Sheila Jackson Lee

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding, and I thank her for her leadership. I am sure she is leading on this devastating day and devastating loss in her district that she would much prefer not to do. As I listened to my colleagues, each of…

Let me thank the gentlewoman from Florida and the author of the legislation and manager for their leadership on this issue as members of the Oversight Committee and indicate that I rise to support H.R. 4171. I am a member of the Judiciary…

My good friend just spoke on the floor of the House, and I certainly look forward to working with him and being committed to standing against any legislation that does not provide Hurricane Harvey funding, and the CR does not. There is…

I really rise on behalf of the American people. All it takes is a simple pen and cooperation between appropriators to get the job done. Just a few days ago, I listened to representatives from the city of Houston. They are only a sample of…

I thank the ranking member for yielding to me. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record an article by Mark Kelly entitled ``Good Guys With Guns Can Be Dangerous, Too. Don't Gut Conceal Carry Laws. Why is Congress about to Vote to Loosen Gun…

Let me say that the problems that my good friend just mentioned on the floor can be solved by real, sensible gun safety legislation. Unfortunately, H.R. 38 is not that, and it is not that because it has ignored the pleas of law…

Again, let me thank the gentleman from Florida for managing and joining me in the managing of this legislation, and, again, I thank the cosponsors. Let me also express my appreciation to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Trott) for his…

I am delighted to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Nadler), the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee.

It is certainly a pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney), a good friend and a champion of these issues dealing with vulnerable women, the original sponsor of this legislation…

Let me acknowledge Mr. Cummings for his leadership on this legislation. I believe the combination of Members who are sponsoring this legislation and the work of the Oversight and Government Reform, Homeland Security, and Judiciary…

A few minutes ago, in Detroit, the dean of the United States Congress offered his retirement immediately. He has asked me, a member of the Judiciary Committee, to offer his words to his colleagues and to put his statement in the Record…

I am opposed to the House agreeing to conference with the Senate on their cruel and immoral $1.7 trillion tax giveaways to wealthy corporations and the top one percent, but as a member of the Budget Committee, I rise in strong support of…

I serve on the House Judiciary Committee and serve as the ranking member on the Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee, which means that I deal with every single Federal law enforcement entity across the…

I thank you, and I want to extend my courtesies to the gentleman from Texas for his courtesy as well, Mr. Al Green. I stand here today because this is World AIDS Day. Since 1988, we have commemorated World AIDS Day. I have on my lapel, if…

Certainly my deepest thoughts as well to the Hinchey family. Mr. Speaker, I rise today because I come from an area that saw the greatest catastrophic flooding in the history of the continental United States. Someone asked me: I haven't…

I thank the gentlewoman for her distinguished leadership and for yielding to me. Mr. Speaker, I want to focus in particular on where we are and where we have been. I think it is important, as we discuss these issues dealing with the…

As a senior member of the House Committees on the Judiciary, I rise in strong support of H. Res. 630, which requires all employees of the House of Representatives--including Members, interns, detailees, and fellows--to complete an anti…

Let me, first of all, thank Congresswomen Brooks and Demings for a very astute initiative, and I look forward to us working together, along with the chairman, on other items that impact the service of our officers and the better police…

Again, let me thank the two prior speakers, Congresswoman Demings and Congressman Nadler, for very insightful, very important remarks on this particular legislation. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr…

I thank the gentlewoman for her remarks. We are working together to build that trust and to safely secure the community and our officers. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Florida (Mrs. Demings). She brings to the…

I rise for the very sad task, as we begin the season of Thanksgiving, of announcing the passing of my dear friend, Steve Mostyn, a great Texan, a great American, husband, father, and friend. We pray for him; his beautiful wife, Amber; and…

I include in the Record The Washington Post op-ed, ``The Republican tax plan's five worst dangers,'' by Secretary Rubin, dated November 15, 2017 [From the Washington Post, Nov. 15, 2017] The Republican Tax Plan's Five Worst Dangers (By…

This plan will show no growth. The neutral tax policy entity said you will get no growth, no growth in wages, and you will send jobs overseas in waves. It is a tax scam and it is an American nightmare. Vote against this tax scam Mr…

This is not the American Dream tax plan. This is the American nightmare, a tax scam of the worst proportion. With over 8,000 of my constituents last evening on a teleconference town hall meeting, overwhelmingly they disagreed with a tax…

This tax bill is not about the future. It is about our past. Millions of Americans, middle class families, will have increased taxes under this tax scam. In fact, in the State of Texas, 230,000-plus Texans will pay an average of over…