Representative Sheila Jackson Lee

Representing the 18th District of TEXAS

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Jan 22, 2014 Press Release

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a senior member of the House Judiciary and Homeland Security Committees, released the following statement regarding the need for legislative reform and increased congressional oversight of the National Security Agency and its controversial surveillance program that collects millions of Americans' telephone records:

Jan 22, 2014 Press Release

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a Senior Member of the House Homeland Security and Judiciary Committees, released the following statement regarding the tragic shooting at Purdue University and why we need more gun safety laws in America:

Jan 17, 2014 Press Release

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement regarding the introduction of H.R. 3899, “Voting Rights Amendments Act of 2014,” bipartisan and bicameral legislation to repair the damage to the Voting Rights Act resulting from the Supreme Court’s decision in Shelby County v.

Jan 15, 2014 Press Release

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a senior Member of the House Democratic Women’s Caucus, released the following statement at today’s Press Conference highlighting the Republican agenda to roll back women’s reproductive rights and certain health programs and initiatives:

Jan 6, 2014 Press Release

Jackson Lee: “Behind the grim statistics are the heartbreaking stories of real persons struggling to get by and who need the unemployment insurance benefits they have earned to pay rent and utilities, buy food, and provide for their families”

Dec 23, 2013 Press Release

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee announced that the Department of Health and Human Services has issued a clarification of the Affordable Care Act that provides that if someone’s health plan has been cancelled and they now face difficulties paying for a bronze, silver or gold health plan, they are temporarily eligible to buy a catastrophic plan through a hardship exemption to sm

Dec 20, 2013 Press Release

Washington, DC – With 1.3 million Americans losing all of their federal unemployment insurance on December 28, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee today renewed her call for immediate extension of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program:

Dec 19, 2013 Press Release

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee has been named “Champion for Children,” by the bipartisan First Focus Campaign for Children, one of the nation’s leading advocacy organizations for children.

Dec 19, 2013 Press Release

Houston, TX - Today, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18) released a report on how the Affordable Care Act benefits the residents of Texas:

Dec 18, 2013 Press Release

Washington, DC - Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a Senior Member of the House Judiciary and Homeland Security Committee, released the following statement regarding the decision by U.S.