Sheila Jackson Lee

When the heinous acts of 9/11 came, this Nation could have easily fell upon the splinters of divisiveness and begin to point fingers in a massive way toward our fellow human beings, Muslims around the world and in the United States. Isn't…

I thank the distinguished gentleman of the January 6 Select Committee for yielding. I serve as the chair of the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, which, collectively with the Judiciary Committee, may ultimately be…

I thank my good friend. I will take 15 seconds. You can't provide for the doctors if you don't provide an increase in the debt ceiling. You know that. We have to pay our bills, and paying the doctors and making sure that they are protected…

If there is one thing that we have heard so often, it is doctors who have sacrificed during this period of the pandemic, who have maintained their offices. We often hear in public settings and private settings about the cuts that they are…

I thank the gentleman from New York for both his leadership and his inspiration. He obviously cares. That is why he is on the floor tonight. I think that is the point that I want to make. It looks as if we are lonely on this floor tonight…

I have been here since the Columbine tragedy, which is more than 20 years ago. I have faced a mountain of tragedies in schools with children dying at the hands of guns. I offer my deepest sympathy for the loss of the beautiful, precious…

I thank the Chairwoman and all of the very important people on the Appropriations Committee for their work on this bill. I ask the question, what side do you want to be on? Do you want to be on the side that provides our hardworking…

The Federal Government is an umbrella on a rainy day. So the context of my remarks today will be about criminal justice issues and the unequal results that have come about through State laws. Let me say that the juries have spoken in two…

Let me take this opportunity to do one or two things. First, I acknowledge my colleague, Congresswoman Slotkin and her district, to offer to her and the people of Michigan my deepest concern and sympathy for the loss of those precious…

I have been in the House for a very long time, and I have grown to love the dignity, the power, and the respect of this body, not for individuals but for the respect of the United States of America. On November 17, 2021, a Member of the…

In this season of giving, as we sit down to our Thanksgiving table, I hope the American people will know that we have handed them a gift over corporate greed that is insistent on raising the price of goods. We presented to them the Build…

I thank the chairman for his great leadership. This bill is about people; people who are working, people who need help. It is about people; the American people. I am very happy that this bill really focuses on the needs of people in Texas…

Over the last couple of months, hundreds of individuals have come to Washington from all over the country to protest the lack of the passage of the Voting Rights Act, the John Robert Lewis Voting Rights Act, and, as well, the Freedom to…

This is a very troubling moment in our history. After the rule is passed, you will see other Members come to the floor to continue this debate. I thought I would start out by holding up a most precious document, and that is the…

There was such exhilaration across the Nation as Democrats came together last week and moved forward on the bipartisan infrastructure bill with their vote and to catapult forward the build back America bill as well. Let me say how happy my…

What a grand statement from our chair who has captured the leadership of this entire body. As I conclude my remarks, I just wanted to say, Madam Speaker, to the chair, this is what you are doing and what we are doing by pushing Build Back…

Breaking news. Today, the President of the United States signed the bipartisan infrastructure bill, legislation that our chairwoman and the Congressional Black Caucus were instrumental in moving forward. But breaking news: The President…

As a senior member of the Committees on the Judiciary, on Homeland Security, and on the Budget, I rise in strong support of the rule governing debate, as well as the underlying bill, which is the Build Back Better Act (RCP 117-18, H.R…

I stand to refute with a spirit of joy this morning one of my friends on the other side who called this day a ``black day.'' I wonder what that interpretation means, but I see a sense of great future for America. And I wonder how many of…

I just wanted to be able to really inform the American people and to let my friends on the other side of the aisle know what they are missing out on. And that is the greatest effort to improve the quality of life of Americans and raise…

I thank the Speaker and I thank the manager very much, and I thank Congresswoman Garcia of Texas for her leadership and sponsorship of H.R. 3992, Protect Older Job Applicants Act. It is long overdue and an important initiative. Words from…

We are excited about this violence emphasis. As I conclude my remarks, let me pay tribute to deputies in my district who were shot by an AR-15. We pray for them, their families, and we should understand that violence has to end. At the…

First of all, let me thank both Mr. Horsford and Ms. Moore for one of the important colloquies that I have heard on the floor of this body, and that is to be able to speak to people who are working hard every day, who are single parents…

I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania for recognizing that a vital part of the lives of families is childcare. As a member of the Ways and Means Committee, I know that he was extremely engaged in this very vital aspect of the President's…

I thank the gentlewoman very much for recognizing that this will be transformative, but as well, that it will do and improve in areas that we have not done in the history of the United States of America. Mr. Speaker, I am now delighted to…