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Sheila Jackson Lee's Public Statements on Issue: Judicial Branch

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

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11/22/2022 Letter to Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader - Rep. Jones, Colleagues Demand Transparency and Higher Ethical Standards for Supreme Court Justices in Letter to Leadership
05/04/2022 Letter to Joseph Biden, President of the United States, Elizabeth Prelogar, Solicitor General, and Thomas Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture - In Support of Humane Farming
02/10/2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States - Commending Commitment to Appoint the First Black Woman to the Supreme Court
06/08/2021 Letter to the Hon. Merrick Garland, Attorney General - House Judiciary Democrats Urge DOJ to Reverse Position on Trump Defamation Lawsuit
04/15/2021 Letter to the Hon. Merrick Garland, Attorney General of the United States - Wyden, Democrats Question DOJ Funding of Unproven Predictive Policing Technology
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
10/17/2019 Judicial Travel Accountability Act Unveiled In Congress
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
07/17/2019 Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Statement on the Death of Former Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court John Paul Stevens
07/02/2019 Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Commends the House Ways and Means Committee on Its Lawsuit Demanding Production of The President's Tax Returns
07/01/2019 Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Statement Following the Supreme Court's Grant of Certiorari to A Case Considering the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program
06/27/2019 Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Denounces the Supreme Court's Decision in Rucho v. Common Cause and Calls on States to Implement Protocols to Protect Against Political Gerrymandering
06/27/2019 Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Statement Following the Supreme Court's Decision in Department of Commerce v. New York
02/04/2019 Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Statement on the Reversal by the Department of Justice in Abbott v. Perez
02/04/2019 Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Applauds and Welcomes Reforms to the Cash Bail System in Harris County
12/07/2018 Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Statement on the President's Intent to Nominate Bill Barr to be the Next Attorney General
11/30/2018 Press Statement Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Urges the President to Withdraw the Nomination of Thomas Farr to a Seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
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
10/12/2018 Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Statement on the Confirmation of Mark Norris to be a Judge in the Western District of Tennessee
10/05/2018 Statement by Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee on Kavanaugh Senate Vote
10/03/2018 Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Leads Members of the House of Representatives In Protest of the Senate Judiciary Committee Vote Which Helps Secure Postponement of the Vote on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh
10/02/2018 Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Demands that any Vote on whether to Confirm Brett Kavanaugh Occur only After the FBI has Completed a Credible and Thorough Investigation and all Senators have had the Opportunity to Meaningfully Review its Findings
09/27/2018 Rep. Huffman, House Dems to McConnell: Postpone Kavanaugh Proceedings

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