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March 18, 2015

Congresswoman Clarke’s Statement on 16.4 Million ACA Enrollment

Brooklyn, N.Y. – Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke released the following statement on the announcement from the Department of Health and Human Services that 16.4 million uninsured…
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March 18, 2015

Congresswoman Clarke’s Statement on Attack at McDonald’s Restaurant on Flatbush Avenue

Brooklyn, N.Y. – Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke released the following statement on the attack on a fifteen-year-old young woman by four other young women at a McDonald’s Restaurant…
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March 9, 2015

Congresswoman Clarke’s Statement on DOJ Report on the Ferguson, Missouri, Police Department

Brooklyn, N.Y. – Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke released the following statement on a report released by the Department of Justice which determined that the practices of the Ferguson,…
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March 9, 2015

Congreswoman Clarke’s Statement on Commemorating the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery Marches

Brooklyn, N.Y. – Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke released the following statement on her visit with a delegation of civil rights leaders and Members of Congress to Selma, Alabama…
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March 2, 2015

Congresswoman Clarke and Congressman Jeffries Urge Investigation into Dissolution of Guyana’s National Assembly

Brooklyn, N.Y. – Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke and Congressman Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement on their letter to Secretary of State John Kerry about their concerns…
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February 26, 2015

Congresswoman Clarke: DHS Shutdown Threatens the Security of New York City

Brooklyn, N.Y. – Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke released the following statement on the potentially devastating effects a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security could…
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