Thank you, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, for taking the time to congratulate SC State University's esteemed class of 2024.
 
I'm grateful for your pioneering efforts to foster strong relationships between the Department of Defense and HBCUs.

To all the incredible mothers out there, today we celebrate your endless love, immense sacrifices, and unwavering strength. Happy Mother's Day!

On this day in 1960, the FDA approved the first birth control pill. 64 years later, MAGA Republicans want to take us back in time.

Congressional Democrats will always support a woman’s right to make her own reproductive care decisions.

.President Biden has made it clear that invading Rafah was a red line Netanyahu should not cross.

I applaud the President for underscoring where the U.S. stands and support his efforts to secure a ceasefire, facilitate a return of the hostages, and establish a two-state solution.

Daisy Bates was a journalist and activist whose efforts organizing the Little Rock Nine were critical to the integration of schools across the country.

Today she became the second Black American to represent a state in the National Statuary Hall collection in the U.S. Capitol.

On May 8, 1966, shortly after the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was signed, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. visited Kingstree, South Carolina.

He spoke of a better day and urged us to “march on the ballot boxes.”

58 years later his words still ring true. Our vote is our power.

Make no mistake: the rhetoric we hear from Trump is the same rhetoric we heard after Reconstruction and during Jim Crow.

If we’re not careful, we’ll stray too far from the great promise of this country. We cannot move backwards.

On #HolocaustRemembranceDay we reflect on the 6 million Jews and millions of others who were systematically killed by Nazis during the holocaust.

We'll never forget the lives that were lost and the bravery of survivors. May we recommit to ensuring such atrocities never happen

Happy National Nurses Week!

Thank you for working tirelessly to save lives and provide comfort, and teaching us how to care for ourselves and the ones we love. You embody the best of who we are. #NationalNursesWeek

Grounded in faith and family, Congressman Jim Clyburn has transformed the lives of millions of Americans and helped make our nation more free through three decades of service in the House of Representatives.

When I received the Medal of Freedom from President Biden, all I could think about was my parents.

All the sacrifices they made put me in a position where I could do my part to help further our pursuit of a more perfect union.

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When President Biden told me that I’ll be receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom, I said I hope I live long enough to prove myself deserving of it.

I send my congratulations to the 18 other well-deserving recipients of this distinction. It’s a great honor to be in your company.

Words cannot express my profound honor and gratitude in receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom. I look forward to continuing my efforts to bend the arc of history toward justice and proving myself worthy of this incredible honor.
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For years, the Art Institutes preyed on students pursuing their dreams of a career in art, leaving them with mounds of debt and few job prospects.

Today, thanks to President Biden, 317k borrowers who enrolled at the Art Institutes will be approved for $6.1 billion in relief.