Sheila Jackson Lee

I include in the Record a report from Moody's Analytics titled: ``The Debt Limit Drama Heats Up.'' Speaker McCarthy's proposed legislation would increase the debt limit by $1.5 trillion or until March 31, 2024, whichever comes first. In…

No American, no patriot would stand on this floor representing the American people and argue for the default on America legislation. To refuse to pay our bills is an insult to the men and women who swore to die for this country. You want…

He sold millions of records. He was known around the world: Harry Belafonte. That song we remember, ``Day- O.'' But for those of us who admired and hung onto his every word, we know that he provided a transformational change in the civil…

I first want to take a moment to honor an esteemed pastor in my district, Pastor Ricky Bell, who has passed away after a valiant, strong, and vigorous fight against devastating cancer. I offer my sympathy to the members of the Forest Lawn…

I too had the opportunity yesterday to engage with Rebekah and her mother, and I want to just point to a stark reality. Mr. Chair, 53 percent of trans kids considered suicide last year. I am glad that the Governor of Utah, in a very…

They didn't help us with the assault weapons ban that we are fighting, if I may call the roll: Uvalde, Nashville, Louisville, and in Alabama and on and on and on. Mr. Speaker, I support the work of the District of Columbia, the Mayor, and…

I thank the gentleman for yielding me additional time. Mr. Speaker, we advocated for that management. We have hurricanes. And when we have hurricanes, we are always subject to the system not being able to hold the water and contamination…

I thank the distinguished ranking member for the time, and I also thank the managers who are on the floor today. Let me clarify the reason for my being present as a member of the Homeland Security Committee, and one who has dealt with the…

I thank the gentlewoman for her kindness, and I only have a minute to talk about kindness. I vigorously oppose the underlying legislation dealing with our beautiful children. Mr. Speaker, that is what it is, and I join with the Utah…

I come today to be able to join my colleagues and to again ask for the question of justice and democracy and freedom, and to be able to salute these three. To say that in their name, from Tennessee, now from Alabama where teenagers were…

I am delighted but sad but empowered but anguished but yet fulfilled but yet rising but yet encouraged but yet ready to fight this evening. I thank the gentlewoman from Florida for her distinguished leadership and friendship. Mr. Speaker…

In a Budget Committee hearing yesterday, I could not restrain my pain to raise the question of three little babies and three adults killed in Nashville with assault weapons. Does anyone know the costliness--over $200 billion of gun…

I thank the distinguished gentleman for yielding. You know what? We hoped, coming from an energy State, that we could do this bipartisan. H.R. 1 goes off on a tangent that even union members are questioning. If you want to know what the…

I thank the distinguished gentleman for his leadership on a very important topic this evening that brings us all together. I thank Congresswoman Cori Bush for the vibrancy, along with Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, in the organizing of the…

A nightmare, a day of horror, and one that prayers and sympathy cannot quash the deep and piercing pain that the parents of these babies in an elementary school, a Christian school in Nashville, had to experience this morning at 10 a.m…

I also include in the Record a March 7, 2023 letter to President Biden and Secretary Miguel Cardona. Congress of the United States, House of Representatives, Washington, DC, March 7, 2023. Hon. Joseph R. Biden, President of the United…

I want to adhere to the protocols of the floor. If I did not, I would shout from the rooftops as a mother and a happy grandmother that I champion parental rights and parents. I am happy to have been one and to continue to be one, and I…

We can honor Women's History Month in many different ways, and I rise today to acknowledge women in all walks of life and around the world. I particularly want to mention a crisis that involves women in my Congressional District. Can you…

Is there freedom in this Nation? Because of the Texas abortion law, her wanted pregnancy became a medical nightmare. The truth had been taken away. ``Texas woman almost dies because she could not get an abortion.'' These are not willing…

One of them could not get care until they got blood poisoning, when the doctor was willing to see them. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record an article from The Washington Post: ``Woman says she carried dead fetus for 2 weeks after Texas…

Let me thank the gentlewoman from Pennsylvania for her leadership. Hopefully, we have been able to share some very important thoughts. I thank her for presiding and leading us on this very important discussion. We have a Constitution. I…

I come to the floor where I am always reminded of the privileges of this Nation. That is why we fight so hard to end voter suppression, oppression, and the denial of the right to vote. This institution is the cradle of democracy. This past…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Texas will be postponed. Amendment No. 7 Offered by Mr. Ogles The Acting CHAIR. It is now…

I acknowledge the ranking member and the chairman of the important Oversight and Reform Committee and the work that they do to ensure that government agencies work well. As they do so, I would expect that their efforts would meet all tests…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike section 2(e). The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 199, the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms…