America must win the readiness race and, through that, the unleashing of innovation worldwide.
Yvette Clarke
The Public Record
Yvette Diane Clarke is a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing New York's 9th congressional district since 2007. A member of the Democratic Party, she has focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and civil rights throughout her tenure. Clarke has been an advocate for affordable housing and has worked on initiatives to improve the quality of life for her constituents in Brooklyn. She is known for her commitment to social justice and community development.
When this subcommittee asked FEMA to testify about their response to hurricanes in Puerto Rico and the USVI, they refused to even send a witness.
Using this technology to help ICE target immigrants for deportation doesn't protect us from terrorism; it terrorizes hardworking families.
Facial recognition technology that routinely misidentify women and people of color don't make us safer; they make us less safe.
But, unfortunately, the good is not good enough when bias is baked into the algorithms that create false positives.
Will CBP commit to tracking a more meaningful statistic that captures the usefulness and accuracy of the full facial recognition process?
the good is not good enough when bias is baked into the algorithms that create false positives.
facial recognition technology that routinely misidentify women and people of color don't make us safer; they make us less safe.
I have recently introduced legislation, the first ever in a House bill, to regulate the technology.
If my bill passes, what it would do is it would make sure that deepfake videos include a prominent, unambiguous disclosure as well as a digital watermark that can't be removed.
Time is not your friend here. What we are trying to find is something universal that creates transparency, respects the First Amendment, but also makes sure that, you know, it is something that, you know, as Americans whose eyes are…
Imagine if Russia, just days before the 2020 election, released a fake video of a Presidential candidate accepting a bribe or committing a crime.
Since 1975, the Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards, otherwise known as the CAFE standards, have played a critical role in improving vehicle fuel efficiency, increasing vehicle safety, spurring American innovation and investment, and…
As a direct result of these standards, families in my home State of New York have already saved nearly $2 billion today, not to mention the invaluable public health benefits that have accrued, thanks to cleaner vehicles, especially in…
Unfortunately, even with these standards in place, greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector officially surpassed those from the electricity sector in 2017, making transportation the single largest source of climate-warming…
I hope that what my colleague has said on the other side of the aisle is true, and I am happy to hear him stand shoulder to shoulder with this side of the aisle to say that anyone in violation of this will have to stand the consequences…
I am proud to be offering this amendment to prohibit the Census Bureau from sharing the data it collects with other Federal agencies, along with my colleague Congressman Cisneros. We do this by requiring the Census Bureau to uphold its…
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division A (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…
To Speaker Pelosi, Chair Nadler, and Chair Lofgren, my colleagues Representative Roybal-Allard, Representative Velazquez, Representative Jayapal, and Representative Chu, their leadership has been tremendous in bringing forth H.R. 6, the…
TSA must have policies in place that prevent profiling, ensure each and every passenger is judged solely on their security profile and never based on their race or religion.
Providing equal television broadcast access for consumers is crucial to informing the public, and having more competition available will assist our constituents.
Let me ask, does the Donald Trump statement conflict with the findings of DHS and all of our intelligence agencies that Russia did, in fact, interfere in the 2016 election?





