Sheila Jackson Lee: “Let me thank the gentlewoman for her generosity, and let me, first of all, thank her for leading the Congressional…”

“Let me thank the gentlewoman for her generosity, and let me, first of all, thank her for leading the Congressional Progressive Caucus. I understand she is due a recognition, of which I celebrate, that she will have shortly. But let me thank her for her astuteness about state government. You come from state government. You understand oversight. You understand the responsibilities. You are the right person to lead this particular Special Order. Madam Speaker, it is important today to say that I fully support the proposed supportive services that have been accounted or recounted by Congressman Kildee, Congresswoman Lawrence, and Congressman Scott, who is the ranking member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce. We must embrace and surround those children. I must say it again. I said it earlier. For those of us who remember Jim Jones, who left California and gave a poisonous concoction to children in a foreign country, we have a Jim Jones in Michigan giving a poisonous concoction to the children of Flint, Michigan. So we are obviously upset about this, and we want the services to be provided for children, who are innocent. But, at the same time, wearing a hat that deals with the law and law and order, I must make the argument that there has to be a criminal investigation.…”