Sheila Jackson Lee: “Let me congratulate the gentleman for the new law in Louisiana and for…”

On the recordJune 14, 2021

Let me congratulate the gentleman for the new law in Louisiana and for his leadership and his powerful message on this floor on the freedom, really, of all people. My freedom is your freedom, your freedom is my freedom, and our freedom is America's freedom. Let me express my appreciation to my co-anchor, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Torres). I thank him for his leadership. Let me be very clear that both his history and his State as well have a vested history in liberty and freedom, but, yes, no place did escape the vestiges of slavery. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Torres).

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Sheila Jackson Lee

Democratic · Texas

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Jun 14, 2021

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