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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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Aug 31, 2020

I believe a bipartisan agreement still should be reached, and would provide substantial funds for schools, testing, vaccines, PPP for small businesses, continued enhanced unemployment benefits, childcare, nutrition, agriculture, and the…

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Aug 31, 2020

Taxpayers should not have to choose between quickly getting aid to those who need it, and wasting Federal funds.

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Aug 31, 2020

Republicans continuing to refuse to compromise is causing harm to American children, American workers, and American families.

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Aug 31, 2020

There's one Wall Street and there are thousands of Main Streets that are not doing well.

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Aug 31, 2020

This is an international pandemic, and we need to have a national program in response to it, which we don't have.

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Aug 31, 2020

Congress created these programs to protect workers and preserve American jobs, not to funnel taxpayer dollars to big companies and corporate executives.

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Aug 31, 2020

Please, please get back to the negotiating table. Forget all of this name blame mess that I hear going on.

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Aug 31, 2020

let's find some common ground here, we are willing to come down from 3.2 trillion down to maybe 2

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Aug 31, 2020

we think it takes $3.2 trillion to address this issue so the state and local governments can be involved

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Aug 31, 2020

When numbers are that far apart, mine and yours, I think the public and the record are deserving of knowing what we're talking about here.

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Aug 22, 2020

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 8015, the Delivering for America Act. This legislation is vital to protecting the United States Postal Service. I maintain that the post office is the…

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Aug 16, 2020

We can be no more or less than what our experiences allow us to be.

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Aug 16, 2020

I always say, we can be no more or less than what our experiences allow us to be.

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Aug 16, 2020

Joe -- as we just heard from Ms. Obama, we know Joe. This country knows Joe. And I think that this country knows exactly why they want in a president.

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Aug 16, 2020

The fact of the matter is, we have to find common ground.

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Aug 15, 2020

We can demonstrate to this president that he will not suppress this vote.

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Aug 15, 2020

I realized then that the reservoir of goodwill for Joe Biden was there, and people were having a lot of problems with the reporting.

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Aug 15, 2020

We Democrats expect that we'll have more falsehoods spread around than ever in the history of politics in this country.

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Aug 14, 2020

Forget about political products, let's think about preserving this democracy. It's the best thing going on (INAUDIBLE) but like every other big government, every other good government all the way back Rome, this too can fall.

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Aug 11, 2020

I am ecstatic. As you know, I'm the father of three daughters. I have been saying what a plus it would be to have an African-American woman on the ticket. I just believe that we are breaking ground here in such a way that every single…

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Aug 11, 2020

Joe Biden has put to rest that old saying that we hear all the time, the Democrats take the black community for granted. Well, he has demonstrated that he does not.

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Aug 11, 2020

She knows how to take a punch and she knows how to throw one. Joe Biden found that out and the whole country saw it.

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Aug 5, 2020

the administration's inexcusable failure to get the virus under control for the last six months

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