Progressive Democrat. Represented the #EastBay in Congress for 26 years. Fighting for justice for all, peace, and human rights. @ProChoiceCaucus Co-Chair.
Washington, DC and Oakland, CA
Joined February 2011
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Rep. Barbara Lee (Archived) retweeted
The easiest thing we can do is to give up. I know for many of you, what we face now seems insurmountable. So I want to share with you something GOOD that happened this week, before I get to the Bad and the Ugly.
michaelmoore.com/p/the-good-…
Rep. Barbara Lee (Archived) retweeted
Update 5) This 4 Alarm Fire Incident is now at 8 acres burning. 4-5 structures have been impacted directly with several more threatened. 80+ firefighters on scene. The prepositioned @Cal_OES apparatus and @CAL_FIRE air and OPs support have arrived.
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Rep. Barbara Lee (Archived) retweeted
Last year, I joined my colleagues to introduce the #CeasefireNOW Resolution.
One year later, our demands for peace remain stronger than ever.
@POTUS: we need an immediate ceasefire and an arms embargo NOW.
Rep. Barbara Lee (Archived) retweeted
We need meaningful de-escalation and diplomacy in the Middle East. Read my full statement with @RepBarbaraLee @RepMcGovern and @RepCasar ⬇️
Rep. Barbara Lee (Archived) retweeted
It is hard to believe this is it.
Today is the final A’s home game in Oakland. We are running 8 car trains on several lines and will have 6 event trains for after the game.
BART and the Athletics have been intertwined since 1972.
Let's take a stroll down memory lane 🧵⬇️
ALT Stomper in front of a BART train with text reading "NEWS: BART says goodbye to the A's"
Rep. Barbara Lee (Archived) retweeted
This cycle of violence in the Middle East will not make anyone more secure.
Statement from @USProgressives Chair @RepJayapal + CPC Peace & Security Task Force Chair @RepBarbaraLee on the disturbing number of deaths in Lebanon and escalating tensions in the region:
Rep. Barbara Lee (Archived) retweeted
The fourth and final video in our series on military spending: The Cost of War.
At the end of the day, it all comes down to quality of life. Unnecessary, wasteful Pentagon spending has not improved the lives of the vast majority of Americans.
Repost to spread the word!
Rep. Barbara Lee (Archived) retweeted
(2/2) "I hope we can use this as an opportunity to rededicate ourselves to the struggle ahead to help everyone, everywhere, achieve their rights, regardless of who they are."
—@RepBarbaraLee
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Rep. Barbara Lee (Archived) retweeted
(1/2) Congresswoman @RepBarbaraLee is this year’s recipient of the William Monroe Trotter Leadership Award. The award celebrates the political courage and leadership of William Monroe Trotter, a pioneer activist for the civil rights of African Americans. buff.ly/3YktTzT
Rep. Barbara Lee (Archived) retweeted
In loving memory of our beloved friend and treasured colleague: Representative Sheila Jackson Lee, 1950-2024.
Rep. Barbara Lee (Archived) retweeted
Today, the Secretary of the Navy exonerated 258 Black Sailors who were court-martialed after the disaster in Port Chicago, California in 1944.
In the wake of this tragedy, they refused orders to return to dangerous work while white sailors were granted leave, exposing systemic inequities and building momentum for the desegregation of the Armed Forces.
Today's action has righted an historic wrong. These Sailors pushed our nation toward dignity, respect, and equality for all.
Rep. Barbara Lee (Archived) retweeted
Today, Chairman Vern Buchanan and Ranking Member Dina Titus of the House Democracy Partnership released a statement on The Gambian National Assembly's rejection of the bill to repeal the #FGM ban:
Rep. Barbara Lee (Archived) retweeted
Schools. Grocery Stores. Churches. Concerts.
Americans’ gathering places are also the most frequent mass shooting targets.
Right now, House Republicans are trying to put more guns into the wrong hands.
@AppropsDems are fighting back. Tune in here ⬇️youtu.be/jSqIRCe3lws
Rep. Barbara Lee (Archived) retweeted
“I consider it legalized corruption.” @daniellebrian, Executive Director @POGOwatchdog
The second episode in our video series on the military industrial complex focuses on defense lobbyists and their vast influence in the halls of Congress.
Rep. Barbara Lee (Archived) retweeted
Since #Dobbs, the Democratic Women’s Caucus has fought back against Republicans’ nonstop attacks on a woman’s right to make her own health care choices.
We won’t back down until the job is done.
WATCH NOW:
Rep. Barbara Lee (Archived) retweeted
SCOTUS had an opportunity today to affirm that federal law protects the right to emergency abortion care, once and for all. They did not take it.
Our fight continues.
Read our full statement from Co-Chairs @RepBarbaraLee& @RepDianaDegette here 👇.
Rep. Barbara Lee (Archived) retweeted
What's happened in the two years since Dobbs?
27 million women are living under abortion bans.
Doctors are being criminalized.
IVF and birth control are under attack.
We are at a crossroads. We must choose freedom over extremism.
Rep. Barbara Lee (Archived) retweeted
Today’s SCOTUS decision is not a victory — it leaves the door open to future attacks on emergency abortion care from the anti-abortion extremists.
The status quo has been preserved, and federal law upheld, for now. But so has the suffering under post-Dobbs abortion bans.
Hospitals in Idaho that receive federal funds must allow emergency abortion care to stabilize patients even though the state strictly bans the procedure, the Supreme Court ruled, one day after the opinion was prematurely posted on its website. wapo.st/45ZBw0F
Rep. Barbara Lee (Archived) retweeted
Rep. Barbara Lee on the debate tonight: “I hope the country is paying attention not only to how they talk about abortion, but what they've actually done about it”
Rep. Barbara Lee (Archived) retweeted
Going live from the Capitol to mark the 2nd anniversary of #Dobbs.
📺Tune in here: democraticleader.house.gov/l…
