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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.
I want to make sure that it's a woman that will get universal support. When I say universal, I mean, bipartisan support, and I know that Michelle Childs will have the support of several Republicans, including the two Republican senators…
If we sit idly by as the Biden administration keeps fumbling this pandemic response, then things will only get worse.
We need to do our jobs and look into all of these items. This country spent, through Congress, over $6 trillion of taxpayer money, some of it directly on COVID relief.
It's an issue that the Republican Party has created an identity, unfortunately, that has bred a mistrust of science.
Americans want accountability, Mr. Chairman. Let's have hearings to get to the bottom of all of these crises that have been created by this President's failed response to the pandemic.
I will say to all my friends, that they`re in the Senate, that nobody is asking you to give up the filibuster, that I wish they would stop saying that. We asked you to do for voting rights and constitution right the same thing that you`ve…
Let`s accommodate people today change it. Not get rid of it. Just say, that the filibuster would not be used for constitutional issues like we don`t allow it to be used for budget issues.
I don`t know anybody who would want history to look back and says, they were the ones that contributed to the undermining of the democracy, because as Nancy Pelosi stated in the piece that you put up, this is not about black folks and…
If you cut off the vote, you cut off people`s voices. You are silencing people, which means you are consenting for this to take place.
I would say to both of them, remember the history of the country. Remember what`s gotten this country to be what it is today.
Is it a power grab to want the right to have your vote counted? That`s not a power grab. You are trying to be a part of this great experiment that we call a democracy.
Well, you know, Senator Manchin has on occasion said that in order for the thing to work right it needs to be bipartisan. I will remind him that the 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution, the amendment that gives the former…
I send to the desk a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 863 Resolved, That unless otherwise ordered, the hour of daily meeting of the House shall be 2 p.m. on…
I send to the desk a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 862 Resolved, That the Clerk of the House inform the Senate that a quorum of the House is present and…
I send to the desk a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 861 Resolved, That a committee of two Members be appointed by the Speaker to notify the President of the…
The President came out today with a full throated endorsement of Joe Manchin's bill. The so-called Freedom to Vote Act is Joe Manchin is legislation.
This is about democracy. Will we have free, unfettered votes -- voting in this democracy?
Well, I understand the frustrations. Quite frankly, as you know, I've been advocating now for over 10 months, that there ought to be a carve-out on this issue of the filibuster when it comes to constitutional issues like voting.
The problem is the image. There are people who just generally feel that we are not being tough enough.
I will join with my colleagues in the NAACP and every other civil rights organization doing what is necessary to call these people out.
I think Joe Manchin would not want to see that for himself. So, I am holding onto hope that these two men will get together and, in the final analysis, will find a way for us to go forward with this legislation.
Fifty Republicans in the United States Senate, aided and abetted by two Democrats, are blocking votes on two critical voting rights bills. I`m not a fan of the filibuster, but if holding on to that tradition is important to most of the…
As Democrats move ahead with their big Hail Mary push for voting rights, there could not be more at stake.
I would advise everybody, get vaccinated. Get the booster, as the president has been saying for the last several days.
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