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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.
The House of Representatives is a separate and coequal branch of government. And yet, House Republicans refuse to investigate the swamp of corruption that is percolating at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Michael Flynn has resigned in disgrace…
He spent 5 years perpetrating the racist lie that Barrack Obama was not born in the United States.
He regularly attacks the legitimacy of the news media, the so-called fourth estate.
It's amazing to me that we have a President who was helped by the Russians in terms of his election.
There is a swamp of corruption that's percolating at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
I thank the distinguished gentlewoman from the Virgin Islands for her very kind remarks and for yielding and for the tremendous job that she and my classmate, Marc Veasey, have done in leading this CBC Special Order hour over this 115th…
And one of the ways that we can deal with the labor force moving forward is to make sure that our immigration policies continue to welcome individuals who come to America.
Barack Obama was able to lead an economic turnaround without an ounce of cooperation from the other side
So, there was a comprehensive immigration reform bill that I think was passed by the Senate in 2013.
I think that the economy has been working ever since the turnaround that we engineered by the previous President 8 years ago.
I believe the CBO studied that particular piece of legislation and concluded that over about a 20 year period it will reduce the deficit I think by $700 billion.
the statement about getting the economy working again I think perhaps is inaccurate as a snapshot of what actually has occurred over the last 8 years
This is a sad day in the history of this country as Republicans begin the process of destroying health care in America. ``Repeal and replace'' is just a slogan. It is not a solution. For more than 6 years, we have been waiting for a…
I thank my distinguished colleague and classmate, Representative Marc Veasey, for his leadership today; and the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, Representative Cedric Richmond, for convening us and for the leadership that he has…
I thank my distinguished colleague and good friend from the Third Congressional District (Mrs. Beatty). She is always elegant, eloquent, and effervescent, an erudite, anchor of the CBC Special Order who has made us all proud in the manner…
This is not a legitimate impeachment hearing. This is a political charade, it is a sham, it is a Hollywood-style production.
It is a dereliction of duty, it is the only reason why we are here today, and it is a waste of the time and the treasure of the American people.
Don't walk to the polls. Don't jog to the polls. Run to the polls, to make sure this hater is not elected as the next president of the United States of America.
Thank you for those very thoughtful observations. Perhaps I will end by talking for a moment or so about the progress that we have made under a former member of the Congressional Black Caucus who was a Senator from Illinois and here in the…
I mentioned during my remarks that we have been on this journey of the 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution to try to guarantee the right to vote, regardless of race, coming out of the oppression of chattel slavery. And then we…
I thank the distinguished gentlewoman from the great Lone Star State for her eloquent words and observations and, of course, for her leadership not just in the Congress, but for her past leadership as a distinguished former chair of the…
I thank the distinguished gentlewoman from Ohio for laying out both the history of the Congressional Black Caucus as well as documenting what current membership continues to do and breaks new ground here in the House of Representatives on…
It is with great honor that I rise today once again to help coanchor, along with my distinguished colleague Representative Joyce Beatty, this Congressional Black Caucus Special Order hour where, for the next 60 minutes, we have an…
I am really concerned when I see the human rights groups and others denying individuals the opportunity to talk, et cetera.
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