Sheila Jackson Lee

Just a quick point. Number one is the benefit you just mentioned in a State like Texas, this retiree program. And we have a very quixotic or very complicated retirement program for teachers. And I will just say in closing, State…

Maybe they would not be able to withstand this onslaught on their rights because the Constitution guarantees them equal protection. And some who have insurance and some who do not would not be treated equally. And finally, let me say that…

It is a tragedy that, for example, a group that houses victims of human trafficking will not be able to be responded to, or a group that deals with those who are trying to rebuild their lives as ex-offenders will not get funding and that…

This is to proclaim that we will not suffer this and tolerate this. As my colleague from Texas indicated, we may want to be tier 1 in education, but we are not trying to be tier 1 in modern slavery, human suffering, and human smuggling…

I want to leave with you, beyond the idea of equality and justice, which many times we take lightly, we use it often, but it is very real. It is why so many Americans pledge allegiance to the flag and have an abiding faith and love in this…

I rise enthusiastically to support the opportunity for nonprofits and others to be able to access these criminal background checks and applaud the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that I've worked with over the years. We…

I rise today to speak about S. 3307, the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. S. 3307, the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, is the child nutrition reauthorization legislation that has already passed unanimously in the Senate. The…

I stand before you in support of H.R. 5953, ``to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to display in each facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs a Women Veterans Bill of Rights.'' I urge my colleagues to also support this noble…

I rise enthusiastically to support the Pigford-Cobell settlement, and ask that we continue to seek justice for those who have been denied it.

I thank Mr. Pallone for his constant leadership on health care matters... Doctors are in fact those who take the oath to ensure that they care for the sick and the feeble.

We might have wanted to have this kind of equipment on 9/11.

We don't want to, if you will, go back to the opportunity of more terrorism and terrorist acts.

We wrote that letter because we are listening to the American public.

I would like to say to my good friend, Congressman Mica, who I look forward to working with, first of all, this is a pilot program.

The protocols that I want to have changed is to articulate the privacy rights of our traveling public.

This is not a Texas issue. In fact, this issue impacts all of the disasters that occurred in 2008, and I would like to, Mr. Speaker, simply call some of the names: The State of Colorado, the State of Florida, Georgia, Illinois, the State…

I thank the gentleman. This is going to be comforting news to those individuals who are still suffering and living in the backdrop of Hurricane Ike. I encourage my colleagues to work with us.

Tomorrow, thousands of Hurricane Ike survivors across the gulf region may be stopped from receiving benefits that were due because of this terrible disaster. We have been working on this as the House and the Senate. The Senate passed the…

Minority institutions and the STEM program are also to be protected, as we come back and we are able to work with the appropriations process and work with the Senate on protecting these programs that are very important to Historically…

I rise today, as reluctant as my friends on the floor, the chairman and ranking member, to support this particular bill. But I'm glad to be able to be here to say to the NASA family that we are saving jobs, 10,000 potentially in the State…

I traveled this journey with all of you. And Congresswoman Maloney, I wanted to come and thank you, along with the chairpersons of the Energy and Commerce and the Judiciary Committees, for never giving up. I think it is important to note…

I thank the distinguished manager of this bill. Mr. Speaker, people are in need in America, and I support the rule and the underlying bills in intelligence, currency and, certainly, the legislation of H.R. 847, the James Zadroga 9/11…

Thank you so very much for the opportunity to address this House on an important issue that will be confronting this Congress today, and that is the recommitment of the American people to a dream and a challenge of John F. Kennedy. Today…

I believe this is a day long in coming and I am grateful for it, because what all of us have said is that the small businesses of America are the backbone of America, the job creators of America, and now we have an opportunity for the…

I heard quite the contrary from my good friend on the other side of the aisle. In fact, I listened to a very eloquent comment being made in the other body as they discussed the DREAM Act. And many Americans understand and appreciate the…