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Sheila Jackson Lee is a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Texas's 18th congressional district since 1995. A member of the Democratic Party, she has been an advocate for civil rights, social justice, and healthcare reform throughout her tenure. Jackson Lee has served on various committees, including the Judiciary and Homeland Security committees, and has been involved in significant legislative efforts addressing issues such as immigration, education, and public safety.
Let them eat cake--Marie Antoinette. The Secretary of Commerce has indicated that my $28,000-paid TSA agent can walk into the Nation's banks and demand a loan. Well, right now, in my district, the city and other good neighbors are opening…
You will begin to see the unraveling. It is unraveling. TSA officers make $28,000. Every one of you are going to see them going out and coming back in. You are counting on air traffic controllers to keep the planes aloft. You are counting…
I thank the gentlewoman from California for her years of service, appointed service, recognized service, for we have gone to the southern border many times. I am a resident of the southern border. I am committed to the people of the…
What my good friends have not heard is the outrage and cry of the desperate Federal workers, some sending their children to relatives because they cannot support them, museums shut down costing $4 million, TSA officers not able to come to…
I am pleased to support H.R. 498, the ``Clean Up the Code Act of 2019.'' This legislation essentially repeals many unused statutes currently in the criminal code. It is emblematic of what is terribly wrong with our criminal justice system…
I thank the gentleman from Georgia, and I congratulate him and Mr. Chabot for this legislation. I am glad that this is one of the early bills that we are moving forward. It sets the tone for this Congress, and it sets the tone for…
I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I just want to make sure that we know that people are hurting and that we should understand their pain. So I want to acknowledge as a cosponsor and salute Mr. Cox, who has introduced the…
I thank the chairwoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, we are opening the government. Democrats have voted every day for the last 2 weeks to 3 weeks on opening the government. I ask a simple question: To those who are out working today, what…
I think it is important for us to know what just happened today. Democrats stood on the floor, unanimously, to open the government. Democrats stood on the floor, unanimously, to be able to provide for desperate Americans suffering from…
I can attest to the importance of Emergency Disaster Supplemental Appropriations to the efforts of communities to recover following a disaster. Texans impacted by Hurricane Harvey and are working towards recovery are grateful for the…
I can't even account for this historic and devastating Trump shutdown. When I say I can't account, I can't believe that the government is now in the mix of a shutdown that has such far-reaching proportions of impact, negative impact: not…
I thank the gentleman. I beg to differ with my good friend from Iowa. I do believe that we are all created equal with certain inalienable rights. What I would say to him is that Western civilization is what we all are. There is no…
Today reflects two interesting commemorations. First, it is the actual birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who lost his life in a fight for justice for public employees. I wonder what he would say on this day while we are in the…
As I entered Bush Intercontinental Airport today, terminal B was shut down, shut down because, of course, we do not have enough TSA officers, as the terminals were shut down in Miami. I understand the circumstances and the difficulties of…
It is a pleasure to be able to speak on the floor, and I thank you for your leadership. I thank the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Cummings), chair of the Oversight and Reform Committee, for his leadership. I thank my colleague from Texas as…
I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I was just on the floor, but I could not leave the floor without reminding us that our constituents have names. So I wanted Edith to know how concerned I am about her, and to say that when…
I want to thank my colleague, the distinguished Congresswoman from California, for her leadership and her amazing journey here to the United States House of Representatives. It is clearly because of life stories like hers that we will be…
To the White House: Sign the bill and open up the government. Today, the President is in my home State, impossible for him to see the entire border on the southern border and to realize that work has been done for almost two decades on…
Breaking news to the American people: all the other body has to do, the Senate, is to take the bills passed by the Democratic majority in the House and the government will open in minutes, simply with the signature of the President of the…
As a senior member of the Homeland Security Committee, I rise in support of H.R. 251, the ``Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program Extension Act,'' which will extend by two years the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards…
During this holiday season, I am baffled as to why and how we have gotten here to this place. In the last 24 hours, a tweet went out from the White House that would end the Syrian war, to the opposition of the national security…
I know what it is like to be waiting on disaster aid and not getting it. Among other things, this potential or so-called disaster aid is missing dollars needed by the people of Puerto Rico. I walked the streets and saw how desperate the…
I include in the Record several letters dealing with S. 756: a letter from the ACLU; a letter from the Judicial Conference of the United States; and a letter from the Center for American Progress. The Leadership Conference, ACLU…
Let me indicate to the American people happy holidays and thank the gentleman from Georgia for his bipartisan reach to help us understand the impact of this bill. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr…
Last year, in Hurricane Harvey, many in my community became food insecure. I cannot tell you how important maintaining the current SNAP benefits are. I thank the chairman from Texas and my good friend, to-be chairman from Minnesota, for…
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