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Congresswoman Joyce Beatty from Ohio’s 3rd Congressional district delivers this week’s CBC Message to America addressing the racial gap that exists amongst those attempting to achieve the American dream.

Beatty will join members of the the Congressional Black Caucus and the House Democratic Caucus tonight at the Capitol for “Lighting the Way National Speak Out: The Path Forward on Gun Violence.”

In this online exclusive, we look at the FAST Act, a bill making its way through Congress that aims to expand telestroke beyond rural hospitals.

Ohio’s elected leaders are mourning the deaths of five police officers in Dallas in a sniper attack during a protest over the slayings of black men by white officers in Minnesota and Louisiana.

U.S. Rep. Joyce Beatty joined 40 other congressional Democrats in a sit-in on the House floor.

NBC4's Colleen Marshall talks with Congresswoman Beatty on the Democratic sit-in.

Dozens of House Democrats staged a sit-in on the floor of the House today to protest House Republican leadership for not allowing a vote on gun control legislation.

After a series of proposed gun control measures failed to pass in the US Senate on Monday, Democrats from the the House of Representative are now taking matters into their own hands.