Thank you, Congresswoman Plaskett, for educating our public on the challenges people on the Islands face. Your words are so pertinent as we go to Selma to remember the events of 50 years ago. Mr. Speaker, it is now my distinct honor to call to the podium the gentleman from New York, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries,
On the recordMarch 2, 2015
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