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 served on the Houston City Council from 1990 to 1994. She sits on the Foreign Affairs Committee, the Judiciary Committee, and the Homeland Security Committee, where she chairs the Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection. The following is from the January 10, 2007, House floor debate on H.R. 2, the Fair Minimum Wage Act.I rise in strong support of H.R. 2, the Fair Minimum Wage Act. With the adoption of this bill, the House of Representatives will take…
