Sheila Jackson Lee: “I could not help, as I listened to the colloquy of my two friends, to recognize that the key element is saving lives…”

“I could not help, as I listened to the colloquy of my two friends, to recognize that the key element is saving lives, saving lives from the pillage and the murderous acts that are done with guns. The NICS fix is crucial. The banning bump stocks is crucial. The expanded waiting period is crucial, and banning of AR-15s. But if we can move the issue of the NICS fix, if we can move the issue of expanded background checks, we can lose the taint of not doing anything since Las Vegas, not doing anything since Sandy Hook, Mother Emanuel, or, tragically, Florida. It is imperative that we save lives. Now, let me speak very clearly to DACA. I invite my ICE officers to stand with me on Sunday in Houston and tell my thousands of DACA young people that they will not raid their homes, they will not jeopardize their lives, and that they are, in fact, statused individuals who can go about their daily business. Join me Sunday and announce it to them. And I ask ICE officers to join the Members of Congress across the Nation, because these young people are scared to death, and I would ask that we recognize that. Mr. Speaker, I intend to honor the late Council Member Larry Green with a statement in the Record acknowledging the very fact of his great leadership and the fact that he has passed. ____________________”