Yvette Clarke

The House has a responsibility to speak out and take action on climate change.

In light of the undeniable spikes in hate speech and hate crimes and conversations we have had in the House over the past few days, I rise today in memory of Ari Halberstam, a young neighbor of mine whose life was taken 25 years ago this…

As the President claims, there is a national emergency on the southern border, he is ignoring what I believe is a national emergency in his own back yard.

I represent Brooklyn, as our chairman introduced me, where in 2012 we saw the impact of climate change first hand when Superstorm Sandy devastated my district and, going forward, will only get worse.

If T-Mobile and Sprint merge there is going to be one less employer in this particular labor market.

There seem to be areas where State and local election officials have not yet resolved low-hanging fruit issues of their election security.

Speaking on behalf of my constituents in Brooklyn, New York, they care about creating and keeping good paying jobs particularly in New York City.

I am glad that we are having this hearing and we have decided to kick it off this week with the hearing on net neutrality. This issue is a major concern for my constituents on the State of New York.

I really believe in the end we are going to have to start restitution.

In the Ninth Congressional District of New York that I proudly represent just as recent as November 30 of 2018 the New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood announced that at least 200 sexual assault survivors were illegally sent bills…

I am pleased that the subcommittee is considering the Anti-swatting Act introduced by my colleague and fellow New Yorker Mr. Engel.

The current version of my bill includes the amendments we passed last Congress and in short my Anti-swatting Act would increase penalties for people who falsify their caller ID information to mislead law enforcement.

This is a very serious problem and that is why we introduce this bill to address it.

So thank you, Chairman Lance and Ranking Member Doyle, for holding today's hearing and including my bill, the Anti-Swatting Act, 6003.

There are many changes that need to be made to protect American consumers.

Your role is more important now than it has ever been before.

I thank the gentlewoman from the District of Columbia for her scholarship, her legal acumen, and really providing a snapshot--because I am sure there are many more troubling decisions that you have uncovered--but giving us this snapshot…

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…

I thank the gentleman from the Fourth District of Georgia for sharing his analysis this evening. Indeed, he has raised some very important points that we need to consider and that I would like the American people to consider. There is a…

I thank the gentlewoman from the U.S. Virgin Islands and quasi-Brooklynite for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ask my colleagues' support for H.R. 5238, the Major Robert Odell Owens Post Office designation. Mr. Speaker…

On June 26, 2018, I was unavoidably detained and missed recorded votes 291 through 295. Had I been present, on rollcall No. 291, On Ordering the Previous Question, Providing for consideration of the bill H.R. 6157, making appropriations…

I thank the gentlewoman from New York for her sentiments as well. And as she has stated--I didn't state this in the beginning of my remarks--I happen to be a second generation American myself. My parents came from the beautiful island…

I thank the gentlewoman of the Ninth Congressional District of Illinois, a very prominent member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, for really drilling down on a number of the issues that we all have to grapple with here in Congress…

I thank the gentlewoman from New Hampshire for her impassioned plea, for really setting the table with regards to the type of child abuse that we have all witnessed and with which we are all trying to grapple at this time, and for…

I thank the gentlewoman from Connecticut for her impassioned plea and for enumerating for us the type of work that we are going to have to engage in to redeem ourselves by looking at reunification of these families to the best of our…