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Issues
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Women and FamiliesSheila Jackson Lee knew the challenges that working women face. She fought for equal pay for equal work for women, against discrimination and sexual harassment, and for paid sick days so working people can better provide for their families. She fought successfully to restore funding for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, to prevent cuts to Head Start, and to increase funding for public schools. Sheila Jackson Lee was a champion for criminal justice reform and juvenile justice reform. She strongly supported bail reform and authored bills to help families of the incarcerated. And Sheila fought every day to end the epidemic of mass incarceration that unfairly targets African Americans.
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EducationSheila Jackson Lee led the way to bring billions of dollars in federal education funding back to Texas. She also secured a one-million-dollar grant for after-school programs in Houston schools. Sheila introduced over 400 bills on education, on everything from increasing funding for education, to protecting Head Start school readiness programs from cuts, and everything in between. Sheila was committed to cutting student loan interest rates and to enabling Americans to graduate college without debt. She fought to crack down on abusive lenders who take advantage of students. Sheila brought billions of dollars in federal education funding back to Texas and never stopped working for good schools for our children no matter where they live and fought to keep our neighborhood schools open.
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Job TrainingSheila Jackson Lee’s top priority was the creation of good-paying jobs that provide everyone the opportunity to sustain their family. As Congresswoman, she worked to expand vocational and job skill training so that our young people and the unemployed can get trained, and she created multiple opportunities to connect them to good-paying jobs.
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Health CareJackson Lee believed all Americans should be able to afford to see a doctor. She stood up AGAINST Trump and the Republican health care plan that would have kicked thousands of Texans off health insurance. Shiela was a sponsor of the Protecting Pre-Existing Conditions and Making Health Care More Affordable Act of 2019. And she was a strong supporter of the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act. Sheila fought to protect coverage for pre-existing conditions, expand access to affordable health care, and lower the cost of prescription drugs. She was instrumental in expanding the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and protecting Medicare and Medicaid benefits targeted by Republicans. She also worked to pass legislation to prevent deaths related to pregnancy and childbirth.
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