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August 18, 2020
Congresswoman Beatty stood up for veterans, postal workers, and voters at her local Post Office.

August 8, 2020
It is indisputable that minority businesses are key drivers of sustained U.S. economic growth, and it is also indisputable that Black businesses will disproportionately suffer greater fallout from the COVID-19 Pandemic. As evidenced by the fact that while the number of active business owners in the United States plummeted by 3.3 million, or 22 percent over the crucial two-month window from February to April 2020—and that losses were felt across nearly all industries—Black businesses experienced a 41 percent drop according to the National Bureau of Economic Research.

August 5, 2020
Rep. Joyce Beatty took office the same year. “I can remember feeling and listening to our male counterparts discounting us,” the Ohio Democrat says. As the newcomers settled in, everyone seemed to recognize the men. But those same people didn’t bother to learn her name.

August 3, 2020
Congresswoman Joyce Beatty spoke with NBC 4's Colleen Marshall about the pending coronavirus relief package and what she hopes that it contains.

July 22, 2020
Congresswoman Joyce Beatty recently announced the launch of her #MaskUpChallenge.

July 22, 2020
The real facts are undeniable: President Obama turned around the worst recession since the Great Depression, and President Trump coasted on that economic success.

July 20, 2020

When Representative Elijah E. Cummings became the first Black lawmaker to lie in state in the Capitol last fall, the public poured into Statuary Hall, a choir from Morgan State University sang and admirers cried and hugged.

That was before the coronavirus pandemic changed everything.


July 19, 2020
Congresswoman Joyce Beatty spoke with 10TV about her time in Congress with Congressman John Lewis.

July 18, 2020
Congresswoman Beatty spoke with local media about the life and work of Congressman John Lewis.

July 18, 2020
Congresswoman Joyce Beatty spoke with NBC 4 on the life, legacy, and enduring work of her colleague, friend, and civil rights icon Congressman John Lewis.