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March 13, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions, released the following statement on actions taken by the Federal Reserve, U.S. Treasury, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) regarding Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank.


March 8, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 8, 2023) – The National Urban League today presented former Congressional Black Caucus Chair Joyce Beatty with the CBC Champion Award the final day of the League’s Legislative Policy Conference.


March 8, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, March 8, 2023, on International Women's Day (IWD), U.S. Congresswoman Joyce Beatty joins women in every corner of the world to honor the sheroes who are breaking barriers, shattering glass ceilings, and paving the way forward with fortitude.


March 6, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03) opened applications for Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) Community Project Funding. Community project funding allows Members of Congress to request direct funding to fifteen qualifying projects within their congressional district.


March 3, 2023

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.


February 24, 2023

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: 

 


February 13, 2023

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. 


February 7, 2023

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:


February 7, 2023

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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February 7, 2023

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.