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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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Jun 17, 2020

All we can hear now is $600 will be a disincentive for people to work. That's an insult. People want to work.

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Jun 17, 2020

Without a comprehensive plan to combat the ongoing public health crisis, we will never have a solution to the unemployment crisis.

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Jun 17, 2020

The harms of this unemployment crisis have not been evenly distributed. The poorest Americans, Black Americans, and other people of color are facing the gravest impacts.

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Jun 17, 2020

This jobs crisis has not hurt all Americans equally.

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Jun 1, 2020

When I call for this country to use the CARES Act to restructure things in the vision of this great country, with liberty and justice for all, it's there in our Pledge of Allegiance, I was mocked on the floor of the United States Senate by…

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Jun 1, 2020

I don't believe that anybody realized at the time that the country was being pushed over the cliff. And I'll tell you, what I feel today is that the future of this country is really at stake.

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Jun 1, 2020

Yes, I do believe that, and one of the reasons we study history is hopefully to understand what to do and what not to do going forward.

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Jun 1, 2020

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance. We are losing that.

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Jun 1, 2020

This President is taking this country to a place that none of us ever thought we would see, and I would hope the Republican Party will wake up.

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Jun 1, 2020

Law and order is not a police force dominating a group of people. Law and order is a police force treating everybody equally under the law.

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Apr 23, 2020

I thank the gentleman for yielding me time. Madam Speaker I rise today in support of this emergency spending package. I believe this legislation moves us a step closer to my vision of making America's greatness accessible and affordable…

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Mar 27, 2020

I thank the gentleman for yielding me the time. I just want to take a moment to thank all of my colleagues for responding to what is an unprecedented event in the history of this country. Many of us who have studied history know full well…

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Mar 10, 2020

absolutely not. They are just fooling around. It just reminds me so much of Katrina.

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Mar 10, 2020

We need you, our public health officials to step up and say that is not true. That is hurting us.

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Mar 10, 2020

We need a unity of purpose but we are not going to get that when the President is telling people that the cases of Coronavirus are going down not up.

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Mar 10, 2020

We need you to step up. We need--and Dr. Fauci, you have been great on some of the stuff and pushing back.

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Mar 10, 2020

We need leadership but we need people to be very much aware of the dangers that are out there.

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Feb 26, 2020

I think so. I certainly hope so. My endorsement is not about me. It's not about even my constituents. It's about the future of this country.

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Feb 26, 2020

Yes, I am optimistic. I made my endorsement based upon conversations I had with my constituents.

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Feb 26, 2020

I have a real problem with people who keep using words that they know are inflammatory. I don't like that.

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Feb 26, 2020

All the polling that I've seen indicates that the best Democratic candidate for us is Joe Biden. I feel that he has the integrity, he has the record, he has the compassion that is necessary to set the country back on the right course and…

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Feb 24, 2020

find a way to say that you are a part of picking the first Latino woman member of the United States Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor, and that you are looking forward to making the first African American woman a member of the Supreme Court

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Jan 9, 2020

I thank my friend for yielding the time. Speaking out against the Vietnam War in 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. implored: ``We must move past indecision to action. We must find new ways to speak for peace. If we do not act, we shall…

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Dec 11, 2019

I thank the gentleman for yielding me the time. Mr. Chair, I rise in strong support of H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act. Martin Luther King, Jr., once said: ``Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in healthcare…

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Dec 6, 2019

I thank the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Collins) for yielding me the time. I have been thinking a lot this morning about my growing up in South Carolina. I still remember as a young man driving in a driving rain from Charleston, South…

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