Sydney Kamlager-Dove

I thank the Honorable Glenn Ivey for his very sobering remarks. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire as to how much time is remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Taylor). The gentlewoman from California has 16 minutes remaining.

I am so grateful to be a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, and I want to just share some of my own stories coming from my district and also my experience. I was in that Judiciary Committee where we had the hearing on immigration…

I thank the gentleman from Rhode Island for his remarks. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire how much time is remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman has 8 minutes remaining.

I again want to add my thanks to Representative Glenn Ivey for talking about healthcare and the fact that this administration has been cutting grants to the National Institutes of Health and cutting clinical trials. Over the weekend, I was…

I thank the Honorable Jasmine Crockett for her remarks and for always keeping it real. I will reiterate some of the things that she said, which is that this administration has been targeting Black Americans, possibly because they are so…

I thank the Honorable Lucy McBath from the great State of Georgia for her remarks, and I am grateful that she talked about DOGE because the reality is that DOGE has not found any substantive evidentiary fraud in all of their work these…

I thank Congresswoman Brown from Ohio for her remarks. As you can see, Congresswoman Brown was breaking it down, she was keeping it real, and she was bringing the receipts. That is what the Congressional Black Caucus does each and every…

It is with great honor that I rise today to coanchor this Congressional Black Caucus Special Order hour, along with the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Brown), my distinguished colleague. For the next 60 minutes, members of the CBC have an…

Juli Shamash’s strength and tireless advocacy led to California’s requirement for emergency rooms to include fentanyl in their drug screenings.

We recognise that this is an unprecedented moment.

These are not normal times, and the black caucus is not interested in being predictable or polite in this moment.

Through walking out, my message to Donald Trump is simple: stop the lies, stop the cheating, and stop the stealing - enough is enough. The American people deserve better.

There’s only so much bullshit a person can tolerate.

There’s only so much bulls--- a person can tolerate.

There is a longstanding allyship between the Black and Asian communities in L.A. exemplified by the Holiday Bowl, once located in the heart of my district. Founded by five Japanese Americans in 1957, the Holiday Bowl served everyone but…

GOP lawmakers ‘running into the shadows, away from the truth’ of DOGE cuts

Unlike Donald Trump, I have no bacon or beef with Canada, but as an Angeleno I do have beef with a certain someone from The Six. That beef officially ended at the Grammys in my district on Saturday night. Kendrick Lamar put the final nail…

I was absent today during rollcall No. 7 due to the windstorms and ongoing fires affecting my district. Had I been present, I would have voted NAY on Roll Call No. 7.

The MAPWaters Act would improve the standardization and public access to information about Federal waterway restrictions, Federal waterway access and navigation, and Federal fishing restrictions. By standardizing and digitizing this…

As someone who represents Tribal communities in Los Angeles County who also seek recognition, it is tough stuff when Tribal Nations are fighting with one another. I hope that we can find a ``both/and'' rather than an ``either/or'' to many…

I give thanks and appreciation to the gentlewoman from Florida for holding it down during this Special Order hour for the CBC, and I thank the gentleman from Illinois for doing the same. Mr. Speaker, today, we stand on the shoulders of a…

In fact, Mr. Chair, we support 18 of the 22 sections of the bill. However, without additional changes, the bill includes harmful provisions that go beyond what the wildfire commission recommended. Despite 148 opportunities for consensus…

H.R. 7053 would make this emissions testing and prioritization of environmental justice communities optional for states receiving Federal grant dollars.

Orphaned wells are incredibly important to me.

So, I would say that the short answer is holding everyone accountable, and we certainly want that.