[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 53 (Tuesday, April 29, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H1917]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           HOUSE MUST ACT NOW

  (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, as a member of the House 
Committee on the Judiciary and Subcommittee on Crime, I rise today to 
say to America, hatreds, no, terrorists, yes. The Republic of Texas 
this past weekend and the last couple of days held hostage two innocent 
Americans, two individuals who were guilty of nothing other than 
rejecting their terrorist activities.
  Over 800 militia exist across the Nation. It does us no good to not 
respond to these unchecked fringe groups, violating the civil rights 
and constitutional rights of Americans.
  This House must act now. Among the legislative inertia, we must 
respond to militia that are organized across this Nation to unseat this 
Government in a violent way. We must now have immediate hearings 
dealing with these types of groups. We must pass my House Resolution 
that indicates and asks for vigorous enforcement of U.S. laws against 
such militia and we must update the database. We cannot stand for these 
kinds of attacks on the constitutional and civil rights of Americans.

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