On The Record #22: This week Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee talks various topics with April Ryan

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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas waits to speak outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, after the court heard oral arguments in the Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin affirmative action case. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas waits to speak outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, after the court heard oral arguments in the Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin affirmative action case. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas waits to speak outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, after the court heard oral arguments in the Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin affirmative action case. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

This week April talks to Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, an influential and forceful voice in Washington. She is serving her eleventh term as a member of the United States House of Representatives.

April Ryan has a unique vantage point as the only Black female reporter covering urban issues from the White House, a position she has held with AURN since the Clinton era. Her position as a White House Correspondent has afforded her heightened insight into the racial sensitivities, issues, and attendant political struggles of our nation. April has written three books; The Presidency in Black & White: My Close-Up View of Three Presidents and Race in America, At Mama's Knee: Mothers and Race in Black and White, and Under Fire: Reporting from the Front Lines of the Trump White House. Twitter: @aprildryan

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