Summer Lee

In a survey of 404 by the United Nations, they found that 58 percent of these children were forcibly displaced and to a degree, it warranted international protection.

Let me first of all acknowledge that this should not be political grandstanding.

I think the variables of the world would argue that the world remains in crisis in many areas

The Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee, a Representative in Congress From the State of Texas:

Include in any reform package a mechanism by which parents who are eligible for a legalization program can bring their children to join them in a safe, lawful, and timely manner.

I was one that was gratified and voted for the ARRA dollars, and I do not step away from that.

I want to thank both the Chairman and Ranking Member of our Subcommittee on Courts, but I am also going to thank the Chairman of the full Committee, Mr. Goodlatte, and the Ranking Member, Mr. Conyers, for cooperating on this hearing, which…

I want a full briefing.

I think we can do better.

This is not a partisan issue on this Committee.

I want numbers of diversity on that project.

That is why it takes additional resources, specialized equipment, and more money to police events that used to simply require police personnel for crowd and traffic control.

Today some would say that that is a small entity in an isolated northeast part of Nigeria, but the delegation that went saw them as vile, moral-less thugs and terrorists.

I believe the Chairman made mention of ISIS, which is now, in essence, having a large part of Iraq under siege.

So on this side of the table, let me now call for a ceasefire, and let me join with my colleagues here, Chairman Smith, and the members of this very esteemed subcommittee, and therefore, say that we want a ceasefire.

We are asking for a re-investigation, which would include the FBI.

I recognize that this may be an ongoing investigation, but what I am going to request is a general briefing on the general parameters, because here is what I am hearing, Mr. Director, that this has gotten caught up in a scale of injustice…

I encourage you to encourage your SACs, when a Member of Congress calls for them to join them at a town hall meeting or a university, which is nonpartisan, let them realize that part of their work as a SAC is to be engaged with the…

I would like to get those numbers, and I would like to work with the FBI on its outreach approach.

I hope that this Committee, if it is appropriate, will have a hearing on the DIRECTV/AT&T merger.

This is a year anniversary of the Shelby case, United States Supreme Court case that, in my opinion, dismantled the voting rights of this country.

Well, let me just conclude by saying, if I can explore it further with you, if we can engage in meetings on this...

All of us are committed to the security of this Nation, and we know that every day members of your staff, of this Department, are on the front lines unthanked.

But I also know that, when I travel around--I have individuals I met in the airport--an individual said that they waited for 4 months for an elderly veteran for service.

Is there no way to take and have what we would call task forces or special ops in the veterans to target into places besides just having an audit to be able to go into hospitals and fix problems quickly, a SWAT team of sorts?