Kaj Gumbs, Esq.

God 1st | Attorney-TMSL ‘22👨🏾‍⚖️ | Morehouse ‘17 👨🏾‍🎓 | Gov. Affairs Manager, Social Policy @niskanencenter | Saints 🏈⚜️| D.C.📍🇻🇮🇵🇷*Views Are My Own*

[Kaj Gumbs, Esq. @KNGTheJD]

I PASSED THE BAR EXAM!!!! I will be barred in our nation’s capitol. I will also finally achieve my lifelong dream of being barred back home in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands! To God be all the glory!

Now let’s get back to work!!!!!

[Kaj Gumbs, Esq. @KNGTheJD]

@NiskanenCenter Healthcare Senior Fellow, Jonathan Wolfson provides his opening statement in today’s House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections hearing: "ON CALL FOR AMERICA: STRENGTHENING ACCESS THROUGH LOCUM TENENS PROVIDERS"

Watch here: https://t.co/75PlrMG1RI

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Christian Menefee wins Democratic primary for 18th House District in Texas, defeating Rep. Al Green

[Niskanen Center @NiskanenCenter]

We applaud the passage of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act. This Act would remove artificial constraints on housing supply and overhaul zoning rules from a hundred years ago, which have pushed homeownership out of reach for millions of Americans.
https://t.co/QKNR4c5meM

[Kaj Gumbs, Esq. @KNGTheJD]

The House of Representatives has passed the amended 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act by a margin of 396-13. This package includes major wins for the American people, focused on spurring housing production and lowering the cost of living for every American.

Provisions such as section 107, "The Housing Supply Frameworks Act," would direct HUD to update this model with the explicit goal of helping states and cities increase homebuilding and lower housing costs for everyday Americans.

We are happy to see its advancement, and we look forward to Congress completing this critical work in addressing our country's housing stock shortage.

[Kaj Gumbs, Esq. @KNGTheJD]

Yesterday, the House of Representatives released its final amended version of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act.

While our @NiskanenCenter housing/transportation team is happy to support this bipartisan effort to address our nation’s housing supply needs, we are saddened to see the last minute exclusion of the Build Now Act!

This bill, introduced by @SenJohnKennedy and @SenWarren, and sponsored in the House by @RepLisaMcClain and Rep. @jahimes is an innovative approach to our federal government incentivizing much needed change to restrictive state and local housing policies.

The bill:

-Establishes a first-of-its-kind pilot program that ties federal block grants to housing growth through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program
-Applies a fiscal incentive to highest-cost jurisdictions
-Leaves the existing CDBG structure unchanged for the majority of communities

The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act is the significant first step many Americans have long sought from their federal government. We look forward to working with members in both chambers, and on both sides of the aisle, to ensure the further inclusion and passage of Section 205, while also ensuring this package is in the strongest position possible before reaching @POTUS’s desk.

[Kaj Gumbs, Esq. @KNGTheJD]

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee leadership has announced a 5-year Surface Transportation Extension! "The BUILD America 250 Act".

https://t.co/cwDlhoNz96

[Kaj Gumbs, Esq. @KNGTheJD]

Healing

[People @people]

Pizza Hut's 'BOOK IT!' Summer Reading Program Returns to Provide Voracious Young Readers with Pizza Parties and More https://t.co/k7LZLaDSMy

[Kaj Gumbs, Esq. @KNGTheJD]

Some of the most moderate, reasonable, and bipartisan members of Congress are a part of the CBC! This is not an overstatement to say Congress will be worse off for the decision it made yesterday.

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

Supreme Court paves the way for largest-ever drop in Black representation in Congress https://t.co/C9ka5yeRSQ

[ABC News @ABC]

BREAKING: The Supreme Court has delivered a 6-3 decision limiting the use of the landmark Voting Rights Act.

Read more: https://t.co/sDqfsrnpkU

[Kaj Gumbs, Esq. @KNGTheJD]

Today’s Supreme Court ruling could gut the Congressional Black Caucus by up to 40%.

[Kaj Gumbs, Esq. @KNGTheJD]

Happy Masters weekend! Get your swings in!

[aj @adfreebrowsing]

ARTEMIS II LANDED SAFELY. WELL DONE TEAM

[Kaj Gumbs, Esq. @KNGTheJD]

@_trinkas Always taking his side! Lol

[Kaj Gumbs, Esq. @KNGTheJD]

And my personal favorite!

[Chris D. Jackson @ChrisDJackson]

Outside of Joe Biden, LBJ is the most underrated president in modern history.

[Josh McCabe @JoshuaTMcCabe]

Happy birthday to the EITC, signed into law on this day as part of the Tax Reduction Act of 1975! 🎂🥳

[Kaj Gumbs, Esq. @KNGTheJD]

Yesterday, our @NiskanenCenter team, in partnership with the @ProbSolveCaucus, held our first Housing/Transportation event on Capitol Hill for Congressional staff. The event titled “Surface Transportation Reauthorization: Aligning Transportation Dollars and Housing Supply” served as our new team’s official launch! The two part event held a fireside chat with Congressman @RepScottPeters (D-CA-50)—lead sponsor of the Build More Housing Near Transit Act—and Niskanen’s housing policy analyst, @AWJustus. The second part included an expert panel of some of our most brilliant transportation and housing minds who discussed the need to focus federal policy on the intersection between transportation dollars, housing supply, and economic and social opportunity! Our experts included: @rohanaras, @aarmlovi, @willpoffwebster, @CorriganSalerno, @ShroyerAaron, Tara Roche, and Jarrett Stolzfus!

A sincere thank you to Congressman Scott Peters, President of the Niskanen Center RJ Lyman, the Problem Solvers Caucus, all of our panelists, partners and guest!

Thank you all!

[Kaj Gumbs, Esq. @KNGTheJD]

@aarmlovi @NiskanenCenter @ScottPetersSD Thank you, Alex! And thank you for taking part and always making the conversation more enlightening and engaging! Great team win today! Let’s keep it going!

[Alex Armlovich @aarmlovi]

Thanks to the Build America & Problem Solvers Caucuses, & @NiskanenCenter's @KNGTheJD, for assembling a great transport-housing event in the Capitol

I'm again impressed with @ScottPetersSD. What a treat to see elected officials handling technical detail with such care 👏