The House of Representatives passed a bill on Tuesday that would create a special envoy at the State Department to fight Islamophobia.
The "Combating International Islamophobia Act" addresses anti-Muslim violence around the world and was introduced by the two Democrats.
The bill was approved by every House Democrat on Tuesday.
"There are cynics who would rather see us divided on racial, ethnic, gender and religious lines because it suits their political agenda," she said on the House floor as she spoke in support of the bill. I believe that we should stand together against bigotry. The legislation is similar to the special envoy to combat anti-Semitism.
The White House supported the bill on Tuesday, highlighting the fact that it calls attention to instances of forced labor, reeducation, or the presence of concentration camps in China.
The vote was held up by the fact that Republican Lauren Boebert made Islamophobic comments against the bill's sponsor.
Progressives insist that Boebert's comments must be directly addressed.
Hakeem Jeffries, the chair of the House Democratic Caucus, called the bill an important step to deal with the dynamics that are in front of us.
Jeffries said during the news conference that he didn't think anything specific beyond the Islamophobia resolution had been ruled out. "That's still a discussion to be had as we move forward, but this is a decisive, important action to be taken today."
Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts introduced a resolution last week to strip Boebert of her committees, issuing an implicit warning to Democratic leadership that she and other progressives expect swift action.
Pressley said that action is to be complicit in Islamophobia. When asked by Insider about the lack of action so far on punishing Boebert directly, he sounded a conciliatory note.
"I don't think there's a lack of action," he said. "We're just trying to figure out how to strategically do this."
Boebert made Islamophobic comments about Omar.
Lauren Boebert paid her respects to former senator Bob Dole in the Rotunda of the Capitol.
Elizabeth Frantz is in the pool.
The bill's passage on Tuesday came amid widespread condemnation of Boebert's recent Islamophobic remarks, according to a video that surfaced on Thanksgiving.
Boebert told an uncorroborated tale about riding an elevator with a female lawmaker.
Boebert said that after a vote, she stepped onto an elevator with her friend, and that the Capitol Police officer ran towards the elevator with "fret all over his face." Boebert was confused about the encounter before he noticed that the woman was standing in the elevator with him.
She doesn't have a backpack. Boebert told the officer that they should be fine.
Boebert said that the Jihad squad decided to show up for work. The term "jihad squad" is a derogatory term for a group of progressive members of Congress who are all people of color.
Democrats have called on Republican leadership to discipline Boebert many times. Kevin McCarthy and Steve Scalise have not taken any action against Boebert, instead praising the congresswoman for her phone call after the video surfaced, which ended in Boebert calling her anti-Semitic.
In the wake of Boebert's comments, McCarthy spoke with the House Majority Leader, but stopped short of condemning them. The phone call appeared to be pointless, as Boebert said that she should make a public apology to the American people for her anti-American, anti-Semitic, anti- police rhetoric.
Boebert apologized to anyone in the Muslim community he offended with his comment.
The only two other Muslim members of Congress were at the press conference, where they played a voicemail of a graphic Islamophobic death threat she received after Boebert's remarks.
Republicans mocked the bill and downplayed the threat of Islamophobia, with one GOP member pushing a baseless claim that the bill had married her brother.
