Washington, July 23 -- Congresswoman Laura Gillen issued the following press release:
WASHINGTON, DC - Congresswoman Laura Gillen (D-NY-04) released a statement following the request by Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.) to pass her bipartisan legislation extending TPS for law-abiding Haitians by unanimous consent. Senator Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) objected, blocking the bill from immediate passage:
"It is shameful that a single Senate Republican was able to block my legislation that already passed the House on a bipartisan basis to extend TPS for law-abiding Haitians. This is by no means the end of this fight. The Senate must respond to the Supreme Court's harmful decision to terminate TPS for hardworking, taxpaying, law-abiding Haitian members of o...