[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 65 (Friday, May 10, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H4806-H4807]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO AMERICAN MOTHERS

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I believe that we have come

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today and forgotten what weekend this is, and I want to pay tribute to 
the honorable remarkable mothers, church mothers, foster care mothers, 
mothers who have adopted, and just mothers, all of our mothers who have 
nurtured this Nation to its great place that it is.
  I rise to honor them for their unselfishness, their determination and 
their immense love. Mothers exhibit great compassion.
  And to the working mothers living on minimum wage, I am simply asking 
the Republicans to stop being such hard heads and honor our mothers who 
work hard with an increase in the minimum wage.
  And to our elderly mothers, with worn hands, who worked long and 
hard, I ask the Republicans to stop trying to cut the Medicare which 
they depend upon.
  Oh, we can talk about a lot this morning, but this is a weekend that 
we should give honor long and hard to the many mothers around this 
Nation who sacrificed their sons and daughters to go to war an still 
remained a patriotic American. Therefore this day I pay tribute to the 
unsung heroines, our mothers. Happy Mothers Day to the mothers of 
America.

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