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. She also cochairs the Congressional Children’s Caucus. The following is from the August 1, 2007, House floor debate on H.R. 3162, the Children’s Health and Medicare Protection (CHAMP) Act. I rise today in strong support of the Children’s Health and Medicare Protection Act…
