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  • What's the real value of U.S. foreign aid?

    FCNL in the News | May 22, 2017

    “According to the Friends Committee on National Legislation, prioritizing development would be 60 times less expensive than military intervention and the subsequent assistance required for helping nations rebuild in the aftermath.”

  • FCNL Opposes Two Enforcement-Only Immigration Bills

    Statement | May 22, 2017
    The House Judiciary Committee is marking up two bills (H.R. 2406 and H.R. 2407) that would expand immigration enforcement without offering necessary accompanying policy reforms to the U.S. immigration system.
  • Voter Suppression, Not Voter Fraud, Threatens Election Integrity

    Statement | May 19, 2017
    The President’s Advisory Commission on Election Integrity has a troubling potential to suppress the vote through unnecessary and potentially onerous restrictions.
  • FCNL Opposes New "SAFE" Act

    Statement | May 19, 2017
    The House Judiciary Committee is marking up a newly revised version of a 2013 bill that would expand detention and immigration enforcement, undermining community safety and protections for vulnerable communities. Even with revisions, FCNL’s concerns remain the same.
  • Bipartisan Senate Bill Prioritizes Tools to Prevent Violence and Genocide

    Statement | May 17, 2017
    Washington, D.C. – Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), today introduced the bipartisan Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act. The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) welcomes this important legislation.
  • Attorney General Sessions Escalates War on Drugs

    Statement | May 12, 2017
    Mr. Sessions is directing federal prosecutors to impose overly harsh mandatory minimum sentences on drug crimes further devastating communities that need help.
  • 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.
  • Federal Criminal Justice Reforms in the Trump Era

    Update | April 21, 2017
    Mass incarceration is a long and pervasive disease we all live with in the U.S. We’ve lived with it for over 40 years. If you consider its precursors, we have been living with systematic oppression of black and brown bodies for centuries.
  • As Friends, We Reaffirm that War Is Not the Answer in Syria

    Statement | April 12, 2017
    There are no easy solutions to the violence in Syria. But our faith and experience lead us to reaffirm that bombing will not end that violence. Only by addressing the root causes of violence and conflict in Syria can we move the U.S. closer to peace.
  • FCNL Calls on Congress to Stop Unlawful Escalation in Syria

    Statement | April 8, 2017
    The Trump administration’s missile attack against Syrian government airfields will do nothing to end the bloodshed and violates U.S. and international law. The Friends Committee on National Legislation urges Congress to step forward from the sidelines and reassert its constitutional authority by voting to stop the U.S. from widening the war in Syria.