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America, I am not ignoring you.
Sheila Jackson Lee / U.s. Representative
America
Ignoring You
Ignoring
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We have not won the battle against drug trafficking.
Sheila Jackson Lee / U.s. Representative
Battle
Drug
Trafficking
Won
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I am a queen, and I demand to be treated like a queen.
Sheila Jackson Lee / U.s. Representative
Queens
Demand
Sheila
Treated
Like
Am
Queen
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I disagree that our border is in devastating condition.
Sheila Jackson Lee / U.s. Representative
Borders
Conditions
Disagree
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Today we have two Vietnams, side by side, north and south.
Sheila Jackson Lee / U.s. Representative
Today
Two
Vietnam
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I took and received campaign donations under the existing laws.
Sheila Jackson Lee / U.s. Representative
Campaigns
Donation
Law
Campaign
Donations
Existing
Received
Took
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The greatness of Americans is that we are mosaic - we are diverse.
Sheila Jackson Lee / U.s. Representative
Diverse
Greatness
Mosaics
Mosaic
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What am I a prostitute? Am I your prostitute? You can't prostitute me.
Sheila Jackson Lee / U.s. Representative
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Anything my staff does in my office is pursuant to congressional rules.
Sheila Jackson Lee / U.s. Representative
Doe
Office
Staff
Rules
Congressional
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Millions of Americans find community, comfort and support in their faith.
Sheila Jackson Lee / U.s. Representative
Comfort
Community
Millions
Support
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As Members of Congress, we should not be using public office for private gain.
Sheila Jackson Lee / U.s. Representative
Congress
Gains
Members
Office
Public Office
Should
Public
Gain
Private
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My town hall meetings are with friends and neighbors, fellow Americans. We engage.
Sheila Jackson Lee / U.s. Representative
Halls
Meetings
Neighbor
Towns
Engage
Fellow
Fellow Americans
Hall
Neighbors
Town Hall
Town Hall Meetings
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I am about the people of the United States of America and the people of Houston, Texas.
Sheila Jackson Lee / U.s. Representative
America
Houston
People
States
Texas
United States
United States Of America
I Am People America
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By virtually any measure, the record of the Republican Majority is an appalling failure.
Sheila Jackson Lee / U.s. Representative
Failure
Majority
Records
Republican
Appalling
Record
Measure
Virtually
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I think the Justice Department needs to be the final protector of the people of the United States of America.
Sheila Jackson Lee / U.s. Representative
America
Department
Needs
People
Protector
States
Thinking
United States
United States Of America
Final
Justice Department
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It's all right to agree or disagree on the balanced budget amendment. It's all right to talk about how we're going to appropriate.
Sheila Jackson Lee / U.s. Representative
Agree
Amendments
Appropriate
Balanced
Balanced Budget
Disagree
Amendment
Budget
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I happen to represent Enron here in Houston. We have many good corporate citizens here in Houston. Enron happened to have been one.
Sheila Jackson Lee / U.s. Representative
Citizens
Corporate
Enron
Houston
Been
Represent
Happen
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Maybe the word welfare should be changed to something of, 'a transitional living fund.' For that is what it is - for people to be able to live.
Sheila Jackson Lee / U.s. Representative
Able
People
Welfare
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America has a right to the Second Amendment, but the people of America have a right to safety and the prevention of gun violence in their community.
Sheila Jackson Lee / U.s. Representative
Community
Gun
Prevention
Safety
Second Amendment
Violence
Gun People Violence
Amendment
Second
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People have been turned away from hospitals simply because they have no insurance. People have been put out of hospitals because they have reached the lifetime caps.
Sheila Jackson Lee / U.s. Representative
Caps
Hospitals
Lifetime
People
Simply
Insurance
Reached
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Marching with over a million women in support of our reproductive rights was one of the most empowering things I have done, both as a woman and as a Member of Congress.
Sheila Jackson Lee / U.s. Representative
Congress
Empowering
Rights
Support
Marching
Member
Million
Reproductive
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Love is like a roller coaster. It can take you to the highest, most spectacular heights or drop you to bottom in seconds. However, even with the risks, love is undoubtedly worth it in the end.
Sheila Jackson Lee / U.s. Representative
Love
Laughing
Risk
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I was in the Black Power movement. I feel as energized about Black Lives Matter. I don't feel in any way separated from Black Lives Matter. I do believe we are hand and glove. I am the legislative tool.
Sheila Jackson Lee / U.s. Representative
Movement
Glove
Legislative
Separated
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Can you tell me what's more unconstitutional than taking away from the people of America their Fifth Amendment rights, their Fourteenth Amendment rights, and the right to equal protection under the law?
Sheila Jackson Lee / U.s. Representative
Equal
Equal Protection
Fifth
Protection
Unconstitutional
Me Law People
Amendment
Amendment Rights
Fourteenth
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It is a historical fact that President Bush pushed this nation into a war that had little to do with apprehending terrorists. We did not seek an impeachment of President Bush because, as an executive, he had his authority.
Sheila Jackson Lee / U.s. Representative
Authority
Historical
Impeachment
President Bush
Bush
Executive
Historical Fact
Seek
Terrorists
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The minority must have involvement in society. You can have different cultural practices that you accept. But if you are going to adopt democracy in government, then the government itself must allow the minority to be heard.
Sheila Jackson Lee / U.s. Representative
Government
Democracy
Practice
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Don't condemn the gangbangers, they've got guns that are trafficked, that are not enforced, that are straw purchased and they come into places even that have strong gun laws. Why? Because we don't have sensible gun legislation.
Sheila Jackson Lee / U.s. Representative
Gun
Strong
Stupid
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Many of us in Congress have been calling on the Administration to articulate a bold mission for NASA. It seems that the President is answering that call. I wholeheartedly support his vision for going back to the moon, and from there to worlds beyond.
Sheila Jackson Lee / U.s. Representative
Administration
Congress
Moon
Nasa
President
Seems
Support
Vision
Wholeheartedly
Answering
Articulate
Beyond
Bold
Call
Mission
To The Moon
Worlds
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Today, we have two Vietnams, side by side, North and South, exchanging and working. We may not agree with all that North Vietnam is doing, but they are living in peace. I would look for a better human rights record for North Vietnam, but they are living side by side.
Sheila Jackson Lee / U.s. Representative
Agree
Exchanging
Human Rights
Looks
May
Rights
South
Today
Two
Vietnam
Living
Doing
Side
Working
Human
Look
Record
North
North Vietnam
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The Fifth Amendment speaks specifically to denying someone their life and liberty without due process. That is what H.R. 2 does, and I rise in opposition to it. And I rise in opposition because it is important that we preserve lives and we recognize that 40 million-plus are uninsured.
Sheila Jackson Lee / U.s. Representative
Fifth
Liberty
Process
Rise
Amendment
Due
Denying
Preserve
Recognize
Speaks
Specifically
Uninsured
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My new mission is, and I've said this to the White House, I want the Buy America to be real. I want the Buy America to be by small businesses, African American businesses, Latino and Asian, but in particular our African American businesses who heretofore couldn't even find the front door of government contracts.
Sheila Jackson Lee / U.s. Representative
Contracts
Latino
Particular
White House
African
American Businesses
Be Real
Businesses
Door
Front Door
Mission
Small Businesses
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We cannot elect a president who provides no hope to the laid-off union worker, no hope for the mother of five and no hope for the researcher who might find a cure for cancer. We cannot elect a leader who is willfully ignorant to the outcry of young people who want real criminal justice reform and responsible gun safety legislation now.
Sheila Jackson Lee / U.s. Representative
Cancer
Criminal Justice
Five
Gun
Ignorant
Leader
Legislation
Might
Mother
No Hope
President
Real
Reform
Safety
Young
Worker
Criminal
Cure
Elect
Union
Provides
Researcher
We Cannot
Young People
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Entitlements is not sic the issue. And if so, cool heads can sit down and engage the American people and tell us how many seniors in nursing homes do we want to throw out in the street? ... And then who wants to make a fuss about Medicare when it's solvent until 2024? ... Who wants to make a fuss about Social Security when it's solvent - and it's about, 'You earned it'?
Sheila Jackson Lee / U.s. Representative
Home
Nursing
Senior
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Maybe I should offer a good thanks to the distinguished members of the majority, the Republicans, my chairman and others, for giving us an opportunity to have a deliberative constitutional discussion that reinforces the sanctity of this nation and how well it is that we have lasted some 400 years operating under a constitution that clearly defines what is constitutional and what is not.
Sheila Jackson Lee / U.s. Representative
Opportunity
Giving
Years
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