Yvette Clarke: “It is with great honor that I rise today to anchor this CBC Special Order hour. I would like to thank our Congressional…”

“It is with great honor that I rise today to anchor this CBC Special Order hour. I would like to thank our Congressional Black Caucus chairman, Representative Cedric Richmond of Louisiana, for his leadership in this effort. For the next hour, we have an opportunity to speak directly to the American people about issues of great importance to the Congressional Black Caucus and the 78 million constituents we represent. Tonight's Special Order hour theme is High Stakes on the High Court: Justice Hanging in the Balance. As one-fourth of the Democratic Caucus, we are emphatic in our opposition of Donald Trump's USA Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh. During the 2016 election, a then-candidate Trump, in his sole attempt to appeal to African American voters, asked: ``What do you have to lose?'' Well, it turns out, my fellow Americans, we have so much to lose. In fact, we have lost already under Donald Trump. Every time Donald Trump and the congressional Republicans undermine and sabotage healthcare, Black and Brown folks lose. When congressional Republicans and Donald Trump give their billionaire donors and the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans such a massive tax cut and then raise taxes on low and middle class families, working class families, Black and Brown folks, lose. When Donald Trump threatened temporary protected status, TPS, Black and Brown folks lost.…”