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 we foster an economy without hope, we guarantee that a segment of our population will be destined to know homelessness on a permanent basis, and not for the one night I voluntarily spent at a shelter.
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.
Every day is Earth Day, and I vote we start investing in a secure climate future right now.
When a government for the people becomes a government in spite of the people, then who are we really serving?
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.
I don't know what these Republican congressmen drink that make them experts on women's reproductive health.
My life experiences have helped me to be less fearful. In politics, that has allowed me to take on issues sooner rather than later.
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 family wasn't particularly political. Mom and Dad voted, but that was the extent of their involvement. In fact, I ended up going to U.C. Davis because, to them, Berkeley was too radical.
Seniors and the disabled will soon have new health coverage options now that the Governor has signed SB 375 into law,
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.
I think it?s one of the most under-utilized constitutional offices, ... I want to change that. I want to turn that office into the guardian of higher education.
I think this is the best way to deter high-risk offenders -- including sexual predators -- from committing new crimes because we will know where they are if it happens.
We need affordable childcare and paid sick leave so workers don't have to choose between their health and their livelihood.