During Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN Tonight,” Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) decried President Donald Trump’s call not to allow Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) entry into Israel.
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) on Tuesday declared that “racism” is “a national security threat” and urged President Donald Trump’s administration to invest more federal funds to “get into the lives” and “minds” of young white males who are “drawn to white militia, white supremacy, white nationalism because they have nothing else to do.”
Thursday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) said President Donald Trump needed to stop U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids like in what took place in Mississippi a day earlier because they were like the tactics
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), the Congressional Black Caucus, and Rep. Ilhan Omar are in Africa to mark anniversary of U.S. slave trade.
Monday during an appearance on CNN, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) was asked by anchor Dana Bash how “The Squad” was pulling the entire House Democratic caucus into a fight and how it was overshadowing some of the policy endeavors
Sunday, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) was asked to weigh in on President Donald Trump and his strategy heading into 2020 amid his feud with the four progressive freshman congresswomen who are also known as “The Squad.” Lee ripped the
Members of the Project 21 black leadership network say reparations for descendants of slaves is a “sham” that will hurt race relations.
Hollywood actor and left-wing activist Danny Glover on Wednesday testified before Congress that instituting a national policy on reparations for descendants of Africans enslaved in the United States is a “moral, democratic, and economic imperative.”
The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties holds a hearing about reparations for slave descendants on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The topic of reparations for slavery is headed to Capitol Hill for its first hearing in more than a decade with writer Ta-Nehisi Coates and actor Danny Glover set to testify before a House panel.
A House Judiciary subcommittee will hold hearings on reparations next Wednesday, marking the first time in more than a decade that the House will discuss potentially compensating the descendants of slaves.
Democrat 2020 candidate Senator Kirsten Gillibrand spoke at MoveOn.org’s “Big Ideas” forum in San Francisco Saturday and called for the implementation of a “Family Bill of Rights.”
NEW YORK — Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee claimed several times during a hearing that four members of the Trump campaign were the subjects of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) investigations.
Wednesday on MSNBC’s “All In,” Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) said she agreed with Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) and several of her other colleagues’ assessment a “constitutional crisis” was underway given the Trump administration was not cooperating fully with congressional
By both sides’ accounts, the start to the talks between Trump and Pelosi and Schumer actually went well, despite the harsh political atmosphere in Washington right now.
Sunday on MSNBC following the release of a letter from Attorney General William Barr to Congress regarding the findings of Department of Justice special counsel Robert Mueller probe to Congress, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) would not concede there was
Saturday on MSNBC’s “AM Joy,” Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) participated in a segment featuring a discussion about reparations for the enslavement of those of African descent in American. Jackson Lee explained her legislation, which begins a “long overdue” discussion
Monday on MSNBC’s “MTP Daily,” Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) said there were “voices all over American crying for impeachment” of President Donald Trump. When asked if she believes the president may have committed a crime, Jackson Lee said, “I think as we have
Friday during the testimony of acting Attorney General Whitaker before the House Judiciary Committee Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) got angry with Whitaker over a dispute about the amount of time she had left for questions. Jackson Lee said, “Can I have
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) will resign from two high-profile positions after being sued for retaliation by a staffer, according to a report.
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) introduced a bill that would block taxpayer funding for a border wall and require Mexico to foot the bill.
Sheila Jackson Lee and Karen Bass called on Google CEO Sundar Pichai to promote “creators of color” in pursuit of “diversity” across YouTube.
United States Capitol Police (USCP) arrested a suspect on Wednesday who allegedly posted private and identifying information (doxing) on Wikipedia about Republican senators last Thursday, shortly after Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-NY) blamed President Donald Trump for what she said was a spike in suicides across Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria hit the territory in late 2017.
Over Christmas weekend a story broke of a woman who claimed to have had her first class airline seat taken from her only to see it given to Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee. By the day after Christmas, the pressure must
In a live appearance Monday on MSNBC, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) sat through an entire interview with what appears to be blood running from her nose. When MSNBC anchor Chris Jansing cut to Jackson Lee’s camera feed, the member of the Congressional
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Last Word,” Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) stated that it’s “Baffling” that the president has tweeted more about the NFL than Puerto Rico and the president has more to do to deal with human
Monday night on the House floor, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) knelt down in protest to President Donald Trump’s comments about NFL players kneeling or the national anthem. Jackson Lee said, “There is no basis in the First Amendment that
During a video released to her Twitter account on Thursday, Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) reacted to President Trump’s tweets about MSNBC hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski by stating that Trump should resign and we can’t wait the length of
On Monday’s broadcast of “MSNBC Live,” Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) stated that Russian meddling is “a cancerous sore, that has plagued the election and really plagued this administration, since the Inauguration.” Jackson Lee said, “This is an open hearing
