In my district, California 14, we have about 4,000 families who are on food stamps, but some of my colleagues have thousands and thousands more. Yet, they somehow feel like crusaders, like heroes, when they vote to cut food stamps. — Jackie Speier Copy Share Image
Every American has the right to feel safe in their schools, in their churches, in their movie theaters, and in their nightclubs. — Jackie Speier Copy Share Image
With a measly 18 percent of our Congress composed of women, the U.S. ranks just 77th in the world in terms of women in… — Jackie Speier Copy Share Image
If the director of the department doesn't even know what the privacy policy is, we are in trouble. — Jackie Speier Copy Share Image
People have a right to surf the Web without Big Brother watching their every move and announcing it to the world. The Internet marketplace… — Jackie Speier Copy Share Image
It's more important than ever for America to rededicate itself to manufacturing at home. When we make more products in America, more American families… — Jackie Speier Copy Share Image
When we foster an economy without hope, we guarantee that a segment of our population will be destined to know homelessness on a permanent… — Jackie Speier Copy Share Image
Working 40 hours a week used to mean a minimum standard of living and a foothold on the first rung of the economic ladder… — Jackie Speier Copy Share Image
When I recently spent a night at a homeless shelter, I was dismayed that members of the middle class had moved in and that… — Jackie Speier Copy Share Image
We need affordable childcare and paid sick leave so workers don't have to choose between their health and their livelihood. — Jackie Speier Copy Share Image
We think nothing of protecting consumers from faulty toasters or unsafe cars. Is it unreasonable to suggest that investors are entitled to information they… — Jackie Speier Copy Share Image
What a gun does to a person who survives is devastating as well. Whether it's the surgeries, I had over ten, the years of… — Jackie Speier Copy Share Image
Since President Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act in 1963, the gap between men and women's earnings has narrowed by less than a half-cent… — Jackie Speier Copy Share Image
