Political Quotes

On the recordOctober 21, 2021
Let me thank the gentlewoman from New Mexico for her leadership. I am very glad that she has emphasized the unanimity and the unity of Democrats as relates to all of our constituents, all Americans, whether we are in New Mexico, Texas, or whether, we are in New York, whether in Mississippi, Illinois, California, whether we are up in the New England States or down the coast in the Carolinas and down to Florida and all in between, it is important, again, to emphasize to the American people that this is about you. Breaking news. Each of these elements that we are fighting for--and we take no discomfort in you saying at the bus stop, while taking your child to school, what are they talking about? It is our responsibility to let you know what we are talking about and to let you know that the Congressional Progressive Caucus has been talking and working and talking and working. We now are at a point where we will say to you: We will not negotiate against ourselves. But we are the engine to get it done working with the Quad Caucus, the Tri Caucus, and the Democratic Caucus. So, Mr. Speaker, you have heard that there are numbers that may be different from $3.5 trillion of which I still stand on. But we are working to see how we can respond to the American people, and that is you have indicated that there is a framework that will change my life. I want to see it sooner than later. So here is where we are.…
Said by
Sheila Jackson Lee
Democratic · Texas

Share

More from Sheila Jackson Lee

May 21, 2024

As a senior member of the Committee on the Judiciary, and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance, I want to thank my colleagues for hosting this Congressional Black Caucus Special Order to discuss…

govinfo.gov
May 1, 2024

I thank the ranking member of the Judiciary Committee for yielding. I would like to pose a rhetorical question to the gentleman: Where is the wall? Where is the wall that has been talked about now for a decade-plus? I ask because others…

govinfo.gov
May 1, 2024

I wish there were many, many minutes, but let me take this 1 minute to say to the American people: We are better than this, and to offer to all of those who are in pain, those who feel that they are not respected, who have come from the…

govinfo.gov
Apr 12, 2024

I thank the gentleman very much. I am delighted to be able to work with the gentleman from Virginia on what I think is crucial to codify, because as you said, the FBI had stopped doing it, but here we are again. Mr. Chair, I yield 1 minute…

govinfo.gov

Other voices in this conversation