House Proceeding 06-15-09 on Jun 15th, 2009 :: 0:39:00 to 0:45:45
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Yvette Clarke: such time as she might to congresswoman yvette clarke. ms. clarke: i'd like to tha i'd like to associate myself with your comments, remarks, and historical context for this congressional black caus' c.b.c. hour commemorating caribbean american history month. i want to thank you, my colleague, donna christensen,

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Speech By: Yvette Clarke

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Yvette Clarke: for all of your work and advocacy being part of the u.s. caribbean, u.s. virgin madam speaker, i rise today to honor the caribbean american heritage month. gentlelady from california, ms. barbara lee, for her very hard

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Yvette Clarke: work and her enduring commitment to the people of the caricom region and for ensuring that every june we i bring recognition to the many contributions made by caribbean americans and caribbean people -- people of cibbean descent and the issues facing the

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Yvette Clarke: nations of caricom and the caribbean american diaspora. . i have the honor of representing new york's 11th congressional district. previously represented in part by cheryly chisholm, the first african-american member of ngress and the child of

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Yvette Clarke: caribbean american immigrants from bar badeows and guyana. of the prominent caribbean americans that we may be aware of or have known throughout our history include such lumenaries as jean bap tease, the founder of chicago. founding father alexander

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Yvette Clarke: hamilton, who was born in nives, actor and social activist, harry belafonte, revolutionary marcus garvey, noted journalist, again eiffel, hazel scott, the first woman of color to have her own television show, malcolm x, revolutionary.

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Yvette Clarke: our own attorney general, eric holder, former secretary of state colin powell, super model tyson beckford, athlete and coach, patrick ewe wing, boxer and athlete, lennox lewis and wyclef jean, performer. and the list goes on and on.

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Yvette Clarke: as a child of jamaican immigrants, i have been an outspoken advocate for caribbean american and caribbean issues and concerns my entire public life. and probably carry forth my district's rich caribbean heritage. the success of the caribbean immigrant and their caribbean

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Yvette Clarke: american descendence has been evident in every field of endeavor. while caribbean americans have made great strides and very historic contributions to the prosperity and strengtheni of our nation, there's still lingering issues that adversely affect caribbean americans in the united states. caribbean immigrants often have

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Yvette Clarke: very little money or access to resources when making their transition to the united states, making them vulnerable targets of immigration fraud. i have introduced h.r. 1992, the immigration fraud and prevention act of 2009, making it a federal crime to willfully misrepresent

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Yvette Clarke: the immigration process through fraud and false representation. i have also introduced h.r. 2071 which directs the secretary of commerce to include caribbean descendents as an option on census questionnaires. i believe that this will bring recognition to the broad

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Yvette Clarke: diversity of caribbean natives and descendents that our country home and ensure an accurate -- that call our country home and ensure an accurate account and proper presentation and resource. i was also pleased this year to be present at the summit of the americas along with our own president, boehm, earlier this

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Yvette Clarke: year -- barack obama, earlier this year. that summit was the beginning of what i know will be an enduring commitment to a mutually beneficial relationship with our third border. our nation's third border shared with the caricom community links not only families, not only

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Yvette Clarke: travel and industry, but i believe the security of our own united states and the nation -- and our island nation neighbors. in 2007, a joint report by the united nations office of drug and crime and the world bank linked some of the risg crime

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Yvette Clarke: rates in caribbean nations increase in drug shipment. in the previous congress i introduced h.res. 1504 calls for increased cooperation between the united states and caribbean officials to combat this problem. st week i stood proudly on

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Yvette Clarke: this floor to express my support for provisions which were in h.r. 2410, the foreign relations authorization act of 2009, which added the caribbean community or caricom to the ma ridia initiative. i also want to commend the honorable barbara lee for her

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Yvette Clarke: work in establishing the cheryly chisholm education alex change program authorized within the bill -- educational exchange program authorized within the bill. madam speaker, it is with great

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Yvette Clarke: pre think a stand here a descendent of caribbean immigrants, able to stand in the house of representatives, second generation representing a constituency that is the dispora of the caribbean region and i'm proud here that we here in the u.s. capitol take this time to

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Yvette Clarke: commemorate the very accomplishments, the binding of our nations and our people in making sure that we strengthen and build prosperity here in the united states and share that