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1. Sheila Jackson Lee
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Texas's 18th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 3, 1995
Preceded by Craig Washington
Member of the Houston City Council from the
At-large #4 District
In office
January 2, 1990 – January 3, 1995
Preceded by Anthony Hall
Succeeded by John Peavy
Personal details
Born Sheila Jackson
January 12, 1950
Queens, New York
Political
party
Democratic
Spouse(s) Elwyn Lee
Children 2
Residence Houston, Texas
Sheila Jackson Lee
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sheila Jackson Lee (born January 12, 1950) is an American
politician. She is currently the U.S. Representative for Texas's
18th congressional district, serving since 1995. The district
includes most of inner-city Houston. She is a member of the
Democratic Party.
Contents
1 Early life and education
2 Early political career
3 U.S. House of Representatives
3.1 Elections
3.2 Tenure
3.3 Staff turnover
3.4 Foreign policy
3.5 Immigration
3.6 Criticism of Tea Party
3.7 WikiLeaks
3.8 Health care
3.9 Al-Qaeda
3.10 Legislation
3.11 Committee assignments
3.12 Caucus memberships
3.13 Space program
3.14 Hurricane naming
3.15 Foreign travel
3.16 Confederate flag issue
4 Personal life
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
Early life and education
Jackson Lee was born Sheila Jackson in Queens, New York.
She graduated from Jamaica High School in Queens. She
earned a B.A. in political science from Yale University in
1972, followed by a J.D. from the University of Virginia
School of Law in 1975.[1] She is a member of Alpha Kappa
Alpha sorority.[2]
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2. Alma mater Yale University
University of Virginia Law School
Profession Attorney, judge
Religion Seventh-day Adventist
Website jacksonlee.house.gov
(http://jacksonlee.house.gov)
Early political career
Jackson Lee made three unsuccessful attempts at local
judgeships before becoming a municipal judge from 1987 to
1990.[3] Jackson Lee, along with Sylvia Garcia, was
appointed by then Mayor of Houston Kathy Whitmire. In
1989 she won the at-large position for a seat on the Houston
City Council, serving until 1994.[3] While on the city council,
Jackson Lee helped pass a safety ordinance that required parents to keep their guns away from children.[4] She
also worked for expanded summer hours at city parks and recreation centers as a way to combat gang
violence.[5]
U.S. House of Representatives
Elections
1994
In 1994, Jackson Lee challenged four-term incumbent U.S. Congressman Craig Washington in the Democratic
primary.[3] Washington had come under fire for opposing several projects that would have benefited the Houston
area.[6] Jackson Lee defeated Washington in a rout, taking 63% to Washington's 37%.[7] The victory was
tantamount to election in this heavily Democratic, black-majority district. In the general election, she defeated
Republican nominee Jerry Burley 73%-24%.[8]
1996-2008
During this time period, Jackson Lee was never challenged in the Democratic primary. She won re-election
during this time with at least 76% of the vote.[9]
2010
For the first time in her congressional career, Jackson Lee was challenged in the Democratic primary; her
opponents were Houston City Councilmember Jarvis Johnson and Sean Roberts. She defeated them 67%-28
%-5%.[10]
It was reported that in October 2010 Jackson Lee was “asking the Department of Justice to investigate whether
tea party groups are intimidating black and Hispanic voters in her district.” She requested that Attorney General
Eric Holder send poll monitors to make sure that a local group wasn't stopping people from voting.[11]
She won the general election with 70 percent of the vote, the lowest winning percent of her career.[12]
2012
In 2012, Jackson Lee was not challenged in the Democratic primary and won the general election with 75
percent of the ballots cast.[13]
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3. 2016
Four Republicans competed in the March 1 primary election for the right to challenge Jackson Lee in the
November 8 general election. Lori Bartley, with 5,679 votes (33.7 percent), led the field and faces a runoff on
April 24 with the second-placed contender, Reggie Gonzales, who drew 5,578 votes (33.1 percent). Two other
contenders, the stronger of whom was Sharon Joy Fisher with 4,405 votes (26.1 percent), held the remainder of
the ballots cast.[14] Bartley then won the nomination over Gonzalez, 58 to 42 percent.[15]
Tenure
Prior to the 110th Congress, Jackson Lee served on the House Science Committee and on the Subcommittee that
oversees space policy and NASA. She is a member of the Congressional Black Caucus,[16] and a CBC whip.[6]
Staff turnover
In 2011 she was reported to have one of the highest staff turnovers in Congress and to be one of the worst
bosses. The Huffington Post and Houston Chronicle reported that she had gone through 11 chiefs of staff in 11
years.[17][18] In 2011 she was named as one of the "worst bosses in Washington" by The Daily Caller.[19] The
Huffington Post stated that "Jackson Lee regularly appears on Washingtonian magazine's list of the “Best and
Worst of Congress” as the “meanest” member of House of Representatives."[17][20] That reputation as the worst
boss on Capitol Hill continued; in 2012 Washingtonian again listed her as the meanest member of the House,[21]
a report in 2013 concluded that "the veteran Texas Democrat had the highest turnover rate for all of Congress
over the past decade."[22]
Foreign policy
In 2000, she favored permanently normalizing trade status for China, arguing that it would aid both human
rights and Houston's economy.[23]
Jackson Lee traveled to the 2001 World Conference against Racism in South Africa, and has backed sanctions
against Sudan.[24] On April 28, 2006, Jackson Lee, along with four other members of Congress and six other
activists, was arrested for disorderly conduct in front of Sudan's embassy in Washington. They were protesting
the role of Sudan's government in ethnic cleansing in Darfur.[25]
Jackson Lee has urged better relations between the U.S. and Venezuela, which she describes as a friendly nation.
She said the U.S. should reconsider its ban on selling F-16 fighter jets and spare parts to that country. The U.S.
State Department bans such sales due to "lack of support" for counter-terrorist operations and Venezuela's
relations with Iran and Cuba.[26][27]
In July 2010 Jackson Lee said: "Today, we have two Vietnams, side by side, North and South, exchanging and
working. We may not agree with all that North Vietnam is doing, but they are living in peace. I would look for a
better human rights record for North Vietnam, but they are living side by side."[28] It was noted that Vietnam had
not been split for four decades, and that the government of Vietnam does not consider South Vietnam to have
ever been a sovereign nation.[29][30]
Immigration
Jackson Lee is active on immigration issues.[31] She has proposed increasing border security and increasing
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4. opportunities for legalization among those living in the United States. She has opposed a guest worker program,
saying that the idea of guest: "connotate[s] 'invite, come,' and, at the same time, it misleads because you ask
people to come for a temporary job of three to six years and they have to leave if they don't have another job and
I would think that they would not."[32]
Criticism of Tea Party
Speaking in July 2010 at the NAACP national convention, Jackson Lee compared the Tea Party to the KKK.[33]
WikiLeaks
In an October 2016 interview on MSNBC, Jackson mistakenly denounced Wikipedia in place of WikiLeaks. The
story was concerned with the Hillary Clinton email controversy, with Jackson's exact quotation being "You
know that I'm going to first of all denounce the utilization of this intrusion by Wikipedia through the Russian
intrusion," "This is what it's about. Espionage just like what was said over these last couple of days. We need to
be concerned about the intrusion of Russia and Putin in these elections."[34]
Health care
Jackson Lee said in January 2011 that repealing the health care law would be in violation of the Constitution.
She argued that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is constitutional under the Commerce Clause,
and that repealing it would violate both the Fifth and the Fourteenth Amendments.[35][36][37]
Al-Qaeda
At a Homeland Security Committee hearing on radical Muslims in the US, held in March 2011, Jackson Lee
said that Peter King's hearings were helping al-Qaeda and “going the same route as Arizona.” She complained
that the hearings were scaring Muslim Americans and called them “an outrage.”[38]
Legislation
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.[39] 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.[40]
Committee assignments
Committee on Homeland Security
Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence
Subcommittee on Transportation Security (Ranking Member)
Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet
Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security
Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement
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5. Caucus memberships
Jackson Lee is or has been a member of a number of caucuses, including: the 9-11 Commission Caucus, the
Building a Better America Caucus (BABAC), the Congressional Caucus on Global Road Safety, and the
Congressional Human Rights Caucus. Task forces in which she has participated include Children and Families,
Homeland Security, Immigration, and Katrina. She has been the co-chair of the Congressional Algeria Caucus,
the Congressional Pakistan Caucus, the Democratic Outreach Task Force, and the US-Afghan Caucus. Jackson
Lee has also been a member of the House Democratic Steering Committee.
Space program
In 1997, while on a trip to the Mars Pathfinder operations center in California, Jackson Lee confused the planet
Mars with Earth's own moon, asking whether the Pathfinder had succeeded in taking a picture of the flag planted
on Mars by Neil Armstrong in 1969.[41][42]
Hurricane naming
Jackson Lee complained in 2003 that storm names were too white. "All racial groups should be represented,"
she said, and asked officials to "try to be inclusive of African-American names."[43]
Foreign travel
In May, 2015, The Washington Post reported Jackson Lee took a trip to Azerbaijan paid for by the government
of that country.[44][45]
Confederate flag issue
On Thursday, July 9, 2015, Jackson Lee and others who were engaged in a debate over the Confederate battle
flag produced an erroneous reproduction of what they thought was the original flag. The original battle flag
contained 13 stars representing each state of the Confederacy as of 1861. The flag that Jackson Lee presented to
members of Congress contained 17 stars.[46]
Personal life
Jackson Lee moved to Houston after her husband, Elwyn Lee, took a job at the University of Houston. Her
husband now holds a dual position of Vice Chancellor and Vice President for Student Affairs of the University
of Houston System and the University of Houston, respectively.[1]
See also
History of the African-Americans in Houston
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"DELEGATION WATCH / Jackson Lee backs her
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Jim Doyle, Five members of Congress arrested over
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"Jackson Lee tries to smooth Chavez ties / Her
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External links
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (http://www.jacksonlee.house.gov/) official U.S. House site
Sheila Jackson Lee for U.S. Congress (http://www.sheilajacksonlee18.com/)
Sheila Jackson Lee (http://dmoztools.net/Regional/North_America/United_States/Texas/Government
/Federal/US_House_of_Representatives/Sheila_Jackson_Lee_%5BD-18%5D) at DMOZ
Biography (http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=j000032) at the Biographical
Directory of the United States Congress
Profile (https://www.votesmart.org/candidate/21692) at Project Vote Smart
Financial information (federal office) (http://www.fec.gov/fecviewer
/CandidateCommitteeDetail.do?&tabIndex=1&candidateCommitteeId=H4TX18054) at the Federal
Election Commission
Legislation sponsored (https://www.congress.gov/member/sheila-jackson-lee/588) at The Library of
Congress
Appearances (http://www.c-span.org/person/?sheilajacksonlee) on C-SPAN
Sheila Jackson Lee, Accountable Corporations (http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060206/lee) The Nation,
January 19, 2006
Sheila Jackson Lee, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee: Immigration is the Civil Rights Issue of Our Time
(http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/04/1419254) Democracy Now, April 4, 2006
Tim Fleck, What's Driving Miss Sheila? (http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/1997-02-20
/news/feature.html) Houston Press, February 20, 2007
United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Craig Washington
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Texas's 18th congressional district
1995–present
Incumbent
United States order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded by
Rodney Frelinghuysen
R-New Jersey
United States Representatives by seniority
53rd
Succeeded by
Walter B. Jones
R-North Carolina
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