The Civil Rights Community Urges Congress to Oppose the Inclusion of Sec. 559 in Any Final Spending Package


December 05, 2023

Dear Majority Leader Schumer, Minority Leader McConnell, Speaker Johnson, Minority Leader Jeffries, Chair Murray, Vice Chair Collins, Chairwoman Granger, and Ranking Member DeLauro:

On behalf of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a coalition charged by its diverse membership of more than 240 national organizations to promote and protect the rights of all persons in the United States, our Census Task Force co-chairs, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC and NALEO Educational Fund, and the 127 undersigned organizations, we write to urge you to oppose the inclusion of section 559[1] of the House Fiscal Year 2024 Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) Appropriations bill (H.R. 5893) in any final omnibus package, CJS bill, or Continuing Resolution. […]

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