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.
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Congressional Black Caucus Statement on the Passing of Representative Sylvester Turner
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Today, Congressional Black Caucus Chair Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) and members of the Congressional Black Caucus issued the following statement: “It is with the deepest sadness that the Congressional Black Caucus mourns the loss of our dearly departed friend and esteemed colleague, Congressman Sylvester Turner. Our… Forbes: Congressional Black Caucus Lays Foundation For Movement Following Trump’s Joint Address
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Read article here. Who is the leading the resistance on Capitol Hill? That is the question we wanted to answer before a second-term President Donald J. Trump delivered his first address before a joint session of Congress. On the evening of March 4, the Congressional Black Caucus —representing 60 members of the U.S. House of Representatives—held a gathering… USA Today: 'Don't mess with Medicaid': Texas lawmaker's final message to Trump before dying at 70
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Read article here. A new Democratic lawmaker had a message for Donald Trump about cutting Medicaid for everyday Americans that he shared widely before the president's Tuesday night primetime speech. A few hours later, 70-year-old Texas Rep. Sylvester Turner - who had recently struggled to overcome bone cancer - had died. The cause of death is not yet known for… USA Today: Some Black congressional lawmakers boycott or walk out of Trump's address in protest
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Read article here. Several members of the Congressional Black Caucus walked out of President Donald Trump’s address to Congress Tuesday or boycotted the speech altogether. “There's a MAGA fest, a MAGA rally going on in the House chambers,’’ Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, said soon after leaving the chamber as Trump… Joint Statement from Tri-Caucus Chairs on President Trump’s Executive Order Declaring English as Official Language
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The Chairs of the Congressional Tri-Caucus—CongressionalAsian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) Chair Rep. Grace Meng (NY-06), Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), and Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Chair Rep. Yvette Clarke (NY-09)—released the following joint… Congressional Black Caucus Statement on President Trump’s Suspension of USDA 1890 Scholars Program
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Congressional Black Caucus Chair Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) and members of the Congressional Black Caucus issued a statement following the Trump-Vance Administration's suspension of the 1890 Scholars Program administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA): “For more than 30 years, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 1890 National… The Hill: CBC calls Trump suspension of USDA 1890 Scholars program ‘outrageous’
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Read article here. The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) is calling on President Trump to reinstate an education program designed to support students from rural and underserved communities pursuing degrees in agriculture and related fields at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) indefinitely suspended the 1890 Scholarship… Congressional Caucus Leaders: Trump is Undermining Civil Rights Enforcement for Workers
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Today, the leaders of the Congressional Equality Caucus (CEC), Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC), Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), and the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), released the following statements highlighting how President Trump has spent his first three weeks in office undermining civil rights protections and enforcement… MSNBC: ‘Democrats are prepared’: Rep. Yvette Clarke on pushing back against Trump’s extreme agenda
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Watch the full interview here. Rep. Yvette Clarke joins The Weekend to discuss how Trump’s recent executive orders mirror the extreme Project 2025 agenda. Fox News: Black Caucus chair accuses Trump of 'purge' of 'minority' federal workers
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Congressional Black Caucus Chair Yvette Clarke has accused President Donald Trump of trying to "purge" non-White workers from the federal government. "Our republic’s president, Donald Trump, chose to address a nation in mourning with only fiction and White supremacist ideologies," Clarke said during a Friday press conference in Brooklyn, New York. "Yesterday, he spun… Browse Documents by Date or Issue |