Press Releases
“Both the United States and Israel have pledged to support a negotiated settlement that guarantees the security of the State of Israel and establishes a peaceful Palestinian state – commonly known as the ‘two-state solution.’ Any final status agreement will depend on direct bilateral negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke released the following statement on rules adopted by Republicans in the House of Representatives to punish members for recording videos or taking pictures on the floor of the chamber, a tactic used in June 2016 to broadcast speeches calling for common-sense gun safety regulations on social media.
Brooklyn, N.Y. – Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke released the following statement on a letter she and seventeen other members of the House of Representatives sent to President Obama calling on him to pardon civil rights leader Marcus Garvey.
Brooklyn, N.Y. – Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke released the following statement on the nomination of Andrew Puzder as Secretary of the Department of Labor.
Brooklyn, N.Y. – Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke released the following statement on the nomination of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Brooklyn, N.Y. – Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke released the following statement concerning a letter she and more than one hundred of her colleagues sent to President Obama urging him to prevent the misuse of information involving participants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
Brooklyn, N.Y. – Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke released the following statement on United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s apology to the Haitian people responsibility for the cholera epidemic that occurred after the earthquake in 2010.
Brooklyn, N.Y. – Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke released the following statement on H.R.34, the Twenty-First Century Cures Act, which includes several provisions she introduced to invest in critical medical research.
Brooklyn, N.Y. – Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke released the following statement on the vote in which the House of Representatives voted 234 to 181 to allocate $800,000 for the Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives, a panel that continues to pursue unsubstantiated allegations against Planned Parenthood. Congresswoman Clarke voted “no.”
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke released the following statement in honor of the ninety-second birthday of Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, the first African American woman and the first Caribbean American to enter the race for President of the United States.