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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) issued the following statement reacting to Donald Trump’s TIME magazine interview, in which he commits to continuing his assault on reproductive freedom:
House Democratic leadership said in a joint statement Tuesday that they would vote to help save Speaker Mike Johnson if far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., moves to oust him.
These parents are usually fighting to get their kids to take a nap. But instead, they’re taking the fight to Congress, in an event they call Strolling Thunder.
“We really want you to think babies,” Lorna Harris-Fisher, Massachusetts Strolling Thunder Family said.
“We are doing the hardest job possible, under the most difficult condition,” Cruz Bueno, Rhode Island Strolling Thunder Family said.
Parents and kids came to this rally on Capitol Hill, to rattle lawmakers.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, and Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar released the following statement upon the completion of the House Democratic Caucus Meeting:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) released the following statement on the passing of Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr.:
“Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. was a steadfast champion for the people of New Jersey and a shining example of the compassionate, people-first leadership our nation deserves.
Orlando’s leaders and gun violence survivors met Wednesday with Congressman Maxwell Frost to discuss the city’s Community Violence Intervention program — and the promise it’s shown to reduce shootings and gun homicides in its first year.
The program, known also as CVI, aims to stop violent incidents before they escalate through mediation and resources to get at the heart of confrontations. It initially targeted five neighborhoods citywide, enlisting influential residents known as “Neighborhood Change Associates” as part of the solution.
An Orlando program that helps at-risk youth needs more money to keep saving lives and preventing violence.
The city of Orlando recently voted to expand the Community Violence Intervention program, which is focused on reducing gun violence.
Congressman Maxwell Frost and Democratic Whip Congresswoman Katherine Clark heard from people behind the mission at a roundtable discussion Wednesday.
Members of Congress are devastated by the passing of their colleague U.S. Rep. Donald Payne Jr., D-N.J., who died on Wednesday at the age of 65. Payne’s death comes after he had been hospitalized for several weeks following a cardiac arrest episode earlier this month.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said in a statement that the New Jersey lawmaker is leaving “behind a legacy of relentless determination in the face of adversity.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) took to the House Floor to affirm Democrats' commitment to passing a national security package that supports America’s allies, safeguards civilian lives, and defends democracy. Below is a transcript of her remarks: