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Sheila Jackson Lee's Public Statements on Issue: Legal

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On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for U.S. House (TX) - District 18

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06/08/2021 Letter to the Hon. Merrick Garland, Attorney General - House Judiciary Democrats Urge DOJ to Reverse Position on Trump Defamation Lawsuit
06/04/2020 Letter to William Barr, Attorney General - Schakowsky Calls for Special Prosecutor To Investigate Excessive Force Ordered Against Peaceful Protesters
05/22/2020 Letter to Betsy DeVos, Department of Education Secretary, and Kenneth L. Marcus, Department of Education Assistant Secretary - Reps Speier, Kuster, Pressley and Slotkin Lead Letter Urging the Department of Education to Rescind its Indefensible Title IX Rule
09/20/2019 Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act
08/01/2019 Letter to the Hon. William Barr, Attorney General - Nadler, Bass, Jackson Lee & Scanlon Demand Information from AG Barr on Policies that Prevent Human Trafficking Survivors from Accessing Funds to Clear Criminal Records
02/04/2019 Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Applauds and Welcomes Reforms to the Cash Bail System in Harris County
02/04/2019 Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Statement on the Reversal by the Department of Justice in Abbott v. Perez
12/07/2018 Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Statement on the President's Intent to Nominate Bill Barr to be the Next Attorney General
10/30/2018 Letter to the Hon. Herbert Slattery III, Tennessee Attorney General - Drop Pending Litigation that Seeks to Allow Insurance Companies to Deny Health Insurance Coverage to Patients with Pre-Existing Conditions
06/28/2018 Letter to the Hon. Jeff Sessions, Attorney General, the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen Secretary of Homeland Security, the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Comply with Injunction, Reunite Families Separated at Border
06/15/2018 Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Statement Regarding Issuance of Subpoenas to Trump Organization
07/12/2017 The House Judiciary Committee Must Do Its Job
11/18/2016 Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Statement Opposing Nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama to be U.S. Attorney General
11/16/2016 Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Statement Regarding Decision by County Attorney to Bring Manslaughter Charges Against Officer Involved in Fatal Shooting of Philando Castile
11/04/2016 Conyers, Jackson Lee Commend President Obama for Additional Commutations of Sentences; Call For Congressional Action on Sentencing Reform
09/28/2016 Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act--Veto Message From the President of the United States
09/01/2016 Conyers & Jackson Lee Applaud Additional Commutations
06/03/2016 Conyers, Jackson Lee Commend President Obama for Additional Commutations of Sentences, Call for Congressional Action on Sentencing Reform
05/25/2016 House Judiciary Committee Approves Bill to Protect Americans' Property Rights
03/30/2016 Conyers and Jackson Lee Praise President Obama's Action to Commute Sentences, Continue Work to Pass Legislation to Reform Sentencing Laws
03/02/2016 Texas Democrats Stand with Reproductive Justice Advocates as Supreme Courts Hears Whole Women's Health v. Hellerstedt Oral Arguments
02/11/2016 House Judiciary Committee Approves Bipartisan Prison Reform Legislation
01/26/2016 Conyers and Jackson Lee Praise President Obama's Actions on Solitary Confinement
01/12/2016 House Judiciary Committee Approves Bill To Help Ensure Inmates Don't Commit More Crimes Once Released
11/18/2015 House Judiciary Committee Approves Bipartisan Sentencing Reform Legislation

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