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No health reform without a public option, Lee vows
June 23, 2009 | Oakland Tribune
"At no point can we be silent," Lee told the crowd, adding President Barack Obama wants "a democratic movement of people" to push for the best possible plan under the political circumstances. "Health care should not be driven by a profit motive. I don't believe it should be an industry — I believe it's a human right."
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House resolution to honor longtime journalist
June 16, 2009 | San Francisco Chronicle
Oakland Rep. Barbara Lee wants Congress to officially recognize veteran White House reporter Helen Thomas "for her pioneering career as a woman in journalism."
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CBC: More Diversity Needed On Shows
June 15, 2009 | The Hill
“I’m not pleased at all with the diversity issue as it relates to talk shows,” CBC Chairwoman Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) said in an interview with The Hill. “We have, what, 17 subcommittee chairs and four full-committee chairmen? These members are brilliant; they know their stuff. They’re powerful and they should be part of the Sunday morning talk shows.”
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White House pitches war-funding measure
June 10, 2009 | The Hill
Rep. Barbara Lee is perhaps the toughest vote for President Obama to get on a bill funding the war in Afghanistan. After all, Lee was the lone vote against the popular invasion in 2001.
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Black Caucus pushes Obama on health equity
June 08, 2009 | The Politico
CBC Chairwoman Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) asked the president to "institute aggressive solutions to the nation's current plight with health disparities," arguing that "health equity" needs to be a central part of the plan.
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Congresswoman Barbara Lee -- a Rebel Inside the House
June 04, 2009 | Truthout
"One of the reasons to write this book is to define myself because I didn't know who the Rush Limbaughs of the world were talking about -- they called me a traitor, unpatriotic, all kinds of horrible things."
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Demographic shift shows in Sotomayor pick
May 26, 2009 | SFGate.com
Obama's naming of Sotomayor, the daughter of a widowed mother and the product of public housing, won raves from women and minority leaders such as Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, who called her "a true American success story" who will bring "a common sense of understanding of how the law practically works in the lives of all Americans."
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Barbara Lee Urges Leadership to Renegotiate Panama Free Trade Agreement
May 21, 2009 | California Chronicle
Today, Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-9) joined 53 of her House colleagues in sending a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi arguing that the proposed Panama Free Trade Agreement be renegotiated
