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Grammy Award-winning R&B songwriter and singer Betty Wright is dead at 66, Wright best known for the song 'Clean Up Woman,' though she had other hits too...Clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper

10 May 2020

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Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com,Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog, both also top in Black digital news in the Midwest.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com

CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM, MIAMI, Florida- Legendary soul and R&B crooner Betty Wright, famous for such female liberating songs titled "Clean Up Woman," "No Pain, [No Gain]," and "Tonight is the Night," died Sunday in her native home town of Miami, Florida.

The Grammy Award winner was 66.

Betty Wright was the powerful singer's stage name as her original name was Bessie Regina Norris.

Here career spanned five decades.

Funeral arrangements are pending.

Steve Greenberg of S-Curve Records, who said Ms. Wright was found to have cancer in the fall, confirmed her death to reporters.

“She was an incredible writer, producer and mentor to young artists,” said Greenberg.

Also a songwriter, music producer and background vocalist, Wright had her first hit, "Clean Up Woman," when she was only 17.

It sold over 2 million copies and ranked 49th in 1972 on the Billboard charts, and was among songs on her second studio album, "I Love The Way You Love."

She later became a key player in the Miami funk sound of the 1970s.

Just two days before her death, fellow R&B singer Chaka Khan had made a plea on Twitter saying, "Calling all my #PrayWarriors.

Wright's first album, My First Time Around, was released when she was still aged 14. Her first hit single was "Girls Can't Do What the Guys Do".^[4]

In 1970, while still in high school, she released "Pure Love" at the age of 16.

In 1988, Wright made history as the first Black female artist to score a gold album on her own label when her 1987 album, Mother Wit, achieved that certification.

Though nominated six times for a Grammy Award, Wright won her only Grammy in 1976 for composing "Where Is the Love."

Wright was married three times and was twice divorced.

Her third husband was Noel “King Sporty” Williams. They were married in 1985 and stayed married until his death in 2015.

Wright had five children.

A son, 21-year-old Patrick Parker, was fatally wounded after an altercation at a party in South Florida in 2005.

It broke her heart, sources said.

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 12 May 2020 03:08

Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, U.S. Rep. Marcia Fudge hold coronavirus virtual town hall with residents on how the city will spend its $18 million in federal funding as residents and Black leaders question whether Jackson will seek a fifth term

08 May 2020

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Pictured are Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson and Ohio Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge, a Warrensville Heights Democrat whose largely Black 11th congressional district includes Cleveland

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By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, associate publisher

CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM, CLEVELAND, Ohio- Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, the city's third Black mayor, held a virtual town hall with city residents Thursday evening, a question-and-answer forum that also included Congresswoman Marcia Fudge, a Warrensville Heights Democrat and former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus whose largely Black 11th congressional district includes the city of Cleveland and several of its eastern suburbs of Cuyahoga County.

Cleveland is a majority Black major American city and has a population of roughly 385,000 people.

Jackson has said that the city faces a more than $12 million financial deficit as a fallout from the coronavirus outbreak.

During Thursday's virtual town hall the mayor reiterated how city officials will distribute roughly $18 million from the federal CARES Act, Jackson saying the monies are earmarked for basic residential services, including rental assistance, and that roughly $10 million will go towards local economic development funds for small business loans.

"The forum was interesting and nice and it was good to hear from the mayor," said Cleveland resident Barbara McQueen.

Residents trust Jackson, for the most part.

They say that in large part the four-term Black mayor has managed Cleveland rather well since becoming mayor in 2006, give or take criticism about courting big business and subordinating the problems of the inner city,

The second largest of 88 counties statewide, Cuyahoga County faces a $76 million deficit, says County Executive Armond Budish, and Cleveland's largely Black public school system that Jackson controls under state law is expected to lose $16 million as Gov. Mike DeWine has said he will cut the state budget with the state's K-12 schools taking the biggest hit.

The state of Ohio is facing a $ 777 million deficit and the governor this week announced $775 million in cuts to schools, universities, medicaid, state government agencies, as well as a reduction in economic support to municipalities and other public service entities crippled by the virus across the state.

There is no question that the governor intends to cut spending on the backs of the state's public school children, and its institutions of higher learning.

Cuyahoga County has 2,591 confirmed cases to date, and 136 deaths, 39 of those deaths out of Cleveland, which has some 825 confirmed cases as of this week.

Ohio has reported some 21, 131 confirmed coronavirus cases and 1,272 deaths, the nation reporting nearly 1.3 million confirmed cases and more than 77,000 deaths.

Worldwide there are more than 3.9 million confirmed cases and more than 271,000 deaths.

And while the coronavirus outbreak is at issue, residents and the mayor's supporters and foes want to know if he will seek a fifth four-year term in 2021 when his seat and all 17 council seats are up for grabs, all of them currently held by Democrats, Jackson a former city council president turned mayor, and a Democrat too.

The issue of whether Mayor Jackson will seek reelection was not a part of Thursday's virtual forum, but it keeps coming up in political and other circles.

"The key question is whether the mayor will run for reelection in 2021, and if so, can he win, again?" said a Black greater Cleveland elected official speaking on condition of anonymity. "If Frank does not run for reelection next year, who will take the plunge from City Hall"?

That's a loaded question as the possible mayoral candidates from City Hall include Council President Kevin Kelley and councilmen Blaine Griffin and Matt Zone, all of them allies to the mayor, and Fudge protege Councilman Basheer Jones, a rookie east side councilman and Morehouse graduate who has both youth and stamina, and the possible makings of a mayor, his supporters say.

Griffin and Jones are both Black.

Another possible candidate is Zack Reed, who is Black and a former east side councilman who lost a bid to unseat Jackson in 2017, and, though he too is a Democrat, he has been employed as a state minority affairs coordinator for Republican Secretary Frank LaRose since 2019 .

Only state Sen. Sandra Williams of Cleveland is a sure Black elected official slated to run for mayor next year as she will be term limited in 2021.

Back in town after leading Bernie Sanders' Our Revolution group and serving as his co-chair for his failed bid this year for the Democratic nomination for president, former state senator Nina Turner, also a former city councilwoman, is a possibility for a mayoral run, though she has told political insiders that she will not run if Jackson seeks reelection next year.

And former congressman Dennis Kucinich, also a former Cleveland mayor, and local restaurant-er and reentry advocate Brandon Chrostowski, who ran unsuccessfully for mayor in 2017, are likely candidates too, sources say.

City councilpersons cannot run for reelection and mayor at the same time by virtue of the city charter, which complicates a decision on a mayoral run in Cleveland for sitting councilpersons, eight of the 17 of them currently Black, eight White, and one of them Hispanic, west side Councilwoman Jasmin Santana, one of two women on city council along with Ward 5 Councilwoman Phyllis Cleveland.

Cleveland is Black, and a Jackson supporter who took over his ward when he became mayor.

And as Jackson has since been reelected three times, so has Councilwoman Cleveland, a strong Jackson ally.

Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, the most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog in Ohio and in the Midwest. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview, CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS.

Last Updated on Monday, 11 May 2020 18:43

Ohio House passes coronavirus bill to limit authority of the state's public health director and governor during a pandemic, a bill awaiting possible approval by the Oho Senate that Governor DeWine promises to veto if passed

08 May 2020

Kathy

Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog, both also top in Black digital news in the Midwest.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com

By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, associate publisher

CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM, COLUMBUS, Ohio- Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine plans to veto any bill that comes his way that limits authority from him or Ohio Public Health Director Dr. Amy Acton relative to the coronavirus outbreak, Acton now with the authority under the current state law to order what she wants and to do as she pleases during a pandemic, unlimited authority that has triggered a bill that passed the House on Wednesday that requires approval from a legislative panel to extend any health order beyond 14 days.

The controversial legislative measure now heads to the Ohio Senate for possible approval.

The dispute, which is bipartisan and a showdown between DeWine and state legislative leaders in Ohio, comes as the popular governor has begun to reopen Ohio in phases, his somewhat-still-in-place stay-at-home order expiring on May 1.

Ohio's state legislators from the Ohio House and Senate, all of them part of a Republican dominated general assembly, say the authority of both Acton, which is outlined under state law, and DeWine, some of it ministerial, is too broad, and must be narrowed.

They want the authority to decide what is best for Ohio during a pandemic.

A former U.S. senator and state attorney general, DeWine, also a trained lawyer, is fighting back, a governor with the highest approval rating as to coronavirus performance of all of the nation's governors, and at 83 percent, polls show.

Ohio has reported some 21, 131 confirmed coronavirus cases and 1,272 deaths, the nation reporting nearly 1.3 million confirmed cases and more than 77,000 deaths.

Worldwide there are more than 3.9 million confirmed cases and more than 271,000 deaths.

A strong governor by most standards, DeWine has vowed to fight hard to gradually bring Ohio's economy back and has said that "that is our commitment to you."

His decision to lift his stay-at-home order this month follows protests at the statehouse demanding that the governor get businesses and people back to work, similar protests occurring across the nation, including in North Carolina and neighboring Kentucky and Michigan, Michigan of which, along with New York and New Jersey, are states with high coronavirus death rates.

President Donald Trump, a Republican like DeWine, and his political ally, supports reopening the nation in phases in respective states as the governors', like them or not, retain the autonomy to decide how and when their respective states will reopen, absent court intervention.

And while federal guidelines have been issued by the president for reopening the economy in respective states utilizing a three- phase process, some governors say the guidelines are vague, and that questions still remain.

The president's foes and some experts say it is too soon and literally dangerous to reopen America right now, a decision complicated by rising deaths, a lack of coronavirus testing and testing resources, and inadequate contact tracing.

Black leaders and Democrats traditionally oppose reopening America as the death rate among Blacks in America is two to five times higher than Whites.

They say that reopening the economy is an effort by the president to shift his responsibilities to the states so he can blame governors for growing dissatisfaction on how his administration has handled the fallout from the virus.

Some states, data show, are slower at peaking, and leveling off, and it would not be wise for governors in this instance to reopen the states right away, pundits say.

The U.S. leads the nation in both confirmed coronavirus cases and deaths as the president battles criticism and damning data that reveal he ignored protocol early on to minimize the outbreak of the deadly disease.

The president faces a tough battle for reelection against presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden in November, polls show, and Ohio is a pivotal state that he won in 2016 over then Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.

Last Updated on Friday, 08 May 2020 15:57

Rep Ryan, Ohio federal lawmakers call for federal coronavirus funding to help the Plain Dealer, other local newspapers nationwide, and following massive Cleveland Plain Dealer layoffs and the dismantling and selling of the Youngstown Vindicator

05 May 2020

Kathy

By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief

CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM, CLEVELAND, Ohio-

Ohio Congressman Tim Ryan, a Youngstown area Democrat and former presidential candidate for the 2020 Democratic nomination, is calling for federal relief for local newspapers nationwide during the next coronavirus aid package, support that follows massive layoffs this year by the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Ohio's largest newspaper, and the dismantling and reselling of the Youngstown Vindicator in 2019.

"When you see the demise of local media and local reporting, it's a huge problem," said Ryan, who emphasized the necessity of an operating media that keeps an eye on the public and that has the tools to continue "keeping up a level of transparency."

The Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security Act, also known as the CARES Act, provides stimulus monies and other federal relief in response to COVID-19, CARES 2, the fifth payout now being debated in Congress that will allocate billions more and follows four previous stimulus packages totaling trillions of dollars.

Local newspapers join those essentially left out of the initial stimulus supplements handed out by Congress, also including food assistance recipients first responders and public service workers, and Ryan and a host of other congressional lawmakers are fighting to make sure they are recognized for federal relief this time around.

The initiative has bipartisan support.

"Local journalism is important for us today, it's important for the future," said Democratic U.S. Sen Sherrod Brown of Cleveland, whose wife, Connie Schultz, is a former Plain Dealer columnist, and a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist.

U.S. Rep Steve Chabot, a Cincinnati Republican, said that Congress should consider helping struggling local newspapers during the pandemic,and that, like others, newspapers are "a critical part of this economy as well."

A city of Cuyahoga County, Cleveland is a largely Black major American city of some 385,000 people.

Youngstown is a once industrial city of some 67,000 people that is located in Mahoning County, though it also extends to Trumbull County.

It is 65 miles southeast of Cleveland and roughly 41 percent Black.

The Plain Dealer laid-off 32 newsroom employees in April after massive layoffs the year before, mainly journalists and also photographers, columnists, editors, designers, and others across the spectrum.

Some of them were simply mistreated, and shoved out, the union says. Others were offered lower paying jobs at its online affiliate, Cleveland.com, and different assignments, some of them out of county.

While the News Guild called the layoffs union busting, management called them "strictly financial."

Nonetheless, it is an indication of the struggles print newspapers are facing nationwide, a devastating effect heightened by the coronavirus outbreak that has limited social gatherings, and thus media coverage, and has frightened businesses and advertisers into holding on to their monies.

The Plain Dealer, and other major newspapers nationwide, had problems long before the coronavirus.

Founded in 1872, the newspaper was once among one of 25 top newspapers in the country.

It no longer holds that status.

It is currently owned by Advance Publications.

It has the largest circulation of any newspaper in Ohio, and had roughly 250,000 daily readers and 790,000 readers on Sundays before it switched to a four-day delivery newspaper in 2015, including Sundays.

Two years earlier, in 2013, the newspaper reported daily readership of 543,110 and a Sunday's readership of 858,376, a drop of nearly 50 percent of daily readers from 2013 to 2015, and more than 50 fewer employees.

It reported a daily circulation of 246,571 copies in 2016, and circulation figures continue to decline while competition from social media and the Internet in general continues to flourish.

The latest circulation numbers from the Alliance for Audited Media reported average Sunday circulation for the first quarter of 171,404 and average circulation for Wednesdays and Fridays, the only weekdays the paper is home delivered, of 94,838.

Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog, which are also top in the Midwest in Black digital news.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview, CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 06 May 2020 16:06

Ohio Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur vows to help Blacks, demands more coronavirus federal funding for first responders, Northeast Ohio....Rep Kaptur to demand more federal support from Congress for Blacks, who are dying of the virus at an exorbitant rate

04 May 2020

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By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief

CLEVELAND, Ohio-Ohio Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (pictured), a Toledo Democrat whose ninth congressional district reaches along the Lake Erie Shore from Toledo to Cleveland and the longest serving woman in Congress, is demanding more coronavirus federal funding for hard hit Northeast Ohio, which includes Cleveland, and for first responders like police officers, firefighters and EMS workers, and she says she will also help the nation's Black community, which has been disproportionately impacted by the deadly disease.

Kaptur and House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee (DPCC) Cochair Debbie Dingell (D-MI) along with Dean Phillips (D-MN) and Andy Levin (D-MI) hosted a press call on Thursday for regional reporters as House Democrats demand support for the region’s front-line public service workers in the next coronavirus aid package, CARES 2

Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com Editor Kathy Wray Coleman was invited by Congress to participate via the aforementioned congressional conference call and posed the question to Kaptur of what Congress intends to do about the disproportionate impact of the coronavirus on the Black community as Blacks are dying at two to five times the rate of Whites in major cities like New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, Kaptur saying the issue will be addressed and that she will work on the matter with fellow Democrat Rep Marcia L Fudge, a former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus whose largely Black 11th congressional district includes the largely Black east side of Cleveland.

"I will work with Congresswoman Fudge on this," said Kaptur, relative to Blacks remaining at risk regarding the pandemic.

The federal lawmaker also provided the below editorial to Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com

Editorial below by Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur-May 3, 2020

In January, President Donald Trump kicked off his 2020 campaign in Toledo, my home city and a city I’m honored to represent in Congress. Nationally, Ohio’s 9th Congressional District, which spans Lake Erie from Toledo to Cleveland, ranks 407th of 435 congressional districts in terms of median household income. The outsourcing of jobs and unbalanced trade agreements have hit our region very hard for decades. Now, the recession resulting from the coronavirus pandemic rubs salt in the wound.

When I voted for the CARES Act, which included a record $2.3 trillion in assistance to offset the damage caused by a rapidly deepening recession, I did so in order to direct a fair and immediate allocation of federal resources to our already economically strapped region. The text of the legislation gives distribution preference based on “population.” I agree.

Unfortunately, the people of northern Ohio and I are still waiting to see what Donald Trump does for a region that he promised the stars in January.

At the insistence of Republican senators, the act tilts its preference for financial support to cities of more than 500,000 people. But not a single city in northern Ohio meets that population standard. Toledo and Cleveland are both excluded from direct funding, even though each could easily satisfy the threshold if their greater metropolitan areas were counted. In fact, the only city in Ohio that qualifies for direct funding is Columbus.

Just because northern Ohio communities are not as densely populated as the country’s largest cities is not any reason to shortchange our workers, families, and businesses during a global pandemic. People here work hard and pay their federal taxes, too. They have earned their fair share.

I’ve done the math. Cuyahoga County should receive close to $215 million. Based on the text of the legislation, Toledo would be due close to $48 million, Lakewood $9 million, Parma $13.7 million, Sylvania $3.3 million, Maumee $2.4 million, Sandusky $4.3 million, Lorain $11.2 million, and Elyria $9.4 million. These figures set the bar for the minimum allocation that communities in northern Ohio should receive back from the Treasury, based on their population. A citizen of northern Ohio should not be worth less than one in Columbus, New York City, or Los Angeles.

Our region hosts the busiest port on the lower Great Lakes, America’s leading solar company, First Solar, some of the largest automotive manufacturing plants on the continent, critical steel production platforms, and so much more.

Northern Ohio is a tight-knit economic region. Unfortunately, its communities have faced massive budget shortfalls due to lost revenues and expenses related to COVID-19. City and county executives must choose between tax hikes on an already overwhelmed community or cuts to life-saving services, including first responders, firefighters, or other front-line workers at a time when they are needed most.

I’m pleased to support a bipartisan group of Northern Ohio city and county officials in their bid for direct funding.

The Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Governments (TMACOG) and the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA) have written to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, asking that they receive direct funds on behalf of the communities they represent.

TMACOG serves as the coordinating agency for Northwest Ohio counties, including, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Wood, and Fulton, home to more than 700,000 people, while NOACA serves more than 2,000,000 people in Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lorain, Lake, and Medina counties. As local units of government under Ohio’s state constitution, the text of the CARES Act intended for these entities to be eligible for funding.

As regional coordinating agencies, TMACOG and NOACA should play a leading role in coordinating policy solutions to complex regional challenges, such as COVID-19.

Our region’s unemployment levels are rising dramatically. Our first responders and front-line health care workers are heroic. We’re not a capital city, but we are significant. Our people need help. Now, we need the Trump administration to follow Congress’ lead and fulfill the president’s promise to aid our region when it is needed most.

By Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur-May 3, 2020

Last Updated on Monday, 04 May 2020 12:36

Rep. Marcy Kaptur comments at House Ukraine Caucus press caucus against President Trump following House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's announcement of an impeachment inquiry, Kaptur saying Trump is reportedly coercing Ukrainian leadership to help get re-elected

26 September 2019

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By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief

CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM-WASHINGTON D.C.- Ohio Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), a Toledo Democrat whose ninth congressional district extends to Cleveland and co-chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, today delivered remarks at a House Ukraine Caucus press conference on President Trump's withholding of vital military and developmental aid from Ukraine and his reported effort to coerce Ukrainian leadership into helping him win reelection.

Her remarks come as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced yesterday that the House would pursue an impeachment inquiry against the president after he urged Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky to target Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden, the vice president under former president Barack Obama, and his son Hunter Biden in a smear campaign, an effort, they say, to enhance his election capabilities in 2020.

Pelosi and other congressional Democrats, including U.S. Rep Marcia Fudge, Joyce Beatty and Tim Ryan, all of Ohio, say Trump needs to be impeached for illegal activity across the spectrum.

The longest serving woman in Congress, Kaptur's remarks at a House Ukraine Caucus press conference on President Trump's withholding of vital military and developmental aid from Ukraine and his reported effort to coerce Ukrainian leadership into helping him win reelection are as follows:

Good afternoon everybody.

As co-chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, I thank you for being here.

The Ukraine Caucus called this press conference today to express our grave concerns regarding President Trump's withholding of vital aid from Ukraine.

According to the highly redacted White House memo released this morning:

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was "ready to buy more anti-tank missiles" and Trump immediately responded "I would like you to do us a favor though." A favor.

This is our president explicitly expecting a favor in return for funds that were passed and appropriated by this Congress - funds meant to assist Ukraine in its defense against sever Russian aggression. Russian aggression that has killed over 13,000 Ukrainians, military and civilian, wounded over 30,000, and displaced upwards of 2 million Ukrainians.

That abuse of power by our president undermines our national security.

On July 18, President Trump purposefully directed his administration to withhold nearly 400 million dollars in defense assistance for Ukraine from the State and Defense Department budgets, funds that members of the House have since pushed to release. Members of Congress were told it was part of an inter agency delay. In reading the memo today, that does seem to be the case.

The President cannot make the release of funds passed and appropriated by the Congress of the United States, surely for national security, contingent on asking a foreign leader for a "favor" prior to the release of those funds.

Congress must compel the release of the full whistle blower complaint as it was originally submitted to the Office of Inspector General. The document we were provided today was not a complete transcript of the conversation the president had with President Zelensky. It was about 11 minutes of a conversation that lasted upward of 30 minutes. We want the full transcript. And we must hold executive branch officials in contempt if they refuse to give us the full document.

Congress must uphold its duties as set out in the Constitution. No one is above the law.

By Democratic Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, 9th congressional district.

Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview, CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS.

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