Summer Lee

We are tired of being beat by police. We are tired of being put in jail. We want our freedom now.

I am going to work with them about it, but it tells people that they have to pay, and that discourages people.

People are dying. Congressman Gonzalez said that 500 to 600 people a week are dying.

Americans are dying. They are dying. I don't know how many times I need to say this. They are dying.

We need another one.

It is crucial that we know that Texas has almost 5,000 dead.

I am also introducing an amendment to protect--to NDAA to protect the security of emails.

I wholeheartedly agree with the need for a cyber National director, and I support that.

They can't sit idly by. They can't be leaning and giving indication of one group over the other, particularly groups like Boogaloo and Proud Boys, over peaceful protesters.

I feel strongly that the Government needs to bring some oversight to the on-line space to sort-of pressure the companies to be better on this front.

If we don't do something to address the spread of this material on-line, the rise of these movements... we are going to see more rise in hate crimes.

There is a path forward, but it is not through violent insurrection.

What would be the plight of the Nation without addressing these particular elements directly?

I thank you so very much, Mr. Chairman. I am out in the field. I am sorry that--I hope you can hear me and see me.

There is a limit to the expression of free speech and the freedom to assemble and that limit is violence.

The United States is a Nation of laws, which gives us the freedom to agree and most importantly disagree with not only each other, but with our Government.

I offered a Jackson Lee Amendment establishing an 'Exigent Circumstances Fitness Determination Review' process for this bill.

Over the last month I have raised concerns over the role that Boogaloo and Proud Boys have played in bringing an element of violence into the otherwise peaceful protests following the death of George Floyd.

It is clear that there is a massive intersection here between protecting our law enforcement officials, protecting the sincere rights of millions of people to be heard as they call for racial justice in this country, and protecting the…

The Government needs to be paying attention to this.

The Black Lives Matter movement is a civil rights movement. It is a generational movement that has drawn the attention of the Nation.

I believe it is important for the Government to have, as part of its actions, expanded resources and understanding to mitigate some of the intense dangers that have been evidenced in this hearing.

Congress has oversight responsibility to find out what the heck is going on in the social media world on this front.

I think we need to modernize our perception of how we interact so that different groups are not demonized.

I am terrified that there is going to be a shootout at one or more of these events, and that, too, will put a damper on future protests.