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CBC Applauds Historic Confirmation of CBC Member

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  PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release   March 10, 2021   Media Contact Airen Washington, Communications Director Airen.washington@mail.house.gov   CBC Applauds Historic Confirmation of CBC Member Marcia Fudge to Lead HUD   WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Chairwoman Joyce Beatty and the Members of the Congressional Black Caucus today…

Intergenerational Group of CBC Members meet with Vice President Kamala Harris

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PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release   February 25, 2021   Media Contact Airen Washington, Communications Director Airen.washington@mail.house.gov Intergenerational Group of CBC Members meet with Vice President Kamala Harris   CBC members and Vice President Harris meet to discuss living Black history and the American Rescue Plan.     WASHINGTON, D.C.…

CBC and Chair Beatty Convenes Special Hearing Highlighting 100 Day Plan

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PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release   February 24, 2021   Media Contact Airen Washington, Communications Director Airen.washington@mail.house.gov (c) 202.841.2777     CBC and Chair Beatty Convenes Special Hearing Highlighting 100 Day Plan Hearing coincides with CBC celebration and recognition of ‘living black history.'   WASHINGTON, D.C. — The…

CBC APPLAUDS THE HISTORIC NOMINATION OF REP. DEB HAALAND AS INTERIOR DEPARTMENT SECRETARY

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Washington, DC – Rep. Karen Bass, Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, released the following statement upon reports of the nomination of Rep. Deb Haaland (NM-01) as Secretary of the Department of Interior. “We applaud the nomination of Rep. Deb Haaland, one of the first Native American women elected to Congress, to lead the very agency responsible for the dislocation and inhumane…

CBC CELEBRATES THE NOMINATION OF BRENDA MALLORY AND MICHAEL REGAN TO KEY ENVIRONMENTAL POSITIONS

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Washington, DC – Rep. Karen Bass, Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, released the following statement upon reports of the nomination of Brenda Mallory to serve as Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality and Michael Regan to serve as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). “The Congressional Black Caucus is pleased to see the priority placed on…

CBC Praises Nomination of Susan Rice to Lead the White House Domestic Policy Council

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WASHINGTON – Today, the Congressional Black Caucus issued the following statement after reports announced that Ambassador Susan Rice would be nominated to direct the White House Domestic Policy Council. “The Congressional Black Caucus applauds President-elect Joe Biden’s nomination of Ambassador Susan Rice to run the White House Domestic Policy Council to develop, coordinate and oversee…

CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS APPLAUDS CONFEDERATE BASE RENAMING IN FINAL NDAA CONFERENCE REPORT

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Washington, D.C. – The Congressional Black Caucus released this statement following the House passage of the Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (FY21 NDAA). In November 2020, the Congressional Black Caucus voted unanimously to adopt a position that the Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act must include a provision mandating the redesignation of Department…

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