Sheila Jackson Lee: “I, too, want to acknowledge our great President Jimmy Carter and thank him for his life and service. It is becoming that…”

“I, too, want to acknowledge our great President Jimmy Carter and thank him for his life and service. It is becoming that we stand on the floor today to be able to speak in contrast to the generosity of the Carters to where we are today because we are supposed to be saving America. Frankly, we now have a challenge where the Republican leadership cannot even find a way to stop the government from shutting down. I think if the American people knew what their plan was, you might ask the question: Is it possible to lead in this way? Attacking the National Institutes of Health, that is what they are doing. They are cutting education and dollars for disabled children and taking money away from 150,000 teachers who I will be engaging with in my hometown by phone. Of course, they are not recognizing the needs of energy support for those low-income families and not helping those communities that are suffering every day from natural disasters. We know the West has suffered from fires. We in the southwest have suffered from floods. Of course, they are disrespecting the needs of Israel and Ukraine. This is not the American way, and now we are gone because the bill they put up could not even get the Republican votes. Let's do what is right for the American people. Don't shut down. Stand up for the American people. ____________________”