Sheila Jackson Lee

This bill does not deal with free speech. This bill is a gotcha bill, and I ask my friends if we can, in a coordinated manner, discuss some of the important issues of the day that really need addressing. I know that we will do the debt…

How grateful I am to be on the floor with the distinguished gentleman from New York and, of course, our distinguished ranking member, who has really laid out the parameters of this legislation. I certainly acknowledge the manager of this…

I recognize the fact that we all want peace, but in this instance--also in the midst of the crisis of the earthquake--we knew the stories and heard the stories that the Syrians in that area were not getting help because of the conflict and…

Let me thank the gentlewoman from Florida and the gentleman from Illinois for their distinguished leadership of the CBC Special Order and to acknowledge our chairman, Steve Horsford, and the leadership to be able to acknowledge a very…

Just a few weeks ago, I declared this year the year of the child. In the course of that moment, I have seen the abuse of children around the world. In Ukraine, Russia has stolen 700,000 children, all the way to the United States of America…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of section 2(d), add the following: (4) Quantifiable inflationary impact.--The term…

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. {time} 1845 Amendment No. 8 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee The Acting…

I thank the gentleman from Maryland for further clarifying our intent. Usually, inflation, by the economists, is around 2 percent. To have this amendment that indicates 1 percent, it gives some clarity of a significant impact. I would say…

We cannot run the government by ambiguity, confusion, lack of clarity, and just throwing language down on the floor and expecting all the pieces of government to work together. I question whether this legislation and the legislation…

This is deja vu. I know the intent of this legislation, the Reduce Exacerbated Inflation Negatively Impacting the Nation Act. What I would say is my amendment clearly wants to take away destructive interference in the work that the…

For those of us who have had the privilege of serving in the United States Congress for a period of time, going through any number of Speakers and majorities, what we are doing this evening in the midst of the needs of the American people…

Let me thank the Biden administration for work that they have already done by asking to have them help us in the closure of the disposable e-cigarette loophole. As chair of the Congressional Children's Caucus, the administration's work in…

I thank the ranking member and thank the managers of this bill for their work. This was no weather balloon. This was a spy balloon. Let me be very clear: Members of both sides of the aisle, Democrats and Republicans, are standing before…

In redistricting across the Nation, North Carolina, Georgia, Texas were States in which voting rights were directly undermined. Some of the restrictive legislation that was passed in Georgia and Texas is evidence of the oppression of many…

I thank the ranking member for his leadership and of course Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton for her continued consistency in refuting and rebutting wrongheaded and misdirected policies that seem to come year after year. Let me read…

Let me just say we will all have an opportunity to debate this legislation in general debate. I do think it is important to frame the challenges that all of these particular initiatives have. Frankly, let me, first of all, say that I am…

Let me thank the distinguished gentleman from the great State of Maryland, Congressman Ivey, and the distinguished gentlewoman from the great State of California (Ms. Kamlager-Dove), for leading such an important Special Order. Let me also…

The Chinese spy balloon may not have been the first, and it may not be the last. It is interesting how the Chinese can characterize an outright spy balloon of some sort, suggest it is only trying to find out the weather, whether we have…

As we begin the month of February that has been designated to not only educate but to embrace and confirm the wonderment of America's diversity, as we would in every single important aspect of American life, and it is from our Native…

These medical professionals in the early stages were suffering from higher PTSD scores, depression, and anxiety. Many healthcare workers at the beginning of the pandemic saw workers get sick and die from COVID almost right in front of…

This is another moment that I am on the floor of the House, and I thank the ranking member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce who has been so dutiful throughout the years that we suffered, somewhat lonely and somewhat confused, about…

I include in the Record a New York Times article, ``U.S. Plans to End Public Health Emergency for COVID in May.'' [From the New York Times, Jan. 30, 2023] U.S. Plans To End Public Health Emergency for Covid in May The end of the emergency…

At any moment we can have a surge of COVID-19. We saw that at the beginning of the convergence of the flu, which was high this year, and COVID. So I don't celebrate this legislation. I don't take angst or anger with the individual who…

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. 70 Offered by Ms. Ross

My good friend from Texas apparently did not understand the prior amendment in terms of its utilization in the time of disasters that his district faces as mine does all the time and many other Americans. So let me indicate as I move to…