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Houston, TX – Today, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX18) honored local small businesses as part of the 50th Annual National Small Business Week.
Washington, DC - Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a Senior Member of the House Judiciary and Homeland Security Committee, released the following statement in response to the order issued today by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas denying NFISD’s motion for a temporary restraining order against the Texas Education Agency:
Washington, DC - Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a Senior Member of the House Judiciary and Homeland Security Committee, released the following statement regarding the disclosure of classified information revealing the existence of an NSA program to collect call records data on millions of Verizon customers:
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee released the following statement today after voting against an amendment to the Homeland Security Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (H.R. 2217), which would prohibit U.S.
Jackson Lee to offer bipartisan amendment to Homeland Security Appropriations Act to prevent TSA from changing policy in future to permit knives on planes
“This restraining order halts the discriminatory actions of the Texas Education Agency and gives the North Forest Independent School District the opportunity to prove disparate treatment”
Washington D.C. – Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee, released the following statement upon learning of the tragic deaths of four Houston Firefighters who gave their lives in the line of duty today.
“I was deeply saddened to learn of the death of four firefighters who were killed in the line of duty on Friday.
Washington D.C. -“Next week, the 1,400 national council members of the Boy Scouts of America will meet in Grapevine, Texas during the 2013 Annual Meeting to vote on a resolution to amend its membership standards to end discrimination against gay youth. If this resolution is adopted, no longer will a Boy Scout be denied his Eagle Scout badge merely because he is gay.
Jackson Lee: “The best way to reduce the rising cost of Medicaid in Texas is to reduce poverty and create good paying jobs, so fewer people will need Medicaid”
Congresswoman Jackson Lee: “Continuum of Care Renewal Grants awarded by HUD to Covenant House Texas, Santa Maria Hostel, Inc., and Stop Turning Entering Prison Inc., and Career and Recovery Resources, Inc. will sustain needed programs and services to reduce homelessness”
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