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- https://watsoncoleman.house.gov/imo/media/doc/anti-hate_resolution_text.pdf...G:\M\18\WATSNJ\WATSNJ_058.XML g:\V\E\120723\E120723.041.xml (913390|8) E120723.041.xml G:\M\18\WATSNJ\WATSNJ_058.XML XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX 12/7/2023 14:07 XXXXXXXX 12/06/2023 9:54 AM XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX 913390|8 [Discussion Draft] (Original Signature of Member) [DISCUSSION DRAFT] IV 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. ...
- https://watsoncoleman.house.gov/imo/media/doc/black_women_best_resolution.pdf...Whereas throughout United States history, the country’s economy was built in large part upon Black women’s di- minished power, through unpaid, exploited, and forced labor; Whereas discriminatory features of the United States labor market and the punitive design of public benefits pro- grams hinder the economic mobility of Black women with disabilities; Whereas income gaps, wealth gaps, lack of adequate worker protection laws, and a host of other socioeconomic indica- tors illustrate a system that has been designed to keep Black women without power; VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:02 Jun 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR484.IH HR484kj oh ns on o n D S K 79 L0 C 42 P R O D w ith B IL LS 2 •HRES 484 IH Whereas Black women made up 6.4 percent of the United States workforce in 2020, but represent 10.4 percent of the workers who would benefit from raising the minimum wage to just $15 an hour; Whereas Black women make between 62 to 64 cents of every dollar made by a White, non-Hispanic man; Whereas economic insecurity is intensified for Black women, who have little to no wealth to fall back on due to generational inequality and ongoing discrimination; Whereas guaranteed income, direct cash transfers, hazard pay, an increase in worker power, sectoral worker bar- gaining, and stronger labor law protection can benefit the economic well-being of marginalized demographics, spe- cifically Black women; Whereas expanding the child tax credit and earned income tax credit, incentivizing State tax changes, and strength- ening the estate tax can assist in centering Black women in tax reform; Whereas studies show that Black women, whether insured or uninsured, receive worse care by health care profes- sionals, often at the expense of their lives; Whereas, in 2020, more than 30 percent of Black women re- lied on Medicaid as their primary source of health cov- erage; Whereas Black women not only need access to health care providers that value their identity, but also providers who look like them to improve Black women’s access to qual- ity care; Whereas Black women do not breastfeed at the same rates as their non-Black counterparts and are disproportion- VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:02 Jun 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR484.IH HR484kj oh ns on o n D S K 79 L0 C 42 P R O D w ith B IL LS 3 •HRES 484 IH ately affected by first food deserts and maternity care deserts; Whereas single woman led households have the highest rates of food insecurity and this disproportionately affects Black women; Whereas Black women are less likely to have wealth, to own a home, to hold retirement savings, and to receive inher- itances and other family financial support; Whereas Black women have been stigmatized in the American welfare state, which affects their equitable access to gov- ernment assistance programs; Whereas Black women have been denied access to safe and affordable housing through the current rental housing market and Federal housing assistance programs; Whereas racist and sexist Federal policies have denied Black women access to safe and affordable housing in both home ownership and rental markets, rendering them more likely to be cost-burdened and face eviction; Whereas policymakers must provide robust, permanent, dedi- cated funding for home and community-based services to protect the right of Black women with disabilities to re- ceive care within their homes and communities; Whereas 4.7 percent of Black women overall report serious psychological distress, and this rate nearly doubles for Black people living in poverty; Whereas the school-to-prison pipeline for Black girls must be eliminated and restorative justice in lieu of policing in schools and communities to promote equitable academic success must be prioritized; VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:02 Jun 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR484.IH HR484kj oh ns on o n D S K 79 L0 C 42 P R O D w ith B IL LS 4 •HRES 484 IH Whereas critical legislation, such as the Protect Black Women and Girls Act, establishes a Task Force to exam- ine the conditions and experiences of Black women and girls to identify and assess the efficacy of policies and programs designed to improve outcomes for Black women; and Whereas the Black Women Best (BWB) framework, as de- signed by Janelle Jones, the first African-American woman to serve as chief economist at the Department of Labor, offers the blueprint to adopt a more innovative and equitable approach to center the lived experiences of Black women in policymaking: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1 (1) acknowledges the Black Women Best 2 (BWB) framework to empower and improve life for 3 all through guaranteed income, expanding child and 4 income tax credit, increasing access to equitable 5 health care and government assistance, prohibiting 6 policing in schools, and prioritizing restorative jus-7 tice; and 8 (2) supports the need to use policy frameworks 9 similar to the BWB framework to center the lived 10 experience of Black women in the policymaking 11 process in order to ensure a more equal and just fu-12 ture for all; 13 (3) encourages the use of this framework and 14 those that complement it as a guideline to create 15 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:02 Jun 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR484.IH HR484kj oh ns on o n D S K 79 L0 C 42 P R O D w ith B IL LS 5 •HRES 484 IH and implement better public policies to benefit all 1 people, and specifically Black women; and 2 (4) considers legislative proposals presented in 3 the Congressional Caucus on Black Women and 4 Girls March report, ‘‘An Economy for All: Building 5 a ‘Black Women Best’ Legislative Agenda’’ to repair 6 the historical disparities that Black women endure 7 and to secure an economy that works for everyone. 8 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:02 Jun 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR484.IH HR484kj oh ns on o n D S K 79 L0 C 42 P R O D w ith B IL LS DTP.joboptions << /ASCII85EncodePages false /AllowTransparency false /AutoPositionEPSFiles true /AutoRotatePages /None /Binding /Left /CalGrayProfile (Dot Gain 20%) /CalRGBProfile (sRGB IEC61966-2.1) /CalCMYKProfile (U.S. ...
- https://watsoncoleman.house.gov/imo/media/doc/bwb_report_june_2023.pdf...Safeguarding Public Benefits O. Fulfilling the Promise of Voting Rights and Full Citizenship P. Food Justice V. Section 3: The Black Women Best Seal of Approval: A Scorecard VI. Section 4: Complementary Frameworks That Are Equally Necessary A. Disability Justice B. Reproductive Justice C. ...
- https://watsoncoleman.house.gov/imo/media/doc/colorectal_cancer_resolution_text.pdf...G:\M\18\WATSNJ\WATSNJ_019.XML g:\VHLC\030823\030823.070.xml (869873|4) 3 (3) encourages the Centers for Disease Control 1 and Prevention to continue and expand their work to 2 identify those factors that result in the colorectal ra-3 cial screening disparity and develop effective strate-4 gies to reduce and ultimately eliminate racial dis-5 parities in colorectal screening; 6 (4) encourages everyone get colorectal cancer 7 screening when recommended by the United States 8 Preventive Services Task Force; 9 (5) encourages the Centers for Disease Control 10 and Prevention to conduct research to determine any 11 environmental factors, and the National Institutes of 12 Health to conduct research into any physiological 13 factors that cause an elevated risk for colorectal can-14 cer in young adults; and 15 (6) urges State health plans to quickly adopt 16 new measures to cover colorectal screenings for indi-17 viduals at a lower age, with special consideration for 18 the Black community and all those at higher risk for 19 colorectal cancer. 20 VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:35 Mar 08, 2023 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MMCROTTY\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\WATSNJ_ March 8, 2023 (2:35 p.m.) ...
- https://watsoncoleman.house.gov/imo/media/doc/hres242_colorectal_resolution_.pdf...Whereas colorectal cancer, or CRC, is the third-most common cancer in the United States for men and women com- bined, and the second leading cause of cancer death; Whereas this disease takes the lives of more than 50,000 peo- ple each year; Whereas the rate of CRC is 24 percent higher among Black men and is 19 percent higher among Black women than compared to non-Hispanic Whites; VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:34 Mar 17, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR242.IH HR242kj oh ns on o n D S K 79 L0 C 42 P R O D w ith B IL LS 2 •HRES 242 IH Whereas the rate of CRC death is 47 percent higher among Black men and is 34 percent higher among Black women than compared to non-Hispanic Whites; Whereas CRC is the third-leading cause of cancer death in both Black men and women in the United States; Whereas deaths from colorectal cancer among people younger than 55 have increased one percent per year from 2008 to 2017; Whereas the tragic death of 43-year-old actor Chadwick Boseman from colorectal cancer has catalyzed more con- versation about CRC’s impact on the Black community; Whereas getting screened for CRC is highly recommended at age 50, and currently the United States Preventive Serv- ices Task Force is considering a recommendation to lower the age at which people should first get screened to 45; and Whereas CRC has a 90-percent survival rate when caught at the earliest stage and there are many screening methods available: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1 (1) recognizes the deadly impact colorectal can-2 cer has to the American people; 3 (2) acknowledges the racial disparity that the 4 Black community faces when dealing with colorectal 5 cancer; 6 (3) encourages the Centers for Disease Control 7 and Prevention to continue and expand their work to 8 identify those factors that result in the colorectal ra-9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:34 Mar 17, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR242.IH HR242kj oh ns on o n D S K 79 L0 C 42 P R O D w ith B IL LS 3 •HRES 242 IH cial screening disparity and develop effective strate-1 gies to reduce and ultimately eliminate racial dis-2 parities in colorectal screening; 3 (4) encourages everyone get colorectal cancer 4 screening when recommended by the United States 5 Preventive Services Task Force; 6 (5) encourages the United States Preventive 7 Services Task Force to finalize its recommendation 8 that screening begin at 45 years of age and provide 9 special recommendations that highlight the impact 10 colorectal cancer has on the Black community; and 11 (6) urges State health plans to quickly adopt 12 new measures to cover colorectal screenings for indi-13 viduals at a lower age, with special consideration for 14 the Black community and all those at higher risk for 15 colorectal cancer. 16 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:34 Mar 17, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR242.IH HR242kj oh ns on o n D S K 79 L0 C 42 P R O D w ith B IL LS ...
- https://tokuda.house.gov/imo/media/doc/ssa_phone_assistance_letter.pdf...Member of Congress Yassamin Ansari Member of Congress Seth Magaziner Member of Congress Deborah K. Ross Member of Congress 11 https://www.ssa.gov/ssa-performance/800-number-performance 2 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/12/social-security-phone-doge-elderly-disabled/ 3 https://www.americanprogress.org/article/cuts-to-the-social-security-administration-threaten-millions-of-americans-retirement-and-disability- benefits/ 4 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/06/doge-is-driving-social-security-cuts-will-make-mistakes-acting-head-says-privately/ Greg Landsman Member of Congress Jasmine Crockett Member of Congress Adam Smith Member of Congress Cleo Fields Member of Congress Marc A. ...
- https://hoyle.house.gov/imo/media/doc/vote_at_home_act.pdf...—The voter registration information 25 VerDate Nov 24 2008 17:36 Apr 09, 2025 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\NLWOFSY\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\HOYLE_002 April 9, 2025 (5:36 p.m.) ...
- https://sykes.house.gov/imo/media/doc/stop_electronic_stalking_act.pdf...G:\M\19\SYKES\SYKES_003.XML g:\VHLD\011525\D011525.040.xml (963020|1) D011525.040.doc [DISCUSSION DRAFT] 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. __ To criminalize stalking using an unauthorized geotracking device. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mrs. Sykes introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on ______________ A BILL To criminalize stalking using an unauthorized geotracking device. ...
- https://ansari.house.gov/imo/media/doc/pih-immigration-res-text.pdf...G:\M\19\ANSARI\ANSARI_002.XML g:\VHLD\012225\D012225.051.xml (965026|2) D012225.051.doc 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. __ Celebrating the legacy and contributions of immigrants and opposing discriminatory immigration policies. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Ms. ...
- https://sykes.house.gov/imo/media/doc/infants_act_119_congress.pdf...G:\M\19\SYKES\SYKES_008.XML g:\V\H\030325\H030325.019.xml (974657|2) H030325.019.doc .................................................... (Original Signature of Member) 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. ...