Society
Barbara Lee Responds to Census Poverty Report
"This report underscores the degree to which the Bush administration's economic policies have favored the wealthy to the detriment of poor and middle income Americans." Read more…
Barbara Lee Introduces Bill to Lift HIV Travel Ban
"It defies reason that, because of this misguided law, we cannot host an international HIV/AIDS conference in this country." Read more…
Barbara Lee Bill Sets Goal of Cutting Poverty in Half by 2017
"Eradicating poverty needs to be a national priority, and the best way to do that is to set some measurable goals. If we are serious about this, we need to commit to cutting the number of people living in poverty in this country in half over the next ten years." Read more…
House Passes Lee Bill to Support US - Caribbean Educational Exchange
"This bill will establish a mutually beneficial educational exchange between the United States and the Caribbean, and is an important step towards strengthening our relationship with our neighbors." Read more…
House Passes Lee Darfur Divestment Bill
"This bill is designed to wash the blood off of our federal contracts, protect the rights of states to divest their own public pension funds from companies doing business in Sudan and increase the financial pressure on Khartoum to end the genocide in Darfur." Read more…
House Passes Lee Bill to Ban Permanent Bases in Iraq
"We must soundly reject the vision of an open ended occupation as bad policy that undermines the safety of our troops and recognize it for what it is: another recruiting poster for terrorists." Read more…
House to Vote on Lee Bill to Ban Permanent Bases in Iraq
"There is a lot of disagreement about Iraq, but there is widespread agreement on both sides of the aisle that U.S. occupation should not be permanent, and that is a good place to start." Read more…
