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September 27, 2018

Only 39% of Americans have enough savings to cover an emergency costing $1,000. The median savings of workers earning the median income of $54,000 in my Congressional District is only around $2,000. The median savings of women is $2,000. The median savings of African Americans is $1,000 and of Latinos is $1,500.

September 27, 2018

Only 39% of Americans have enough savings to cover an emergency costing $1,000. The median savings of workers earning the median income of $54,000 in my Congressional District is only around $2,000. The median savings of women is $2,000. The median savings of African Americans is $1,000 and of Latinos is $1,500.

September 14, 2018

Today, Representative Danny K. Davis (IL07) joined Representatives James P.

September 14, 2018
I commend the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institute of Health on their new Cure Sickle Cell Initiative. Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is an inherited blood disorder that is a major problem in the United States. An estimated 100,000 Americans live with the disease.
September 13, 2018
Statement of Congressman Danny K. Davis in support of Amendment to Fully Reinstate the SALT Deduction
Issues:Tax Reform
August 31, 2018
Just in time for Labor Day President Trump announced his intention to deny federal workers a pay increase for 2019 claiming a “national emergency or serious economic conditions affecting the general welfare” making a mockery of his own repeated assertions that the economy is the “strongest economy we’ve ever had” which is “very, very sustainable.” The hypocrisy and heartlessness of the Presi
August 30, 2018

Congressman Danny K. Davis joined Congresswoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA.), a senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, Senator Ed J. Markey (D-Mass.) and 102 other members of Congress in filing an amicus brief with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) recent repeal of net neutrality protections.

August 24, 2018

According to a report in the New York Times “The Education Department is considering whether to allow states to use federal funding to purchase guns for educators, according to multiple people with knowledge of the plan.”

August 8, 2018

I rise to pay tribute to Mr. Robert (Bob) Vondrasek the most dedicated, committed and most loyal Saul-Alinsky-trained organizer that I have ever known. Bob came to the South Austin Community during a time of great turbulence. The community was in the throes of a great transition from being 80% white to becoming 80% Black within a ten-year period of time.