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[United Nations\Congressional Black Caucus]
Congresswoman Barbara Lee: “As Democratic Congressional Representative to the United Nations, it’s more important than ever that members of the Congressional Black Caucus work with the UN to advance global peace and security. I am especially pleased that we were able to focus our agenda on the importance of African Americans and the African Diaspora.”
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[Chicago News\Chicago Police]
Mayor Lightfoot: “Mr. Johnson has misled the people of Chicago. The 13,400 sworn and civilian members of the Chicago Police Department who work hard every day deserve a leader who they can believe in. In public life, we must be accountable for our actions and strive to do better every day.”
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[Climate Change News\COP25]
Rep. Kathy Castor: “This delegation from the United States is here to say: we are committed to climate action now. All across the United States of America, cities, states, businesses and academic institutions are lowering their greenhouse gas emissions and taking climate action.”
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[Technology News\Election Disinformation]
“Social media has become part of our everyday lives, allowing us to connect with one another and share news, media, and information more easily and widely than ever before. Foreign adversaries are exploiting social media to seek political, economic, and military advantage over the United States and its allies.”
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[Native American News\”Broken Promises” Report]
The report’s key findings build on the alarming concerns raised in the 2003 report Quiet Crisis: Federal Funding and Unmet Needs in Indian Country, which exposed the government’s lack of investment in Indian Country…The federal government has failed to keep accurate and comprehensive records of federal spending on Native American programs, making monitoring of federal spending difficult. As a result of these failures, Native Americans continue to rank near the bottom of all Americans in terms of health, education, justice, and employment.
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[Immigration News\Child Separation]
Rep. Thompson: “The Committee, in its oversight role, has been dutifully engaging with DHS to obtain records on its policies and activities at the southwest border – particularly those affecting children and families – for almost a year. The Department has unfortunately failed to provide these documents, obstructing our oversight efforts.”
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[Housing News\HUD]
“In its recently published notice to implement the NSPIRE demonstration, HUD states that it is seeking feedback from a ‘diverse, representative group of stakeholders.’[1] However, according to the National Housing Law Project, HUD has only engaged HUD officials, as well as public housing agencies, owners and agents (POAs), to develop the demonstration. The HUD notice is also disconcertingly silent on the issue of resident engagement.[2]”
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[Police Brutality\Bijan Bhaisar]
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton:“Based on the publicly available information, the shooting appears completely unjustified. Bijan did not appear to pose a threat to the officers when they shot him.”
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[Gun Violence\Saugus High School]
House Speaker Pelosi: “Every day, our children and our communities are forced to endure horrendous acts of violence and bloodshed, while Republicans continue to obstruct meaningful, bipartisan solutions to end the epidemic of gun violence…Senator McConnell must finally allow a vote on the bipartisan, commonsense gun violence prevention legislation that the House passed 260 days ago. Our children deserve action.”
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[Florida News\W. George Allen]
Congressman Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL): “After growing up in a segregated community not far from where I grew up in Seminole County, Florida, George served as a special agent in the Counter Intelligence Corps for the U.S. Army before going on to become the first African American to earn his J.D. from the University of Florida Law School in 1962. For over five decades of his law career, George fought tirelessly to put an end to the injustice he experienced and witnessed as it affected the African American community.”
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