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Prior to the 110th Congress, Jackson Lee served on the House Science Committee and on the Subcommittee that oversees space policy and NASA. She is a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, and a CBC whip.
In 2000, she favored permanently normalizing trade status for China, arguing that it would aid both human rights and Houston's economy.
Jackson Lee traveled to the 2001 World Conference against Racism in South Africa, and has backed sanctions against Sudan. On April 28, 2006, Jackson Lee, along with four other members of Congress and six other activists, was arrested for disorderly conduct in front of Sudan's embassy in Washington. They were protesting the role of Sudan's government in ethnic cleansing in Darfur.
In 2008, she endorsed Hillary Clinton for President of the United States.
Speaking in July 2010 at the NAACP national convention, Jackson Lee compared the Tea Party to the KKK.
She supports building a high-speed rail system in Texas.
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