Press Releases

Today, Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Members, Rep. Corrine Brown (FL-05) and Rep. Cedric Richmond (LA-02) introduced the Protecting Educational Loans for Underserved Students Act (the PLUS Act), a bill that will restore core credit standards used by the Department of Education(ED) prior to the change to the definition of "adverse credit" made in 2011. Read more »

Today, all women Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), sent a letter to Department of Defense (DOD) Secretary Chuck Hagel, encouraging him to reconsider the impact of updated regulation AR-670-1. Read more »

Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Chair Marcia L. Fudge released the following statement on her introduction of the CBC Alternative Budget. Floor debate on the CBC Alternative Budget is scheduled for Wednesday, April 9 at approximately 2:30pm. Read more »

Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Members released the following statement in response to the Republican budget proposal for FY 2015: Read more »

Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Chair Marcia L. Fudge released the following statement in support of changes to Stand Your Ground Laws: Read more »

Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Chair Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11) and Rep. Gwen Moore (WI-04) sent the following letter to Rep. Paul Ryan regarding his comments on the Bill Bennett's Morning in America show where he referred to a "tailspin of culture" in inner cities "not even thinking about working or learning the value and the culture of work". Read more »

Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Chair Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11) sent the following letter to Speaker of the House John Boehner (OH-08) regarding Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa's conduct during yesterday's committee hearing where he shut Ranking Member Elijah Cummings' microphone off as the Congressman began speaking. The full text of Chair Fudge's letter is below and is available for download here Read more »

Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Chair Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11) released the following statement on the failed cloture vote for Debo P. Adegbile's confirmation for Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Civil Rights Division: Read more »

Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Chair Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11) released the following statement on the failed cloture vote for Debo P. Adegbile's confirmation for Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Civil Rights Division: Read more »

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) released the following statements on today's Senate floor vote to confirm Debo P. Adegbile for Assistant Attorney General of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Civil Rights Division Read more »