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January 10, 2021

Congressman Danny K. Davis, 7th District of Illinois Convenes A Congressional Hearing On No-Knock Warrants.

This hearing collaborates with the Leaders Network, The Urban Reformers, and the Westside Branch NAACP. Community residents all over the country are requesting answers to why? Breonna Taylor? Anjanette Young? Victims will provide testimony. This is a TOWN HALL MEETING Via ZOOM on Saturday, January 16, 2021, @ 1:00 p.m. After registration, you will be provided the ZOOM links.

January 6, 2021

I support the immediate removal of Donald J. Trump from the office of President of the United States by impeachment and/or via the 25th Amendment.

January 6, 2021
I wish I could say that I was totally surprised by the events at the Capitol today but in truth we have been heading inexorably to this moment for the past five years.
January 6, 2021
I wish I could say that I was totally surprised by the events at the Capitol today but in truth we have been heading inexorably
to this moment for the past five years. This a shameful moment in our history, but we have come too far as a people, we have
achieved too much, we have overcome too much to go back.
December 21, 2020

PRESS RELEASE

Monday, December 21, 2020

CHAIRMAN DAVIS AND RANKING MEMBER WALORSKI APPLAUD THE INCLUSION OF THE SUPPORTINGFOSTER YOUTH & FAMILIES THROUGH THE PANDEMIC ACTIN THE OMNIBUS AND CORONAVIRUS RELIEF BILL

December 21, 2020

Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis (D-IL) and Subcommittee Ranking Member Jackie Walorski (R-IN) of the House Committee on Ways & Means’ Subcommittee on Worker & Family Support applaud the inclusion of Supporting Foster Youth & Families through the Pandemic Act (H.R. 7947) in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021.

December 18, 2020

December 17, 2020

Floor Remarks on HR 3250, the Julius Rosenwald and Rosenwald Schools Act of 2020. (as prepared-bill passed the House)

Mr. Speaker,

I rise in strong support of the Julius Rosenwald Schools Act and thank leadership for placing it on the suspension calendar.

December 17, 2020

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (D-CT) and Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis (D-IL) sent a letter to Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner Andrew Saul demanding that SSA forgive repayment of extra benefits paid to Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This fall, SSA began notifying beneficiaries about these extra benefit payments, which were paid through no fault of their own.

December 11, 2020

Millions of Unemployed Could Lose Benefits Without Action by End of Year

WASHINGTON—Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05), Chief Deputy Whip of the House Democratic Caucus, and Congressman Danny K. Davis (IL-07), Chairman of the Ways and Means’ Worker and Family Support Subcommittee, today sent a letter to President Donald J. Trump urging his administration to extend federal unemployment insurance benefits, which are set to expire at the end of December without action by the White House and U.S. Senate. The letter was signed by 75 additional Members of Congress.