Press Releases
My amendment recognizes that helping families achieve economic empowerment requires interagency collaboration, stated Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee
February 2, 2016
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a senior member of the House Homeland Security and House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after her amendment to HR 3700, the Housing Opportunity through Modernization Act was accepted by the full House of Representatives:
January 27, 2016
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee released the following statement regarding the 71st anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz:
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee released the following statement today to mark the sixth anniversary of enactment of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act:
Jackson Lee: “This $12.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to the Harris County Health Department will save lives and bring desperately needed relief to persons living with HIV/AIDS.”
January 28, 2016
Houston, TX – Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee released the following statement today announcing a $12.5 million grant from the United States Department of Health and Human Services to the Harris County Health Department to provide emergency assistance to current HIV Relief Projects underway.
January 28, 2015
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a Senior Member of the House Homeland Security Committee, released the following statement regarding reports that North Korea is planning another rocket launch:
Jackson Lee: “I am confident the Suprme Court will uphold the Administration’s executive actions on immigration because they are consistent with precedents going back to President Eisenhower by focusing on commonsense priorities in immigration enforcement that strengthen our economy, secure our borders, and ensure that national resources are not squandered.”
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee released the following statement today in response to the announcement by the U.S. Supreme Court that it will review a challenge to the Obama Administration’s executive actions on immigration:
For Immediate Release Contact: Mike McQuerry
January 15, 2016 (202) 225-3816
Press Statement
CBC Members Seek Justice for Sandra Bland
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a Senior Member of the House Homeland Security Committee, released the following statement regarding the recent deadly blasts and shootout in Indonesia capital of Jakarta today:
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee released the following statement today after the Department of Labor announced that the economy added 292,000 jobs in December. With businesses adding 275,000 jobs last month, December represents the 70th consecutive month of private sector job growth:
Jackson Lee: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT MUST ACT IMMEDIATELY
HOUSTON, TEXAS – Today, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations, released the following statement after a Texas grand jury returned no indictments in the jailhouse death of Sandra Bland: