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113th Congress

July 3, 2014

New York church Leaders promise stepped up immigration deportation battle

“New York church leaders are warning President Barack Obama to expect strong push back as the White House moves to quicken the pace of deportations as almost 100,000 immigrant…
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July 3, 2014

Congresswoman Clarke’s Statement on the June Jobs Report

Brooklyn, N.Y. – Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke released the following statement on a report from the Department of Labor that more than 288,000 people found work in June, reducing…
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July 2, 2014

Democrats blast Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby ruling

“Members of Brooklyn congressional delegation had strong, and negative, reactions to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling Monday in the so-called Hobby Lobby case.” To…
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July 2, 2014

Congresswoman Clarke’s Statement on the Discovery of Gilad Shaar, Eyal Yifrah, and Naftali Fraenkel

Brooklyn, N.Y. – Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke released the following statement on of the discovery of Gilad Shaar, Eyal Yifrah, and Naftali Fraenkel, Israeli teenagers…
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July 2, 2014

Congresswoman Clarke Commemorates the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Brooklyn, N.Y. – Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke released the following statement to commemorate the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibited discrimination…
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June 30, 2014

Congresswoman Clarke’s Statement on Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby

Brooklyn, N.Y. – Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke released the following statement on Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby,  a decision in which Supreme Court undermined the right of women to obtain…
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