Patrick Leahy: “I urge the Secretary to act swiftly to issue regulations on severe gender-based persecution as a basis for asylum…”

We thought that the decision that was made was prudent and long overdue.

Congress was the original classification authority (OCA). It let that power essentially slip away to the Executive Branch.

People in the Trump administration who know nothing and care less about these programs are arbitrarily jeopardizing relations with a strategic partner in one of the most challenging regions of the world.

Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act