Washington (CNN) Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee said she was arrested on Thursday by Capitol Police during a protest on voting rights, becoming the third lawmaker to be arrested in recent weeks while participating in a pro-voting rights demonstration in Washington. "Yes, I engaged in civil disobedience in front of the Hart (Senate Office) Building in Washington, DC, and I was arrested," Jackson Lee said in a recorded statement provided to CNN. I will NEVER stop fighting for Voting Rights! The time is NOW to move the voting rights bills in the US Senate forward!! #GoodTrouble pic.twitter.com/XmwNrjgpuX — Sheila Jackson Lee (@JacksonLeeTX18) July 29, 2021In a video of the incident posted to Jackson Lee's Twitter account, the congresswoman can be seen getting her hands restrained by an officer before being led into a police vehicle.

Source: CNN July 29, 2021 23:48 UTC