Summer Lee

We do ill when we take each other's pain lightly. The pain of 'Black lives matter,' the pain of 'hands up, don't shoot,' the pain of 'I can't breathe.'

This effort of criminal justice reform is going to be a Committee effort. Every Member's input and assessment and analysis and legislative initiatives will stand equal.

I want to get to the point where we lament the death, the murder of a Black female like Nell Lindsey just as much if it is at the hands of an abusive husband, which it was, as we would if it would have been at the hands of a White cop.

This is one of the few times that the voice of the opposition of the Government of Iran has been part of an official discussion.

Congresswoman Jackson Lee this session, I believe, has a bill that would narrow the scope of the Second Amendment.

Do you think a student who overstays his visa is an enemy of the United States?

Do you think a mother who is coming back to be with her family and was deported, do you think that she is--invades a hostile occupation of the land?

Thank you for enormous leadership on any number of important issues.

I frankly think it's ludicrous that the Copyright Office wouldn't have data experts and IT staff.

I think we should stay small, I think we are cut to the bone at the moment.

So the question I'd ask is the question about legal and operational independence, but also how important it is to have a tech-savvy office.

We are absolutely opposed to sequester. We think it has had a dastardly impact.

I think it's very important to, one, emphasize how important copyright and intellectual property is to this Committee, to this Congress, and to the Nation

I think we can--this committee, I think, can be very helpful in making sure that the new administration does not pull away from fighting Boko Haram in particular.

I would hope this committee, which recognizes that anything outside of our boundaries can get into our boundaries, that we would pay a pivotal--could play a pivotal role in being demonstrative about getting ahead of this terrorist movement…

I wouldn't call it--it is too polite to call it--terrorists, if you will--who are incensed with Kenya.

We made the point that he cannot pull back on the fight against Boko Haram.

I find that the larger percentage of heads of states in this era are pushing back on terrorism, but they need our help.

We are now facing what you have been speaking about for a long time, which is franchised terrorism.

A veteran is a veteran is a veteran, and all veterans deserve equal benefits.

So, if I may, Mr. Whaley, have you looked back to cure that very severe problem, which is 9 years you did not know?

I think we in the United States Congress have a responsibility to make sure that it never happens again.

I pray that this never happens again.

I am sickened by the series of stories that we have had to face in our local communities.

Today's hearing reflects bipartisan concern about serious instances of misconduct by federal law enforcement agents and the need to examine the adequacy of the processes used to report and investigate misconduct.