Rep. Cori Bush Introduces Resolution Calling for $14 Trillion in Reparations

(L-R) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) and Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) participate in a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 8, 2021. Alex Wong/Getty Images

Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) introduced a resolution on May 17 calling for $14 trillion in reparations over the U.S. history of slavery.

The resolution is meant to seek awareness on a measure, H.R. 40, which has been introduced in every Congress for decades, that would establish a federal commission to study the issue of slavery reparations. The resolution states that “the United States has a moral and legal obligation to provide reparations for the enslavement of Africans and its lasting harm on the lives of millions of Black people in the United States.”