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Terri Sewell

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Terri Sewell is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Alabama's 7th congressional district since 2011. She is the first African American woman elected to Congress from Alabama. Sewell has focused on issues such as economic development, education, and healthcare throughout her tenure. She is a member of the Democratic Party and has been an advocate for civil rights and voting access.

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Mar 7, 2023

Today, I rise to join with my CBC colleagues in commemorating the 58th anniversary of Bloody Sunday and to call on my colleagues to take action to protect our most valuable and sacred right to vote. As the daughter of Selma, Alabama, it…

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Mar 7, 2023

I have a bill called the Leveling the Playing Field Act which would counter the PRC's cross-border subsidies and other anti-free-market economic tools.

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Mar 7, 2023

I'm particularly concerned about the People's Republic of China's Belt and Road Initiative and their footprint in South America, in particular.

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Mar 6, 2023

Irrespective of your wealth, your race, your gender, we all want to achieve the American dream.

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Mar 6, 2023

This hearing is about the state of the American economy. Not the Democratic economy. Not the Republican economy. It is the American economy.

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Mar 6, 2023

It was a global pandemic. It was not a hoax. A million people died.

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May 12, 2022

I proudly rise today to join the city of Selma, Alabama, in celebrating May 14, 2022, as Dr. Bernard LaFayette Jr. Day, honoring the extraordinary contributions of civil rights leader, activist, and advocate of nonviolence Reverend Dr…

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Jan 19, 2022

This great Nation was founded on a fundamental promise, a promise that, as Americans, we shall all have a say in the decisions that affect our lives. But as you know, this Nation has not always lived up to that promise. Indeed, the story…

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Jan 13, 2022

As you know, voting rights are personal to me. It was in my hometown in 1965 on a bridge in Selma, Alabama, where John Lewis and the foot soldiers shed blood for the equal right of all Americans to vote. Fifty-six years later old battles…

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Dec 1, 2021

Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 389. members recorded pursuant to house resolution 8, 117th congress Barragan (Beyer) Bucshon (Walorski) Bustos (Brownley) Cardenas (Soto) Casten (Foster) Crist (Wasserman…

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Oct 25, 2021

I want to thank the illustrious chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, Joyce Beatty, for her leadership. I want to thank Richie Torres for leading us in this Special Order hour. Nothing could be more profound in this hour than to be…

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Aug 24, 2021

In conclusion, I want to thank the chairman of this committee, Chairman Nadler; the chairman of the subcommittee, Steve Cohen; the chairwoman of the House Administration Committee, Representative Zoe Lofgren; as well as G.K. Butterfield…

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