Jackie Speier
Jackie Speier
Karen Lorraine Jacqueline "Jackie" Speieris the U.S. Representative for California's 14th congressional district, serving in Congress since 2008. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district, numbered as the 12th District from 2008 to 2013, includes the northern two-thirds of San Mateo County and the southwest quarter of San Francisco. She represents much of the territory that had been represented by her political mentor, Leo Ryan...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth14 May 1950
CountryUnited States of America
When a government for the people becomes a government in spite of the people, then who are we really serving?
The shots rang out. People ran into the brush, some under the plane. I ran under the plane along with congressman Ryan, trying to hide by a wheel and pretend I was dead.
is just as great today as it was 25 years ago.
Every day is Earth Day, and I vote we start investing in a secure climate future right now.
We think nothing of protecting consumers from faulty toasters or unsafe cars. Is it unreasonable to suggest that investors are entitled to information they can trust before investing their hard-earned money? I don't think it's unreasonable at all.
We must start to treat climate change as what it is - a threat to United States security. And we must not delay.
We must start to prepare for a warming world in the same way that we prepare for the possibility of terrorism - by making sure our infrastructure is secure and by working to minimize threats as much as possible.
We need affordable childcare and paid sick leave so workers don't have to choose between their health and their livelihood.
When I recently spent a night at a homeless shelter, I was dismayed that members of the middle class had moved in and that earning above the minimum wage did not protect adults from having to share a room with dozens of others.
I believe the protection for consumers in the state has not been a high priority,
I don't know what these Republican congressmen drink that make them experts on women's reproductive health.
Seniors and the disabled will soon have new health coverage options now that the Governor has signed SB 375 into law,
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 per year. At this rate, American women will have to wait until 2062 to bring home the same salary as their male counterparts.
My life experiences have helped me to be less fearful. In politics, that has allowed me to take on issues sooner rather than later.