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
He has the responsibility to meet with the president and make the case. People want to know why California continues to be the ATM for the rest of the country.
He has the responsibility to meet with the president and make the case, ... People want to know why California continues to be the ATM for the rest of the country.
People have a right to surf the Web without Big Brother watching their every move and announcing it to the world. The Internet marketplace has matured - and it's time for consumers' protections to keep pace.
Every American has the right to feel safe in their schools, in their churches, in their movie theaters, and in their nightclubs.
If the director of the department doesn't even know what the privacy policy is, we are in trouble.
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 physical therapy, the emotional and physical scars that you endure and have to come to grips with the fact that you are different.
Privacy isn't negotiable. It's the right of every American.
Planned Parenthood has a right to operate. Planned Parenthood has a right to provide family planning services. Planned parenthood has a right to perform abortions.
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 elected office, surpassed by such countries as Ezbekistan and Moldova.
In terms of transparency in total compensation, we need to look at what's a reasonable number, and to what extent it's appropriate.
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.