Press Releases

Today, Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Steven Horsford (NV-04) and members of the Congressional Black Caucus issued the following statement regarding recent comments from Rep. Byron Donalds:  “Black people were not better off during the Jim Crow Era — a fact that Rep. Byron Donalds knows all too well. This is a pattern of embracing racist ideologies that we… Read more »

Today, Congressional Black Caucus Foreign Affairs & Immigration Task Force co-chair Rep. Yvette Clarke issued the following statement on President Biden’s executive actions related to asylum: “President Biden’s executive action to close daily border crossings arbitrarily at 2,500 will prevent countless Black immigrants from the Caribbean, the… Read more »

[Photos] On Wednesday, May 22, 2024, Chairman Steven Horsford and members of the Congressional Black Caucus hosted a welcome reception on Capitol Hill to recognize and celebrate the historic state visit of His Excellency Dr. William Ruto, C.G.H., the President of the Republic of Kenya.  During the reception, Chairman Horsford, House Democratic Leader Hakeem… Read more »

Today, Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Steven Horsford (NV-04) and members of the Congressional Black Caucus issued the following statement on Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s pardon of Daniel Perry:  “The Congressional Black Caucus strongly condemns Governor Greg Abbott’s decision to grant a pardon to Daniel Perry, who was convicted by a jury for the murder of… Read more »

Today, Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Steven Horsford (NV-04) and members of the Congressional Black Caucus issued the following statement commemorating the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education:  “Today, the CBC reflects on the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education. This landmark ruling not only declared that the “separate but equal”… Read more »

Today, Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Steven Horsford (NV-04) and members of the Congressional Black Caucus issued the following statement to mark the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC):  “Today, the Congressional Black Caucus celebrates the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Congressional Asian… Read more »

Senior Airman Roger Fortson’s funeral will take place Friday, May 17 in Stonecrest, Georgia Today, Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Steven Horsford (NV-04) and members of the Congressional Black Caucus issued the following statement regarding the fatal police shooting of U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Roger Fortson:  “The Congressional Black Caucus sends our… Read more »

Today, Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Steven Horsford (NV-04) and members of the Congressional Black Caucus issued the following statement applauding President Biden’s nomination of U.S. Magistrate Judge Embry Kidd’s nomination to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals:  “The Congressional Black Caucus applauds President Biden's nomination of… Read more »

[PHOTOS] On Wednesday, May 8, 2024, Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Steven Horsford (NV-04) and House Haiti Caucus Co-Chairs Congresswomen Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL-20), and Yvette Clarke (NY-09) convened a roundtable discussion in partnership with the Haitian Bridge Alliance to discuss the urgent need for federal… Read more »

Today, the House of Representatives will vote on H.R. 7109, the Equal Representation Act, which would (1) require a question on the citizenship status of each member of a household as part of the decennial census, and (2) change the requirement in the U.S. Constitution’s Fourteenth Amendment to exclude non-citizens from the national head count used to… Read more »