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 high-level delegation of Nigerian Senators and Representatives to discuss Nigeria’s domestic affairs and relations with the United States. “During the discussion, our delegations focused on improving the relationship between our two countries and expanding business opportunities,” ...
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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 Supreme Court. “Plain and simple, courts matter, especially the Supreme Court – the highest court in the land. But for the Supreme Court, African Americans wouldn’t be able to attend integrated schools, buy a home previously owned by a white person, or sleep at certain hotels. This is...
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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 promote racial diversity in higher education that was originally issued by the Obama administration. “Yet again Donald Trump is showing his insecurity by targeting benign actions taken by the Obama administration to help bring modest positive changes to this country. If Barack Obama ...
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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 workers who are represented by unions cannot be required to pay union dues. “The Supreme Court’s Janus v. AFSCME decision is yet another attack on working Americans – the backbone of our country. “Unions give workers the power they need to negotiate higher wages and stronger workp...
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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 Angeles about the separation of young immigrant children from their parents. “Congresswoman Waters has been a champion for justice her entire life so it should not be a surprise to anyone who knows her that she has chosen to stand up and speak out against something as unjust as separa...
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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 following statements on the police shooting of Antwon Rose, an unarmed African-American teenager who was shot and killed while running away from a Pittsburgh, Pa., police officer. “When will this madness end?” asked CBC Chair Richmond, who wrote an open letter about police account...
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Today, the Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, Congressman Cedric L. Richmond (D-LA-02), released the following statement on House Republicans’ passage of the Farm Bill, which would cut $23 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and result in as many as 40,000 households losing nutrition assistance. The bill also cuts 265,000 children from the free school lunch program. “Although the Republican Party is supposed to be the party of family values, every day they ...
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Today, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) – led by CBC Chair Cedric L. Richmond (D-LA-02) and the CBC Immigration Task Force Chair Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY-09) – released the following statement on two immigration bills that House Republicans are trying to pass this week, the Securing America’s Future Act and the Border Security and Immigration Reform Act. “Make no mistake about it, both of these bills – the Securing America’s Future Act and the Border Security and Immigration Reform Act – are e...
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Today, the Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, Congressman Cedric L. Richmond (D-LA-02), released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s decision in an Ohio voter purge case, Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute. In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court held that Ohio’s practice of purging inactive voters from rolls does not violate federal law. “The Supreme Court has dealt yet another blow to voting rights,” Chairman Richmond said. “As result of this decision, the voic...
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In a letter to Senate leadership sent on Friday, the Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), Congressman Cedric L. Richmond (D-LA-02) and the Chair of the Judicial Nominations Task Force, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), again blasted efforts by the Trump Administration and Senate Republicans to pack the federal bench with unqualified judges, including many who have a record of hostility to the rights of people of color, women, and workers. The letter follows several previous l...
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