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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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Mar 6, 2025

I hope it will serve to keep the focus on that.

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Mar 2, 2025

This whole thing about approaching a constitutional crisis is not quite true. We’re already there.

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Jan 21, 2025

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding me the time. Mr. Speaker, I thank you so much for allowing me to join you in honoring our mutual friend and confidant, Tracie Pough. Robert Frost, the great writer, once wrote: Two roads diverged in a…

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Jan 18, 2025

He has only one regret that he expressed to me, and that was the fact that he did not spend enough time on the politics of it.

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Jan 18, 2025

His disdain for who President Trump is, is not something he ever made any effort to hide.

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Jan 18, 2025

The people of South Carolina know Joe Biden. They appreciate Joe Biden and the politics of it, they didn't pay any attention to.

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Jan 18, 2025

Joe Biden has been what this country needed for this government.

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Dec 29, 2024

I don't know if we'd have gotten a Bill Clinton, less more, a Joe Biden.

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Dec 29, 2024

Jimmy Carter became what everybody called the new South, and he demonstrated during his four years in the governorship and then his presidency that such leadership could come from the Deep South.

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Dec 29, 2024

Jimmy Carter appointed more African Americans to the judiciary than anybody before him.

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Dec 29, 2024

Jimmy Carter put solar panels on the White House. Ronald Reagan took them off.

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Dec 23, 2024

A pardon for Trump would be a way of 'cleaning the slate' for the country.

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Nov 6, 2024

Well, thank you very much for having me. I do think it's a narrow path, but it's also a very thorny path. So I -- if I were mentioning the guess, I would say it would be 1 or 2 votes, maybe 1 to 3 votes, either way, either we could go one…

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Nov 6, 2024

We must be a loyal opposition to this president if he adheres to Project 2025, that they are now admitting is there a blueprint for this administration. If that's their blueprint, this house Democratic caucus must have a vigorous…

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Jul 1, 2024

I will support her if he were to step aside. This party should not in any way do anything to work around Ms. Harris.

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Jun 29, 2024

You see a performance that gets the kind of reviews that that performance got – that would be cause for concern. That was strike one. If this were a ball game he's got two more swings.

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May 14, 2024

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, as we mark the second anniversary of the tragic events that unfolded on May 14, 2022, at the Tops supermarket in Buffalo, New York, it is a solemn reminder of the devastating impact of…

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Mar 30, 2024

Joe Biden did not win North Carolina the last time around. But he is demonstrating once again that he is going to be a president of all the people.

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Mar 30, 2024

Well, I certainly hope so. The fact of the matter is all of us, every state in the nation, all 50 of us, will take our turns needing this kind of assistance.

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Mar 30, 2024

I would hope that we convene in a bipartisan basis, resurrect the goodnesses of the American people and maintain the greatness of these United States of America.

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Mar 30, 2024

Biden is for a two-state solution. Democrats are for a two-state solution. That it is the only way for us to move forward.

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Mar 30, 2024

We must not lose our integrity as a nation. And we've got to stand in support of Israel.

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Mar 30, 2024

I stand in support of our leader Hakeem Jeffries. He is in those meetings. He is doing the negotiations.

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