ADL Letters, Testimony, and Comments sent to Congress and Federal Agencies

September 17, 2024

ADL Written Testimony for the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on “A Threat to Justice Everywhere: Stemming the Tide of Hate Crimes in America"

July 23, 2024

ADL Testimony for the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight Hearing on “Fueling Chaos: Tracing the Flow of Tax-Exempt Dollars to Antisemitism"

July 10, 2024

Letter to Senate Leadership Regarding the FY25 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)

July 10, 2024

ADL 2024 Party Platform Recommendations

June 10, 2024

Letter to the House of Representatives Rules Committee Regarding the FY25 National Defense Authorization Act

June 7, 2024

Letter from Jewish Communal Organizations to House and Senate Appropriators Regarding Funding for the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights

May 21, 2024

Letter from Jewish Communal Organizations to House Leadership on the Countering Antisemitism Act

May 9, 2024

Letter from Jewish Communal Organizations to Senators on the Antisemitism Awareness Act

April 4, 2024

ADL Letter to Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate regarding Fiscal Year 2025 Appropriations

February 2, 2024

ADL Letter for the Record for the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on “Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis”

January 18, 2024

NSGP Letter to Congress from Jewish Communal Organizations

January 9, 2024

ADL FY25 Appropriations Letter to OMB Director Shalanda Young

December 5, 2023

ADL submission on OMB's Federal AI Governance and Innovation request for comment

November 28, 2023

ADL Letter urging the Conference Committee to ensure the FY 2024 NDAA includes key provisions to address the threat antisemitism and extremism poses to the military

November 15, 2023

ADL Testimony for the House Committee on Ways and Means hearing “From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing

November 8, 2023

Written Statement - U.S. Senate AI Insight Forum: Elections & Democracy

November 8, 2023

Testimony Submitted for the Record to the House Judiciary Committee on Antisemitism and Free Speech on College Campuses

November 1, 2023

Community letter to Congress regarding nonprofit security grant program funding.

October 17, 2023

Jewish Communal Letter to President Biden regarding nonprofit security-grant funding

October 8, 2023

ADL Letter to Senate Majority Leader Schumer, Senate Minority Leader McConnell, Chairman Cardin and Ranking Member Risch expressing ADL’s strong support for the Honorable Jack Lew to be immediately confirmed as the next U.S. Ambassador to Israel

ADL Letter to Secretary Mayorkas and Attorney General Garland requesting that DHS and DOJ provide increased support to Jewish communal institutions across the nation

September 28, 2023

ADL Letter urging the House and Senate Armed Services Committee leadership to ensure the FY 2024 National Defense Authorization Act includes key provisions to address the threat antisemitism and extremism pose to the military

August 17, 2023

ADL Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Leadership Calling for a Hearing on Swatting

August 1, 2023

Leadership Conference and ADL's Response to President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology’s request for input on generative artificial intelligence (AI)

July 25, 2023

Letter to Senate Leadership on NDAA Amendments

July 10, 2023

ADL Letter to the United States House of Representatives Rules Committee regarding amendments to the FY24 NDAA

June 26, 2023

Project CODE Letter to the Biden Administration regarding the National Strategy to Counter Domestic Terrorism

June 12, 2023

ADL submission on NTIA’s AI Accountability Policy Request for Comment

May 25, 2023

ADL Letter to U.S. House and Senate Appropriations Committees urging Funding to Implement the White House National Strategy to Counter Antisemitsm

March 28, 2023

ADL Statement for the Record for the House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology hearing on “Preserving Free Speech and Reining in Big Tech Censorship”

March 27, 2023

ADL Comment on proposed rule severely limiting ability to seek asylum

March 14, 2023

ADL Letter urging the Senate Armed Services Committee to ensure the FY 2024 National Defense Authorization Act includes key provisions to address the threat antisemitism and extremism pose to the military

March 13, 2023

ADL's Letter to Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate regarding Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations

February 24, 2023

ADL Letter urging the House Armed Services Committee to ensure the FY 2024 National Defense Authorization Act includes key provisions to address the threat antisemitism and extremism pose to the military.

January 11, 2023

ADL Letter urging U.S. House of Representatives Leadership to decline to assign Congressional committees to Members who have embraced anti-democratic conspiracy theories, groups, or movements that animate hate and violence

December 20, 2022

ADL letter to the United States Office of Management and Budget regarding Fiscal Year 2024 funding to combat domestic extremism, fight antisemitism at home and abroad, prevent and address hate online and off, ensure the right to vote, and build a more just and inclusive society.

December 19, 2022

ADL Testimony for the House Committee on Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties hearing “Confronting White Supremacy: The Evolution of Anti-Democratic Extremism and the Continued Threat to Democracy”

December 2, 2022

ADL Letter Urging Congress to Combat Antisemitism

November 22, 2022

ADL letter urging the House and Senate Armed Services Committees and Congressional leadership to include provisions to address extremism in the FY 2023 National Defense Authorization Act.

ADL Comment on Commercial Surveillance ANPR, R111004.

August 29, 2022

ADL Letter to the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce urging Congress to hold online platforms accountable for the harms that result from their algorithms

July 11, 2022

ADL Letter to the United States House of Representatives Rules Committee regarding amendments to the FY23 NDAA

May 24, 2022

Letter from ADL and Jewish Community Partners to the U.S. Senate urging passage of the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act

May 17, 2022

ADL Letter to Congress urging passage of the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act following the attack in Buffalo, NY

April 20, 2022

ADL's Letter Submitted to Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate regarding Fiscal Year 2023 Appropriations

April 5, 2022

ADL Submits Testimony to the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol – “Extremist Movements and the January 6, 2021 Insurrection”

March 31, 2022

ADL Submits Testimony to the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol – “Nicholas Fuentes, the Groypers, and January 6, 2021”

March 18, 2022

Joint letter from ADL and National Urban League to the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee regarding reforms to address the concerning rise in hate-based violence

March 14, 2022

ADL Letter to U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee in support of the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act

March 8, 2022

ADL Statement for the Record for the U.S. Senate judiciary Committee Hearing “Combatting the Rise in Hate Crimes”

February 17, 2022

ADL Statement for the U.S. House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Hearing “The Rise in Violence Against Minority Institutions”

February 8, 2022

ADL submits a statement for the record to the House Homeland Security Committee Subcommittees on Intelligence & Counterterrorism and Emergency Preparedness, Response, & Recovery for the hearing on "The Nonprofit Security Grant Program and Protecting Houses of Worship: A View from the American Jewish Community"

January 20, 2022

ADL letters to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives urging increased funding for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program

January 14, 2022

ADL letter to the U.S. Senate in support of the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act

December 9, 2021

ADL Testimony for the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce hearing “Holding Big Tech Accountable: Legislation to Build a Safer Internet”

ADL comment submitted to the Department of Labor, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs in support of rescinding expansion of religious exemptions in federal contracting

November 29, 2021

ADL Comment Regarding Proposed Rule Affecting Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)

November 11, 2021

National Jewish organizational letter urging the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to swiftly fill the position of U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism

November 4, 2021

ADL, Jewish Federations of North America and Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America Letter urging the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to immediately hold a hearing on the nomination of Professor Deborah Lipstadt for the post of State Department Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism

October 28, 2021

ADL Testimony for the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing “Social Media Platforms and the Amplification of Domestic Extremism & Other Harmful Content”

October 19, 2021

ADL Comment on Proposed Rules on Procedures for Credible Fear Screening and Consideration of Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and CAT Protection Claims by Asylum Officers

October 14, 2021

ADL & HIAS-led Jewish community letter to the White House and DHS, urging the Administration to end the use of Title 42 to expel asylum seekers at our southern border

October 13, 2021

ADL Testimony for the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs hearing "Violent Domestic Extremist Groups and the Recruitment of Veterans"

September 20, 2021

ADL letter to the House Rules Committee regarding provisions and amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act

August 23, 2021

ADL letter submitted to all Members of the House of Representatives to support the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021 (H.R. 4) protecting the fundamental right to vote for all Americans

August 5, 2021

ADL Testimony for the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing “Domestic Terrorism and Violent Extremism: Examining the Threat of Racially, Ethnically, Religiously, and Politically Motivated Attacks, Part II"

June 30, 2021

Letter to Secretary of State Blinken regarding UNRWA Educational Materials

June 14, 2021

ADL Statement of Support for the American Dream and Promise Act

May 19, 2021

Letter in Opposition to Federal Funding of Schools that Prohibit Holocaust Education and Anti-Bias Training

May 04, 2021

Joint Letter to House Appropriations Subcommittee in Support of Increased Funding for Community-Based Hate Crime Prevention

Joint Letter to House Appropriations Subcommittee in Support of Increased Funding for Voting Rights Act Enforcement

April 27, 2021

ADL and the Leadership Conference Joint Recommendations to House Judiciary Committee to Combat Violent White Supremacy

April 13, 2021

ADL Submits Statement of Support for the NO BAN Act to House Judiciary Committee

April 12, 2021

ADL's Letter Submitted to Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate regarding Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriations

March 25, 2021

ADL Submits Testimony to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Justice Hearing on Discrimination and Violence Against Asian Americans

Letter to the United States Senate in support of the Equality Act of 2021

February 4, 2021

ADL Testimony for House Homeland Security Committee Hearing “Examining the Domestic Terrorism Threat in the Wake of the Attack on the U.S. Capitol”

January 18, 2021

ADL Letter to the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee Supporting the Nomination of Anthony Blinken for Secretary of State

ADL Letter to the United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Supporting the Nomination of Alejandro Mayorkas for Secretary of Homeland Security

January 8, 2021

ADL's Recommendations to Congress After the Assault on the U.S. Capitol

December 1, 2020

ADL's Letter Following Up on Requests Submitted in March to Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate regarding Fiscal Year 2021 Appropriations

October 28, 2020

ADL Letter to the House of Representatives Regarding QAnon

October 13, 2020

ADL Comment Opposing Proposed DHS Regulation Greatly Expanding Collection and Use of Biometric Data Collection in the Immigration System

October 9, 2020

Letter to the United States Senate Judiciary Committee on Nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to serve as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court

August 19, 2020

Letter to the United States House of Representatives and Senate Armed Services Committees regarding the National Defense Authorization Act

July 28, 2020

Stop Hate for Profit Campaign Letter Regarding Facebook to the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee

ADL Letter to Commission on Unalienable Rights Regarding LGBTQ Rights

July 20, 2020

ADL/JCPA Joint Jewish Communal Letter to the United States Senate Regarding Safe, Fair and Accessible Elections During COVID-19

July 15-16, 2020

2020 ADL Letter to DNC Platform Committee

2020 ADL Letter to RNC Platform Committee

July 15, 2020

ADL/HIAS Joint Comment Opposing DOJ and DHS Proposed Rules Altering Procedures for Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and Credible Fear and Reasonable Fear Review

April 23, 2020

ADL Comment Opposing DHS Interim Final Rule Suspending Introduction of Persons into United States From Designated Foreign Countries or Places (Mexico and Canada) for Public Health Purposes

March 1, 2020

ADL's Letter Submitted to Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate regarding Fiscal Year 2021 Appropriations

February 27, 2020

ADL's Letter to House Committee on Oversight and Reform Regarding Full Committee Hearing on "The Administration's Religious Liberty Assault on LGBT Rights"

February 11, 2020

ADL Testimony for House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel Hearing “Alarming Incidents of White Supremacy in the Military — How to Stop It?”

January 29, 2020

ADL Testimony for House Oversight and Reform Committee Hearing “75 Years After the Holocaust: The Ongoing Battle Against Hate.”

January 21, 2020

ADL/HIAS Joint Comment Opposing USCIS and EOIR Proposed Rules Limiting Discretion of Immigration Adjudicators and Expanding Criminal Bars to Asylum

January 15, 2020

ADL testimony for House Homeland Security Committee Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism Hearing “Confronting the Rise in Anti-Semitic Domestic Terrorism.”

ADL testimony for House Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on National Security, International Development, and Monetary Policy Hearing “A Persistent and Evolving Threat: An Examination of the Financing of Domestic Terrorism and Extremism.”

January 8, 2020

ADL Testimony for United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Briefing “Global Efforts for Countering Anti-Semitism”

December 19, 2019

ADL comment opposing DHS interim final rule denying asylum to displaced people who passed through third countries en route to the U.S. and sending them to “safe third countries” under asylum cooperative agreements

ADL comments opposing HHS proposed rule removing existing anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ persons and religious minorities.

December 4, 2019

ADL letter submitted to all Members of the House of Representatives to support the Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019 (H.R. 4) enforcing the constitutional prohibition on racial discrimination in voting and protecting the fundamental right to vote for all Americans.

October 10, 2019

ADL comments submitted to the Department of Housing and Urban Development urging recall of Proposed Rule that would make proving housing disparate impact discrimination claims dramatically more difficul

September 24, 2019

ADL Letter to the House Judiciary Immigration and Citizenship Subcommittee and the Foreign Affairs Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Regarding the Trump Administration's Muslim Travel Ban

September 16, 2019

ADL comments submitted to the Department of Labor, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs against proposed expansion of religious exemptions in federal contracting

August 13, 2019

ADL comments submitted to the Department of Health and Human Services concerning proposed rollbacks for LGBTQ protections

August 7, 2019

ADL sign-on letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo regarding reports that the Administration is considering resettling zero refugees in the United States in FY2020

June 25, 2019

ADL Submits Testimony for House Committee on Education and Labor Hearing "Do No Harm: The Misapplication of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act"

April 22, 2019

ADL statement in support of Equality Act House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services

December 10, 2018

Public Charge Comment

September 13, 2018

DOL OFCCP coalition Sign On Letter against government-funded discrimination

September 7, 2018

ADL Submits Testimony to House Financial Services Subcommittee on Terrorism and Illicit Finance

June 27, 2018

Organizations Seek Revocation of AG Decision in Matter of AB

June 19, 2018

ADL Letter to the Senate Opposing Ronald Mortensen

June 15, 2018

ADL Statement on Questions Regarding the US Census

ADL Letter to the Senate Opposing Gordan Giampietro

ADL Letter to the Senate Opposing Matthew Kacsmaryk 

ADL Letter to the Senate Opposing Howard Nielson

ADL Letter to the Senate Opposing Mark Norris

May 11, 2018

ADL Statement to the United States Commission on Civil Rights

April 24, 2018 

ADL Letter of Opposition to Senate on Stuart Kyle Duncan

January 18, 2018 

ADL Letter to the Senate Opposing Thomas Farr

November 1, 2017 

ADL Faith Letter to Congress in Response to DACA 

October 2, 2017

ADL Senate Judiciary Committee statement on DACA and the DREAM Act 

June 20, 2017 

ADL Statement to Senate Judiciary Regarding Campus Free Speech 

May 2, 2017

ADL Statement on Combating Religious Hate Crimes 

February 16, 2017 

ADL Statement Submitted to House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice hearings on "The State of Religious Liberty in America."

September 27, 2016

ADL to Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest: Do Not Cut Funding for Refugee Resettlement 

October 28, 2015

ADL Testimony on Social Media and the Rise of Terrorism 

June 10, 2015

ADL Submits Testimony to House Committee on Homeland Security 

March 24, 2015

ADL Testimony on Global Anti-Semitism  

June 24, 2014

ADL Testimony on Voting Rights Amendment  

December 19, 2012

ADL Letter to Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on School to Prison Pipeline 

February 13, 2013

ADL’s Testimony on Immigration Reform for Senate Judiciary Committee

1985 

ADL Testimony on Civil Liberties Act of 1985