Yvette Clarke

the average American in a crisis situation is not thinking Stafford Act. They are just not.

Earlier today, I was unavoidably detained in a meeting with constituents and missed recorded vote No. 385. Had I been present, on rollcall No. 385, On the Motion to Refer the Thompson (MS) Resolution to the Committee on House…

Congress must move forward to ensure first responders and survivors of the 9/11 terrorist attacks... continue to receive the care they deserve.

H.R. 1181, the Vehicle Safety Improvement Act, would eliminate the farce of regional recalls by making clear that all safety recalls of motor vehicles and replacement parts must be carried out on a national basis.

I stand today with my colleagues to focus the attention of the world on the 276 young women who were kidnapped by Boko Haram--219 whose whereabouts remain unknown--in Chibok, Nigeria, just a year ago in April. This kidnapping, this act of…

I was unavoidably detained in my district and missed recorded votes Nos. 145-147. Had I been present: on rollcall No. 145, H.R. 1259--Helping Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act, I would have voted ``yea,'' on rollcall No…

I hope that we will make that a priority because, you know, with the challenges that we are facing, 21st century challenges of climate change, of flooding, of, unfortunately, terrorist attacks, it is becoming more and more of a pressing…

Entrepreneurship is the spirit from which small businesses are born.

I thank the gentleman from Colorado for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the House bring up H.R. 861, the clean Department of Homeland Security funding bill that would keep the Department open so it can carry out its…

Four million Americans have called in on the FCC to adopt strong network neutrality protections.

Protecting the free and open Internet is truly and essentially an issue of access to economic opportunity.

I support making sure that all Americans have open access to the Internet.

I thank the gentlelady from Ohio (Mrs. Beatty) for extending this time to me, and I want to also thank the gentlelady from Illinois (Ms. Kelly) and the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Payne). Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleagues in…

The majority has chosen the first week of the 114th Congress to relitigate the battles of the previous two Congresses. This time, we're here debating whether or not to approve a pipeline, through our nation's Heartland, carrying Canadian…

Section 3: ``If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President. If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for…

Today, I rise to oppose H.R. 30, the highly irresponsible Save American Workers Act. This legislation weakens employees' access to health insurance, threatens employer based insurance coverage, and increases the budget deficit by 45.7…

I thank the gentleman for yielding time. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the Senate amendment to H.R. 2952. As my ranking member, Mr. Thompson, has said, for the Department of Homeland Security to be effective in its cybersecurity…

Again, I thank the ranking member for yielding me the time. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of S. 2519, the National Cybersecurity Protection Act of 2014. We have worked long and hard to develop and describe how DHS can best accomplish its…

I want to thank the distinguished ranking member from the District of Columbia, Ms. Holmes Norton, for yielding me this time, and I want to thank the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Chaffetz) for his leadership on these very important matters of…

To those who have said that the President's actions do not represent the will of the American people, I say, you need to listen better.

Let me be clear, the President's Executive Actions are a good start.

Hands up, don't shoot. I thank my colleague and friend, Mr. Jeffries of Brooklyn, New York, for his tremendous leadership both here in Washington, D.C., and at home in New York. Mr. Speaker, I rise to join my colleagues in the…

the President's Executive Action was certainly a step in the right direction, and for many it speaks to the moral, social, and family-related reasons that will have a positive effect on our civil society.

overwhelmingly the Americans in my district laud and support what President Obama has done, and they have your back.

it was estimated recently by the Center for American Progress that this Executive Action will raise an additional $3 billion in payroll taxes in the first year alone, and $22.6 billion over 5 years.