Congresswoman Ilhan Omar may very well be the strongest voice in the U.S. Congress for justice at home and abroad, despite having been booted off the Foreign Affairs Committee by Republicans for just that reason.

When she was removed from that committee, Omar said, "I will continue to speak for the families who are seeking justice around the world -- whether they are displaced in refugee camps or hiding under their bed somewhere like I was. I didn’t come to Congress to be silent. I came to Congress to be their voice." And she has not been silent.

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Omar worked hard to bring about the just-created American Climate Corps, and said, "This is a massive victory for everyone who cares about a livable planet. The climate movement spent years advocating for this and got the President to act. You get what you organize for!"

This year, Omar's state of Minnesota became the first state to create a dedicated office for missing and murdered Black women. Omar is leading a push to do the same at the federal level.

Ilhan Omar is supporting striking workers and their right to organize for fairer compensation.

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On Ukraine, Rep. Omar has been wiser than colleagues. Beginning in March 2022, she spoke out:

"A lot of progressives, I feel, have abandoned their principles of being anti-war, anti-broad-based sanctions, anti-harmful policies that not only impact us here in the United States, but inadvertently impact the civilians of our adversary regime."

She even called sending weapons to Ukraine "unpredictable and likely disastrous."

Omar also took a critical step desperately needed on both sides of the war, but taken only by her. She introduced, in April 2022, legislation to have the U.S. government join the International Criminal Court and strengthen U.S. support for international criminal justice. This would allow the U.S. to push for justice in Ukraine without such a burden of hypocrisy.

In May 2002, Omar voted for funding for Ukraine, like every other Democrat, but in October she signed the Progressive Caucus letter gently urging consideration of diplomacy -- a letter quickly withdrawn by Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, chair of the caucus.

More recently, Omar has opposed the use of cluster bombs, and has pressed for a reprioritization of spending away from militarism and toward human needs. If anyone in Congress finds the nerve to seriously oppose continuing to fuel the war in Ukraine from a humane -- rather than a rightwing, isolationist, xenophobic, or simply partisan perspective -- it is very likely to be Ilhan Omar.

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