WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08), a member of House Democratic leadership and the Congressional Black Caucus, issued the following statement after the Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve on the Supreme Court: “It was an honor to be present on the Senate floor for the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the […]

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08), Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, and Rep. Maxine Waters (CA-43), Chair of the House Financial Services Committee, led all House Members of the Congressional Black Caucus in calling on Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin to bring H.R. 1693, the Eliminating a Quantifiably Unjust Application of […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 3617, the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act of 2021. The bipartisan legislation would end the federal prohibition and criminalization of marijuana by removing it from the Controlled Substances Act and facilitate the expungement of low-level federal marijuana convictions, as well as incentivizing state […]

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08), Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives prior to the passage of H.R. 6833, the Affordable Insulin Now Act. The legislation would cap the out-of-pocket costs for insulin at $35 per month. 1 in 4 Americans who rely on insulin have cut back or skipped […]

BROOKLYN, NY – Yesterday, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08), Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) announced that they secured $9.2 million in funding for The Brooklyn Hospital Center (TBHC) through the recently-passed government funding law.  Serving more than 70,000 patients per year in its Emergency Department, TBHC is the oldest hospital in Brooklyn and an independent, […]

EAST NEW YORK, NY – This week, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08) and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced they secured $3 million for The Campaign Against Hunger through the recently-passed government funding law. The money will fund a permanent community food hub, a first-of-its-kind ecosystem that uses food access, education and innovation in urban farming to break the systemic and interconnected cycle […]

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA) and Nancy Mace (R-SC) announced the introduction of the Human Trafficking Prevention Act. The bipartisan legislation will require the posting of the contact information of the National Human Trafficking Hotline in the restrooms of all U.S. airplanes, airports, trains, train stations, busses […]

BROOKLYN, NY – Today, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08), a member of House Democratic leadership and the Congressional Black Caucus, issued the following statement after President Biden nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court: “Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is a groundbreaking, visionary, highly capable legal mind who has dedicated her career to ensuring that the rights and […]

BROOKLYN, NY – Today, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08), a member of House Democratic leadership and the bipartisan Congressional Ukraine Caucus, issued the following statement: “An attack on any democracy is an attack on every democracy. Vladimir Putin chose to launch a premeditated war, and is responsible for the pain, suffering and death that will result. Led […]

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08) issued the following statement: “Israel is a democracy. It is not an apartheid state. Any conclusion to the contrary is demonstrably false, dangerous and designed to isolate Israel in one of the toughest neighborhoods in the world. The special relationship between the United States and Israel is anchored […]