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Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, joined by Pastor Lou McElroy, First Lady Jacquline McElroy, and Board Chairman for the Emancipation Park Conservancy Ramon Manning, will hold a celebration honoring the 3rd anniversary of the Juneteenth federal holiday. This community-wide celebration is also an opportunity to inform and highlight the importance of Juneteenth.

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, senior member of the House Committees on the Judiciary, Homeland Security, and Budget, and Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance, issued the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold access to mifepristone, a widely used abortion pill. “Today, in the case of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, the United States Supreme Court unanimously overturned a federal appeals court ruling that would have barred mail-order prescriptions for mifepristone, a prescription drug used for more than half of abortions in the United States.

Today we mourn the loss of Reverend James M. Lawson, a leader in the civil rights movement and a spiritual trailblazer. Reverend Lawson was an influential leader in the civil rights movement who believed in creating change through nonviolent protests.

My adult life has been defined by my faith in God, my love for humanity and my commitment to public service. As a member of Congress, I've been honored to be one of the leaders in the fight for justice and equality for all; especially the disadvantaged and the dispossessed. Today, my fight is more personal, but I will approach it with the same faith and the same courage. My doctors have confirmed my diagnosis of pancreatic cancer.

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, Veterans Outreach Agencies, FEMA, SBA, and Red Cross will be available for disaster recovery assistance.

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, senior member of the House Committees on the Judiciary, Homeland Security, and the Budget, and the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance, reintroduced the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2024.

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, senior member of the House Committees on the Judiciary, Homeland Security, and the Budget, and the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance, joined by the George Floyd family, civil rights organizations, and Members of Congress, will hold a press conference to reintroduce the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a senior member of the House Committees on Judiciary, Homeland Security, and Budget, and Ranking Member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, released the following statement after her attending the memorial service for Congressman Donald Payne, Jr. from the 10th Congressional District of New Jersey: