Sheila Jackson Lee

Let me thank the gentleman from Massachusetts, and let me also indicate to my good friends on the other side of the aisle how grateful I am to the Democratic leadership who put children first and have worked with the CHC, the CPC, the CBC…

I thank the gentleman very much. If I might, I would like to thank the chairman again for an amendment that increases and decreases by $10 million funds for the National Infrastructure Investment Account to provide funding for urban…

I thank the gentleman very much Mr. Chair, thank you, Chairman Price, for the assistance and resources you helped direct to my home state of Texas in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, and for your commitment to revitalizing the nation's…

Let me thank the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Price) and let me thank the gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Lowey) for their kindness. I wish to enter into a colloquy with the distinguished gentleman. Mr. Chair, I thank Chairman Price…

For a very long time, the entire community, including his neighborhood, the Near Northside, mourned the loss of a wonderful little boy by the name of Josue Flores. We mourn with his family members and his neighborhood. What a loving…

I want to thank the gentlewoman for her leadership, and I want to thank the Appropriations Committee, and this one in particular, for the great work that the committee is doing. I have had the privilege of doing amendments under the CJS…

I thank the gentleman from New York for yielding. Mr. Chair, this is Maleah Davis. We mourn her loss in Houston, Texas. She was 4 years old. My amendment provides funding to support and engage adult men and young persons to reduce and…

I ask my colleagues to support this amendment. Madam Chair, I rise in support of Chairman Visclosky's En Bloc Amendment, which includes Jackson Lee #12. I wish to thank Chairman McGovern and Ranking Member Cole of the Rules Committee for…

Let me thank the chair of the Defense Subcommittee and ranking member of the subcommittee as well. I am delighted that my amendment No. 12 has been made in order and that we will have an opportunity to save and improve the lives of many…

I believe we can do better, and I would ask my colleagues to do better by supporting the Jackson Lee amendment. For example, the population of African elephants has decreased from 1.3 million to 400,000, with 22,000 poached in 2012…

I thank the gentlewoman for her support of my original amendment on female genital mutilation, and I thank her for her support of this amendment. I just offer to my colleagues a list of the vulnerable endangered species: Giant panda, giant…

This is a very important amendment in the cycle of life, protecting endangered species, which give the joy of life and understanding to the world, to the coexistence of humans and these wonderful species that have given us so much…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 599, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000)''…

I am reminded of the story of Hadiatu Jalloh, a 7-year-old from Sierra Leone who, with her mother, fled to Houston to seek a lifesaving operation to rectify complications from the practice of female genital mutilation, from which she…

Let me thank the gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Lowey) and the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Rogers) for their great leadership. But let me thank the gentlewoman from New York again for her overall leadership as chair of the Appropriations…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 405, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000)''…

I am excited that, in 1986, we added the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program--we all remember him as a great astronaut who died in a horrific astronaut calamity--to foster doctoral degree attainment by students from…

Let me take this opportunity to thank Congresswoman DeLauro and her leadership as the chairwoman of this subcommittee, and her ranking member, Mr. Cole. I had the privilege of appearing before them in making my request, and so I want to…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 130, line 16, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $10,000,000)''. Page 130, line 16, after…

I urge support of this amendment. Mr. Chair, I wish to thank Chairman McGovern and Ranking Member Cole of the Rules Committee for making this Jackson Lee Amendment in order. I thank Chairwoman DeLauro and Ranking Member Cole for their hard…

The Food and Drug Administration is working to increase the participation of people in racial, ethnic, and other minority groups in the clinical trials that test new medical products. So I would indicate that this particular amendment is…

Just a few weeks ago, I had a roundtable discussion with health professionals and those who are suffering from diabetes. I heard the stories of how much insulin costs and how difficult it was to be able to access healthcare, in many…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 57, line 25, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $10,000,000)''. Page 57, line 25, after the…

I thank the gentlewoman for her leadership, and I thank her for the time. This is an enormous and important step as it relates to healthcare in America. So many of us have been fighting to ensure that the preexisting conditions of…

On June 12, 1948, President Harry S. Truman signed into law the Women's Armed Services Integration Act, allowing women to serve as regular members of the military. In the State of Texas, a bill was sent in to establish Women's Veterans…