Jamaal Bowman

“We need to stop sending federal military equipment to local police departments.”

“Our democracy is falling apart - we can't just let that happen.”

“As we continue our fight to advance civil rights and racial justice, we need to not only recognize but celebrate how Hip Hop and Black Americans have given so much to our culture and our country.”

“Caregiving is almost always provided by women, and especially Black and brown women. This work has historically been made invisible, which creates opportunities for the exploitation and poverty wages many of our caregivers face without protection or recourse.”

“In using the English language to create an entirely new art form, the pioneers of Hip Hop created a vessel that grew to impact nearly every facet of American culture.”

“Nothing will ever bring back George Floyd, or any of the thousands of others we have lost to racist police violence.”

“I'm trying my best not to raise my children with fear of the police.”

“We did not go to Congress just to talk the talk - we are here to walk the walk.”

“Congress has the authority to authorize spending and investment to historically neglected and marginalized communities.”

“We can heal our planet, use cleaner and more efficient sources of energy while creating green jobs.”

“I deeply love the students that I serve. I tried to do anything in my power to give them additional resources and support so they could do well in school and beyond.”

“Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has endorsed and enabled a doctrine of obstructionism that's prevented Americans from seeing the help and progress they desperately need.”

“The Green New Deal for Public Schools represents the level of school infrastructure investment that is urgent and necessary to heal the harm from decades of disinvestment, redlining and cycles of poverty and trauma, particularly for Black and brown children.”

“Being a candidate who doesn't take corporate PAC money forced me to be accountable to the people I serve and to meet them where they are.”

“Without a holistic care infrastructure to support us, our economy and society simply cannot thrive.”

“Our strength as a democracy relies on voter confidence.”

“You know, I grew up Black in America, I grew up close to Spanish Harlem where we ain't have much money, but we was like all friends and cool and playing and going to school together.”

“Hip Hop is the rebirth of civilization. For people who were disconnected from their continent, from their language, from their culture, and from their ancestry, Hip Hop represented a step toward rediscovering what it means to be a Black American, or to be a Latino American.”

“Our response to crises cannot be adding more and more police funding.”

“We need to ask ourselves what kind of systems and structures we want in place - not only for people to survive, but also to thrive and reach their full potential.”