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Sheila Jackson Lee

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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.

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Jul 20, 2021

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…

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Jul 20, 2021

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…

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Jul 20, 2021

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…

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Jul 20, 2021

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…

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Jul 20, 2021

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…

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Jul 20, 2021

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…

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Jul 20, 2021

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…

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Jul 20, 2021

It states: ``Civil rights activists have long called for monetary reparations,'' this report opens up. This is a scientific, vetted report from the Harvard University Medical School. It is titled ``Anti-Racist Epidemiology: Research…

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Jul 20, 2021

This report came from the United Nations because reparations is a universal concept of repair, repairing, and human rights. This report from the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights is big stuff. It ``offers a sweeping look at the roots…

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Jul 20, 2021

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…

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Jul 19, 2021

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…

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Jul 1, 2021

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…

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