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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 18h

For too long, Black and brown communities have been subjected to discriminatory practices at the hands of our own government without proper accountability or acknowledgement. That legacy of racial inequality continues today as the Admin. kills American citizens & terrorizes immigrant communities.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hearing the lived experiences of people whose family members and neighbors were murdered by ICE - and the dehumanization, coverups, and lies that their own government pushed in the aftermath, was absolutely heartbreaking.

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Mark DeSaulnier @repmarkdesaulnier.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Proud to partner with fellow Bay Area member @replsimon.bsky.social to introduce a bill, inspired by the case of the Port Chicago 50, to ensure marginalized communities who were harmed by the federal government have a path to rectify these injustices and demand accountability.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

To close out Congressional Black Caucus week, I hosted a breakfast for constituents in town. We came together to remember that our history wasn’t inherited easily. It was carved in sacrifice, in imagination, in refusal. We belong to a lineage of Dellums & Lee, of Black Panthers, of freedom fighters.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This week, I joined my House and Senate Democratic colleagues to hear the testimony of people close to individuals who have been murdered by ICE agents and continue to demand accountability.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My health policy staffer, Addy, recently joined vision advocates to discuss the importance of vision care, our office's fight for disability justice in Congress, and innovative policies we can partner on to advance the fight for accessible care and resources for people with visual impairments.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Like many people in our district and across the country, I am deeply concerned about the rapid proliferation of data centers and the enormous energy demands they require.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I am so proud of the home care workers who have taken the historic first step to organize and fight for living wages, dignity, and strong Medicaid home care for all. This vote signals a shift in how care is recognized and supported in our country.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Wishing a meaningful fast to those observing Yom Kippur in CA-12 and across the country.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This week, I introduced my SEVENTH bill to help support small businesses. The "504 Program Level Flexibility Act," would give the SBA flexibility to raise the level of financing available in the 504 loan program during times of high demand.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

California has long led the nation in protecting the health of our communities & cleaning up pollution from our ports and waterways. H.J.Res. 210 and H.J.Res. 213 would undermine California’s authority to require cleaner harbor craft, including ferries, tugboats, & workboats operating in our waters.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Today, I am voting NO on the Senate amendment to H.R. 5334, the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act, because the bill grants unnecessary sweeping new tariff authorities to the Executive Branch that could result in escalation.

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Inequality Media @inequalitymedia.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

"As we act, let us not become the evil that we deplore." 25 years ago today, Barbara Lee delivered this prescient warning — and cast the sole "No" vote — against the post-9/11 forever war.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Today is National Voter Registration Day! Your vote is your voice. Stay engaged and visit registertovote.ca.gov to check your voter registration and register yourself and your friends + family!

registertovote.ca.gov

Online Voter Registration | California Secretary of State :: California Secretary of State

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Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus @capac.house.gov · 15/09/2026

Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander women earn as little as 67 cents for every $1 paid to white, non-Hispanic men. This #NHPIWomensEqualPayDay, we’ll recommit to fighting for equality, strong worker protections, and opportunities to build economic security for NHPI women.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Recently, we welcomed Frontier back to Oakland and celebrated nonstop service from Oakland to Las Vegas at prices people can actually afford. As a member of the House Small Business Committee, I am especially committed to the economic success and vitality of Oakland.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It was a pleasure to join the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Port of Oakland, representatives for Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff, Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee, and Alameda Mayor Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft to announce the design agreement for the Oakland Harbor Turning Basins Widening Project.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Attention CA12 students! The deadline to submit an application for a service academy nomination is October 30th. If you're interested in a nomination, please visit the link in our bio or go to simon.house.gov/services/military-academy-nominations.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

L’Shana Tova to all celebrating Rosh Hashanah. May this new year bring peace, health, and prosperity for neighbors in the Bay Area and beyond.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🚨Attention CA12 students🚨 The deadline to submit your project is 10/26. There are so many brilliant young minds in the East Bay, and I cannot wait to see the projects that you create! Think of an idea, write the code, and submit your app at simon.house.gov/services/congressional-app-challenge.

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House Democrats @housedemocrats.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Today, our nation remembers the lives lost on September 11, 2001 and honors the survivors, first responders and families whose lives were forever changed. Their sacrifice will never be forgotten.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Have you ever wondered what it's like to intern in a Congressional district office? My incredible interns in Oakland peeled back the curtain to show you what a typical day looks like. Keep an eye on on simon.house.gov/internships later this fall season for info on paid spring semester internships!

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Reports from Mr.Coxon's and other experts raising the alarm about the safety and capability of frontier AI models are deeply alarming.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

It was an honor to meet the eight brilliant HBCU undergraduate students who spent the summer at @innovativegenomics.bsky.social labs across the UC system at part of the UC-HBCU Rising Stars program! They are working on the cutting edge of technology.

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Oversight Dems @oversightdemocrats.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

🔥 @replsimon.bsky.social calls out extreme Republicans for trying to dismantle the 14th Amendment. We know what happens when the government picks which people born on American soil get to be citizens, and we cannot let it happen again.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

It’s Labor Day. In 1946, 400 clerks at Kahn’s & Hastings m–most of them women– walked out after a worker was fired for joining a union. When police escorted scab trucks through the picket line, trolley operators left their cars sitting in the street. Longshoremen came off the docks in solidarity.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Last weekend, I stopped by the Berkeley Flea Market where I spent the afternoon browsing locally-made goods, listening to great music, meeting local business owners and community members, and trying some delicious food!

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I joined Reps. Al Green and Bonnie Watson Coleman in demanding the Department of Housing and Urban Development stop proposed funding changes that threaten the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) and local fair housing organizations.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Thank you to all of the neighbors who joined me at our Town Hall in Piedmont. Your concerns and perspectives are invaluable to me as I vote and fight for our district in D.C.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Welcome to Congress and the California delegation, Representative Wahab!

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Gloria Steinem was a trailblazing organizer who devoted each breath of her life to securing a better future for women and girls in this country and beyond. She is one of the reasons I am here in this chamber today. Thank you, Gloria, for all that you gave to the world.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

As President Trump continues his lawless war in Iran, the costs keep rising on working people. Instead of ending the war, advocating for their constituents as they were elected to do, and working to lower costs - Congressional Republicans are scapegoating Black and brown people and immigrants.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Trump is doing everything possible to attack mail in voting - from trying to ram the SAVE Act through Congress to creating a new ballot-screening system that will make it harder to process mail-in ballots. Our elders fought with blood, sweat, and tears for our right to vote.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Hey East Bay! Are you seeking assistance with a federal agency? My team's mobile office hours are back! Stop by the Native American Health Center on Wednesday September 2nd from 3:30-5PM to talk to caseworkers from Team Simon who can advise and assist you.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Republicans claim to care about children & families - then turn around & write discrimination into law. They gutted the Dept. of Ed, slashed funding for SNAP & Social Security, enacted brutal & traumatizing family separation & lock children away in trailer prisons with subpar food, air, &healthcare.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

While Republicans carry out an illegal war in Iran, lawlessly attack immigrant communities, & undermine the electoral process – I cannot vote to give a single cent to the Trump Admin. I will not keep the machinery moving at the expense of the dignity, justice, and people we were elected to serve.

Congresswoman Simon’s Vote on the Continuing Resolution

“Today I voted against H.R. 6500, the continuing resolution which would continue to fund President Trump and Congressional Republicans’ deeply harmful and authoritarian agenda.

“I thank House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro for her work to improve House Republicans’ initial continuing resolution, specifically for securing provisions to prohibit immigration enforcement funding and to temporarily block the proposed Office of Management and Budget rule that would empower Trump Administration officials to discriminate against Federal grant recipients based solely on their political viewpoints.

“However, at a time when Republicans are carrying out an illegal war in Iran, lawlessly attacking immigrant communities, and undermining the democratic electoral process – I cannot vote to give a single cent to the Trump Administration.

I will not keep the machinery moving at the expense of the dignity, justice, and people we were elected to serve.”

- Lateefah Simon

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

If Chairman Comer can subpoena a witness to testify in front of the House Oversight Committee on immigration issues, then he can certainly subpoena AG Todd Blanche to testify about the Trump Administration's cover-up of the Epstein Files.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I was honored to be among the hundreds of folks who came out to the East Oakland Collective for Feed the Hood 38, packing lunches and hygiene kits for our unhoused brothers and sisters across East Oakland, in honor of Digital Underground and the legacy of the legend Shock G.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

This National Black Business Month and beyond, and as a member of the Small Biz Committee, I am always working to uplift and resource our local minority-owned businesses. Take a look our team’s recent visits to Black-owned businesses in the East Bay and share a few of your favorites down below!

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Join me for a town hall September 8th at 6:00 PM in Emeryville. Please RSVP at simon.house.gov/RSVP to recieve location information and arrival instructions. I can't wait to hear from you all, see you there!

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The California legislature just passed AB 2599, the Truth In Disclosure Act. AB 2599 is a historic bill spearheaded by the California Reparations Task Force that would require corporations to disclose current and past ties to slave labor.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

A vote is a voice, and Trump is trying with all his might to silence our voices using the Supreme Court. This corrupt President can’t take away our hard-won rights. We need meaningful SCOTUS reform - term limits, stronger ethics & accountability standards, & an exploration into expanding the Court.

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Supreme Court sides with Trump administration on mail voting restrictions ahead of midterms

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority didn’t decide the legality of Trump’s order, instead ruling that states who sued did not have the legal right to challenge it.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I fought for and am proud to announce $850,000 in federal Community Project Funding for the City of Berkeley to design new public open spaces along Adeline Street, including a new main plaza adjacent to the Ashby Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station.

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Igor #IStandWithUkraineTregub he/him @igortregub.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Thank you @replsimon.bsky.social for securing $850K for the creation of a new community plaza near the Ashby Bay Area Rapid Transit station and expand open space along #adeline. Proud to stand with this beloved community as we continue to build a #berkeley we can ALL call home!

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

It was a pleasure to join a group of incredible Muslim sisters working on Capitol Hill and in politics for Islamic Scholarship Fund’s Hijab on the Hill event! Your voices and the work you all are doing is so important. I can't wait to see what these incredible changemakers do next!

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Thank you to everyone who attended my town hall in Alameda on Thursday and for to sharing your concerns and perspectives. Your voices guide my work in Washington, and I will continue to fight for resources for our communities and uplift the voices of every person who calls the East Bay home.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I've been busy in Washington over the past few months protecting against the Trump Administration's abuses of power, fighting the illegal war in Iran, standing up for healthcare access, and more. Take a look at what I've been up to.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

It is my absolute pleasure to introduce you all to Caroline, our Congressional Art Competition Winner from Oakland. Her piece "Connected Roots, Shared Future" is now hanging in the United States Capitol alongside pieces from other talented young artists from across the nation.

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