Hakeem S. Jeffries

Hakeem Jeffries represents the diverse Eighth Congressional District of New York, an area that encompasses large parts of Brooklyn and a section of Queens. Serving his fifth term in the United States Congress, Rep. Jeffries is a member of the House Judiciary Committee and House Budget Committee.

Rep. Jeffries is Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, having been elected to that position by his colleagues in November 2018. In that capacity, he is the fifth highest-ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives.  He is also the former Whip of the Congressional Black Caucus and previously co-chaired the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee where he helped develop the For The People agenda.

In Congress, Rep. Jeffries is a tireless advocate for social and economic justice. He has worked hard to help residents impacted by the devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic, reform our criminal justice system, improve the economy for everyday Americans and protect our health care from right-wing attacks.

During the 116th Congress, Rep. Jeffries was one of the most effective legislators, passing multiple bills through the House of Representatives and into law with substantial bipartisan and stakeholder support.  These measures touched on diverse subject matters and were drafted with the intention of making meaningful improvements to our federal laws and programs.  They included bills to create a copyright small claims board allowing  the creative middle class to protect their works (H.R. 2426,  Public Law No. 116-260), to expand scholarship opportunities available to Pakistani women (H.R. 4508),  to provide entrepreneurship counseling and training services to formerly incarcerated individuals (H.R. 5065), to ensure the attorney-client privilege is protected for incarcerated individuals corresponding electronically with their legal representatives (H.R. 5546) and to measure the progress of recovery and efforts to address corruption, rule of law and media freedoms in Haiti since the 2010 earthquake (H.R.  5586).