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
Privacy isn't negotiable. It's the right of every American.
Planned Parenthood has a right to operate. Planned Parenthood has a right to provide family planning services. Planned parenthood has a right to perform abortions.
With a measly 18 percent of our Congress composed of women, the U.S. ranks just 77th in the world in terms of women in elected office, surpassed by such countries as Ezbekistan and Moldova.
It is past time that consumers recognize the emerging power of 'Made In America' products and services. The nation's shopping list needs this header: Check out what is made here before you 'go' overseas.
It's more important than ever for America to rededicate itself to manufacturing at home. When we make more products in America, more American families will make it.
The truth of the matter is they are getting paid to do (state) jobs that the public perceives they're committed to 24/7. They accepted the positions knowing what the parameters are.
Labor has only as much influence as the Chamber of Commerce.
It is important for us to be able to meet and greet the people that we serve. And if we start having police presence everywhere we go, it's going to create a chilling effect on discourse, and it creates an incredible assault on the democratic process.
I believe the protection for consumers in the state has not been a high priority,
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 must start to treat climate change as what it is - a threat to United States security. And we must not delay.