Sheila Jackson Lee: “Let me thank the gentlewoman from Ohio (Mrs. Beatty) for her leadership and dynamic message she gave this morning when…”

“Let me thank the gentlewoman from Ohio (Mrs. Beatty) for her leadership and dynamic message she gave this morning when we were discussing in the district and the area of our colleague Congressman Hank Johnson and John Lewis the issue of economic empowerment and economic empowerment as it relates to women, and particularly women of color. Let me thank the gentlewoman for that, and as well for leading today, along with Mr. Hakeem Jeffries of New York, this very important Special Order of unfinished business. Let me say that all of us, and you will hear certainly this repetitive refrain, have been challenged in this last election. Now, let me be very clear for those of our colleagues who may be listening or those who may be hearing, I am by no means whining. What I do speak to, of course, however, is, and will be over a period of time, whether or not there were fractures in the Democratic process that were driven not by candidates, for candidates can say and do, as much as you may be offended by them saying or doing, but whether or not there were actually systems that undermined the voting process.…”