Sheila Jackson Lee

I appreciate it, only to make sure that I can now flow with the concept of the time. But the headline reads: ``Why I support reparations--and all conservatives should.'' I know my friends are listening here on the other side. Gary…

I thank the gentleman for his leadership. We must always remember that human rights are equal to human dignity. So it is my privilege tonight to stand to discuss the value of recognizing human dignity. As I do so, let me add to an earlier…

It is always important to have an opportunity to speak to our colleagues and as well the American people. Tonight, I will dwell on questions of human rights, challenges to those human rights and the legacy of the undermining of human…

I congratulate the gentlewoman from North Carolina as she manages this rule and does it in an excellent manner. Mr. Speaker, I rise to support the underlying rule and to mention that H.R. 2467, known as the PFAS Action Act, is an important…

I ask my colleagues to support this legislation because there is a known list of these attacks from the ISS World to the $50 million paid. I ask my colleagues to support this legislation, and I ask my friends in the other body, to pass…

As long as there is silence about cyberattacks like ransomware, the criminals and terrorists will remain out of reach and continue to feel safe and emboldened in carrying out these attacks, often from the soil of our enemies or peer…

I thank the gentlewoman from New York for her leadership, and I thank the ranking member of the full committee and the chair of the full committee for bringing these matters to the attention of the Nation. Madam Speaker, I rise in support…

I thank the gentlewoman from New York for her leadership on the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation. Madam Speaker, I rise to support the State and Local Cybersecurity Improvement Act. I particularly…

I want to rise today to inform everyone who might be listening that the filibuster is not in this little book that has governed this great Nation, the Constitution of the United States. In fact, the 15th Amendment, as it relates to voting…

Most of the colleagues of this House know that I have introduced H.R. 40, the Commission to Study Slavery and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act, which can be defined as repairing. I read to my colleagues an assessment…

I want to take a moment to physically hold this poster up and to emphasize how important our children are before I raise another very vital point. One, it was because of votes that we got the Children's Health Insurance Program. And it…

Thank you for your courtesies. And I begin with a clarion call. The Speaker wears many hats, and we have been in meetings where we have focused our legislative prowess, legislative questions, on voting rights. So, I think it is appropriate…

This has to do with the freeze that we had in Houston, and I am very grateful for this amendment because there were more than 100 people who died. Mr. Speaker, my second amendment has to do with wastewater. A recent report suggested that…

I thank the gentlewoman from Kansas for her leadership, and I want to take a moment to thank Mr. DeFazio for this transformative legislation that is really going to move America, not just in mobility, but in quality of life. Mr. Speaker, I…

This bill is so important to the Nation and to Texas that I had to come and rename it: Repair, innovate, restore, inspire. Thank you for the INVEST in America Act that looks at social equity, that realizes we cannot concrete our way to a…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank my friend who is managing on the other side. Madam Speaker, I wanted to come just for a brief minute to clarify what I heard on this floor. There is not a self-serving mindset today. There is…

The greatest wealth enhancer that I have seen in our immediate time in the United States Congress is the child tax credit, which should be made permanent. It will provide an opportunity for life and liberty and, yes, freedom for families…

As a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, I rise in strong support of S.J. Res. 13, a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval to undo an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) final rule issued January 14…

As a senior member of the Judiciary Committee and the Democratic Task Force on Aging and Families, and as cosponsor, I rise in strong support of the bipartisan H.R. 2062, the ``Protecting Older Americans Against Discrimination Act of…

I thank my dear friend and courageous leader who brought us all together so many years ago and, I believe, built up the Equality Caucus into such an effective spokesperson for all of those who are voiceless in many instances. Madam…

I rise with a heavy heart with the extended amount of violence in this country that has taken hold of us through the pandemic, and now we seem to be under siege. No, it is not one isolated issue or community. It is not one isolated reason…

I am delighted to yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Raskin), the distinguished gentleman who is the cosponsor of this legislation here in the House. We thank him so much for his leadership.

This is a good day on the floor of the House. S. 1340 will improve the administration of justice in the Federal courts of North Carolina. This is not only a bipartisan, bicameral effort, but it is also evidence of Republicans and Democrats…

As a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, I rise in strong support of H.R. 704, the ``Artistic Recognition For Talented Students Act,'' or Arts Act,'' bicameral, bipartisan legislation that directs the Register of Copyrights to waive…

This alone justifies the changes in the bill, which simply allow incarcerated juveniles to go directly to court to have serious deficiencies in their incarceration, including allegations of assault, corrected. As I said, I thank my…