I thank Congresswoman Adams for saying what our power is all about. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Nevada (Mr. Horsford), the first vice chair of the Congressional Black Caucus and a leader in the fight for labor rights that brought him to the United States Congress. Congressman Horsford is the distinguished gentleman from Nevada, and I hope I have gotten that right because I have been there many times, and I know that I have to get it right.
Sheila Jackson Lee: “I thank Congresswoman Adams for saying what our power is all about. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Nevada…”
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