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In Tight Vote, Senate Bucks Bernie And Allows U.S. Role In Yemen War To Continue
“We saw leadership divided” on the Democratic side, said Kate Gould, the Middle East legislative policy director at the Friends Committee on National Legislation. “We still had 44 senators that took the step not just of blocking a bomb sale, but of [considering] actually withdrawing U.S.
A Quaker in the Texas House of Representatives
For 18 years, Lon Burnam was a member of the Texas House of Representatives. He is also a Quaker and a pacifist. In this QuakerSpeak video, he shares his story.Faith Vigil for Peace in Ukraine
Please join us on Feb. 23 at 12:00 p.m. EST to pray together and to lament the human harm caused by violence and conflict.
We will offer prayers for the people of Ukraine, and for a peaceful resolution to the crisis that prevents further human suffering.
FCNL Welcomes Pivotal Republican Climate Resolution
The partisan narrative on climate change was disrupted today when 17 House Republicans re-introduced a resolution that affirms that climate change is real, human-caused, and needs to be addressed by Congress.Statement on Climate Encyclical
The Friends Committee on National Legislation joins with people of all faiths who are excited and grateful at the release of Pope Francis’ encyclical “Praised Be: On the Care of our Common Home.”FCNL Statement for House Homeland Security Hearing on Refugees
Statement of Yasmine Taeb, Legislative Representative for Human Rights and Civil Liberties, Friends Committee on National Legislation, hearing on: “Crisis of Confidence: Preventing Terrorist Infiltration Through U.S. Refugee and Visa Programs,” House Committee on Homeland Security.How Quakers are Working for Climate Justice
Even as the Biden administration has taken welcome executive action in 2021, the climate crisis looms larger by the day. Quakers are among those working for a vision of climate justice and creation care — through legislative advocacy, direct action, protests, sustainability work, and more.20 Years Later: Revisiting FCNL's Statement on the Attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Civilian Aircraft
Twenty years ago today, FCNL released this statement in response to the attacks of September 11, mourning the lives lost and insisting that war was not the answer.Seeking Divine Guidance and Holding Compassion on Abortion
Quakers have not found unity on the issue of abortion. The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the Roe v. Wade ruling calls us to renew our discernment.Century-old Artwork Finds a Home on Capitol Hill
A century-old work of art, which took more than six months to restore, now hangs over a fireplace mantel in one of the Friend’s Place dining rooms where historic meetings for peace and planning for demonstrations took place in the last 50 years.