Sheila Jackson Lee

I thank the gentlewoman from Kansas for this outstanding complementary amendment to a very important issue. I am, I believe, very much supportive, and I am supportive of the idea of the GAO producing a report examining the FCC's efforts to…

As a senior member of the Judiciary Committee and an original co-sponsor, I rise in strong support of H.R. 1644, the ``Save the Internet Act of 2019.'' The Save the Internet Act puts a cop on the beat to protect consumers, small…

It is well known that the Department of Homeland Security, established after the heinous and unspeakable acts of 9/11, is one of America's most important departments. It is tragic that during the tenure of this administration, it has been…

Today, we finished one stop of a journey, and that is the journey to pass the Violence Against Women Act. I have had the privilege to see and shepherd this bill throughout my congressional tenure, having stood alongside senior Members many…

I thank the gentleman from New York and the gentleman from Texas. We may have some agreements because, frankly, I think there is not one person on this floor, in this House and in the Senate, who does not believe that there has been…

I am holding up this bill, H.R. 1585. We are very grateful for the many victims who, once this bill is passed, will be able to both be honored but also be protected. At the same time, with the gentlewoman's help, we want to make sure that…

I thank Congresswoman Wagner for her continuing leadership. It has been a pleasure to work with her over the years in the House Committee on the Judiciary on the question of human trafficking and sex trafficking. I am delighted to join…

I claim time in opposition to the amendment, although I am not opposed to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentlewoman from Texas is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Collins and I have been working on any number of issues dealing with criminal justice reform, and certainly we have spent the last couple of years on the Judiciary Committee. He may not recall, but…

I think all of us have heard, in some way, paraphrased: While Rome is burning, much fiddling is going on. I am grateful for all of the Members of Congress who helped construct this legislation. I want to remind my friends, as the…

In the 2016 election, as the candidate who now is in the Oval Office said that ObamaCare is a disaster, the question was asked: What do you have to lose? Well, now we know. It is the Affordable Care Act, which has provided 20 million…

I thank the chairman and the ranking member managing this bill, and I thank Mr. Kennedy for his insight. We are reminded that we have nothing to fear but fear itself. Franklin Delano Roosevelt offered those great words on the precipice of…

It is important to note that no one, as a woman, can ask you what your previous pay was--how denigrating that is--and use it as a basis to not pay you what you really deserve in this new position. Also, women are heads of household; they…

I want to take this moment to go down a very tough, and for many families, humiliating journey down memory lane. Memories full of sick mothers and fathers, sick children, and maybe even those who lost their life because they could not get…

I want to speak openly to my friends and colleagues. Take a moment to look to your right as you come into this body, to the memorial that was put together by the Parkland students and other gun victims. It will pain your heart and move you…

I thank the chairman very much for yielding. I, too, add my appreciation to Mr. Collins' eagerness to adhere to what I think is an appropriate policy that reasserts the article I authority, if you will, of the Congress. And I think it is…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Let me thank the gentleman from California and congratulate him on his new distinguished post on the Rules Committee. My good friend who I have seen quite frequently over the years at the Rules Committee…

I serve on the Homeland Security Committee, and I have done so since the heinous act of 9/11. I have a great deal of faith in the aviation industry of this Nation, but I want to offer my deepest sympathy to the people of Ethiopia and…

Every year, the vision of this Nation is crafted in the budget that is offered either by the President or the United States Congress. As a member of the Budget Committee, I am delighted that our theme will be ``For the People.'' But today…

I first want to acknowledge the passing of a dear friend, Congressman Ralph Hall, who was a great leader and a great Texan. But I also rise today, Mr. Speaker, to ensure that the American people know what we did this week; and that is…

I thank the gentlewoman for her leadership and Mr. Sarbanes for his leadership and for allowing us to tell our stories. Let me tell you the story of Texas. In 2017, right before a bond election in my district and surrounding areas, 4,000…

I thank the gentleman very much, and I thank him for his leadership on a very important enhancement to the Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019, which requires the FBI to report on the number of petitions it was not able to make a…

I thank the chairman and Mr. Clyburn, who, for years, has been working on this issue. Madam Chair, H.R. 1112, the Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019, is long in coming. It responds to many people, but it responds to Dylann Roof. In…

I thank Moms Demand Action, and I thank all those who have offered themselves in this fight. I thank our chair, Mr. Thompson, for his constant and persistent work. Through my tenure as ranking member of the Crime, Terrorism, Homeland…

I thank the chairman, and I certainly thank the ranking member for being present here today. I hold up in my hand pages and pages of mass shootings, which I will include in the Record. List of Mass Shootings Since Columbine Massacre (By…