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April 7, 2014

Congresswoman Clarke’s Statement on Deportation for Minor Infractions

Brooklyn, N.Y. – Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke released the following statement on a report by the New York Times that most of the nearly two million Americans without legal status…
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April 3, 2014

Congresswoman Clarke Urges Support for the National Endowment for the Arts

Brooklyn, N.Y. – Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke released the following statement explaining that the budget plan purposed by Representatives in the House Of Representatives…
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April 2, 2014

Congresswoman Clarke Works to Reduce Health Disparities

Brooklyn, N.Y. – Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke has asked the Republican and Democratic leaders of the Subcommittee on Health and Human Services to restore support for programs…
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April 1, 2014

Black Women Must Harness Their Political Power

“Fannie Lou Hamer was a poor black woman with a sixth-grade education who spent much of her life working in the cotton fields. Her legacy, however, demonstrates that each of…
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April 1, 2014

Congresswoman Clarke’s Statement on Health Insurance Enrollment in New York

Brooklyn, N.Y. – Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke released to following statement in celebration of health insurance marketplace enrollment of more than seven million, a number…
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March 28, 2014

Congresswoman Clarke’s Statement on Concerns About the “Doc Fix”

Brooklyn, N.Y. – Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke released the following statement about her concerns that the Republican Medicare bill, a twelve-month extension for payments to…
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