Alzheimer's disease is a threat to our country--not a direct threat like ISIS or al Qaeda, but it is an insidious, persistent threat to the minds and bodies of our family members and to the fiscal health of our country. The Alzheimer's…
Jackie Speier
The Public Record
Jackie Speier is a former U.S. Representative from California, serving in the House of Representatives from January 3, 2008, until January 15, 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, she represented California's 14th congressional district. Speier is known for her advocacy on issues such as women's rights, healthcare, and gun control. She gained national attention for her work on the Sexual Assault Survivors' Bill of Rights and her efforts to address military sexual assault. Speier's political career began in the California State Assembly, where she served from 2002 to 2006 before moving to the U.S. Congress.
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 9, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $5,000,000)''. Page 36, line 1, after the dollar amount…
I thank the gentleman from Rhode Island for yielding. Mr. Chair, one of our most solemn duties in Congress is dealing with emerging national security threats. We eliminated bin Laden. We are making process in weakening ISIL. Unfortunately…
I thank the gentlewoman for yielding me the additional time. Beyond that, we are saying if there is an anomaly and your fetus is not going to be able to survive as an infant outside the womb that you are going to have to carry that to…
I want to thank the chairman and the ranking member for their accepting amendments to address military sexual assault, increase oversight, transgender rights, whistleblower protection, and equal access to contraception for military women…
I thank my colleague from New York. Madam Speaker and Members, I am just so perplexed by our willingness every time an abortion issue is brought up that we don the equivalent of a white coat, that we believe that we are doctors in this…
Boko Haram went on to pose an even greater menace, not only to Nigeria and its people, but to their neighbors in West Africa as well as to international security writ large.
Last week before the Transportation and Infrastructure's committee on pipeline safety, I called the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, known as PHMSA, ``a toothless tiger that has overdosed on quaaludes and is passed…
I think we have heard so many reprehensible stories which is why America from New York to California stood up last year and said enough is enough.
I have never heard, I will say today this is the first time I have ever heard of charging money for mandatory parties of palm reading.
I think it is heartbreaking number one for the sake of our veterans, for the sake of many of you that went to work and to do good for those who have done the best sacrifice in our nation, our brave men and women.
How many more of these tragedies do we need before we get serious about pipeline safety?





