Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D, TX-18]

Congress Touts Radio's Role as First Informers

2012-06-01T22:54:16Z

Representatives Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Billy Long (R-MO), Carolyn McCarthy ... where the topic of enabling cell phones with radio chips is expected to be discussed. Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), who chairs the House Subcommittee ...

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Underage drinking is gateway to drug use

2012-06-01T21:57:00Z

Typically, they may initially steal alcohol from their own homes or their friends' homes. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, was one of the hosts for the congressional panel last month. She said, "One of the strongest messages I will take back to ...

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Bill O'Reilly, Laura Ingraham Pimp Pro-Life Propaganda & Praise Lila Rose's "Journalism"

2012-06-01T18:22:16Z

But he asserted that "it sends a message." (That we don't trust women?) He then played video of Dem. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee who, yesterday, was accused, by Fox Nation, of defending the killing of members of one sex. She said that "we're going ...

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Mexican ambassador Sarukhan dismisses as ‘urban myth’ fears Mexico wants to destroy Second Amendment

2012-06-01T17:25:00Z

Jackson Lee speaks Also at the forum, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Houston, took a swipe at border-state governments such as Texas that she suggested had little interest in the southward flow of guns. “We need to hear each other,” she said.

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Gender-Based Abortions -- and Barbarism -- Alive and Well in the US

2012-06-01T13:21:37Z

Sheila Jackson Lee is Democratic Congresswoman. Go, roll the tape. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) REP. SHEILA JACKSON LEE, D-TEXAS: We're going back to the days of coat hangers. That's what they want to do. They want to criminalize doctors because what that ...

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Gender-Based Abortions -- and Barbarism -- Alive and Well in the US

2012-06-01T10:36:58Z

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Welcomes Houston Airport Systems Application for Expansion at Houston Hobby for International Gates

2012-06-01T04:03:16Z

(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) WASHINGTON, May 31 -- Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas (18th CD), issued the following news release: Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, Ranking Member on the Transportation Security Subcommittee ...

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Mexican ambassador calls 2nd Amendment fears ‘gobbledygook'

2012-06-01T01:00:00Z

...said. “It ought to be easy for us to understand how Mexico feels about this illicit gun trade.” Also at the forum, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, took a swipe at border-state governments such as Texas that she suggested had little interest in the

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Adam Shah: O'Reilly Attacks Rep. Lee For Correctly Noting That Abortion Bill Supporters' Goal Is To "Go Back To The Days Of Coat Hangers"

2012-06-01T01:00:00Z

...certain abortions under the guise of preventing sex-selective abortions. In particular, O'Reilly singled out Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), mocking a clip of her saying, "We're going back to the days of coat hangers. That's what they want to do. They w

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O'Reilly Attacks Rep. Lee For Correctly Noting That Abortion Bill Supporters' Goal Is To "Go Back To The Days Of Coat Hangers"

2012-05-31T23:16:56Z

In particular, O'Reilly singled out Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), mocking a clip of her saying, "We're going back to the days of coat hangers. That's what they want to do. They want to criminalize doctors because what that says is, how do you know that a

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Sheila Jackson Lee Misspeaks, Seems To Out Undercover CIA Agent

2012-05-31T18:37:46Z

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) appeared for a moment to have revealed the name of an undercover CIA agent on Thursday when she mistakenly conflated the man and his station chief, whose identity is not a secret. During a floor ...

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Fox Nation Says Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee "Defends Genderside" - Racist Comments Follow

2012-05-31T18:09:08Z

"Genderside" is defined "the systematic killing of members of a specific sex." Since having been used as the title for a video, "Genderside: Sex Selection in America," produced by the radical anti-choice "sting" videographer, Lila Rose, it has ...

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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee on Dragging Women out of Patient Rooms and Into the Streets

2012-05-31T14:34:23Z

“I think the next act will be dragging women out of patient rooms into the streets and screaming over their bodies as they are dragged out of getting access to women’s health care. That’s what I feel like is occurring today with the ...

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Federal Repeal of the Constitutional Right to Self Govern

2012-05-31T13:37:07Z

Mar.3, 2011, Rep. Paul Broun introduced H.J. Res ... 866-425-6565 Congresswoman, Sheila Jackson Lee D-Texas 18th dist. http://jacksonlee.house.gov/Contact Washington contact: 202-225-3816 Fax. 202-225-3317 Congressman Larmar Smith, Chairman ...

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Sheila Jackson Lee Defends Gendercide

2012-05-31T10:45:19Z

That's what I feel like is occurring today with the legislation that is on the floor," Rep. Jackson Lee said on MSNBC.

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Programming notes

2012-05-31T01:00:00Z

...College Poll Director Lee Miringoff, Nevada political reporter Jon Ralston, Obama Campaign Press Secy. Ben LaBolt, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Rep. Theodore Deutch (D-FL), and GOP Florida Party Chair Lenny Curry. *** Thursday’s “NOW with Alex Wa

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Dem Rep: GOP Wants To ‘Go Back To The Days Of Coat Hangers’ With Abortion Bill

2012-05-31T01:00:00Z

...Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) appeared on MSNBC with anchor Thomas Roberts on Thursday where she denounced House Republican efforts to pass a bill that would make it illegal for abortion providers to offer that service to women seeking gender-specific abort

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HUFFPOST HILL - Sheila Jackson Lee Accidentally Robert Novaks

2012-05-31T01:00:00Z

...we can finally add an "X" to a cell in that SJLRobertNovakSimilarties.xls file we created way back when. Elise Foley: "Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) appeared for a moment to have revealed the name of an undercover CIA agent on Thursday when she mist

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Mexican ambassador calls 2nd Amendment fears 'gobbledygook'

2012-05-30T19:57:41Z

Jackson Lee speaks Also at the forum, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Houston, took a swipe at border-state governments such as Texas that she suggested had little interest in the southward flow of guns. "We need to hear each other," she said. "We need states .

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Six lessons from Tuesday’s Texas primary

2012-05-30T11:50:56Z

This doesn’t have to happen to veteran lawmakers. Houston Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee faced a perilous re-nomination battle two years ago and won with ease. Dallas Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, 76, turned back a spirited challenge from two rivals on Tuesday.

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