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.
Feb 24, 2016
Compelling United States companies to violate, potentially as you have acknowledged, United States law by disclosing email content of non-U.S. citizens could possibly place United States businesses at a competitive disadvantage.
Feb 24, 2016
Congress, in light of the silence that you have acknowledged at least as it relates to the Stored Communications Act, should step into the void to clarify the situation for all parties involved?
Feb 24, 2016
At the end of the day, in the absence of congressional action, at least as it relates to the specific circumstance that I laid out, is it fair to say that we could put a United States company in the position of providing email content…
Feb 9, 2016
I would hope that we would also focus then on what else needs to be done, because we do need to make sure that--especially those individuals who were victimized by the financial crises.
Feb 9, 2016
My focus then is we had, and I guess because of what took place in the past, in 1977 we passed the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA).
Feb 1, 2016
Mr. Speaker, I thank the distinguished gentlewoman from Ohio, Representative Beatty, my good friend, for those very kind words and, of course, for her tremendous leadership in anchoring and shepherding us here this evening in the same…
Feb 1, 2016
It is a great question. Unfortunately sort of the arc of history here in this great country of ours is that whenever progress has been made it has been followed by a backlash. Progress was made with the Reconstruction amendments. It was…
Jan 11, 2016
I thank the distinguished gentlewoman for the tremendous work you continue to do on the Judiciary Committee. I look forward to partnering with you. As you point out, the Second Amendment protects the right to bear arms. It should not…
Jan 11, 2016
I yield to the gentlewoman from the Virgin Islands (Ms. Plaskett), a dynamic new Member of the House.
Jan 11, 2016
I thank my good friend and colleague for a very powerful presentation and for pointing out the sensibility of supporting all of the President's efforts, but particularly as they relate to the ATF, which is the Federal agency charged with…
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