-
Washington, D.C. – With approximately 800,000 Americans scheduled to have their federal extended unemployment benefits cut off just three days after Christmas, Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-California) today signed onto legislation that would extend these unemployment benefits until the end of June.
< read more >
-
Washington, DC -- Congresswoman Barbara Lee today said that Senator Trent Lott did the right thing by stepping down today as Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate after Lott’s offensive remarks at the December 5th birthday party for Senator Strom Thurmond. Lee said that now the Republican Party has the unique opportunity to prove that they do not support discriminatory policies that most affect African-Americans and people of colo
< read more >
-
Washington, DC – Thirty-two Congressional Black Caucus members yesterday sent a letter to President Bush urging him to "launch a major new US initiative to fight AIDS," a pandemic that has killed millions of people with many more deaths expected in the future. 14 million children have been orphaned by the disease, and 42 million people currently live with HIV/AIDS. By 2020, 70 million more people are expected to die from HIV/AIDS.
< read more >
-
Washington, DC - Congresswoman Barbara Lee today issued the following statement:
< read more >
-
Washington, DC - Congresswoman Barbara Lee today denounced U.S. Senator Trent Lott's (D-Mississippi) comments made during the 100th birthday celebration for retiring Senator Strom Thurmond (D-South Carolina). Lott told partygoers, "I want to say this about my state: When Strom Thurmond ran for President, we voted for him. We’re proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn’t have had all these problems over all these years, either."
< read more >
-
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Barbara Lee today joined several of her colleagues in calling on the Bush Administration to cool its rhetoric and give the inspections process in Iraq the opportunity to work before prematurely calling them a failure.
< read more >
-
Washington, DC B Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) today joined Representative Dennis Kucinich in condemning proposed attacks on Iraq after a hearing that included the testimony of Scott Ritter, Former Chief Weapons Inspector for the United Nations Special Commission in Iraq.
< read more >
-
Washington, DC B Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) today introduced H.R. 5204, the Hormone Replacement Therapy Alternative Treatment Act, legislation that would provide guaranteed insurance coverage of both prescription and alternative treatments for Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT).
< read more >
-
Washington, DC - At the Barcelona International HIV/AIDS Conference, Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) was honored with an international service award by the Family Health International (FHI) Institute for HIV/AIDS for her efforts to make the struggle against global HIV/AIDS a priority of the U.S. Congress.
< read more >
-
Washington, DC - Susana Hernandez was hosted by Congresswoman Barbara Lee for the opening of An Artistic Discovery as the Ninth Congressional District of California's winner of the 21st Annual National High School art competition. Ms. Hernandez's work, "Mi Familia es Mi Corazon" will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol for the year-long exhibit sponsored by more than 300 Members of Congress.
< read more >
- Show all items