WASHINGTON – Today, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) released the following statement applauding the appointment of two members to the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis. Representatives Donald McEachin (D-VA) and Joe Neguse (D-CO) were selected to serve on the committee, which will spearhead efforts to prevent and reverse the climate crisis. In response, CBC Chair Representative Karen Bass (D-CA) released the following statement: “To effectively prevent and reverse the climate cri...
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WASHINGTON – Today, the Congressional Black Caucus released a letter in opposition to the confirmation of William Barr as Attorney General, citing his decades-long career in support of policies that only perpetuate our broken criminal justice system and its disproportionate impacts on the African American community. The Senate Judiciary Committee will vote on Barr’s confirmation this week. In their letter, the Black Caucus specifically cites Barr’s efforts to expand mass incarceration and the “W...
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WASHINGTON – The Congressional Black Caucus Chair, Congressmember Karen Bass (D-CA), today delivered the below remarks at the Democratic Women’s Working Group’s State of our Union press conference. Watch the speech here. Remarks as delivered: I want to thank Congresswoman Lawrence and Congresswoman Frankel, for their leadership and the Democratic Women’s Working Group for putting this together. I’m here to talk about the state of the Black woman in this country. The state of our paychecks is une...
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WASHINGTON – The Congressional Black Caucus Chair, Congressmember Karen Bass (D-CA), today released the following statement following President Trump’s State of the Union: “Tonight, the President again came to the halls of Congress and ironically attempted to push an agenda of unity. “He said we should reject the politics of revenge and embrace cooperation on the same day that he taunted the Senate Minority Leader on Twitter about election results. “Within the first few minutes of his speech, th...
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WASHINGTON – The Congressional Black Caucus Chair and Whip, Congressmember Karen Bass (D-CA) and Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04), joined NBC’s Meet the Press following their call for Ralph Northam, current governor of Virginia, to resign following horrific yearbook photos that surfaced on Friday. CBC Chair Rep. Bass’ excerpts from the interview: “[Northam is] forcing the wrong conversation [by not resigning]. What he should do is resign and then if he has any integrity at all, he should p...
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WASHINGTON – Today, the Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA), issued the following statement regarding Governor Northam: “Nothing we heard today from Governor Northam helps his state to heal. The governor's comments only raise more questions about his sincerity in truly understanding his past actions and the pain those actions have caused. Yesterday he said he was in the photo, today said he wasn’t and tried to distinguish moonwalking in blackface from standing in blac...
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Today, the Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, Congressmember Karen Bass (D-CA), released the following statement in honor of Black History Month: “While today marks the beginning of Black History Month, we know that Black History is 365 days per year. Our history gave America its first clock, the world its first pacemaker and literally built the walls of the building that the State of the Union will be given in next week. "There is no American history without Black history and for 400 year...
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WASHINGTON – Today, the Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA), issued the following statement regarding Governor Northam: “Ralph Northam served in our nation’s military, treated thousands of families as a medical doctor, and had the audacity to ask for Black votes when he wanted to become governor, yet never once mentioned that he thought it was ok to be in black face or dressed as a Klansman. “An apology now isn’t enough. The governor needs to learn that it’s not about...
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WASHINGTON – Today, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) released the following statement calling on the Trump Administration to accept Democratic proposals to re-open government and stop using immigrant communities as pawns in their negotiations to end the shutdown. Federal workers impacted by the shutdown have now missed two paychecks. In response, CBC Chair Representative Karen Bass (D-CA) and CBC Immigration Task Force Chair Representative Yvette Clarke (D-NY) released the following statemen...
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WASHINGTON – Today, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) met with officials from CBS News to discuss the importance of diversity in news coverage and insist the organization add more reporters of color to their roster of journalists chosen to cover the upcoming 2020 election campaign. CBS News recently faced criticism regarding the lack of diversity among the reporters chosen to cover the upcoming election. Following an initial meeting with CBC member Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the Blac...
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