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WATCH: House Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairman Elijah Cummings Checks Rep. Jim Jordan
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WATCH: House Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairman Elijah Cummings Checks Rep. Jim Jordan

Sentinel News WireApril 3, 2019

The House Committee on Oversight and Reform on Tuesday authorized Chairman Elijah Cummings to issue a subpoena for White House Personnel Security Director Carl Kline. The 22-to-15 party-line vote enables the committee to summon Kline to testify about its probe into the Trump administration’s security clearance process. The subpoena was authorized along with those for Attorney General William Barr, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, and Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General John Gore, who are summoned to testify on the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census.

House Education and Labor Chairman Bobby Scott Blast Trump Administration’s Refusal to Defend the ACA, Imperiling Health Care for Millions
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House Education and Labor Chairman Bobby Scott Blast Trump Administration’s Refusal to Defend the ACA, Imperiling Health Care for Millions

Sentinel News WireMarch 27, 2019

WASHINGTON, DC – House Education and Labor Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA), Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) issued the following joint statement today after the Trump administration wrote to the Fifth Circuit urging the court to uphold the district court ruling in Texas v. United States striking down the entirety of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). “The Trump Administration is now actively supporting a lawsuit that would cause millions of people to lose their health insurance, eliminate protections for people with pre-existing conditions, and trigger an immediate spike in health care costs for all Americans. This

Congresswoman Robin Kelly Introduces Legislation to Expand Access to Lower Cost Generic Drugs
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Congresswoman Robin Kelly Introduces Legislation to Expand Access to Lower Cost Generic Drugs

Sentinel News WireMarch 27, 2019

Congresswoman Robin Kelly, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Health Braintrust and member of the Health subcommittee on Energy and Commerce, has introduced the Orange Book Transparency Act (H.R. 1503) to increase access to lower cost generic drugs and bolster competition within the generic drug marketplace to help reduce drug costs. The Orange Book is an important tool for the development and prescribing of generic drugs. Doctors and pharmacists use the Orange Book for information on the approval and availability of generic drugs. Likewise, generic companies use the Orange Book to make critical R&D decisions. Experts, medical professional and advocates

Congressmember Antonio Delgado Joins in Introducing Bill to Preserve Affordable Care Act Protections for People with Pre-Existing Conditions
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Congressmember Antonio Delgado Joins in Introducing Bill to Preserve Affordable Care Act Protections for People with Pre-Existing Conditions

Sentinel News WireMarch 27, 2019

WASHINGTON, DC – With the Administration joining a lawsuit to invalidate the entire Affordable Care Act including its protections for those with pre-existing conditions, Representative Antonio Delgado (NY-19) joined as an original cosponsor in introducing the Protecting Pre-Existing Conditions & Making Health Care More Affordable Act of 2019. Delgado’s action today follows his second in-district work period, where he focused on health care, touring health facilities across the district and speaking at the opening of a new Planned Parenthood facility. “People across my district are clamoring for better health care services – it’s why I focused my second in-district work

Maxine Waters Says Deutsche Bank has Begun Providing Records of its Dealings with Donald Trump
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Maxine Waters Says Deutsche Bank has Begun Providing Records of its Dealings with Donald Trump

Sentinel News WireMarch 27, 2019

The chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee said Tuesday that Deutsche Bank has begun providing records of its dealings with Donald Trump for the panel’s probe into the president’s finances. Rep. Maxine (D-Calif.) said Tuesday that Deutsche Bank has begun cooperating with an investigation into its extensive history with Trump who borrowed millions of dollars from the bank over several decades. When asked Tuesday at the Capitol if Deutsche Bank had started to hand over records of it financial relationship with Trump, Waters replied, “Yes.” The chairwoman also said she was satisfied with Deutsche Bank’s cooperation with the probe and that the Financial Services panel is looking

REP. JOHN LEWIS SAYS ENTIRE MUELLER REPORT MUST BE MADE PUBLIC
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REP. JOHN LEWIS SAYS ENTIRE MUELLER REPORT MUST BE MADE PUBLIC

Sentinel News WireMarch 27, 2019

Rep. John Lewis joins his colleagues in demanding that the report delivered by special counsel Robert Mueller to Attorney General William Barr today must be made public in its entirety: “The American people have waited patiently to hear the findings of the Mueller report. By a vote of 420 to zero, the House agreed on Thursday— unanimously,  across the lines of party and ideology— that the American people deserve to know everything that the Mueller investigation discovered.   The full report must be released without delay.”

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Why Georgia is the Place for Black Migration and Politics

Roger HouseMarch 22, 2019

The midterms revealed that the margin for victory in Georgia is within reach. Abrams lost to Republican Brian Kemp by about 55,000 votes out of nearly 4 million votes cast. Clearly, a surge in the size of the Black voter base could close such a gap and end a drought in state representation dating to Reconstruction. 

Maxine Waters Blasts Wells Fargo for Bonus to CEO, Calls for his Removal
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Maxine Waters Blasts Wells Fargo for Bonus to CEO, Calls for his Removal

Sentinel News WireMarch 20, 2019

Following the announcement that Wells Fargo President and CEO Timothy Sloan received $2 million in performance-based incentive pay for 2018, and total compensation of $18.4 million for the year, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, made the following statement: “Given Wells Fargo’s continuing failures, it is outrageous and wholly inappropriate that the bank has rewarded Mr. Sloan with a $2 million bonus for 2018, a year in which federal regulators and authorities capped the bank’s growth and fined the bank more than $3 billion for offenses such as improperly charging customers auto insurance and

UNCF Celebrates 75 Years of Investing in Better Futures at National DC Gala
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UNCF Celebrates 75 Years of Investing in Better Futures at National DC Gala

Sentinel News ServiceMarch 15, 2019

During an historic night—in more ways than one—UNCF (United Negro College Fund) celebrated its 75th anniversary at its national UNCF “A Mind is…” Gala in Washington, DC, March 7. The event helped the storied organization reach new fundraising heights, raising more than it ever has during a single event—$3.4 million—for UNCF’s historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The event, whose title echoes the group’s iconic motto, “A mind is a terrible thing to waste,”® celebrated the founding of the organization by Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University) president Dr. Frederick Douglass Patterson with backing from corporate leaders led by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and Coca Cola President Robert W. Woodruff.

Congressman Bishop Participates in the Second Annual HBCU Steam Day of Action on Capitol Hill
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Congressman Bishop Participates in the Second Annual HBCU Steam Day of Action on Capitol Hill

Sentinel News WireMarch 12, 2019

Washington, D.C. –  Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) and the Bipartisan Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Caucus and the Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics (STEAM) Caucus recently hosted the second annual HBCU STEAM Day of Action on Capitol Hill. This annual event brings together education and industry leaders and Members of Congress for a collective day of advocacy for our nation’s 102 HBCUs and their 300,000 students. During STEAM Day the coalition met with Republican and Democratic Members of Congress in the U.S. House and U.S. Senate.  The Senate and House Appropriations Committees, House Energy and Commerce Committee, House Financial Services

Kamala Harris Joins Colleagues to Reintroduce Bill to Stop Trump Administration from Detaining and Shackling Pregnant Women
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Kamala Harris Joins Colleagues to Reintroduce Bill to Stop Trump Administration from Detaining and Shackling Pregnant Women

Sentinel News WireMarch 6, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) joined her colleagues to reintroduce the Stop Shackling and Detaining Pregnant Women Act. The legislation would protect the health and safety of pregnant women and youth by reinstituting the presumption of release of pregnant women and youth in immigration detention, further prohibiting the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from shackling pregnant women in its custody, and setting new standards of care and transparency for the treatment of pregnant women and youth. The bill was first introduced last summer in light of reports of mistreatment of pregnant women in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement