Since its establishment in 1971, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has been committed to using the full Constitutional power, statutory authority, and financial resources of the federal government to ensure that African Americans and other marginalized communities in the United States have the opportunity to achieve the American Dream.
Today, the Chairman of the 49-member Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), Congressman Cedric L. Richmond (D-La.), and the co-chairs of the CBC Task Force on Civil and Voting Rights, Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) and Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D-Ala.), made public a letter sent to the Senate Judiciary Committee strongly opposing the nomination of Eric Dreiband to lead the Civil… Read more »
Today, the Chairman of the bicameral, bipartisan 49-member Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), Congressman Cedric L. Richmond (D-La.), released a statement on President Trump’s plans to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).
DACA is an immigration program that allows young people who were brought to this country as children through no fault of their own to receive a… Read more »
Today, the Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), Congressman Cedric Richmond (D-LA-02), announced the co-chairs and issue areas of the CBC’s task forces and working group for the 115th Congress. The 11 task forces and one working group will help streamline and strengthen CBC’s legislative and communications efforts, allowing more members of the 49-member caucus to use their… Read more »
Today, the Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, Congressman Cedric L. Richmond, released the following statement in response to President Trump’s decision to fire White House Senior Chief Strategist and Senior Counselor Steve Bannon:
"Firing Steve Bannon is not enough because the issue of him working in the White House has never only been about him. It's also been about the… Read more »
Today, the Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, Congressman Cedric L. Richmond, released the following statement on President Trump’s reiteration of his initial Charlottesville comments this afternoon:
“As Maya Angelou said, when people show you who they are, believe them the first time. President Trump’s contradictory statements and claims about wanting to ‘wait… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, the Congressional Black Caucus released the following statement on the white supremacists violence that occurred today in Charlottesville, Va.:
“Since the campaign, President Trump has encouraged and emboldened the type of racism and violence we saw today in Charlottesville, Va. This is a president after all who has two white supremacists working for him in… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, the Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, Congressman Cedric L. Richmond, released a statement on the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) decision to reverse its position on a Ohio voting case before the Supreme Court that deals with state procedures for removing people from voter rolls.
In Ohio, if a resident doesn’t vote for two years, the state sends them a… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, the Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), Congressman Cedric L. Richmond (D-La.), issued the following statement on Attorney General Jeff Sessions' decision to attack affirmative action efforts on college and university campuses:
“Attorney General Sessions continues to show us again and again who he is and what he is about.
“In January of this year, the… Read more »
Today, the Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), Congressman Cedric L. Richmond (D-LA) and Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), announced the CBC’s intent to file an amicus brief with the Supreme Court of the United States in support of the forthcoming petition for certiorari in Moore v Bryant.
“Since its creation, the Confederate battle emblem has been used as a symbol of white… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, the Congressional Black Caucus issued the following statement on why a majority of the 49-member caucus recently voted in favor of calling for Attorney General Sessions to resign. The caucus vote was held before Friday’s report strongly suggesting that Attorney General Sessions has once again violated the public’s trust.
“Every day the Department of Justice… Read more »
