Home Democratic Chief Hakeen Jerffries, third from left, with Congressional representatives in assembly with Guyana delegation led by Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali.
Photograph courtesy Workplace of Home Democratic Chief Hakeem Jeffries
Home Democratic Chief Hakeem Jeffries mentioned on Saturday that he hosted a gathering in Washington, D.C. on Thursday with Guyanese President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali and a delegation of presidency officers from Guyana.
Jeffries – who represents the 8th Congressional District, encompassing elements of Brooklyn and Queens — mentioned that a number of main congressional members with experience in overseas affairs, finance, safety and different “important points” to the Western Hemisphere and the Caribbean-American neighborhood in Brooklyn and throughout the USA additionally participated within the assembly.
They included: Maxine Waters, Rating Member, Committee on Monetary Providers; Gregory W. Meeks, Rating Member, Overseas Affairs Committee; Member, Committee on Monetary Providers; Steven Horsford, Chair, Congressional Black Caucus; Member, Monetary Providers Committee; Member, Armed Providers Committee, whose mom hails from Trinidad and Tobago; Yvette D. Clarke, First Vice Chair, Congressional Black Caucus; Member, Committee on Power and Commerce; Member, Committee on Homeland Safety, whose dad and mom hail from Jamaica; Stacey Plaskett, Rating Member, Choose Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Authorities; Member, Everlasting Choose Committee on Intelligence, who hails from the US Virgin Islands.
“Through the assembly, we mentioned a number of important points, together with regional and vitality safety, the local weather disaster and the significance of an inclusive society in Guyana that concerned full financial participation and civic engagement by Guyanese-Africans and Guyanese-Indians,” Jeffries mentioned.
“We additionally mentioned electoral reform, strengthening democratic establishments and the necessity to bolster entry to banking and monetary companies within the Caribbean area,” he added.
Jeffries mentioned that, within the subsequent few weeks, a delegation of Home Members, included him, will meet with leaders of the Guyanese opposition get together “to proceed our dialogue in regards to the alternatives and challenges confronting the Republic of Guyana and different nations throughout the African Diaspora within the Western Hemisphere.
“We’ll proceed to encourage the federal government and the opposition to work collectively to make sure that all Guyanese residents, no matter race or ethnicity, profit from the financial progress underway within the South American nation,” added Jeffries of Guyana, which can also be a Caribbean Group (CARICOM) member-state.
