George Floyd’s brother Philonise Floyd was also a featured witness at the hearing, where he spoke about the pain of losing his brother.
Sheila Jackson Lee
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Texans in Congress divided over President Donald Trump’s protest response
Members of Congress and staff worry that the country’s political dysfunction has rendered the federal government incapable of addressing police violence legislatively before the November elections.
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Police brutality in Texas
Joe Biden to attend George Floyd’s funeral in Houston, family attorney says
Biden, the former vice president, has spoken out multiple times about Floyd’s death in recent days, including in a speech Tuesday morning that called the tragedy a “wake-up call for our nation.”
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Congress
No Texans cross party lines in votes to impeach President Trump
The U.S. House voted to impeach the president on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, the third time in the nation’s history the chamber took such action.
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Congress
How a question from Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee led to a joke about Trump’s son in the impeachment hearing
The witness later apologized after First Lady Melania Trump condemned the comment.
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Congress
U.S. Rep. Ratcliffe emerges as strong defender of Trump during public hearing on impeachment
See what the Texans in Congress are asking the witnesses in today’s public impeachment inquiry hearing.
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Texas Democrats on board as U.S. House formally moves forward on Trump impeachment process
Texans on both sides of the aisle will be involved in impeachment hearings.
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Demographics
Donald Trump compared his impeachment to lynching. Texans in Congress respond: “How dare you?”
The White House insisted Trump wasn’t equating the impeachment probe to “one of our darkest moments in American history,” but Democrats said the president was “weaponizing hate.”
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Mounting impeachment drama shakes up battleground Texas races
In a dramatic turn, several Texas Democrats in competitive congressional races signaled a new openness Tuesday to impeaching President Donald Trump.
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Texans home in on obstruction of justice, investigative methods in Mueller hearing
U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Heath, argued that Special Counsel Robert Mueller went beyond his bounds by making clear the investigation didn’t exonerate the president.