Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee
U.S. 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 House Committee on Foreign Affairs. The following is excerpted from her statement during the July 27, 2010, House floor debate on House Concurrent Resolution 301, directing the president to remove U.S. Armed Forces from Pakistan. Frankly, I believe it is time for us to come home from Afghanistan, having just returned just over two weeks ago, in the early part of July, when I was able to see the enormity of corruption and the lack of…
