U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) and Representative Lucy McBath (D-GA-06) on Friday demanded that Assistant Attorney General Eric S. Dreiband launch an independent investigation into the killing of Breonna Taylor, and into whether the Louisville Police Department has engaged in a pattern or practice of constitutional violations. On March 13, the Louisville Police Department entered Breonna Taylor's apartment to execute a drug search warrant, and allegedly fired 20 shots into her apartment. … Continue Reading

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