Sheila Jackson Lee

“Hurricanes are not given to consider geopolitical boundaries. They are simply powerful storms.”

“What I would say is that we must be vigilant. We must be vigilant.”

“The right to vote is the cornerstone of our democracy.”

“I stand here as a freed slave because this Congress voted in 1865 to pass the 13th Amendment.”

“We have to have a system of justice that is fair and that is balanced.”

“I am a fighter. I have been a fighter all my life.”

“We have a responsibility to be a voice for the voiceless.”

“Justice is not a concept that is foreign to us. It is a concept that we live by.”

“Today, we are standing on the shoulders of giants.”

“We need to invest in our infrastructure, in our roads and our bridges.”

“Don't be so naive and so liberal as to think that we can stand here and say that we can ignore the fact that we have to have a military that is second to none.”

“Education is the great equalizer. It is the key to opportunity.”

“I will not be moved on the question of the constitutionality of this nation and the duty of this Congress to do what is right by the people of this nation.”

“We cannot turn our backs on the children of this nation.”

“We have to be able to have a dialogue. We have to be able to talk to each other.”