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U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen , Chairman of the Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, released the following statement on the publication of the State Department's International Religious Freedom Report for 2012.

It's no secret that Republicans needed to revamp their outreach to Hispanics after Mitt Romney's dismal electoral showing last year, and GOP leaders hope a new marketing effort will help their members connect with the burgeoning bloc of voters.

The numbers shocked Rachel Cohen Gerrol. Nearly 200 Holocaust survivors were living at or near the poverty level in the Washington, DC, area - one of the wealthiest regions in the nation - forced to decide whether to buy food, fill a prescription or pay transportation to get to a doctor's appointment.

The legislation introduced Tuesday in the US House by Representatives and the US Senate would add survivors to a priority list for social services outlined in the Older Americans Act.

After gradually tightening the noose on Iran's economy for the past three years, some in Congress now believe the time has come to enforce an all-out trade embargo on the regime in Tehran to finally force it to give up its nuclear program.

Some American taxpayers know that they contribute more than one-fifth of the United Nations operating budget, but the full extent of U.S. contributions to the world body - a much larger figure - has been less well known since a congressional reporting requirement lapsed in 2011.

The Republican Party, long-marooned from the Latino voting bloc, has begun a concerted effort to mobilize this constituency as its own, particularly ahead of the 2014 and 2016 elections.

A large group of conservative and tea party figures, including former Florida Rep.

A bill that would cut off federal funding to adoption and foster care agencies that discriminate against gay and lesbian couples seeking to parent is making its way to Congress again with bipartisan support.

A group members of the U.S. House of Representatives have sent Secretary of the Department of Human and Health Services, Kathleen Sebelius, a letter questioning her reported actions of soliciting donations from non-profit organizations that are 'directly implementing' Obamacare.

Iran will preside over the United Nations arms control forum this month, despite the fact that it is under UN sanctions for illicit nuclear activities and routinely supplies arms to the terrorist organization Hezbollah in violation of international law.

House Republican members are defying Speaker John Boehner and five committee chairmen by endorsing a measure that would set up a special panel to investigate the deadly attacks in Benghazi, Libya.

The United States will not send an ambassador to a session of the United Nations' Conference on Disarmament that will be chaired by Iran in the coming weeks, the U.S. Mission to the U.N. said Monday.

Congresswomen Barbara Lee and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen this week introduced H.R. 1843, the Repeal Existing Policies that Encourage and Allow Legal HIV Discrimination Act.

"On Tuesday, Delaware became the 11th state to allow marriage equality," he wrote on his Facebook page.

Did you know that in more than half of the country it is still legal for a boss to fire someone just because of who they are dating, or how they identify? While it sounds absurd, for thousands of gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender Americans in states like Texas, Florida and Pennsylvania, it is all too real.

The Every Child Deserves a Family Act would prohibit federally funded adoption and foster programs from discriminating families based on sexual orientation and gender identity, or marital status.

"I urge all responsible nations to raise their voices in support of these brave hunger strikers who are so desperate for freedom that they risk their lives so that the world can focus attention on their plight" Washington, DC - Today, Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen , Chair of the Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, issued the ... (more)

U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen , a fierce critic of the left-wing governments of ALBA and one of the only U.S. lawmakers who pays any mind to Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, released a statement this week criticizing President Barack Obama for not condemning the Sandinista leader during his recent trip to Central America.

A bipartisan group of Congress members introduced a bill Tuesday that would provide clearer rights for same-sex couples who want to adopt children.