Yvette Clarke: “I was a New Yorker, I am a New Yorker and was a member of the New York City Council during the 9/11 event.”

I thank Congresswoman Janelle Bynum from the great State of Oregon and Congressman Shomari Figures from the great State of Alabama for co-anchoring tonight's Congressional Black Caucus Special Order hour. I rise today with my colleagues of…

I want to make sure that our friends from the Asian communities are not mischaracterized or misunderstood by who they are and what they are doing.

in the centennial year of Black History Month, I rise today as just one voice in the continuous and collective effort to celebrate the incomparable Congresswoman Shirley Anita Chisholm to the degree that she deserves. For her legacy of…

People don't choose to leave their families and communities, their culture, their language on a whim. Most often people leave because their very lives are at stake.