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Statement of Congressman Danny K. Davis (as prepared)

During the Legislative Hearing of

the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands of

the Committee on Natural Resources

John Conyers, Dean of the House, co-founder of the Congressional Black Caucus has been called home. He was a champion for civil rights, health care as a human right, reparations, voting rights and labor rights. A tireless fighter against police brutality, and for the protection of the environment. Longest serving African American Member of Congress, called upon to vote on two impeachments.

Today, Worker and Family Support Subcommittee
Chairman Danny K. Davis (D-IL) introduced H.R. 4768, the Home Visiting
to Reduce Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Act, legislation that would
increase funding for home visiting programs that serve pregnant women,
new mothers, and their children with the aim of lowering maternal

The healthcare industry is one of the fastest growing industries and largest employers in the country. In Chicago alone, healthcare encompasses an estimated 12.2 percent – or $69.7 billion – of the region’s total economic production.

• Tomorrow morning, October 23, 2019 at 9:30 a.m., Ways & Means will mark up H.R. 3398, the Pathways to Health Careers Act; H.R. 3, the Lower Drug Costs Now Act; H.R. 4650, the Medicare Dental Act; H.R. 4665, the Medicare Vision Act; and H.R.

My friend and colleague Representative Elijah Cummings was called home today. Elijah Cummings was a man of the people. He was a tireless, effective, dedicated public servant, a man of faith and humanity and dignity, a man who committed his life to the quest for social, economic and environmental justice.