Yvette Clarke: “I am just hoping that we can do a maintenance of effort and somewhat enhance, as well.”

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…

I really think that as part of a Committee on Homeland Security we have an obligation to really bring our immigration laws into the 21st Century and do it in a bipartisan manner.

I rise tonight with my colleagues of the CBC to recognize Gun Violence Awareness Month and to bring attention to the impact of gun violence on Black communities around our Nation. For decades, gun violence has been an epidemic that has had…

I am deeply disturbed by Congresswoman Greene's attacks on HIAS, originally known as the Hebrew Immigrant Aids Society.