Sheila Jackson Lee: “Sadly I rise to indicate that domestic terrorism is on the rise in America. We have all faced the tragedies of…”

“Sadly I rise to indicate that domestic terrorism is on the rise in America. We have all faced the tragedies of terroristic acts by our fellow Americans, chiefly, of course, the January 6 insurrection, which it is so striking to me that people want to dumb down the language used. It was insurrection by terrorists who happened to be Americans. We focused on 9/11. The very action of terrorism was associated internationally. I was in this place, in this Capitol on 9/11, in a meeting on 9/11. As we fled this building, clearly looking, as I went to the right to escape what we thought was an imminent attack on this building by foreign terrorists, I could see the building, the black smoke of the plane that had just hit the Pentagon. It is real, and January 6 is real as well. So it is important that we as Members of Congress address this for the Nation. One, it was real in Colleyville for my fellow Texans as they were attacked in their synagogue, their place of worship. How horrific anti-Semitism is. I stand against it, as I stand against the horrors of representing what critical race theory is, which it is not in any way an attempt to create racist divide. It is a college phenomenon. It is a higher-grad phenomenon. It is not teaching our elementary school children about George Washington Carver or the history of African Americans or slavery or the importance of passing H.R.…”