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Hakeem Jeffries

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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.

Jan 25, 2018

I ask that you call on the parties to successfully resolve this issue once and for all, so that our parties can finally be paid fairly for their work.

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Jan 25, 2018

If music has the power to bring together a conservative Republican from rural Georgia with a progressive Democrat from Brooklyn, New York, we should have the power to get something done on behalf of the music community.

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Jan 25, 2018

I think we are charged to do as members of the Judiciary Committee, who have responsibility for all things constitutional, in the context of the music space is really just to bring to life at this moment in time Article I, Section 8…

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Jan 25, 2018

All of these bills, at the end of the day, are really just designed to be consistent with a vision for this Nation that was present at the very founding of the Republic.

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Jan 25, 2018

It matters to our democracy and is our ultimate serious responsibility as Members of Congress.

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Jan 25, 2018

Those were the words of the Founders of this great country, who recognized it was important that the creative community deserved to be able to benefit from the fruits of their labor.

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Jan 9, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I thank the distinguished gentleman from California for yielding and for his forceful advocacy and brilliant articulation of the GOP tax scam and all that it represents. It really is a wolf in sheep's clothing. It is the…

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Jan 9, 2018

It is totally outrageous, and it is exactly why the gentleman's concern about what our colleagues may be attempting to do with respect to the infrastructure bill is real. Because what we have just seen is an effort to massively transfer…

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Jan 9, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I look forward continuing to work together for the gentleman's advocacy. We will dissect this tax bill for the American people, continue to discuss it, expose its fraudulent nature, and also lay out in clear terms the better…

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Jan 9, 2018

Absolutely. And I found this sort of whole discussion of trying to punish taxpayers in California, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Illinois, and Pennsylvania to benefit States in the Deep South or other parts of the country that already…

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Jan 9, 2018

Mr. Speaker, it certainly is the case that because of the GOP tax scam, because of the $1.5 trillion in additional debt that we, as a country, will now have to shoulder so that massive tax cuts can be provided to millionaires…

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