sheila jackson lee. ms. jackson lee: let me thank the gentleman from nevada, mr. horsford, and mr. jeffries, both, for, again, convening the members of the congressional black caucus. under your leadership and the leadership of our chairwoman, the honorable marcia fudge, and to be joining here on the floor at least to date with our colleague from new york, our colleague from north carolina, our colleague from new jersey, which is clearly showing the vast depth of this particular crisis, going from south to north and to far west and the state of texas. let me say to those who are presently unemployed, the 72,000 a week that occurs as we stand on the floor of the house, that you can count on the members on this floor, the democratic members, the congressional black caucus, and our good friends on the other side of the aisle to recognize that this is not a partisan issue, but an american issue. just a few weeks ago or just

well, sheila jackson lee, it's not a handout. ey can get back into the work force and stuff like that. sheila jackson lee was talking about how the term "welfare" is just charged and it's too pc. she would like to see a new term for it and take away the stigma of welfare. she's even got a suggestion. >> maybe the word welfare should be changed to something of a transitional living fund, for that is what it is, for people to be able to live. >> what's wrong with the word welfare? >> it's fairing well. who likes the term of anything now? we pretty much hash tag and abbreviate anything. >> take a look at food stamps. they're no longer called food stamps. instead you have a snap card. 45 minutes ago, we had james freeman from the "wall street journal" editorial and he was thinking about what sheila jackson lee said regarding the transitional living fund and he had this new term for unemployment. >> i guess some people might feel better to call unemployment benefits a transitional nonworking fund. but the truth is, you're really not he

america but certainly in her home district in houston, texas, let me now yield to representative sheila jackson lee. ms. jackson lee: i thank the distinguished co-leader of the task force for presenting our case to the american people, the distinguished gentleman, and i say it with great affection and respect, new york, and his co-leader, mr. horsford, the distinguished gentleman from nevada. i know our chairman of the agriculture committee is poised for a moment, i'll continue until that moment to raise the ag bill on the floor and certainly we know members work hard and we know that we will pause on that moment. but i couldn't think of a more crucial discussion, and let me quickly indicate that income equality raised by the congressional black caucus, the task force on poverty, our chairwoman, the honorable marcia fudge, my colleague, barbara lee, and myself and others through the years. one might offer to say decades. and you'll hear from other members, the distinguished dean of new york eloquently gave a history, i know the distinguished gentleman from new jersey is on the floor and as well, ou

our friend sheila jackson-lee will be joining us in a few minutes. kevin brady, chair of the joint economic committee, republican of texas. congressman, the president used the word "investment." >> in washington, that normally means spending directed by the government. often times it does not hit the mark, that is one of the reasons the stimulus failed. and a lot of the benefits of all the spending has gone to wall street rather than the middle class. we need a change in course. >> where did you agree? >> we can work together on trade issues, expanding our ability to sell around the world. increasing training, the way we scale up workers in america is poor. lowering the backlog for veterans, especially those from iraq and afghanistan. there is some common ground there. >> so what happens, he has made the speech, what happens next? >> it the ball -- the ball is in the president's court. most americans think the country is headed in the wrong direction. the president is going to stay that course. republicans have a more positive vision that empowers pe

. >> my friend sheila jackson lee has had a seat on the center aisle for a very long time and i suspect there very early to get one. >> i remember. congressman issa, thanks so much for sharing your time with us. >> thanks, gretchen. >>> we have a fox news alert, honolulu, khon reporting police have been called to a high school after shots have been fired. at that school, roosevelt high is now on lockdown. here is a live shot with affiliate khon talking to parents of students, the incident. >> called me, school on lockdown. he couldn't call out but he called me and said he's okay. i'm outside. >> i know this is a heart wrenching and nerve-racking time for you. i'm glad your son is okay. latest we have, shooting happened at 8:30 this morning. we're hearing a lot more of these messages where parents and loved ones, guardians are literally arriving, grandmas getting to the school wanting to get their children out. roosevelt remains on lockdown. our understanding, the shooting happened at 8:30 this morning. her son said he heard two people have been shot. our understanding from police spokes

. >> sheila jackson lee. >> the key for stopping by. >> and from texas to new york, the democrats of brooklyn and queens. >> queens. >> all right. yet. we got it right here. in statuary hall to stay in position as we talk with members of congress. congressman, what did you find in the president's speech that made you stand up and chair? >> number one, the fact that he stood up for the affordable care act. i know how it has held several individuals in the district, and he says he's not backing away from the. we know overall that it will serve until millions of americans as those that he describes in his speech. but i think about individuals who have been cut off. a pre-existing condition. a number of young people who still have health care because they're allowed to stay on their parents' health care. people have not done to bankruptcy. dino committed is important that we push forward and move forward if there are individuals that have something they want to add to it, let's do it, but let's not keep playing games in washington d.c., 49 times. that was significant and is part to show

. >>> sheila jackson lee, a democrat who sits on the house homeland security committee and jim kavanaughgent. just before the white house confirmed the uptick in terror, five countries, five nations, including the united states received an e-mail threat, it was vague in nature but it was immediately dismissed by the russians. what's your response? >> well, craig, first of all, it is probably not wise to dismiss any type of suggestion of terrorism because we live in a far different climate than we've lived in in the last two decades. all of us remember munich and the tragedy of munich. but we also know we have brave young olympians going to russia to exhibit their great talents on behalf of the american people. our responsibility then from my perspective on homeland security is to take every threat seriously. and i believe it is important for a congress, administration, to raise its concern to the highest level. we used to have color designation as to what we thought was a terrorist threat in the united states. we don't have those anymore, but we need to be at the highest level of sensiti

capitol hill, sheila jackson-lee wants to change the language away from welfare. >> it it is importantre are elements, supplemental nutrition programs a huge job training and educational investment president johnson made on the war offer poverty. medicaid, medicare, huge safety nets. not hand outs. maybe the word welfare should be changed to something of a transitional living fund. for that is what it is. >> transitional living fund? >> for generations on welfare it's a government check and no matter what you say, this is something about 80% of americans would agreechlt a government check is a government check. it's a reason why i've quit my business and wanted to do something different than just traditional politics i'm fed up with that langage promising one thing and does another. that tries to what they mean. and so, i sold my company. i'm going to be doing stuff in the corporate sphere. and i did this because you can't keep telling the people that something is great when it isn't. you can't keep prom yigs them a handout when have you no money left. it doesn't work. i'm on your side

congressman sheila jackson lee from the houston area of texas met with the wright family yesterday for several hours. she had seen our three-part investigation here on "ac 360" into the death and disappearance of alfred wright. we spoke to her chief of staff today. he says that they are drafting a letter as we speak. that letter's going to go to the justice department, attorney general eric holder, as well as the u.s. attorney in beaumont, texas. we have no specifics just yet on the kind of investigation what assistance are going to ask from the justice department. but it would include things for example like civil rights violations, hate crimes, public corruption, for example corruption within law enforcement and the texas rangers have been asking the fbi for assistance. right now there's no new information on the status of the investigation either from the rangers or from the fbi. this investigation by all accounts seems to be moving very, very slowly. >> we should point out the investigation was already handed over by by the local sheriff to the texas rangers who asked for fbi assis

sheila jackson-lee came to mind, i am sure there are other incidents.o you think the reporter responsibility? host: let's talk about that point. do you agree that there should be ground rules established the four a reporter and a member -- established before a reporter and a member of congress talk. the president agreed to that "new yorker" profile. the editor and chief agreed to quote approval. any quotes had to be approved by the white house first. balance.ell, it is a i do think sometimes that our does not respect the people. i think he pushed a button there. would notor grimm have agreed to talk. he seemed to be going out of his way to go to that reporter. i don't know. maybe we just need to have some common decency and manners. and stick to our words if we are going to agree. i know the reporters have a job to do and they want to get the answers and they want to get the questions in there. sometimes that is a nice scoop. thee if we had, like president said, maybe if we had a little more civility it would be good for this country. "time toi tweets i

income inequality, sheila jackson lee, democrat, texas, on redefining welfare. >> maybe the word welfarehould be changed to something, a transitional living fund. for that is what it is for people to be able to live. stuart: all right, well a transitional living fund. transitional implies moving out of poverty, i think a lot of people are trapped in poverty because of government policies. look at this, 50 million people live below the poverty line. the poverty rate is 15%s same as for years. and 47 million people on food stamps and millions trapped in poverty. today we get one part of the president's solution. look at them. five so-called promise zones. santonio, los angeles, choctaw nation in oklahoma, philadelphia. and we're looking at a small rally will again this morning and tech leads the way. amazon above 400 and moving higher still. t-mobile's in a price war with at&t and alibaba, that means yahoo! making big huge gains in china. we'll tell you what that means for yahoo! at the bell, yeah, next. [ chilen yelling ] [ telephone rings ] [ shirley ] edwa jones. this is shirley eaking.

sheila jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas is recognized for three minutes. ms. jackson lee: i thank the distinguished gentleman. i thank the manager of this legislation. i thank the good intentions of our colleagues. i want to pause for a moment, mr. pallone, and just simply say that although these are important issues, as a member of the house judiciary committee i helped draft the privacy -- the patriot act, and business records 215, and now looking to constrain the collection of megadata. i accept the importance of privacy for the american people, but i pause for just a moment to ask my colleagues. if we have enough time today to actually pass the extension of the unemployment benefits, 1.3 million people, 12,000 in my own community would like us to stay here and make sure we get that done. i hope that my friends on the other side of the aisle will accept the challenge, republicans putting an exchange of the unemployment benefits on the floor to help unemployed americans.

. >> sheila jackson lee is always hugging that rail. >> look at secretary hagel there. secretary of defense chuck hagel. former republican senator. it was an interesting choice to be defense secretary handling an interesting array of problems right now. i am -- the thing i am most interested in watching for tonight, there's the epa administrator mccarthy. i'm interested in watching whether the president spends time talking about the war in afghanistan. if things go the way he has said, this time next year we will not be at war in afghanistan for the first time in 13 years. this is the year where we're supposed to be talking about the wind-down. will he talk about that with tens of thousands of americans still there tonight? >> rachel, so many people have seen "lone survivor" a horrific movie about what the s.e.a.l. team guys face over there every day. it's a frightening war front where you're often left on to your own. and you get cut off. >> right now, the military facing, having emerged a little bit from the sequestration difficulties that they faced along with the re

sheila jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas is recognized for three minutes. ms. jackson lee: i thank the distinguished gentleman. i thank the manager of this legislation. i thank the good intentions of our colleagues. i want to pause for a moment, mr. pallone, and just simply say that although these are important issues, as a member of the house judiciary committee i helped draft the privacy -- the patriot act, and business records 215, and now looking to constrain the collection of megadata. i accept the importance of privacy for the american people, but i pause for just a moment to ask my colleagues. if we have enough time today to actually pass the extension of the unemployment benefits, 1.3 million people, 12,000 in my own community would like us to stay here and make sure we get that done. i hope that my friends on the other side of the aisle will accept the challenge, republicans putting an exchange of the unemployment benefits on the floor to help unemployed americans.

slaughter: madam speaker, for the purpose of unanimous consent, i yield to congresswoman sheila jackson lee of texas. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. jackson lee: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to insert my statement into the record in support of extending unemployment insurance for 1.6 million americans instead of this radical republican assault on women's health care rights. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. slaughter: madam speaker, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request, i yield to congressman van hollen of maryland. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. van hollen: thank you, madam speaker. i ask unanimous consent for -- to insert my statement in the record for the support of extending unemployment insurance to 1.6 million americans insead of this radical republican assault on women's health care rights. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. slaughter: madam speaker, for the purpose of unanimous consent request, i yield to congressman eliot engel of new york. the speaker pro tempore: th

sheila jackson lee. how much time do we have remaining? the speaker pro tempore: one minute. ms. jackson lee: i thank the gentlelady for her leadership and we can begin to attack poverty in 2014 by extending the unemployment benefits for 1.3 million americans. but thank you president johnson as we honor the fight against the poverty that has encompassed so many americans. the war on poverty is a war to be won. we thank you for child nutrition, national school lunch, indian reservation, legal services. i served on the board of those services. i say to our colleagues, look at the red on these sheets, you will know that poverty does not belong to any one member. it be longs to all members. all states have individuals who are living below the poverty line. it is time to continue the fight against poverty and to ensure through unemployment insurance, through job training, supplemental nutrition programs, through child care and head tart a vital, vital, vital transition opportunity for poor children. it is time to continue that fight. and it is our pledge along with legislation i intend