She was a Yankee who moved to Houston when her husband got a teaching job there. Wanted to disarm white people, for one, backed a gun control bill.
On September 27, 2013, Jackson Lee introduced the
Essential Transportation Worker Identification Credential Assessment Act (H.R. 3202; 113th Congress), a bill that would direct the
United States Department of Homeland Security to assess the effectiveness of the
Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program.
[15] The bill would require an independent assessment of how well the TWIC program improves security and reduces risks at the facilities and vessels it is responsible for.
[16]
In January 2019,
The New York Times reported that Jackson Lee planned to resign as chair of the
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. The move came in the wake of a lawsuit filed by a former staffer earlier in January that claimed the staffer was fired in retaliation for her planned legal action related to an alleged rape by a supervisor in 2015. The resignation came the day after the National Alliance to End Sexual Violence announced it would not support making Jackson Lee the lead sponsor of a law to reauthorize the federal
Violence Against Women Act.
[17] She also stepped down from her chairmanship of the
House Judiciary subcommittee.
[18]
On January 4, 2021, Jackson Lee introduced the
Sabika Sheikh Firearm Licensing and Registration Act (H.R. 127;
117th Congress), a bill that expanded requirements for firearm licensing to every firearm and banned any ammunition of
.50 caliber BMG or larger.
[19]
In the 117th Congress (2021–2023), Jackson Lee voted with President Joe Biden's stated position 100 percent of the time, according to a
FiveThirtyEight analysis.
[20] Jackson Lee and Representative
Lloyd Doggett became co-deans of
Texas's congressional delegation in January 2023 after the retirement of
Eddie Bernice Johnson.
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Just another racist Kill ******!!! Democrat.
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