Summer Lee

This Jackson Lee Amendment included in the House version of the NDAA directed the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress the extent, if any, of the threat to national security posed by domestic terrorist groups and organizations…

By not taking action or taking inconsistent action--whether by failing to prioritize the threat, educate the public on it, or using the tools we have at our disposal to counter it--we condone the actions of White supremacists at home and…

How important is it for Congress' due diligence, but more importantly, for the vision and/or the right running of Congress that all of these agencies that are not well-known that are doing lifesaving actions, are dealing with civil rights…

The king of moving money around and ignoring the needs that Congress dictated for their appropriations

The last Administration was particularly prone to not want to have that kind of appropriation going on

I hope our friends on the other side can hear that, because I do think we can find a pathway forward.

I join with the Congressperson Pareen, to find every way to ensure that you can stay in this Nation, this country, your country, and to make sure that you can get the interns and fellowships you want.

The hardship and break on that family was enormous.

I am wondering why there is such an apprehension and fear.

I am grateful that we are moving forward. I would like to really think that there is light at the end of the tunnel.

It was only directed at those who were not inspected. It did not apply to those who overstayed their visa.

I think that there are many aspects of these dated immigration laws that simply do not well-serve the United States of America.

As lawmakers, it's incumbent upon us to fix those laws that don't well-serve the United States.

COVID-19 has been devastating to law enforcement, both police and firefighters.

This represents all the Republicans who voted against the legitimacy of the Biden election.

My predecessor, who endorsed me, the Honorable Barbara Jordan, was able to get Hispanics included in the language of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

The historic record should be clarified that President Lyndon Baines Johnson initiated the Voting Rights Act of 1965 after the brutal killing of the four little girls and the Selma-to-Montgomery March and the brutalizing of John Robert…

I had to work to get off a plane as she was being deported, and she was one of the women that said that her organs were taken out at this particular facility.

Does it endanger or does it lessen our quick response and our ability to secure the Nation?

When we are not secure, it is the one who should have provided the profile and notice to this Nation.

The responsibility of homeland security is domestic security, National security.

I look forward to today's hearing because of the important role that inspector generals fill throughout the Federal Government to guard our Nation and its people from waste, fraud, and abuse by Government agencies and contractors.

I happen to be one of those that believes that the court would not be hurt by expanding the court.

The court is long overdue for the appointment of a Black woman, which President Biden has indicated that he would be interested in doing.

Lady justice is smiling. She might even be doing a dance tonight. What an amazing group of women and diverse judges selected by the Biden administration. It is a push back for justice.