Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I thank both Congressman Jackson and Congresswoman Cherfilus-McCormick for their leadership and for co-chairing and co- anchoring tonight's Special Order hour for the Congressional Black Caucus. To the previous speaker and my classmate, Representative Donald Payne, I am grateful for his tremendous leadership and personal lived experience on this very important topic. I am grateful for so many of the other members of the CBC who have spoken on the importance of recognizing November as National Diabetes Awareness Month and have highlighted the disparate impact that diabetes has on the Black community. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Black Americans are 60 percent more likely than White Americans to be diagnosed with diabetes by a physician. Additionally, the health outcomes of Black Americans diagnosed with diabetes are worse than the outcomes experienced by White Americans. Black Americans are 2.5 times more likely to be hospitalized from long-term complications, 3.2 times more likely to be diagnosed with end-stage renal disease, and twice as likely to die from this disease. We know that the rate of diagnoses among Black Americans is on the rise. Over the past two decades, the prevalence of type 2 diabetes for Black and Hispanic youth has increased by 95 percent.…”