Barbara Lee

First of all, let me just say I rise in support of this package. I want to thank the Speaker; our leadership committee chair; members of the Congressional Black Caucus, including Chairwoman Bass; Chairwoman Kelly, chair of the Health…

Let me remind you that the 2002 Iraq resolution was introduced to address weapons of mass destruction purportedly in Iraq. Now, this was a lie, it was put forth by the Bush administration. And many of us who were here tried to halt the use…

I thank the Chairman for yielding and also for his consistent leadership on issues of war and peace and making sure that Congress does its job. Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support of S.J. Res. 68, which is a resolution terminating the…

I thank the chairman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support today of Congresswoman Speier's bill, H.J. Res. 79. I thank Congresswoman Speier and Congresswoman Maloney for their consistent leadership as warrior women. The ERA…

I thank the gentleman very much for yielding. First of all, I want to thank Congressman Horsford for those generous comments, but also for his leadership on so many fronts and for constantly really looking out for the most vulnerable and…

We lost a devoted public servant with the recent passing of our dear friend, Representative Pete Stark. As a student at Mills College during the early 1970s, I was president of the Black Student Union, and Pete helped me with many of my…

I ask for a ``yes'' vote for our workers and a ``yes'' vote for this bill.

First, let me thank Chairman Scott for yielding, but also for his tremendous leadership on behalf of American workers. I rise in strong support today of the PRO Act. This bill protects the basic right to join a union by giving millions of…

First let me thank the chairman of our Foreign Affairs Committee, Mr. Engel, for his kind words of congratulations and also for his persistent and steady leadership on this issue and so many issues. I also want to take a moment to thank…

I hope you look at this map, and you will see exactly where the 2001 authorization has been used for military strikes and force. Two decades later, as outlined in the Afghanistan Papers, which I hope the Speaker has read, published in The…

First, I thank my colleague, who is a bold and brilliant progressive here, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib. I thank her for organizing this Special Order tonight, but I also thank her for her leadership and for hitting the ground running in…

Let me be clear: U.S. military deployment and operations carried out pursuant to the 2002 AUMF officially concluded in 2011. Maintaining this authorization is not only dangerous, but it is irresponsible. Madam Speaker, it is past time to…

First of all, let me just say, I taught my children that there are consequences if they break the law. I am saddened, but I am not shocked, that we are here today considering Articles of Impeachment against President Trump. I am saddened…

I also want to thank our chair of the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee for the increase for our international AIDS program and for the Global Fund. {time} 1315

First of all, I thank the chairman for his leadership and for ensuring paid parental leave for Federal employees. I strongly support this and many other provisions in this bill. Unfortunately, this bill does not include very important…

I thank the chairman for yielding and bringing H.R. 4 to this floor. I would like to thank Congresswoman Terri Sewell for her very consistent efforts to restore the vote and also our Chairwoman Marcia Fudge of the Subcommittee on Elections…

I want to thank the gentleman for yielding and for bringing this bill to the floor. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H. Res. 326 which I am proud to cosponsor. It really is an important resolution affirming the United States'…

First, I would like to thank Congressman Bobby Rush for leading this effort in the memory of the late beloved Fred Hampton. Madam Speaker, fifty years ago, the people of Illinois and the world lost a devoted public servant with the…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding, and I thank her for her tireless leadership on this issue and so many issues, and also for forming the bipartisan caucus as it relates to our HBCUs; because this bipartisan caucus, once she got here…

I thank the gentleman for yielding and for his leadership, and also Chairman Engel as well as Mr. Smith for their commitment on this and so many issues. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H. Res. 517. This important resolution…

I rise this evening with a heavy heart to honor the extraordinary life of Bernard Tyson, who passed away on November 10 and whom, as we speak, the Bay area is paying tribute to in a memorial in San Francisco. Bernard Tyson was one of our…

First of all, I want to thank Congresswoman Speier for calling us together to speak on behalf of these courageous women and for her tireless work on their behalf, but also on behalf of women throughout the world. Today, I join my…

400 years ago, as we have heard tonight, the first slave ship arrived in Virginia. This began one of the darkest chapters in American history. During the course of over 250 years of slavery--that is, government- sanctioned slavery in…

I thank Congresswoman Adams for that very eloquent statement, and also for what she is doing with our young people as the chair of our Historically Black College and University Caucus. What the gentlewoman is doing in terms of pulling us…

I thank the gentleman from Virginia for that very powerful statement and, also, for the very hard and diligent work that he has been engaged in around the commission and what he is doing each and every day to educate not only his district…