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Canarsie Courier: Jeffries Hosts Special Forum For City’s Weeklies

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NYDN: House of Representatives Passes Bill to Study Prison Ship Martyrs Monument

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NY1: Fort Greene Monument Has DC Lawmakers’ Attention

A Revolutionary War crypt in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene Park is a step closer to being named a National Monument. The House passed a bill Monday requiring the National Park Service to do a study of the Prison Ship Martyr’s Monument, which holds the remains of more than 11,000 Continental Army soldiers. All the troops died […]

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Brooklyn Daily Eagle: Jeffries talks health care, immigration, Sandy at reporters’ roundtable

Central Brooklyn is facing a health care crisis with hospitals hemorrhaging money and “an infusion of resources” is needed to solve the problem, U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries told reporters during a roundtable discussion in his downtown Brooklyn office Thursday morning. Jeffries (D-Bedford-Stuyvesant-Canarsie- Brighton Beach) pointed to the troubled financial situations at Long Island College Hospital […]

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NYC Congressional Delegation Sends Letter To HUD On Sandy Funding

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NY1: Congressman Pushes to Bring National Recognition to Brooklyn Park

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Rep. Jeffries Questions Attorney General Eric Holder On Gun Violence In America

Washington – During a House Judiciary Committee Department of Justice oversight hearing on April 8, 2014, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8) questioned the sole witness, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, on the Administration’s response to gun violence in Brooklyn and throughout America. During the line of questioning, Congressman Jeffries observed that many of the illegal guns […]

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Business Insider: Patently Unfair: Why The Senate Must Act to Club the Trolls

The American patent system was enshrined by our founding fathers in the Constitution to promote innovation and the progress of science and the useful arts.1 Since that time, when functioning as originally intended, it has served to bolster U.S. entrepreneurship, economic advancement and employ millions of workers across the nation.2 As Members of Congress from […]

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Rep. Jeffries Denounces Callous Republican Budget

WASHINGTON –Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8) issued the following statement today after House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan released the fiscal year 2015 House Republican budget: “House Republicans have renewed their attack on working families, the middle class and seniors by putting forth another budget that callously balances itself on the backs of the most vulnerable […]

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SESAC Hosts Rep. Hakeem Jeffries

[[{“fid”:”799″,”view_mode”:”full”,”fields”:{“format”:”full”,”field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]”:”SESAC Jeffries”,”field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]”:”SESAC Jeffries”},”type”:”media”,”link_text”:null,”attributes”:{“alt”:”SESAC Jeffries”,”title”:”SESAC Jeffries”,”style”:”width: 440px; height: 293px; float: left;”,”class”:”media-element file-full”}}]]SESAC recently hosted an afternoon of music and politics when Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) visited the New York offices to talk about the Songwriter Equity Act.  The bill, co-sponsored by Jeffries along with Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA), endeavors to modernize the music licensing system by […]