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On January 15, 2013, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries spoke on the House Floor encouraging passage of the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act. H.R. 152. This bill will provide much needed financial relief for many families, communities and small businesses that are suffering from the destruction caused by Superstorm Sandy.
After winning a commanding victory to succeed Ed Towns as representative of Brooklyn’s 8th Congressional District, Hakeem Jeffries was sworn into office as a member of the 113th Congress last week.
Now that he’s arrived on Capitol Hill, freshman Congressman Hakeem Jeffries has been appointed to the Budget Committee. The Budget Committee is chaired by Paul Ryan and, in an email to supporters announcing the appointment, his campaign sounded rather excited about the possibility for Mr. Jeffries to directly tangle with the former Republican vice presidential candidate.
Energized with a new chairman and five new freshman House members, the Congressional Black Caucus was sworn in for the 113th Congress Jan. 3 with a pledge from incoming Chairman Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio) to “play to win” with the Obama administration in the battle for jobs, income opportunity and political influence for Black America.
“I’m looking forward to working with the administration, I’m certainly proud of our president but there are some things I think we need to discuss.”