I love doing the work of consensus building.

I hope it will mean something to Black Americans.

Our government, regardless of who occupies the Oval Office, has a moral and legal obligation to provide reparations for the enslavement of Africans and its lasting harm on Black communities.

I’m working actively to blunt the assaults from a hostile administration that means harm to everyone that calls this country home, but will have a disparate impact on Black Americans.

We find ourselves in a moment of emboldened white supremacy and anti-Black racism, and a weaponized Supreme Court that is actively gutting protections and progress that has been made.

I think it’s really important in these times that we call a thing a thing. We’re in a moment of anti-Blackness on steroids, and we refuse to be silent.

We have a hostile administration working actively to roll back decades of progress and more recent progress when it comes to our civil rights.

We’ll be advocating for support on and off of the Hill.

There’s always been a large movement and coalition around H.R. 40.

I hope it will mean something to Black Americans, and I hope that it will mean something to people of conscience, who care about the work of truth and reconciliation and healing.

Good morning and happy Black History Month. Black history is American history, so I rise today to give a history lesson. I think, at moments of inflection for our country, history provides a critical contextualizing. In order to go…

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