The
bill, authored by Representative Ilhan Omar, would create a
special envoy for monitoring and combating Islamophobia, and
include state-sponsored anti-Muslim violence in the department's
annual human rights reports.
The House Rules committee will discuss and vote on the bill
Tuesday, a key step before it can advance to the full House.
That comes just a few weeks after video emerged showing
first-term Republican Representative Lauren Boebert calling
Omar, a Muslim who was born in Somalia, a member of a "jihad
squad."
That comment led to calls by Democrats for a vote to strip
Boebert of her committee assignments, and some criticism by
fellow Republican Representative Nancy Mace.
(Reporting by Moira Warburton; Editing by Scott Malone and Bill
Berkrot)
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