For Immediate Release: 
August 24, 2021

CLARKE ISSUES STATEMENT ON THE ENACTMENT OF THE BUDGET RESOLUTION

Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09), issued the following statement on the enactment of the budget resolution:

“I am so pleased to see the House Democratic Caucus come to a consensus on the need to pass the Build Back Better budget resolution without further delay. This transformative budget resolution is a win for the American people, putting us on the path toward enacting popular and urgent policy change for our communities, including universal child care, paid leave, aggressive climate action, Medicare expansion, affordable housing, and a roadmap to citizenship. My position remains unchanged: we will work to first pass the Build Back Better reconciliation bill so we can deliver this once-in-a-generation, popular, and urgently needed investments to poor and working families, and then pass the infrastructure bill to invest in our roads, bridges, and waterways,” said Clarke. “Let me be very clear, these two are integrally tied together, and I will only vote for the infrastructure bill after passing the reconciliation bill. I remain united with Congressional Leadership and President Biden in our mission to enact the entire Build Back Better agenda that voters put us in the majority to accomplish — and every elected Democrat should do the same. Congress must now move urgently to send both pieces of this package to the President’s desk for his signature so we can transform people’s lives and livelihoods. Full stop.”

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Yvette D. Clarke has been in Congress since 2007. She represents New York’s Ninth Congressional District, which includes Central and South Brooklyn. Clarke is Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Taskforce on Immigration,  a Senior Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and a Senior Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security.