i sure -- i sure hope not. >> i'm joined tonight by congresswoman sheila jackson lee of texas.e you with us again. are republicans -- >> good to be with you. >> you bet. are republicans willing to break their tax pledge to grover norquist just to score political points? what do you think? >> you know, we're not near water right now, ed, but i frankly believe there's a whole group of them trying to walk the plank. i really can't understand it. it is baffling to, as the president said, to the president, to members of congress, democratic members of congress. i would venture to say republic an members of congress who are too frightened to say anything. you've heard me say this. i am a citizen of the united states of america. not the united states of norquist. i cannot fathom the signing of a pledge that would in essence jeopardize the quality of life for working americans, middle class americans. the payroll tax, which will expire in a couple of weeks, will in essence take $1,000 to $1,500 out of theç pockets of working americans. it will impact businesses. it will impact small b

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congresswoman sheila jackson lee wills new federal laws to stop abuse. she's here tonight. >>> and actor david keith is a spokesman for the national association to protect children. he says pennsylvania's attorney general isn't doing her job. he's here to explain. >>> is the 1.6 million figure correct? >> i don't know. we're back to check. >> sounds like a whole lot more than being a historian. >> explosive new details on freddie mac and the republican front-runner. newt gingrich is spinning harder than ever. >> well, look, i was speaker of the house and a strategic adviser. ç >>> and karl rove loses his cool on the 99% protesters. >> you can go ahead and stand in line and have the courage to ask any damn question you want, or you can continue to show that you are a buffoon. >> we'll show you the tape. >>> good evening, folks. good to have you with us tonight. jerry sandusky's interview with nbc brought unintended consequences. the alleged victims are more determined than ever to pursue charges against him. a lawyer representing one of the victims has g

i sure hope not. >> i'm joined by sheila jackson lee., thanks to have you with us again. >> thank you. >> you bet. are republicans willing to break their tax pledge just to score political score points? what do you think? >> you know, we're not near water, ed, but i think a whole group of them are trying to walk the plank. i can't understand it. it's baffling, as the president said, to the president, to members of congress, democratic members of congress, and i would venture to say republican members of congress too frightened to say anything, you have heard me say this, i am a citizen of the united states of america, not the united states of norquist. i cannot fathom the signing of a pledge that would, in essence, jeopardize the quality of life for working americans, middle-class americans. the payroll tax, which will expire in ac)u(le of weeks, will, in essence, take a thousand to $1500 out of the pockets of working middle class americans. the president is right, we had an opportunity to pass the jobs bill, to be prepared for the retur

host: we are speaking with sheila jackson lee from houston. how many years in congress?st: the privilege of serving since 1995. host: if you want to calling this a question, the telephone numbers are on the screen. -- you want to call in and asked us a question, the telephone numbers are on the screen. you were talking about the war savings and drawing down. there was an article today in the 2 q post," on what to do with the savings. they're looking to count as much as $700 billion that the nation a logger plans to spend. -- no longer plans to spend. your thoughts on that option? guest: i like that option. i think the problem with that is that the super committee would have to agree in totality or least get a seven-five agreement on the vote. someone has to join a group of six, or it has to be in some manner, a majority. can that occur over the next couple of days? i think it is a great idea. part of what the 99ers are talking about is feeling vulnerable. to extend unemployment to people to be the work. unemployment insurance or for people who used to work and are out of

and i yield to the distinguished member of the committee, sheila jackson lee, for three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas is recognized for three minutes. ms. jackson lee: i thank the speaker and i thank the ranking member of this committee. many of us could spend a lot of time on educating the public on just what is occurring. we cherish this little book that has lasted and this nation for some -- more than -- more than centuries than we can count as this document was written and the question was asked whether it could last and we cite the united states as the longest democracy, holding on to a constitution that provides us with the opportunity to even be here. but it is important to note that in order to amend the constitution, the founding fathers were so serious about how important an action this would be that they indicated that there should be 2/3 votes from both the house and the senate and three-quarters of our states, the people of the united states must likewise answer the call. frankly, let me make a pronouncement. the american people will not

recently congresswoman sheila jackson lee got on the bandwagon and wrote into sony for my return, notecause she watches the soap, but because she appreciates that i've introduced foster care and adoption and stand for diversity behind the camera. so i'm open. >> a slip, huh? that's all it was, it was a slip? >> a slip. slipped over the cliff. so she needs to clau claw her way back up. >> she's been clawing over for the past couple of years, vicki. >> we can get her back up there. >> get her back up. always good to talk to you. look forward to catching up with you when you get back to atlanta. but always, certainly, getting that word out about acorporations here in the u.s. i know it's near and dear to you. thank you. always good to talk to you. >> happy thanksgiving. >> thanks so much. >>> we're coming up on the bottom of the hour now. we will turn back from that to politics in the pt republican presidential politics. mitt romney, he skipped this debate forum. we'll tell you way after the break. stay with us. >>> a critical event with just over six weeks ago until the voting began. le

. >> congresswoman sheila jackson lee is a democrat from texas and she is kind enough to join us live from houston. congresswoman, welcome and thank you so much for being here today. isn't it a bit easy to blame grover norquist when in fact democrats had control of congress and the white house for two years. they failed to address the economy, failed to pass a budget, and opted instead to do health care reform which was important, but nonetheless, put us behind the eight ball on the budget situation. >> well, let me first of all say happy thanksgiving to you and i'm certainly going to try to make as many of my constituents happy and happy thanks taz to your viewers. you know that i have been working on the penn state. i want to say this one thing. what a horrible addition today with the cps and i look forward to introducing that legislation that i've announced about suspending federal funds. you make a very strong point and i have a strong rebuttal to the point regarding democrats. democrats came in on the backs of the collapse of the financial markets during the bush administration.

democratic representative sheila jackson lee of texas discusses federal spending and the work of the joint deficit

let me introduce and bring to our colloquy here sheila jackson lee. thank you for joining us once again. it's good to be back from thanksgiving, where we were with our constituents and our families. ms. jackson lee: it's a delight to have been here with the gentlelady from ohio. we worked together closely. the gentleman from new york. i always want to ask him how his fair constituents are dealing, they had some serious mountains to climb, if you will, with their recent hurricane, a very unusual set of circumstances. we join together to allow those communities to come back, wouldn't that be a perfect investment of rebuilding infrastructure? mr. garamendi, let me thank you for your longstanding history of putting things back together. i'm not going to call you the humpty dumty man. let me share some anecdotal uniqueness to this question of make it in america. i hope everybody had a wonderful thanksgiving. it's a special holiday where we find time to say thanks. i heard that the gentleman from new york might have been given a ham, made in america. and i k

i see that i'm joined by one of my colleagues, congressman sheila jackson lee, and if she would like to i'd like to yield her such time as she might consume. ms. jackson lee: i thank the gentlelady from the virgin islands, particularly for her leadership. and i'm delighted to join her in what i think is an enormously important discussion. oftentimes, congresswoman, we don't get a chance to have this kind of discussion when we're debating bills on the floor of the house. so let me first of all add again to your statistics, the more we can recite for people what the problem is, the better off we are. so you will see us standing over the next couple of days and weeks and isn't it interesting, as we are approaching thanksgiving and then the christmas holiday for many of us and holidays in different names, many other kinds of celebratory holidays, that call upon fellowship and food, to it realize how many are im-- to realize how many are impoverished in this nation. i'm delighted to stand with our congressional black caucus, our friend, congressman barbara lee, our chairperson, chairman cl

i completely agree with congresswoman sheila jackson lee. look, it's not every day that congresswoman lee and i agree on legislation, so i think we should lock this down. let's pocket another bipartisan accomplishment right here and help the job creators who need it. this is precisely the kind of approach we should be taking here in the senate, putting aside these giant partisan bills that democrats know republicans won't support and focusing on smaller proposals that can actually garner support from nearly everyone and make it on to the president's desk for a signature. these are small steps, but they're progress. let's keep at it. madam president, i yield the floor. the presiding officer: leadership time is reserved. under the previous order, the senate will be in a period of morning business for 70 minutes with the senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each, with the time equally divided and controlled by the two leaders or their designees with the republicans controlling the first 40 minutes and the majority controllin

sheila jackson lee and joining us live from washington, good to see you. >> thank you, fredericka. thank you for having me. >> congresswoman, when will you be introducing this legislation? and exactly what will it entail? >> the legislation is being drafted as we are speaking today. and the focus of the legislation is to say to america that this is an urgent crisis, and the federal government must speak. and one of the strengths the federal government has besides the criminal prosecution laws, and right now this is a defined state case, although it may be found that the coach took some of these boys intrastate, and it becomes a federal crime. as we are still reviewing this. but this is to essence to give a hammer, a slamdown on what is a tragedy in america. 3 out of 10 girls may be sexually abused, 7 out of 10 boys in their lifetime may be sexually abused. but the fact that we are seeing these he said/she said facts unfold now hearing that the assistant coach may have stopped it, not physically, but may have stopped it and actually discussed it with police. and i think it's tragic

without objection, we will include into the record the statements of representative sheila jackson lee of texas, a member of the house judiciary committee, representative charles gonzalez, the chair of the hispanic caucus, and a former member of the judiciary committee, and representative john lewis who is the foremost civil rights advocate in the congress at this time. and so we turn to this incredible list of witnesses and we start off with the head of the league of women voters of the united states. she's a lawyer, former district attorney and has done an incredible job in terms of voter education and getting people registered. the amazing thing is that she is a dekalb county, georgia, resident, and she has a lot of experience about what it takes to break down the barriers of segregation and getting people -- not just registered to vote, but participating in the electoral process. and her statement will be put into the record as will all the witnesses and we invite you to begin. >> press that button. >> by not -- it might help if we turn the microphone on. i want to thank you, mr. c

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i've heard sheila jackson lee, the honorable representive from the area of houston, speak on this issue. she's joining us here today on the floor. if you would care to tell us the view from texas. ms. jackson lee: i thank the gentleman from california, my colleagues from ohio, alabama, minnesota and new york. i think that as a sufficiently -- it is a sufficiently far reach to know that this is a national issue and we thank you from your perch as an insurer, meaning your experience in insurance, which is also a source of funding sometimes as the insurance industry invests. you know that america is not broke and that america can in fact create jobs. and do it by manufacturing. so i am delighted to see the make it in america theme continue over and over againment an let me just share some statistics because -- again. and let me just share some statistics because as the supercommittee works, one of the challenges is whether or not they're focusing on creating jobs or just cutting taxes for those who do not need tax relief. 82% of americans say it is important for congress to produce legisla

colleagues in committee, particularly ranking member bennie thompson and subcommittee ranking member sheila jackson lee for their support. thank you, mr. speaker, and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from california. ms. richardson: mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 1801 and i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. richardson: thank you, mr. speaker. first of all, i'd like to acknowledge the work of chairman king and ranking member thompson. as a member of the committee on homeland security, i'm pleased that for the first time in this 112th congress the house is considering important transportation security legislation. h.r. 1801, the risk-based security screening for members of the armed forces act requires that transportation security administration to develop a plan for providing expedited screening for our military personnel at airport security checkpoints. since 2001, there have been more than two million troops that have been deployed to iraq

now representative sheila jackson lee. ms. jackson lee: let me thank the gentlelady from ohio for her leadership, after spending some time with her on the floor, listening to the voter suppression occurring in ohio. i'm grateful for this opportunity, i want to thank the whip for his leadership on voting rights, election rights, for any number of sessions starting as early as the election in 2000, when we were brought to confront the issue of voter improprieties. let me first of all say that we are seeing the ugly head of the suppression of votes rising across america. 40 states have implemented voting i.d. laws. let me explain to the voters, voter i.d. can only respond to voter impersonation. statistics will tell you that most voters do not show up ats trying to be somebody else -- show up at the polls try be to be somebody else. now you will suppress those who are elderly, disabled, young, who do not have a state-issued voter i.d.. in my district alone this past weekend i met a woman who was 97 years old in a wheelchair, who