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Sheila Jackson Lee's Public Statements on Issue: Military Personnel

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

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02/17/2022 Letter Lloyd Austin, Secretary of Defense - Urging TRICARE to cover COVID-19 Tests for Active-Duty Personnel and Military Families
01/13/2022 Letter to Hon. Colonel Daniel Heape, Inspector General of Texas Military Department: Texas Democratic Congressional Delegation Calling for an Investigation Into Operation Lone Star
04/19/2021 Fair Debt Collection Practices for Servicemembers Act
08/14/2020 Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Committee Chairs Smith and DeFazio Lead 68 Members of Congress in Pressing President Trump on National Guard and FEMA Cost-Sharing Requirements
08/11/2020 Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Rep. Smith, Over 100 Members of the House Demand Full Federal Support for National Guard COVID-19 Response
07/08/2020 Letter to the Hon. Mark Esper, Secretary of Defense and to the Hon. William Barr, Attorney General - DelBene Leads 116 Lawmakers Calling for End to Transgender Military Service Ban
05/22/2020 Letter to President Donald Trump, Mark Esper, Secretary of Defense, and Peter Gaynor, Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency - Leahy Is Part Of A Group Of Bipartisan Lawmakers Calling On Administration To Ensure Benefits To Guard Members Earned On COVID-19 Front Lines
05/20/2020 Letter to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper - More than 70 Members Call for Extension of National Guard COVID-19 Response Efforts After Curious Deadline Set
01/01/2020 Issue Position: Veterans
09/23/2019 Letter to Glenn A. Fine, Principal Deputy Inspector General - Rep. Grijalva Leads Members of Congress in Letter Demanding Investigation into Trump's Use of Troops at the Southern Border
03/28/2019 Opposing Ban on Transgender Members of Armed Forces
03/27/2019 Arrington Statement on Air Force Announcement
02/04/2019 Letter to the Hon. Patrick Shanahan, Acting Secretary of Defense - Scanlon, Kennedy and Speier Lead Call for Pentagon to Not Implement Ban on Transgender Military Service
09/26/2018 Conference Report on H.R. Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2019
06/15/2018 Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Demands Congressional Investigations Following the President's Decision to Deploy the National Guard to the U.S. - Mexico Border
06/05/2018 Letter to the Hon. Jim Mattis, Secretary of Defense - End Transgender Ban in the Military
03/16/2018 Letter to the Hon. Kay Granger, Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Defense and the Hon. Peter Visclosky, Ranking Member of the subcommittee on Defense - Castro Leads Bipartisan Push for National Trauma Research Action Plan
08/29/2017 Letter to Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Representatives Urge Trump to Reverse Transgender Military Ban
08/04/2017 Letter to the Hon. James Mattis, Secretary of Defense and Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff - Trump's Ban on Transgender Military Servicemembers
03/30/2017 Letter to the Hon. Mac Thornberry, Chairman of the House Committee on Armed Services, and the Hon. Adam Smith, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Armed Services - Emerging Threats to Our Nation's Military Installations, Assets, and Personnel
09/22/2015 Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Statement Regarding the Death of 5th Victim Killed in Senseless Shooting in Chattanooga, Tennessee
07/09/2015 Letter to Mac Thornberry, Chairman of House Armed Services Committee, Adam Smith, Ranking Member of House Armed Services Committee, Rodney Frelinghuysen, Chairman of House Defense Appropriations Subcommittte,and Peter Visclosky, Ranking Member of House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee - National Guard
06/10/2015 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016
05/21/2015 Remembering the Sacrifices of the Fallen Heroes on Memorial Day
03/12/2015 Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Sends Condolences to the Families of those Involved in the Recent Military Blackhawk Crash in the Panhandle of Florida

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