Press Releases
While Rep. Jackson Lee is in Washington, DC fighting for her constituents to defeat cuts to the SNAP program, to build on a Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill and Border Security bill that Texas needs, along with passing Universal Background Checks, she welcomes the citizens’ right to petition their government
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a member of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force and a Senior Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement in response to protesters at her office in the Heights:
Today, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX18) honored local small businesses as part of the 50th Annual National Small Business Week.
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a Senior Member of the House Homeland Security Committee, released the following statement in response to the shooting at Santa Monica College campus:
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee released the following statement today after the Department of Labor released its jobs report for May:
Today, Rep. Jackson Lee announced that a new study from the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation concludes that the Affordable Care Act’s Medical Loss Ratio provision saved consumers in the individual insurance market an estimated $2.1 billion in 2012, the bulk of it in lower premium costs.
Study Estimates That About 1.5 Million Americans Will Choose To Become
Today, Rep. Jackson Lee announced that a new nonpartisan study, which was prepared by independent health care experts, has concluded that the Affordable Care Act will spur entrepreneurship.
Today, Rep. Jackson Lee attended the City wide Memorial for Captain EMT Matthew Renaud, Firefighter EMT Robert Garner, Engineer Operator EMT Robert Bebee and Probationary Firefighter Anne Sullivan
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), a Senior Member of the House Homeland Security Committee, released the following statement after attending today’s Memorial Service for Captain EMT Matthew Renaud, Firefighter EMT Robert Garner, Engineer Operator EMT Robert Bebee and Probationary Firefighter Anne Sullivan:
Congresswoman Jackson Lee: “The nation mourns the passing of Senator Lautenberg. He loved the Senate, his state, and America. We have lost a great American.”
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee released today upon learning of the death of U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey:
Women in Texas Still Earn Only 77 Cents for Every Dollar Earned by Men
As we mark Equal Pay Day on April 9, Rep. Jackson Lee said that more needs to be done to close the wage gap that still exists between women and men – including enactment of the critical Paycheck Fairness Act. Equal Pay Day symbolizes when, more than three months into the year, women’s wages finally catch up to what men were paid in the previous year.
100 million riders shows that we should continue to seek federal funding to expand light rail thru out Houston
METRO Rail has recorded 100 million boarding’s since service began in January of 2004. Eighteen light-rail vehicles (LRVs) have traveled more than four million miles and achieved this record four years ahead of schedule. METRO’s rail fleet is getting a boost with the introduction of 19 Siemens rail cars also. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson lee released the following statement: