The audacity of this woman has no bounds. I'm glad I don't live in her district, but part of me wants to move across town, just so I can vote against her!
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) urged her colleagues to reach a compromise to prevent spending cuts through sequestration, arguing that government programs are already as lean as they can be...
She called on Republicans to meet Democrats at the negotiating table and rejected the idea that President Obama delivered a partisan State of the Union address Tuesday night.
"May I ask them to take some cotton out of their ears, because in actuality, the president extended his hands of friendship," she said. "I don't want to hear the fact that the president is divisive. The president is leading, and he's led well."
Jackson Lee suggested lawmakers should take inspiration from President Lincoln’s leadership during the Civil War.
"I stand here as a freed slave because this Congress came together. Are we going to be able to do it today to free America?"
