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WASHINGTON – The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights issued the following statements from civil rights leaders and census experts regarding the U.S. Census Bureau’s release of data that states and localities will use to redraw electoral district boundaries. The leaders call on government officials to ensure the data, which indicate the nation is growing more diverse, is accurately used for the fair allocation of political representation to all communities, as mandated by Congress.

WASHINGTON – Wade Henderson, interim president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the below statement following the Senate’s vote to advance the nomination of Veronica Rossman to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit:

WASHINGTON – Wade Henderson, interim president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the below statement following the Senate’s vote to confirm Judge David G. Estudillo to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington:

WASHINGTON — Wade Henderson, interim president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement on the Senate introduction of the Freedom to Vote Act:

WASHINGTON – Wade Henderson, interim president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement after the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing on the nominations of Justice Beth Robinson to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and Jennifer Sung to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit:

WASHINGTON – Wade Henderson, interim president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement on the twentieth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001:

Washington, DC — In response to the recommendations presented to Congress by the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Department of Justice (DOJ) on behalf of the Biden-Harris administration, civil rights and drug policy reform leaders, advocates, and experts including The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and Drug Policy Alliance issued the following response, attributable to Maritza Perez, Director of the Office of National Affairs at the Drug Policy Alliance:

WASHINGTON – Gaylynn Burroughs, senior policy counsel at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the below statement on the Supreme Court’s failure to block Texas’ extreme 6-week abortion ban, SB8: