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Yvette Clarke: “I thank the gentlewoman from Texas for bringing to the floor so many of the issues that Black women have been in the…”

On the recordMarch 19, 2018
I thank the gentlewoman from Texas for bringing to the floor so many of the issues that Black women have been in the lead on or have been fighting for, such as social justice and criminal justice reform, which is the hallmark of the leadership of Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee. We are grateful to her for expressing today all of these obstacles that we must overcome and that we are focused on here in the House of Representatives. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Michigan (Mrs. Lawrence).
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Yvette Clarke
Democratic · New York
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Mar 19, 2018

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