Barbara Lee: “I would now like to yield to the gentleman from Illinois, Representative Danny Davis.”

I want to thank the gentlewoman from Florida for yielding and for her tremendous and steady leadership in bringing us all together during these very important Congressional Black Caucus Special Order hours. Yes, Congresswoman Chisolm made…

I hope my colleagues on both sides of the aisle will join me in voting for the motion to recommit.

I strongly support Oakland’s ban on coal and will continue to fight against any attempts to bring coal shipments through our city.

Coach Beam spent four decades lifting up Oakland and mentoring our young people. Now we must honor his memory by continuing the hard work of ridding our community of gun violence. We owe it to every family shattered by this gun violence…