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Jamaal Anthony Bowman is an American politician and educator currently serving as the U.S. Representative for New York's 16th congressional district, a position he has held since January 3, 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, Bowman has focused on issues such as education, healthcare, and social justice throughout his political career. He previously worked as a middle school principal and has been an advocate for equity in education and community development.
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June 26, 2025
If your colleagues would listen and try to learn and engage and grow, and stop being so hateful, we could have a better country, but unfortunately we’re still here.
— Jamaal Bowman
You can’t be calm about this! I’m a black man in America! The reason why heart disease and cancer and obesity and diabetes are bigger in the black community is because of the stress we carry from having to deal with being called the N-word…
One hundred percent. Absolutely. Democrats are in a crisis right now. They're on life support. They have a testicular fortitude problem. They are not fighting nearly as hard as they need to fight for the American people as was seen last…
Our priorities during this dictatorship and this oligarchy are completely strewed up. It's a military industrial complex. It's a corporatocracy, and it's Elon Musk who is stealing from the government, going into federal offices…
We are sitting here on March -- what is this -- whatever date it is, talking about a potential war with China on the same day that the Department of Education was shut down and hungry, poor children across this country may not be able to…
This shows, again, the American people do not trust Elon Musk, and Elon Musk is incompetent in his position.
He's incompetent, he's a thief, he's a Nazi, and people don't trust him. Period.
Free speech is free speech. Brother Khalil did not engage in any crime, did not hurt anyone physically. Free speech is free speech. And it's under attack under this dictatorship.
This is absolutely a conflict of interest, but the Trump administration and Elon Musk, they don't care.
There's still no evidence of beheaded babies or raped women -- Seventy-five years of military occupation.
We are going to show the (EXPLETIVE DELETED) AIPAC the power of mother (EXPLETIVE DELETED) South Bronx.
Our kids live in segregated communities. You have white kids living with white kids, black kids living with black.
Geothermal energy technology allows us to utilize the warmth naturally captured in the subsurface of the Earth to produce clean energy.
It is critical that we continue to fund these Federal investments in climate science.
But as we work to transition to a new clean energy system, we must build in principles of equity and justice at every step of the process.
Understanding the natural processes of the Earth and how we can sustainably harness its resources is essential to human well-being.
I am pleased to see President Biden's Administration embrace geothermal energy, and I'm proud to have joined with my colleagues here on the Science Committee to support efforts to advance the technology.
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