Sheila Jackson Lee: “As a senior member of the Committees on the Judiciary and on Homeland Security, and the Congressional Black Caucus, and…”

“As a senior member of the Committees on the Judiciary and on Homeland Security, and the Congressional Black Caucus, and as a cosponsor, I rise in strong support of H.R. 5053, the ``Justice for Juveniles Act,'' introduced by Congresswoman Scanlon which I am proud to cosponsor. I want to thank Chairman Nadler for his tremendous leadership during this Congress and the past several months of hardship, stress, and disruption not only of the regular normalized operations of this Committee but of the Congress and more importantly, the lives of the American people. It has been said of Americans that we do the difficult immediately, and the impossible takes a little longer. The legislative session today is a testament to the determination of this Committee that despite the coronavirus pandemic that has claimed the life of over 200,000 Americans, that legislation to improve the lives of the people we represent and the communities we serve will not be halted. The problems facing ordinary Americans due to flaws and inequities in the criminal justice system, the immigration system, the health care system, the economy, the trademark system and others do not take a time-out because of the pandemic and neither does this Congress, and for that I commend Speaker Pelosi, the House Democratic leadership, and my colleagues on both sides of the aisle. The bipartisan H.R.…”