House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., records a welcome message for an upcoming conference of preachers at Cornerstone Baptist Church in New York, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. For Jeffries, 53, his leadership in the House traces back to his formative days growing up and serving at Cornerstone, a historically Black congregation which he still attends. “It certainly was an important part of my mother’s life, and therefore my younger brother’s and myself,” he said during an interview. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
