ADL Congressional Letters and Testimony and Letters and Comments sent to Federal Agencies

July 11, 2022
ADL Letter to the United States House of Representatives Rules Committee regarding amendments to the FY23 NDAA

May 24, 2022
Letter from ADL and Jewish Community Partners to the U.S. Senate urging passage of the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act

May 17, 2022
ADL Letter to Congress urging passage of the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act following the attack in Buffalo, NY

April 20, 2022
ADL's Letter Submitted to Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate regarding Fiscal Year 2023 Appropriations

April 5, 2022
ADL Submits Testimony to the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol – “Extremist Movements and the January 6, 2021 Insurrection”

March 31, 2022
ADL Submits Testimony to the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol – “Nicholas Fuentes, the Groypers, and January 6, 2021”

March 18, 2022
Joint letter from ADL and National Urban League to the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee regarding reforms to address the concerning rise in hate-based violence.

March 14, 2022
ADL Letter to U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee in support of the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act

March 8, 2022
ADL Statement for the Record for the U.S. Senate judiciary Committee Hearing “Combatting the Rise in Hate Crimes”
 

February 17, 2022
ADL Statement for the U.S. House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Hearing “The Rise in Violence Against Minority Institutions”
 

February 8, 2022
ADL submits a statement for the record to the House Homeland Security Committee Subcommittees on Intelligence & Counterterrorism and Emergency Preparedness, Response, & Recovery for the hearing on "The Nonprofit Security Grant Program and Protecting Houses of Worship: A View from the American Jewish Community"
 

February 2, 2022
ADL Testimony for the House Homeland Security Committee hearing “The Dynamic Terrorism Landscape and What it Means for America”
 

January 20, 2022
ADL letters to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives urging increased funding for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program
 

January 14, 2022
ADL letter to the U.S. Senate in support of the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act
 

December 9, 2021
ADL Testimony for the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce hearing “Holding Big Tech Accountable: Legislation to Build a Safer Internet”
 

ADL comment submitted to the Department of Labor, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs in support of rescinding expansion of religious exemptions in federal contracting
 

November 29, 2021
ADL Comment Regarding Proposed Rule Affecting Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
 

November 11, 2021
National Jewish organizational letter urging the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to swiftly fill the position of U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism
 

November 4, 2021
ADL, Jewish Federations of North America and Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America Letter urging the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to immediately hold a hearing on the nomination of Professor Deborah Lipstadt for the post of State Department Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism
 

October 28, 2021
ADL Testimony for the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing “Social Media Platforms and the Amplification of Domestic Extremism & Other Harmful Content”
 

October 19, 2021
ADL Comment on Proposed Rules on Procedures for Credible Fear Screening and Consideration of Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and CAT Protection Claims by Asylum Officers
 

October 14, 2021
ADL & HIAS-led Jewish community letter to the White House and DHS, urging the Administration to end the use of Title 42 to expel asylum seekers at our southern border
 

October 13, 2021
ADL Testimony for the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs hearing "Violent Domestic Extremist Groups and the Recruitment of Veterans"
 

September 20, 2021
ADL letter to the House Rules Committee regarding provisions and amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act
 

August 23, 2021
ADL letter submitted to all Members of the House of Representatives to support the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021 (H.R. 4) protecting the fundamental right to vote for all Americans
 

August 5, 2021
ADL Testimony for the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing “Domestic Terrorism and Violent Extremism: Examining the Threat of Racially, Ethnically, Religiously, and Politically Motivated Attacks, Part II"
 

June 30, 2021
Letter to Secretary of State Blinken regarding UNRWA Educational Materials
 

June 14, 2021
ADL Statement of Support for the American Dream and Promise Act
 

May 19, 2021
Letter in Opposition to Federal Funding of Schools that Prohibit Holocaust Education and Anti-Bias Training
 

May 04, 2021
Joint Letter to House Appropriations Subcommittee in Support of Increased Funding for Community-Based Hate Crime Prevention

Joint Letter to House Appropriations Subcommittee in Support of Increased Funding for Voting Rights Act Enforcement
 

April 27, 2021
ADL and the Leadership Conference Joint Recommendations to House Judiciary Committee to Combat Violent White Supremacy
 

April 13, 2021
ADL Submits Statement of Support for the NO BAN Act to House Judiciary Committee
 

April 12, 2021
ADL's Letter Submitted to Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate regarding Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriations
 

March 25, 2021
ADL Submits Testimony to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Justice Hearing on Discrimination and Violence Against Asian Americans

Letter to the United States Senate in support of the Equality Act of 2021
 

February 4, 2021
ADL Testimony for House Homeland Security Committee Hearing “Examining the Domestic Terrorism Threat in the Wake of the Attack on the U.S. Capitol”
 

January 18, 2021
ADL Letter to the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee Supporting the Nomination of Anthony Blinken for Secretary of State

ADL Letter to the United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Supporting the Nomination of Alejandro Mayorkas for Secretary of Homeland Security
 

January 8, 2021
ADL's Recommendations to Congress After the Assault on the U.S. Capitol
 

December 1, 2020
ADL's Letter Following Up on Requests Submitted in March to Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate regarding Fiscal Year 2021 Appropriations
 

October 28, 2020
ADL Letter to the House of Representatives Regarding QAnon
 

October 13, 2020
ADL Comment Opposing Proposed DHS Regulation Greatly Expanding Collection and Use of Biometric Data Collection in the Immigration System
 

October 9, 2020
Letter to the United States Senate Judiciary Committee on Nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to serve as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
 

August 19, 2020
Letter to the United States House of Representatives and Senate Armed Services Committees regarding the National Defense Authorization Act
 

July 28, 2020
Stop Hate for Profit Campaign Letter Regarding Facebook to the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee

ADL Letter to Commission on Unalienable Rights Regarding LGBTQ Rights
 

July 20, 2020
ADL/JCPA Joint Jewish Communal Letter to the United States Senate Regarding Safe, Fair and Accessible Elections During COVID-19
 

July 15-16, 2020
2020 ADL Letter to DNC Platform Committee

2020 ADL Letter to RNC Platform Committee
 

July 15, 2020
ADL/HIAS Joint Comment Opposing DOJ and DHS Proposed Rules Altering Procedures for Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and Credible Fear and Reasonable Fear Review

April 23, 2020

ADL Comment Opposing DHS Interim Final Rule Suspending Introduction of Persons into United States From Designated Foreign Countries or Places (Mexico and Canada) for Public Health Purposes

March 1, 2020

ADL's Letter Submitted to Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate regarding Fiscal Year 2021 Appropriations

February 27, 2020

ADL's Letter to House Committee on Oversight and Reform Regarding Full Committee Hearing on "The Administration's Religious Liberty Assault on LGBT Rights"

February 11, 2020

ADL Testimony for House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel Hearing “Alarming Incidents of White Supremacy in the Military — How to Stop It?”

January 29, 2020

ADL Testimony for House Oversight and Reform Committee Hearing “75 Years After the Holocaust: The Ongoing Battle Against Hate.”

January 21, 2020

ADL/HIAS Joint Comment Opposing USCIS and EOIR Proposed Rules Limiting Discretion of Immigration Adjudicators and Expanding Criminal Bars to Asylum

January 15, 2020

ADL testimony for House Homeland Security Committee Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism Hearing “Confronting the Rise in Anti-Semitic Domestic Terrorism.”

ADL testimony for House Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on National Security, International Development, and Monetary Policy Hearing “A Persistent and Evolving Threat: An Examination of the Financing of Domestic Terrorism and Extremism.”

January 8, 2020

ADL Testimony for United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Briefing “Global Efforts for Countering Anti-Semitism”

December 19, 2019

ADL comment opposing DHS interim final rule denying asylum to displaced people who passed through third countries en route to the U.S. and sending them to “safe third countries” under asylum cooperative agreements

ADL comments opposing HHS proposed rule removing existing anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ persons and religious minorities.

December 4, 2019

ADL letter submitted to all Members of the House of Representatives to support the Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019 (H.R. 4) enforcing the constitutional prohibition on racial discrimination in voting and protecting the fundamental right to vote for all Americans.

October 10, 2019

ADL comments submitted to the Department of Housing and Urban Development urging recall of Proposed Rule that would make proving housing disparate impact discrimination claims dramatically more difficult

September 24, 2019

ADL Letter to the House Judiciary Immigration and Citizenship Subcommittee and the Foreign Affairs Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Regarding the Trump Administration's Muslim Travel Ban

September 16, 2019

ADL comments submitted to the Department of Labor, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs against proposed expansion of religious exemptions in federal contracting

August 13, 2019

ADL comments submitted to the Department of Health and Human Services concerning proposed rollbacks for LGBTQ protections

August 7, 2019

ADL sign-on letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo regarding reports that the Administration is considering resettling zero refugees in the United States in FY2020

June 25, 2019

ADL Submits Testimony for House Committee on Education and Labor Hearing "Do No Harm: The Misapplication of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act"

April 22, 2019

ADL statement in support of Equality Act House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services

December 10, 2018

Public Charge Comment

September 13, 2018

DOL OFCCP coalition Sign On Letter against government-funded discrimination

September 7, 2018

ADL Submits Testimony to House Financial Services Subcommittee on Terrorism and Illicit Finance

June 27, 2018

Organizations Seek Revocation of AG Decision in Matter of AB

June 19, 2018

ADL Letter to the Senate Opposing Ronald Mortensen

June 15, 2018

ADL Statement on Questions Regarding the US Census

ADL Letter to the Senate Opposing Gordan Giampietro

ADL Letter to the Senate Opposing Matthew Kacsmaryk 

ADL Letter to the Senate Opposing Howard Nielson

ADL Letter to the Senate Opposing Mark Norris

May 11, 2018

ADL Statement to the United States Commission on Civil Rights

April 24, 2018 

ADL Letter of Opposition to Senate on Stuart Kyle Duncan

January 18, 2018 

ADL Letter to the Senate Opposing Thomas Farr

November 1, 2017 

ADL Faith Letter to Congress in Response to DACA 

October 2, 2017

ADL Senate Judiciary Committee statement on DACA and the DREAM Act 

June 20, 2017 

ADL Statement to Senate Judiciary Regarding Campus Free Speech 

May 2, 2017 

ADL Statement on Combating Religious Hate Crimes 

February 16, 2017 

ADL Statement Submitted to House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice hearings on "The State of Religious Liberty in America."

September 27, 2016

ADL to Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest: Do Not Cut Funding for Refugee Resettlement 

October 28, 2015

ADL Testimony on Social Media and the Rise of Terrorism 

June 10, 2015

ADL Submits Testimony to House Committee on Homeland Security 

March 24, 2015

ADL Testimony on Global Anti-Semitism  

June 24, 2014

ADL Testimony on Voting Rights Amendment  

December 19, 2012

ADL Letter to Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on School to Prison Pipeline 

February 13, 2013

ADL’s Testimony on Immigration Reform for Senate Judiciary Committee

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ADL Testimony on Civil Liberties Act of 1985