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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.
Madam Speaker, we have a humanitarian crisis at our border that challenges the capacity of the United States of America to address it from both a resource perspective and from a compassionate perspective. Tens of thousands of unaccompanied…
the effort to hold financial institutions accountable for their actions and to make sure that consumers in the United States of America and those that we represent aren't harmed by reckless behavior, seems to be an appropriate thing for…
I would just note for the record that we are preparing to sue the President based on alleged lawlessness.
I find it ironic, there is a lot of concern about lawlessness in this town and in this institution.
Balance is, I think, the key to this--to everything, is having the proper balance.
The larger banks are still getting bigger, and they are still too-big-to-fail.
I want to particularly say, though, that I am supporting, and think that H.R. 3240, by Mr. Pittenger; H.R. 3374, by Mr. Kilmer; H.R. 4626, by the Chair; and H.R. 5062, by my friend, Mr. Perlmutter--all the bills, I think, bipartisan, we…
I have stated that I have concerns about the way Operation Choke Point has impacted some of the legal entities that have operated within the law.
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