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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.
I thank the gentleman from Illinois for bringing to the fore the concerns of children in our country who are looking at what is taking place on our border and not quite understanding, not grasping, the weight of why and how something like…
This evening the Congressional Progressive Caucus is going to be sharing some thoughts with the American people about this extremely horrible zero-tolerance policy that Mr. Trump has subjected our Nation to. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in…
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 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 gentleman from Massachusetts for his eloquence and putting what has been a very disturbing period of time for the American people in perspective. Indeed, as our children born in the United States witness what is taking place…
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 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…
Let me take this time to express my appreciation to Chairman Walden and Ranking Member Pallone, for their leadership in addressing the opioid epidemic in the U.S. House of Representatives. On April 24th of this year, I had the opportunity…
I thank the ranking member for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 5583, which I introduced together with the Representative from Oregon, Greg Walden, chairman of our committee, and the Representative from…
I thank the gentlewoman for those comments. I feel her sense of frustration, I feel her outrage, and I think many Americans--as a matter of fact, the majority of Americans--do when they hear the outcries of the parents who have learned…
I thank the gentleman from the Third District of Virginia, the Honorable Bobby Scott, for those comments. Mr. Speaker, I neglected to mention that he is the ranking member on the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and has really…
It is with great honor that I rise today to anchor the Congressional Black Caucus Special Order hour. I would like to thank the Congressional Black Caucus chairman, Cedric Richmond, for his leadership in this effort. For the next 60…
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