Yvette Clarke: “I am concerned about vulnerabilities and the war footing of our Nation, and we haven't discussed that as a Nation in a…”

Let me first start by thanking Jennifer McClellan of Virginia and Jim Clyburn of South Carolina for anchoring this evening's Special Order hour on behalf of the Congressional Black Caucus. I rise on this day in opposition to President…

We treat everybody the same. It doesn't matter where they come from.

Let me thank my dear colleague, Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, along with her partner, Congressman Jonathan Jackson, for anchoring this evening's Special Order hour honoring Shirley Chisolm. Mr. Speaker, I rise today on this…

Our victory—while monumental—does not change the truth that this war never should have began, and never would have began, had the president not disgraced America and our laws to ensure that it did.