Yvette Clarke: “I want to join in Congressman Rose's request for a district-by-district contracting assessment and plan.”

Let me thank my colleagues, Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, Congressman Jonathan Jackson, the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus Steven Horsford, and my colleagues in the Congressional Black Caucus for this opportunity to…

The typical reason is the same as for most migrants, for work or a better life.

We are here today because Republicans are demagoguing and exploiting the xenophobic and white supremacist ideologies that are fueling the immigration debate in this Nation.

let me add my voice to that of those who have thanked both Representative Gillen and, of course, Representative Pressley for their leadership and their stewardship in bringing us to this day. Mr. Speaker, I rise on this day as just one out…