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 Judiciary Committee and the Homeland Security Committee. The following is from the January 13, 2016, House floor debate on S.J.Res. 22, providing for congressional disapproval of the rule relating to the definition of “waters of the United States” under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. I rise in strong opposition to S.J. Res. 22, providing for congressional disapproval of the rule submitted by the Corps…
