Summer Lee

We are having these hearings because the Supreme Court instructs us to have hearings so we can fix and redo.

The very existence of my current 18th congressional district is because of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

I would like to pursue the issue of the dealing with the sexual assaults and attacks on our young soldiers.

I would like to get some understanding of the vitality of that.

The diversity teaching to our military is not critical race theory. It is relevant.

And there is no reimbursement money from the Department of Defense for the border wall.

There is absolutely no money for the border wall. Is that correct?

Please convey to him my best greetings and our appreciation for his historic service.

I would be interested in your funding and level of preparedness for drug interdiction and what work you are doing there.

Women are intimidated. Vanessa Guillen is my neighbor, a neighboring district. Her death was unspeakable.

I am enormously disturbed, enormously disturbed, by the report and the, seemingly, atmosphere in the Coast Guard.

This is a vitally important hearing, and I am delighted to be part of it this morning.

It is very important.

One of the issues in my community, I know the stance on public building new construction, but dealing with those in public housing now, the maintenance, the additional resources for additional enhancement programs, job training, and…

Would you be able to look into the fact that the GLO wants to give to Houston--excuse me--to Harris County $700 million and zero to Houston?

So, the Administration is on record for recognizing the crisis of homelessness in America and addressing it by increasing their fiscal budget for this timeframe. Is that correct?

A very vital and important hearing and thank you to Madam Secretary for hitting the ground running...

I have a lot of hope that finally we will be able to address many of the structural issues as it relates to housing.

California probably is doing the best across the country in dealing with this homeless situation because they have by far the lion's share of homeless people.

A nation shows its greatness when it can also talk about its era, its tragedy, its brutality and the incidence of slavery, it was brutal.

It’s time for Senator Manchin to understand that the house is on fire, and you got to stop playing with people that don’t want to play with you.

Why should we pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, why should we fix the upside-down voting rights that doesn`t exist anymore because of 43 states plus?

The president, Abraham Lincoln who did not survive this period indicated that a nation divided cannot -- against itself cannot stand.

On this vote, the yeas are 415 and the nays are 14. The bill is passed.

On this vote, the yeas are 415, and the nays are 14, the bill is passed.