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Jim Clyburn

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James Enos Clyburn, commonly known as Jim Clyburn, is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 6th congressional district since 1993. A member of the Democratic Party, he has held significant leadership roles, including serving as the House Majority Whip since 2019. Clyburn is known for his advocacy on issues such as healthcare, education, and civil rights, reflecting the needs of his constituents in a predominantly African American district.

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Jan 29, 2021

one of the reasons I don`t like this unity argument is because I`ve been black all my 80 years and in the south, the South was unified against me. There was Southern unity for segregation.

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Jan 18, 2021

Consumers in areas to be served by winners of the RDOF auction have waited too long for the opportunity to receive high-performance broadband service.

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Jan 13, 2021

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of the Article of Impeachment. Last Wednesday, we gathered to follow the Constitution's simple instruction: To count the electoral votes that have been tallied by the…

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Jan 11, 2021

Tonight, Congressman Clyburn is expressing alarm about security threats to the inauguration. He is calling for an already radically scaled-back inaugural ceremony to be further scaled back.

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Jan 10, 2021

It just so happens that, if it did go over there for 100 days, it could -- let's give president-elect Biden the 100 days he needs to get his agenda off and running. And maybe we will send the articles some time after that.

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Jan 7, 2021

This is bad stuff. And it's time for everybody to call it what it is. It is time for the Republican leadership to invoke the 25th Amendment. They need to do it. Pence needs to do it. But, if he doesn't, we need to impeach.

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Jan 3, 2021

I'm very, very disappointed that there is not more reaction by my Republican colleagues.

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Jan 3, 2021

Well, I'm cautiously optimistic that we are going to perform very well, in Georgia.

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Jan 3, 2021

Because Georgians are, many of them are embarrassed by what the President is doing.

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Jan 3, 2021

This man is doing everything he possibly can to sully the reputation of this country.

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Dec 21, 2020

we need to get to the bottom of not just how they were trying to mess with the science but whether the Trump administration was actually trying to suppress and pervert all of this information to deliberately make our country's containment…

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Dec 21, 2020

the idea that we might have had the world's worst COVID response as an industrialized nation not only because we were ignorant and incompetent but because it was deliberately designed to be so by Trump appointees

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Dec 21, 2020

This democracy of ours is much more tenuous than any of us believed for a long, long time.

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Dec 21, 2020

Clyburn writes that today's subpoenas were necessary to, quote, understand who in the Trump administration was responsible for this political pressure campaign and whether it was intended to cripple the nation's coronavirus response in a…

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Dec 21, 2020

This information belongs to the agencies. It's not these people's personal property. And we would hope that when they leave, and they will be leaving right along with Mr. Trump that they don't take these documents with them.

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Dec 21, 2020

While today's vote to provide relief to families who are suffering due to circumstances far beyond their control is welcome, it is long overdue and insufficient to fully meet their needs. Democrats put forth our priorities last May to…

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Dec 21, 2020

In making the announcement about these subpoenas today, Congressman Clyburn also detailed even more efforts by Trump political appointees to alter or block scientific work at CDC.

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Dec 21, 2020

The select subcommittee's investigation has revealed that efforts to interfere with scientific work at CDC were far more extensive and dangerous than previously known.

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Dec 21, 2020

We may need a 9/11 style commission.

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Dec 21, 2020

This is probably the worst health care crisis we have had in over 100 years. Nothing like this since 1918. And here we are 315 (SIC) people have died and millions have been infected and they are playing games with the American people. We…

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Dec 17, 2020

We may. And I think that's something that the new administration may need to take a look at.

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Dec 16, 2020

I am very optimistic. I don't know if it will go as far as we went the last time, but I think the numbers -- I've been asking people not to get carried away with the top-line. Look at the duration of this assistance because what we're…

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Dec 16, 2020

Unless the administration abandons this flagrant obstruction, I will be forced to start issuing subpoenas.

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Dec 16, 2020

The documents released today reinforce the need for health and human services to end its obstruction of the committee's investigation into the political meddling that has hindered the nation's response to this virus.

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