[Housing News\Housing Affordability]
Congresswoman Maxine Waters: “We are in the midst of a housing affordability crisis across the country, caused in part by the lack of affordable and available rental units, rising rents, gentrification, and dilapidated public housing…Studies have shown that neglecting our housing infrastructure will only hurt our economy, so I urge my colleagues to support this legislation to make the necessary investments in rural, suburban and urban housing markets, and ensure all future conversations around infrastructure investments include affordable housing.”
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House Financial Services Committee
CALIFORNIA SENATOR HARRIS INTRODUCES LEGISLATION AFFIRMING 1866 CIVIL RIGHTS LAW AS SUPREME COURT COMCAST CASE CONTINUES
[Supreme Court News\Comcast Case v. NAAOM]
Senator Harris: “Just one year after the end of the Civil War, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1866 to remove barriers to contracting and Black economic advancement.“It ensured that newly freed slaves enjoyed the same rights as other citizens. This case threatens to limit the effectiveness of our oldest civil rights law and could prevent countless victims– particularly Black people and people of color– from pursuing claims of race discrimination in our courts.
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MISSOURI CONGRESSMAN CLEAVER CALLS FOR FEDERAL INVESTIGATION INTO FACEBOOK’S PROPOSED CRYPTOCURRENCY
[Facebook News]
Rep Emanuel Cleaver on Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency Libra: “I remain deeply concerned with the current lack of understanding that he [Mr. Marcus] or anybody else at Facebook seems to have about what the long-reaching risks and implications of Libra and Calibra will be. Positive intentions will not be enough to combat the real threats of money laundering, terrorist financing, and fraud, or to ensure the protection of our financial system as we know it.”
Photo: Rep. Emanuel Cleaver
Photo: Emanuel Cleaver