Barbara Lee tweeted the following:
"It was truly an honor to serve as teller in the longest Speaker vote since 1858.Hakeem Jeffries is now the first Black lawmaker to lead a major party in Congress. On the heels of Speaker Pelosis tenure as the first woman Speaker, this is historic.Congrats,@RepJeffries!"Read on Twitter
Here are other recent tweets from Barbara Lee:
"Today marks two years since a deadly assault was waged on the U.S. Capitol, the Congress and the Constitution. As we enter the 118th Congress with extremists holding the House hostage, we must not allow anyone to rewrite history or whitewash the gravity of what took place." on Jan. 6Read on Twitter
"Its been an honor to count the votes for Speaker on the House floor.All 5,208 of them." on Jan. 6Read on Twitter
"As President Biden has said, capitalism without competition isn't capitalism its exploitation.Prohibiting non-competes removes a key lever of power used to keep the labor market rigged against workers. I applaud the@FTC for proposing a new rule to do just that. twitter.com/noamscheiber/s" on Jan. 6Read on Twitter
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