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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.
It is not dead, and we have to continue to press forward in this spirit, and out of reverence and respect for the life and legacy of Dr. King with the fierce urgency of now, until we can get the John Robert Lewis Voting Rights Act and the…
The right to vote is sacred. The right to vote is special. The right to vote is sacrosanct and central to the integrity of our democracy. There are people who died, lost their lives, she blood to make sure that black people and everyone in…
We do need to reform it, get rid of it. That is something that I believe will eventually happen.
It’s important to understand that Republicans have adopted voter suppression as an electoral technique, because they have come to the conclusion that the only way the radical right can consistently win elections is not through the contest…
Maya is exactly correct. And my Republican colleagues are talking out of both sides of their mouth. On the one hand, they want to elevate the life and legacy of Dr. King, but, on the other hand, they are denigrating his mission by failing…
The best is yet to come, and when we pass the Build Back Better Act, millions of good paying jobs are on the way, lower taxes for working families and lower costs in areas like child care and health care and affordable housing.
And I expected that absolutely could be the case. I mean, Donald Trump and all of the president`s men make Richard Nixon and his group look like choir boys.
The cult is totally out of control and we don`t have a functional two-party system in America right now. We`ve got Democrats. We`ve got a handful of reasonable Republicans, and then we`ve got people who continue to bend a knee to the cult…
What more does Kelvin McCarthy need to see? I mean, what more does this guy really need to see? He`s got Marjorie Taylor Greene completely out of control, Gosar out of control, Lauren Boebert out of control. They`re having a complete and…
Well this was a great day and a great week for the American people, a great week for the country, a great week for the Biden agenda as well as the House Democratic Caucus agenda.
If anyone can get this done in the Senate, it`s President Joe Biden, of course, in partnership with great leadership from Chuck Schumer.
I do believe that we need some SALT reform. And some of the public employee unions including the American Federation of Teachers, as well as the state and local and county employees actually support this effort that we`ve undertaken…
I do believe that all 50 of the senators are operating in good faith in terms of trying to land the plan. But what gives, I think many of us confidence in the House is that President Biden has given us his explicit commitment that what has…
We`ve had just a handful of objectives this year. Crushed the virus, and we made substantial progress in that area.
Not a single American who makes less than $400,000 is going to pay a dime in extra money in terms of taxes.
The bill will not add to any inflationary issues that we`re dealing with in America.
We started the week by President Biden signing the bipartisan infrastructure agreement. We`re going to fix our crumbling bridges, roads, tunnels, airports, mass transportation system, ensure access to high speed internet all across the…
I expect that we`ll hear from our speaker, Nancy Pelosi, to close out the debate, and then we will proceed to vote. This is a great week for the American people, a great week for the economy, and a great week for Joe Biden and the…
Part of the challenge that many of us have with this current extreme, right-wing Supreme Court is that, engineered by Mitch McConnell, he stole, not one, but two Supreme Court Justices--one from President Obama and the other from President…
There is no incest exception in the Texas so-called statute, is that correct?
The killing of a baby for the crimes of his or her father is never justice. In fact, that's injustice.
Under the Texas abortion ban, someone who misses that six-week window would be forced to carry their pregnancy to term, even if they were raped, is that correct?
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