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  • A Quiet But Bustling Place on Capitol Hill

    Background | October 6, 2020
    Last October, FCNL opened the Quaker Welcome Center (QWC) in an adjoining townhouse. Completely renovated as a green building, the center is a cozy event space for dialogue and the promotion of peace, justice, and environmental sustainability. It is a place where we train advocates and offer a time for silent reflection.

  • Supreme Court Allows Part of Muslim Ban to Go Into Effect

    Statement | June 26, 2017
    The Friends Committee on National Legislation is disappointed that the U.S. Supreme Court decided to allow part of President Trump’s travel ban to go into effect while it considers the broader Executive Order.

  • House Vote to Strip Health Coverage is Devastating for 24 Million People

    Statement | May 5, 2017
    The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) denounced House passage of the American Health Care Act, a bill that would leave 24 million people without health coverage, strip away protections for individuals with pre-existing conditions, eliminate the Medicaid expansion, and cut Medicaid by $850 billion, forever ending the program as we know it.

  • FCNL Welcomes Bipartisan Climate Solutions Commission Act

    Press Release | December 9, 2020
    Members from the bipartisan House Climate Solutions Caucus just introduced their first piece of legislation in the 115th Congress, the Climate Solutions Commission Act of 2017.

  • Trump's Refusal to Certify Iran Deal Sets Path for War

    Press Release | December 9, 2020
    FCNL condemns the Trump administration’s decertification on the Iran deal and the Cotton-Corker legislation that risks sabotaging this historic agreement. The Quaker lobby, which has been a leading voice advocating for diplomacy with Iran in Washington, calls on Congress to reject Trump’s dangerous bid to extort our negotiating partners to submit to ultimatums on the deal which risk its collapse and putting the United States on a path towards full-fledged war with Iran.

  • FCNL’s Yasmine Taeb Honored with 2017 Young Alumni Award from University of Florida

    Press Release | December 9, 2020
    Recognizing her extensive professional accomplishments and clear commitment to social justice, the University of Florida Alumni Association will honor FCNL lobbyist Yasmine Taeb with its Young Alumni Award during its Orange and Blue Weekend celebration this year.

  • Civilian Deaths in U.S.-Led Airstrikes Highlight Misguided Military-First Approach

    Statement | November 16, 2018
    In response to one of the deadliest U.S.-led bombings of civilians in 25 years, the Friends Committee on National Legislation mourns the loss of life and expresses grave concern about U.S. complicity in the March 17 airstrike that killed scores of civilians in a neighborhood in Mosul, Iraq.

  • FCNL Condemns Muslim Ban 2.0

    Statement | April 1, 2018
    The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) strongly opposes President Trump’s revised executive order that will close our doors to refugees fleeing violence and persecution and bans nationals from six Muslim-majority countries, said Yasmine Taeb, FCNL’s lead lobbyist on human rights and civil liberties.

  • War Is the Ultimate Rejection of God's Creation

    Statement | October 13, 2016
    As the U.S. government prepares to expand its military action against Iraq into a preemptive war for regime change, we call on our policymakers and the world community to employ peaceful strategies to address the problems of terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, and abusive regimes.

  • Census Poverty Numbers are Encouraging, but Much Work Remains

    Update | September 28, 2016
    New poverty numbers are encouraging but highlight the need for expanding the EITC to more people.