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Cedric Richmond, Congressional Black Caucus push broad bill for jobs, justice

More money would be spent on public schools, libraries, community centers and infrastructure, the minimum wage would rise to $15 per hour and the death penalty would be abolished under a 1,334-page bill that U.S. Rep. Ce...

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At Trump’s State of the Union, the silence of the Congressional Black Caucus spoke volumes

As President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address took place Tuesday night, an image of the Congressional Black Caucus began to spread. It showed the members of the caucus, wearing kente cloth adornments that ...

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Congressional Black Caucus chairman: "John Kelly needs a history lesson"

Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-Louisiana, Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) says that President Trump's Chief of Staff John Kelly is in need of a "history lesson" in light of his recent comments about the Civil W...

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CBC Statement on the Passing of CBC Founder Rep. Ron Dellums

Today, the Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), Congressman Cedric L. Richmond (D-LA-02), released the following statement on the passing of Ron Dellums, a founding Member of the CBC who dedicated his life t...

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CBC Criticizes Trump Administration Postponement of Obama-Era Regulation Addressing Racial Bias in Special Education

Today, in a letter to Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and Assistant Secretary of Education Johnny Collett, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) criticized the Trump Administration’s two-year-long postponement of an Ob...

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CBC Chairman Statement on DOJ Decision to Reopen Emmett Till Investigation

Today, the Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, Congressman Cedric L. Richmond (D-LA-02), released the following statement on the Department of Justice’s decision to reopen the investigation into the death of Emme...

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CBC Meets With High Level Delegation of Nigerian Senators, Representatives

Yesterday, Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) – led by CBC Foreign Affairs and National Security Task Force co-chairs Congressmember Karen Bass (D-CA-37) and Congressman Marc Veasey (D-TX-33) – met with a hi...

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CBC Chairman Statement on Trump Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh

Today, the Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, Congressman Cedric L. Richmond (D-LA-02), released the following statement on President Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to be an associate justice of the Supre...

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CBC Chairman Blasts Trump Administration’s Action to Undermine Affirmative Action

Today, the Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, Congressman Cedric L. Richmond (D-LA-02), released the following statement in response to the news that the Trump administration is rescinding guidance meant to prom...

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CBC Chairman Statement on SCOTUS Janus v. AFSCME Decision

Today, the Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, Congressman Cedric L. Richmond (D-LA-02), released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s Janus v. AFSCME decision. In a 5-4 decision, the Court ruled that w...

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CBC Chairman Statement on Recent Remarks Made by Rep. Waters about the Separation of Immigrant Children from their Parents

Today, the Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), Congressman Cedric L. Richmond (D-LA-02), released the following statement on recent remarks Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA-43) made at a rally in Los Angel...

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CBC Statement on the Police Shooting of Antwon Rose

Today, the Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), Congressman Cedric L. Richmond (D-LA-02), and the Chair of the CBC Police Accountability Task Force, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12), released the f...

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