Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee
United States Representative, Texas, Democrat
Representative Jackson Lee, of the Eighteenth District of Texas, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994. She serves on the Foreign Affairs, Transportation, and Judiciary committees and chairs the Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection. The following is from the April 10, 2008, House floor debate on H.R. 5724, the United States–Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act. It is vital to delay the consideration of the Colombia FreeTrade Agreement, FTA. The Republican-controlled 109th Congressrecklessly allowed the president to precipitously pass free trade agreementswithout sufficient consideration of the impact on our economy and hard-workingAmericans and…
