119th Congress

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10) released the following statement after the Supreme Court struck down President Trump’s tariffs:

“I applaud the Supreme Court's decision and have said from the very beginning that President Trump's tariffs did not follow the law. What they did do was raise costs on every single American, making life harder and more expensive for everyone. 

The tariffs have also hurt small businesses, some of which have taken huge losses or simply closed down. And they hurt our economy, undermined our relationships around the world, and empowered our adversaries to take business opportunities from American companies. 

I will continue to fight policies like this that break the law and raise costs.”

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representatives Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10) and Jamie Raskin (MD-08) announced Sky and Amanda Roberts as their guests to President Donald Trump’s February 24 State of the Union Address. Sky and Amanda are the brother and sister-in-law, respectively, of the late Virginia Roberts Giuffre, a survivor of Jeffrey Epstein’s international trafficking ring. Ms. Roberts Giuffre was instrumental in bringing Epstein’s crimes to light and inspiring fellow survivors to speak out.

Sky and Amanda Roberts will watch from the gallery above the House Floor as the president delivers his speech. 

“Well before this Congressional investigation, Virginia Roberts Giuffre stood up against the rich and powerful, and gave a voice to the thousands of Epstein victims. Our investigation is about getting justice for the victims and ensuring something like this never happens again,” said Rep. Subramanyam. “The Trump administration is fighting our push for justice at every step with a cover up. It is an honor to bring Virginia Roberts Giuffre's family as our guests for the State of the Union to be a visible reminder to Trump that we're not giving in or giving up.”

“Virginia Roberts Giuffre bravely pursued justice for the victims and accountability for the perpetrators of the horrific crimes committed against girls and young women by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, and other upper-class abusers who took part in the pair’s vicious trafficking ring,” said Rep. Raskin. “I’m grateful Sky and Amanda Roberts accepted our offer to honor Virginia’s memory and lead a chorus of voices from across America and the world demanding truth and justice, the opposite of what Donald Trump and Pam Bondi have been working for in their shocking coverup.”

On November 18, the House passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Rep. Raskin led debate on the bill for House Democrats and he and Rep. Subramanyam voted in support of its passage. Since the legislation’s unanimous passage, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has remained uncooperative, failing to release the entire Epstein File. However, portions of the Epstein File the DOJ has released suggest deep ties between the president and Epstein.

Rep. Subramanyam, who is the Ranking Member of the Military and Foreign Affairs Oversight Subcommittee, wrote to Andrew Mountbatten Windsor last November. In the letter, the Congressman outlined Mountbatten Windsor’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein and demanded he cooperate with the Oversight Committee’s ongoing investigation. This week, the former Prince was arrested by British authorities in connection to Epstein.

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10) and U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) led a bicameral effort to pressure the Trump administration to provide a clear, categorical exemption for adopted children that would allow international adoptions to continue. Earlier this year, the administration announced that visa issuances would be paused for applications from 75 countries, claiming without evidence, that immigrants are a financial burden on Americans.

The members and senators said, “Following this abrupt policy change, we have heard grave concerns from constituents in the final stages of international adoptions that have been years in the making. These families have completed all required U.S. immigration, financial, and child-welfare vetting and have waited years for the opportunity to bring their children home. However, adoption visa protocols require immigrant visas, which are now on pause. As a result of this decision, these families’ plans to bring their children to the United States are facing uncertainty.”

The letter to the Department of State and Secretary of State Marco Rubio cites public reports that more than 300 international adoptions have already been disrupted or halted due to this policy change.

The members and senators continued, “While we have heard through correspondence with the Department that Americans going through the adoption process can qualify for an exception under the National Interest Exception, we strongly urge you to immediately officially establish categorical exemptions for adoption-related visas, consistent with long-standing U.S. practice, and transmit this information to the public, so these American families can unite with their children.”

The following members and senators joined Rep. Subramanyam and Sen. Kaine on the letter to the State Department: Senators Baldwin (WI), Blumenthal (CT), Booker (NJ), Coons (DE), Cortez-Masto (NV), Markey (MA), Merkley (OR), Padilla (CA), Van Hollen (MD), Warner (VA), Wyden (OR), and Representatives Beyer (VA), Davis (IL), Doggett (TX), Keating (MA), McClellan (VA), Moulton (MA), Scott (VA), and Walkinshaw (VA). 

The full letter can be found here and below.

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Dear Secretary Rubio,

On January 14, 2026, the Department of State announced that, effective January 21, 2026, the Department would be “pausing all visa issuances” for applications from 75 different countries. In the announcement, the Department stated, without evidence, that immigrants are a financial burden on Americans.

Following this abrupt policy change, we have heard grave concerns from constituents in the final stages of international adoptions that have been years in the making. These families have completed all required U.S. immigration, financial, and child-welfare vetting and have waited years for the opportunity to bring their children home. However, adoption visa protocols require immigrant visas, which are now on pause. As a result of this decision, these families’ plans to bring their children to the United States are facing uncertainty.

Public reports indicate that the State Department’s blanket refusal to issue visas for these children has already disrupted or halted international adoptions for approximately 300 U.S. families. The result is that children who are already legally part of U.S. families are forced to remain separated from their parents and siblings, often residing in orphanages or foster care placements abroad, with no clear timeline for reunification. This outcome is unprecedented and horrifying, particularly given that international adoption visas have historically been exempt from prior travel restrictions, national security suspensions, and processing pauses.

While the Department has stated that the rationale for pausing immigrant visa issuance is concern over public charge and financial burden, the application of this policy to adoption cases falls far outside of any asserted scope of the policy’s intent. Extensive screenings by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the State Department Consulates already ensure that adoptive families have demonstrated the ability to bear full financial responsibility for their children.

While we have heard through correspondence with the Department that Americans going through the adoption process can qualify for an exception under the National Interest Exception, we strongly urge you to immediately officially establish categorical exemptions for adoption-related visas, consistent with long-standing U.S. practice, and transmit this information to the public, so these American families can unite with their children. 

Thank you for your attention to this critical and time-sensitive matter.

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10), Ranking Member of the Military and Foreign Affairs Oversight Subcommittee, released the following statement after news of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor’s arrest: 

“Andrew Mountbatten Windsor has evaded justice for too long. He appears repeatedly in the documents we have uncovered as having knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein's crimes and is specifically named by victims as someone who engaged in wrongdoing. 

Yet he has continued to ignore our calls to cooperate with the Oversight Committee's investigation. We hope today's arrest will lead to answers and show that there will be accountability even if you hide, regardless of how rich and powerful you are.”

Last November, Ranking Member Subramanyam called on the former Prince to submit to questioning related to the Oversight Committee’s ongoing investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. Ranking Member Subramanyam and Oversight Committee Ranking Member Robert Garcia made a similar request to Lord Peter Mandelson last week. 

WASHINGTON, DC –  U.S. Representatives Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10) and Robert Garcia (CA-42), Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, wrote to Lord Peter Mandelson, the former British Ambassador to the U.S., to request that he submit to questioning by the Oversight Committee as part of the ongoing probe into Jeffrey Epstein, his accomplices, and enablers.

The members said, “While you no longer serve as British Ambassador to the United States and have stepped down from the House of Lords, it is clear that you possessed extensive social and business ties to Jeffrey Epstein and hold critical information pertaining to our investigation of Epstein’s operations. Given the appalling allegations regarding Epstein’s conduct, we request that you make yourself available for a transcribed interview with Committee staff regarding the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirators.”

In the letter, the members point out several instances where Lord Mandelson was photographed or mentioned in the 3.5 million files that have been released. These files include Mandelson messaging Epstein with insider information hours before European governments announced a 500-billion-euro deal, and Epstein transferring sizable sums of money to Mandelson and his partner. 

Reps. Subramanyam and Garcia made a similar request of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor last year.

Washington, DC – Congressman Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA-10) has re-introduced the No Funds for Forced Labor Act (H.R. 7516), a bipartisan, bicameral bill to prevent the ability for international financial institutions (IFIs) from providing support to any projects that risk using forced labor. This legislation encourages the opposition of IFI loans that pose significant risk of using forced labor, or occur in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), where a significant amount of evidence has shown a forced labor system of Uyghurs and ethnic minorities by the Chinese government.  

“U.S. taxpayer dollars have no business propping up companies that exploit forced labor,” said Rep. Subramanyam. “It is the responsibility of Congress to prevent our taxpayer funded resources from supporting forced labor systems, including state-influenced entities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. I am grateful to my predecessor Jennifer Wexton for her work last Congress to push this forward. I am also grateful to Chairman Moolenaar and Reps. Beyer (VA), Fitzpatrick (PA), Kim (CA), Krishnamoorthi (IL), McGovern (MA), Norton, and Nunn (IA) for joining me in this important effort to build on the great bipartisan work Congress has done to root out forced labor from our supply chains and work towards putting an end to this brutal practice.”

“The United States cannot condemn forced labor abroad while allowing American taxpayer dollars to support it in practice. No international loan backed by the United States should be tied to slave labor or state-sponsored abuses in Xinjiang. This bipartisan legislation ensures we use our leverage at international financial institutions to block those projects and demand real accountability,” said Rep. Zach Nunn (IA-03).

A 2022 report released by the Atlantic Council found that the International Financial Corporation (IFC), the private lending body of the World Bank, has provided at least $486 million in financing to companies in Xinjiang as part of the organization’s work to uplift the private sector in developing countries. The IFC, and other international financial institutions like it, receive funding from governments around the world, including U.S. taxpayer dollars. Through these IFI investments, American taxpayer dollars are benefitting companies who are participants in the Chinese government’s brutal forced labor of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities.

"Campaign for Uyghurs strongly supports the No Funds for Forced Labor Act, which would prevent U.S.-backed international financial institutions from funding projects at significant risk of modern slavery. This legislation complements the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act by ensuring that U.S. funding does not indirectly enable the CCP's state-imposed forced labor, thereby closing a critical gap in efforts to combat such exploitation. It breaks my heart that my sister, Dr. Gulshan Abbas, who has been unjustly imprisoned by the CCP for seven and a half years, could be one of the victims of this modern slavery. We commend Representative Subramanyam's leadership and urge Congress to pass this bill without delay,” said Rushan Abbas, Founder and Executive Director of Campaign for Uyghurs and Chairwoman of the World Uyghur Congress Executive Committee. 

"The U.S. should make it a priority to keep goods made with Uyghur forced labor out of global supply chains. By ensuring American tax dollars are not funneled through international institutions into abusive projects, Congressman Subramanyam's bill sends a strong message against the CCP's horrific human rights abuses,” added Omer Kanat, Executive Director, Uyghur Human Rights Project.

Subramanyam is a member of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China where he monitors the status of human rights and the rule of law in China. Earlier this year, Subramanyam introduced the bipartisan Uyghur Human Rights Protection Act to designate Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in XUAR as priority refugees and expedite their ability to apply for asylum in the United States. 

WASHINGTON, DC – The House Committee on Oversight sent two of Congressman Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10)’s bipartisan bills to the House floor after a bipartisan vote in the committee. One of the bills is the Federal Acquisition Security Council (FASC) Improvement Act (H.R. 7274), which would strengthen the FASC and make sure it has the necessary support and resources to carry out its mission.

“Protecting federal information technology systems from foreign adversary influence shouldn't be a partisan issue,” said Rep. Subramanyam. “This bill ensures we are not spending taxpayer dollars on technology or vendors tied to foreign adversaries who could compromise our systems. It’s a commonsense step for acquisition security and reducing risk across federal agencies.”

The FASC Improvement Act, introduced with Rep. William Timmons (R-SC), would move the FASC to the Executive Office of the President, establish a Program Office to support their operations, and broaden their authority. It would also increase the role of Congress in securing the supply chain by giving members a direct role in designating sources of concern to be investigated by the FASC.

Rep. Subramanyam’s second bill that passed out of the Oversight Committee is the Federal Improvement in Technology (FIT) Procurement Act (H.R. 4123), introduced with Rep. Eric Burlinson (R-MO). This bill will streamline federal procurement of technology, make it easier for small businesses to participate in federal contracting, and save millions in taxpayer dollars annually.

“The FIT Procurement Act delivers on our goal of improving government efficiency and modernizing federal systems,” said Rep. Subramanyam. “It raises the micro-purchase and simplified acquisition thresholds, which will allow federal agencies to move faster and not be delayed by outdated cost assumptions. By helping small businesses and saving the government money, this commonsense bill is a win-win.” 

After passing out of the Oversight Committee, the FASC Improvement Act and the FIT Procurement Act will receive a vote on the House floor in the coming months.