Today, Congressman Cedric L. Richmond (D-LA-02), the Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, issued the following statement on the passage of the “morally bankrupt” Republican tax bill. Republicans passed the bill this afternoon by a vote of 227-205. “This tax bill reflects just how morally bankrupt the Republican Party has become. In order to pay for tax cuts for corporations and one percenters like President Trump, the bill eliminates middle-class tax breaks that help average Americans mak...
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Today, the Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), Congressman Cedric L. Richmond (D-LA-02), sent a letter to President Trump and Republican caucus leaders urging them to fully restore the government’s ability to study gun violence and fully fund gun violence research by repealing the Dickey Amendment. In 1996, in response to a Center for Disease Control and Prevention study that found that gun ownership is associated with an increased risk of homicide in the home, Congress passed the ...
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WASHINGTON – Today, the Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), Congressman Cedric L. Richmond (D-LA-02), released the following statement on the CBC’s decision to vote “No” on the Republican reauthorization bill for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and Community Health Centers (CHC): “The Congressional Black Caucus is a strong supporter of the Children’s Health Insurance Program, Community Health Centers, and the other public health programs included in this bill. Howeve...
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Tonight, the Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), Congressman Cedric L. Richmond (D-LA-02), released the following statement in response to the announcement that a deal has been reached in the Senate concerning “cost-sharing reductions” (CSRs), which decrease out-of-pocket costs for lower-income people who buy their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act exchanges: “The CBC appreciates the bipartisan efforts to repair the damage that President Trump has done to the nation’...
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