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Hakeem Sekou Jeffries is an American lawyer and politician currently serving as the U.S. Representative for New York's 8th congressional district, a position he has held since January 3, 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Jeffries has been an influential figure in the House of Representatives, serving as the House Democratic Caucus Chair since 2019. He is known for his advocacy on issues such as criminal justice reform, healthcare, and economic equity.
Mr. Speaker, ``hands up, don't shoot'' is a rallying cry of people all across America who are fed up with police violence in community after community after community, fed up with police violence in Ferguson, in Brooklyn, in Cleveland, in…
Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous that all Members be given 5 days to revise and extend their remarks. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from New York? There was no objection.
this is not a group exemption. And I think that has just been a blanket misrepresentation.
there's no way that DHS can deport 11 million undocumented immigrants because it does not have the resources to do so
those are all individual factors that will be assessed by the Department of Homeland Security to determine eligibility.
I thank my friend, the distinguished gentleman from New York, for his very eloquent and thoughtful remarks, as always. And now it is my honor and my privilege to yield to a great civil rights leader, a former judge, the distinguished…
I thank the distinguished gentlelady from Texas for lending her powerful voice to this issue. We want a fair, impartial, and color-blind criminal justice system. But if we are honest with ourselves, that doesn't exist for all Americans…
I thank the distinguished gentleman from New York for his always eloquent and poignant observations. Let me now yield to one of my dynamic colleagues on the Judiciary Committee, the distinguished gentlewoman from Texas, Representative…
I thank the distinguished gentlewoman for her observations. Mr. Speaker, we are here as members of the Congressional Black Caucus to have an open, honest, and direct dialogue with America. In a democracy, there has to be a balance between…
I thank the distinguished gentleman from Texas for his very thoughtful and eloquent observations. I think it is so important that you pointed out the President's place in the context of his legacy relating to his election because I believe…
Thank you, Congresswoman Lee, for your very eloquent observations and for laying out a clear pathway as it relates to many of the challenges that we have got to confront here in America and certainly amongst those challenges that you spoke…
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