U.S. Representative Summer Lee, who serves Pennsylvania’s 12th district, addressed a range of national and international issues in a series of posts on July 25, 2025.
In her first post, Lee stated, “It isn’t fair that college athletes bring in millions to their schools without being paid for their labor. @ChrisMurphyCT and I reintroduced a bill to ensure college athletes across the country can collectively bargain and unionize. They deserve a seat at the negotiating table.” (July 25, 2025).
Later that day, Lee commented on the humanitarian situation in Gaza: “Palestinians in Gaza are being starved to death. The IDF is blocking aid and shooting people waiting in line for food. People are collapsing in the streets from extreme starvation. Horrors upon horrors. The U.S. must stop funding Israel’s manufactured famine and genocide.” (July 25, 2025).
Addressing domestic concerns about federal law enforcement practices under the Trump administration, Lee wrote: “Federal agents under the Trump admin are operating like a secret police force on U.S. soil. @RepRobertGarcia and I are calling on @Sec_Noem to answer for ICE’s masked raids and intimidation tactics. This assault on civil rights cannot go unanswered.” (July 25, 2025).
Lee has served as a member of Congress since replacing Mike Doyle in 2023 after previously serving in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 2019 to 2022. She was born in Pittsburgh in 1987 and currently resides in Swissvale. Lee holds degrees from Pennsylvania State University (BA) and Howard University (JD).
