Rep. Ilhan Omar gets a leadership seat within Foreign Affairs Committee

On Thursday, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), announced her new leadership role on a subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee that oversees global health and human rights issues and African foreign affairs.

Omar will serve as Vice-Chair of the subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Global Human Rights. The subcommittee has jurisdiction over disaster assistance, human rights and international health issues, and oversight for the American Red Cross, the Peace Corps, and regional lending institutions.

โ€œUpholding basic human rights around the world is a core priority for me and the Fifth District of Minnesota,โ€ Omar said in a statement. โ€œWhen we prioritize endless war and conflict over protecting and investing in our communities here at home, we all suffer. As someone who represents a large African diaspora community and the first African-born immigrant to serve in Congress, I am particularly excited to play a leadership role in overseeing our international aid and foreign policy on the continent. Amidst a global pandemic that devastated peopleโ€™s livelihoods everywhere, it is important to make sure that the most vulnerable in Minnesota and around the world are getting access to much-needed aid and medicine.โ€

Omar, who is a Somali-born U.S. immigrant, previously served on the Africa, Global Health, and Global Human Rights subcommittee during her first term. Minnesotaโ€™s Fifth District covers a large portion of Minneapolis, and the stateโ€™s Twin Cities area is home to the largest Somali community in the U.S., according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

Omarโ€™s rise to the subcommitteeโ€™s vice chair position comes as she has faced criticism for past remarks, including ones in reference to the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. In a 2019 speech at a fundraising event for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Omar described the 9/11 terror attacks as โ€œsome people did something.โ€ The 9/11 attacks resulted in the deaths of about 3,000 Americans.

By Ryan Morgan

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