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A California Democrat is giving props on the House floor to Beyonce and Taylor Swift’s fanbases following the music stars’ record-breaking concert tours, saying “Swifties and the Beyhive showed their power.”
Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove took to the floor of the House on Thursday to “celebrate the triumph of Beyonce’s Renaissance World Tour.”
Amid growing concerns over a possible government shutdown next month, Democratic Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove hosted an in-person town hall in South Los Angeles on Wednesday to discuss health care affordability, accessibility and equity.
Prescription drug price negotiations, affirmative action and the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe vs. Wade were also among the topics discussed at the meeting.
Kamlager-Dove said she wanted to hear from her constituents before heading back to Washington amid congressional debate over the budget that includes health care funding.
Last month, Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., alongside her colleagues Reps. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-Calif., and Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., introduced legislation to ban the punishment in federal prisons and jails.
Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove and Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco celebrated the grand opening of Washington View Apartments, which will provide housing to senior citizens in need.
On Thursday, August 17, Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove participated in three nutritional assistance events at the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, WIC, and the Central Avenue Food Bank, highlighting these programs and the support that they provide for women and families.
"Someday, we will look back and ask why we ever subjected people to prolonged solitary confinement and expected anything other than trauma, violence and death as a response," said Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., who is co-leading the legislation along with fellow Democratic Reps. Sydney Kamlager-Dove of California, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Bonnie Watson Coleman of New Jersey, and Adriano Espaillat and Jamaal Bowman, both of New York.
U.S. Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove of California introduced legislation that would celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip-hop.
On July 26, the Democratic congresswoman, who represents the 37th District, put forth a resolution to recognize Aug. 11, 2023, as the 50th anniversary of the art form.
First-term Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Calif.) says she’s a child of hip-hop.
Now she’s set to drop a resolution that remixes how we think about the arc of the genre's influence on American culture and politics.
Earlier in July 2023, a group of lawmakers – including California's Rep. Young Kim and Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove – joined Hernandez's loved ones to call for the release of the Southern California-based lawyer.
Earlier in Hernandez's ongoing captivity, the community has previously pushed the Biden Administration to step in. As Southern California awaits updates on Hernandez, Rep. Kamlager-Dove have since co-authored a bipartisan resolution that would ask the Biden Administration to secure the LA-based attorney's release.
A bipartisan resolution in Congress is urging the release of an L.A. County public defender who has been wrongfully detained in a Venezuelan jail since March of 2022.
The resolution is led by Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove, who represents a district in Los Angeles County.