I do think that it is another data point on the journey in America, which is we are a government of the people, by the people and for the people. And that means that folks from a working-class neighborhood in central Brooklyn like myself should have an opportunity to participate in American governance, particularly in the House of Representatives.
Hakeem Jeffries reflects on his role as the first African American to lead a party in Congress and its significance.
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