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Hakeem Jeffries' Public Statements on Issue: Drugs

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12/22/2023 LEADER JEFFRIES STATEMENT ON CLEMENCY ACTIONS TAKEN BY PRESIDENT BIDEN
12/17/2021 Tweet - "The Build Back Better act will cut the price of insulin from approximately $4000 a year. To $35 per month. Pass. The. Bill."
09/28/2021 Armstrong and Jeffries Applaud Overwhelming House Passage of The EQUAL Act
06/22/2021 Artistic Recognition for Talented Students Act
05/28/2021 Nadler, Blumenauer, Lee, Jackson Lee, Jeffries, and Velázquez Reintroduce Comprehensive Marijuana Reform Legislation
03/17/2021 Reps. Jeffries & Taylor Introduce The Bipartisan Kenneth P. Thompson Begin Again Act
03/17/2021 Reps. Jeffries & Taylor Introduce the Bipartisan Kenneth P. Thompson Begin Again Act
03/09/2021 Reps. Jeffries, Scott, Armstrong, and Bacon Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Eliminate Sentencing Disparity Between Crack and Powder Cocaine
02/26/2020 Tweet - "The failed war on drugs began in the early 1970s. There were less than 350K people incarcerated in America at the time. Today there are 2.2 million - disproportionately black and Latino. It's time to #EndMassIncarceration. NOW."
01/14/2020 Tweet - "The war on drugs has been a spectacular failure. Families have been broken up and communities decimated. It's time to decriminalize marijuana and #EndMassIncarceration. NOW."
11/09/2019 Tweet - "The crack cocaine epidemic once ravaged large parts of Brooklyn. But a resilient community remained and turned things around. Gentrification and displacement now threaten these neighborhoods. We must confront this EXISTENTIAL THREAT with the fierce urgency of now."
07/11/2019 Tweet - "The foundation of marijuana policy in America is inherently racist. FACTS. Time. To. Decriminalize."
07/31/2018 Letter to Dr. Robert R. Redfield, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Linda Sánchez Leads Bipartisan Letter to Help Secure CDC Funding for Major U.S. Cities to Fight Opioid Crisis
06/13/2018 House Passes Bipartisan Bill Targeting Synthetic Drug Crisis in America
04/13/2018 Letter to the Hon. John Culberson, House Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Chairman, and the Hon. José Serrano, Subcommittee Ranking Member - Effectively Address Opioid Crisis In Fiscal Year 2019 Spending Bill
03/16/2018 Letter to Rodney Frelinghuysen, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee and Nita Lowey, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee - Bipartisan Heroin Task Force Urges Congress to Protect ONDCP's Budget
03/15/2018 Letter to Rodney Frelinghuysen, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee and Nita Lowey, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee - Bipartisan Heroin Task Force Urges Congress to Expand CARA Funding
02/05/2018 Letter to the Honorable Bob Goodlatte, Chairman of House Judiciary Committee - Hearing on Marijuana Policy Change by Attorney General Sessions
10/11/2017 50+ Members Testify Before #SubHealth, Sharing Stories and Legislative Ideas to Combat #OpioidCrisis
03/29/2017 Letter to the Hon. Chariman John Culberson, Hon. Chairman Tom Cole, Hon. Chairman Tom Graves, Hon. Ranking Member Jose Serrano, Hon. Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro, Hon. Ranking Member Mike Quigley of the House Committee on Appropriations - Bipartisan Heroin Task Force Calls for Funding of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act
04/27/2016 Reps. Jeffries, Gowdy, Butterfield, & Collins Lead Bipartisan Effort to Eliminate Deadly Synthetic Drug Abuse
04/18/2016 Congressional Black Caucus--Road to Ruin: House Republicans Fail on the Budget
03/14/2016 Congressional Black Caucus--The Work Continues: Why Voting Matters in the African American Community
11/17/2014 March Toward a More Perfect Union
11/10/2014 Rep. Jeffries Statement on Change in Minor Marijuana Possession Arrest Policy
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