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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 30, 2024

What is happening is wrong. And we need to make it right.

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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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Dec 12, 2023

Shortly after the war in Ukraine began, I attended our annual pilgrimage commemorating Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama, along with Steny Hoyer. Just before our departure to return to Washington, I was approached by one of our honored foot…

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Sep 24, 2023

Yes, I am. I am just an optimist, I guess. I think that cooler heads will prevail in the final analysis. If we have a shutdown. I don't think we will recover from it anytime soon.

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Sep 24, 2023

I don't quite understand why they feel it is necessary for them to kowtow to a guy like this. He is not going to get elected president of the United States, even if he were to get their nomination and I don't think getting the nomination…

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Sep 24, 2023

Unfortunately, he seems to have quite a bit of influence. And I don't understand, for the life of me. I've been around this earth for a long, long time. I've been in politics, all but 12 or 15 of those years and I've just never seen…

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Sep 23, 2023

Joe Biden is a man full of substance. The style is something you get from another candidate. You won't get it from him. He believes in the democracy. He believes in the American dream.

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Sep 23, 2023

You don't impeach a man for being a father to his children.

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Sep 23, 2023

When you make a deal, you live by it. And the speaker made a deal to what the budget would look like.

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Sep 23, 2023

I don't think so. We have to compare apples to apples. And when you compare apples with apples, I don't think you compare a United States Senator to the president of the United States.

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Sep 23, 2023

They will not stay at home. We understand what's at stake here.

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Jul 26, 2023

I thank the gentleman for yielding me the time. I rise to take note of the sad irony that the extreme Republican majority is bringing this appropriations bill to the floor on the 75th anniversary of President Truman's desegregation of the…

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Jul 24, 2023

And the people of goodwill must begin to you make better use of their times to fight off these foolish things coming from people who are looking to make political hay out of the misfortunes, families that are still suffering from that…

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Jul 24, 2023

I've been saying for years that we should teach the full history of this country, the history of those who came here in search of freedom, as well as the history of those who came here, having lost their freedom.

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Jul 24, 2023

Well, we will so weaken this country until we lose respect around the world, it will be the end of not just this democracy, but it will be the end of this country as we know it.

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Jul 24, 2023

This is about whether or not people are being held against their will, irrespective of what their duties and responsibilities are to that system that they have brought into and did not ask to come into.

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Jul 24, 2023

Florida's stunning decision to teach middle schoolers and I quote, 'slaves developed skills, which in some instances could be applied for their own personal benefit.'

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May 24, 2023

I thank the gentleman for yielding me the time. Mr. Speaker, I rise today because my colleagues across the aisle are once again seeking to put politics over people and inflict undue economic harm, this time by denying much-needed student…

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May 9, 2023

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, earlier this evening, we gathered on this floor to observe a moment of silence. We have been doing that quite a bit over the last several years, but it seems to me that it is…

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Nov 27, 2022

Just because it's legal does not make it the right thing.

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Nov 27, 2022

We need to look at the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act. I'm not going to get off of that.

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Nov 27, 2022

We need to change these laws.

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Nov 27, 2022

Just because it's legal does not make it the right thing.

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Nov 27, 2022

Nobody wants to take anybody's guns away. Your Second Amendment is there to protect everybody. But so is the First Amendment. But it's not unfettered.

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Sep 20, 2022

Now, son, the first sign of a good education is good manners.

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