James Talarico
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158 appearances
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first heard Aug 2026
last heard 4 Aug
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I've been convening private conversations with Black business leaders and elected officials and community leaders and faith leaders.
I've been visiting Black churches and Black-owned businesses, appearing on Black media throughout the state, particularly our local Dallas Weekly and Houston Defender, but also podcasts and YouTube shows where folks are now getting their information and their news.
And I've been rolling out policy proposals based on all these conversations.
that can meet the needs of black Texans.
Obviously, there are issues that we all face, right?
The rising cost of groceries and gas and housing and childcare and prescription drugs.
And then there are issues that black Texans face uniquely.
And you think about the maternal mortality crisis in our state that is three times deadlier for black women.
Harris County, home to Houston, is the deadliest place for a black woman to give birth in the entire country.
And so we've rolled out a comprehensive plan to combat that crisis.
We've been visiting our HBCUs.
We did a town hall at Prairie View and then gave the commencement address at Paul Quinn College in Dallas, the oldest HBCU.
We've been talking about how to bring HBCU funding up to parity because there's a gap in funding between our historically black colleges and universities and similar institutions with a similar percentage of low-income students.
And imagine if we actually closed that gap, what our HBCUs in Texas could do.
And then we already talked about voting rights.
I mean, we have seen the most aggressive attack on black political power since Jim Crow, gutting of the Voting Rights Act, these racist redistricting maps.
And I think the first thing that we have to do, to your point earlier,
When we win a Senate majority, our first priority before we get to housing and health care and education has to be passing the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and guaranteeing that all of our neighbors, particularly our black and brown neighbors, can access their God-given rights at the ballot box.
It's your show.
You know, my friend and colleague, Congressman Joaquin Castro, has done a lot of work on this.
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