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BALTIMORE — House Democrats embraced three favorite words during their annual retreat: Speaker Hakeem Jeffries.
As the new Congress enters its third month, Democrats are full of bluster about their chances of recapturing the majority next year and handing Jeffries the gavel. Some lawmakers made possibly intentional verbal flubs, referring to their “majority” leaders, as they talked about efforts to unite behind a winning 2024 message.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03) issued the following statement on the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Joyce Beatty started her job as chair of the Congressional Black Caucus in Jan. 2021, just months after the worldwide protests over George Floyd’s murder by police in Minneapolis.
Last month, days after her two-year term ended, Tyre Nichols died at the hands of police in Memphis.
Beatty watched in horror as yet another video showed a Black man’s life ending because of police brutality. She said she played the video a second time, closing her eyes to listen to the gut-wrenching audio.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On February 7, 2023, President Joseph R. Biden delivered the 2023 State of the Union Address before a joint session of the 118th Congress. After the president's speech, U.S. Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03) issued the following statement:
On Thursday of last week, U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman, in partnership with Representatives Kweisi Mfume from Maryland and Joyce Beatty from Ohio, announced three bills highlighting and preserving Black history in classrooms “under attack.”
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As states look to restrict the teaching of race, gender identity and sexuality, social media content creators have stepped in to fill the gap.
Platforms like TikTok and Instagram have become an alternative resource to share histories that many never learned about in school.
Jay Colby, a 29-year-old Houston resident, runs one of those accounts.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03) today announced Regina Wallace-Jones, President and CEO of ActBlue, as her guest of the State of the Union Address.
Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) on Wednesday, the first day of Black History Month, reintroduced the Black History is American History Act, which would require Black history to be part of the American History and Civics Academies’ competitive grants.
The grants are administered by the Department of Education and used to help improve student achievement in subjects such as American history in elementary schools.
Washington, D.C. — On the first day of Black History Month, U.S. Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03) reintroduced the Black History is American History Act, legislation that would mandate the inclusion of Black history as a required component of the American History and Civics Academies' competitive grants administered by the U.S. Department of Education.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03) took to the floor of the United States House of Representatives to honor Black History as American History.