Sheila Jackson Lee: “The children of our Nation are raising their voices. In the last couple of days in my district, many young people…”

“The children of our Nation are raising their voices. In the last couple of days in my district, many young people representing the 140,000 DACA-status young people in Texas and 800,000 in the Nation walked and shouted and asked and cajoled and spoke eloquently about the ridiculous malaise of this Congress, where we have not reauthorized DACA when there is a bill ready to move. Do we care about our children? Do we care about the doctors, lawyers, and astronauts? Do we care about the teachers? Do we care about the parents--mothers and fathers--all DACA-status individuals who love this Nation? And then today we heard from the voices of those who raised their hands and said: I do not feel safe in school. I do not feel safe. So they left their schools and honored those who died in Florida just a few weeks ago. They begged for this Nation and this Congress to get out of its stupor and to begin to pass real gun safety legislation. Raise the age. Ban the bump stocks. Have universal background checks. The children's voices are crying. Finally, Mr. Speaker, where in the world does General Sessions get in his mind that he can fire FBI Directors, Assistant Directors? And where in the world does the President get in his mind that he can fire the Secretary of State in such a disgraceful manner? ____________________”