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John McCall has heard about the work that Congressman Thompson is doing for the hospitals in the delta and says he's grateful.
Congressman Bennie Thompson traveled throughout Mississippi to advocate for rural healthcare.
The visit highlighted the importance of protecting and expanding access to quality health care in underserved communities.
Accompanied by House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark from Massachusetts, Thompson made stops to Greenwood Leflore Hospital in Itta Bena, Ochsner Watkins Hospital in Quitman, Greenwood and Batesville to meet with local officials.
In a unified display of support for LGBTQ rights on President Donald Trump’s 100th day in office, congressional Democrats, including leadership from the U.S. House and U.S. Senate, reintroduced the Equality Act on Tuesday.
The legislation, which would prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, codifying these protections into federal law in areas from jury service to housing and employment, faces an unlikely path to passage amid Republican control of both chambers of Congress along with the White House.
Congressional Democrats reintroduced the Equality Act on Tuesday, reviving a long-running effort to enshrine federal protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
A top Democratic leader was in the South Bay to tour schools and urge Congress not to cut critical school funding.
Katherine Clark, the House Minority Whip, joined Congressman Sam Liccardo in Campbell on Wednesday to visit with school children and teachers as they stress the importance of keeping federal funding for schools.
"The essential fabric that's holding our communities together and holding families together," Liccardo said of schools and education.
Democrats said the proposed cuts would severely impact economically disadvantaged children in the area
In a powerful show of support during Transgender Day of Visibility, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark from Massachusetts rallied with the Christopher Street Project and advocates at the National Mall. As a congress member and mother of a transgender daughter, Clark fiercely criticized Republican measures targeting trans Americans and the broader LGBTQ+ community.
Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA), the House minority whip, called out Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) after he accidentally admitted Republicans want to "cut Medicare."
During a Tuesday interview on CNBC, Cassidy was asked how Republicans would pay for the trillions of dollars in tax cuts that President Donald Trump has demanded.
"If you add all that up, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget said that that would cut revenue by somewhere between five and $11.2 trillion over the next 10 years," the CNBC host told the GOP senator.
Before any visible signs of political protest or activism appeared in “America’s Front Yard,” the sounds of cheers, applause, and the faint melody of Madonna’s Vogue echoed through the air, audible from blocks away. As the Capitol came into view and the crowd neared 3rd Street, small groups of people adorned in bright pink, blue, and white gathered along the pebble-covered pathways and the soft, lush grass of the National Mall. The sun peeked in and out of the clouds as the Transgender Day of Visibility Rally began.
None of the Democrats IâÂÂve highlighted in this series have been part of the leadership group. IâÂÂve chosen to focus instead on those less well known to voters and readers on Daily Kos. IâÂÂve decided to profile a member of the House Leadership in this entry, Katherine Clark, as few seem to know her, know her role, and she is rarely mentioned in diaries or comments on this site.
Former WBZ-TV meteorologist Sarah Wroblewski will be Massachusetts Congresswoman Katherine Clark's special guest at President Trump's joint address to Congress Tuesday night.