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April 18, 2016

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a senior Member of the House Judiciary Committee and its Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security, released the following statement today after the United States Supreme Court heard oral argument in United States, et al. v. Texas, et al., No.

Issues:Immigration
April 15, 2016

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Ranking Member on the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Investigations released the following statement regarding the recent shooting of Harris County Deputy Constable Alden Clopton:

April 4, 2016

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a Senior Member of the House Judiciary Committee and the Ranking Member on the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, issued the following statement on the shooting of Virginia State Trooper Chad Dermyer at a Richmond, Virginia Greyhound station yesterday:

April 4, 2016

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee released the following statement today after the Department of Labor announced that the economy added 215,000 jobs in March. With businesses adding 195,000 jobs last month, March represents the 73rd consecutive month of private sector job growth.

April 4, 2016

Washington, DC – Today, House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations Ranking Member Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) released the following joint statement after the White House announced President Obama granted commutations to 61 individuals:

March 29, 2016

March 28, 2016

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a Senior Member of the House Homeland Security Committee and the Judiciary Committee, and the Ranking Member on the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations released the following statement today regarding the incident at the Capitol Visitor Center:

March 28, 2016

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a Senior Member of the House Homeland Security Committee, Co-Chair of the Congressional Pakistan Caucus, and Founder and Co-Chair of the Congressional Children’s Caucus released the following statement today regarding the horrific attack in the eastern Pakistan city of Lahore, which killed at least 72 persons and injured more than 340 others:

March 22, 2016

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a Senior Member of the House Homeland Security Committee, released the following statement after terror attacks in Brussels, Belgium:

March 21, 2016

Washington, DC - Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee joined President Obama on his historic trip to Cuba, the first trip by a sitting President in nearly 90 years. She released this statement:

March 10, 2016

Washington, DC – Many people do not realize that in the service of this nation there are many people – some of them known and some unknown. The United States House of Representatives, the nation and the world see most often the Members of Congress in the House and the Senate. Those are the many voices that people with take note of.