[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 56 (Thursday, April 22, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H2276]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     WHAT AMERICANS CAN DO IN THE FIGHT AGAINST HATRED AND VIOLENCE

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Madam Speaker, children are our future, and 
as our prayers remain with the families in Littleton, Colorado, in the 
shadow of the conflict in Kosovo, it is important that we acknowledge 
that we can do something. Yes, we can offer our prayers. We can commend 
those young people who were brave and courageous and helped their 
fellow students. We can give our most heartfelt affection and love to 
those who have lost their loved ones.
  But we can do other things. I want to thank the gentleman from 
Florida (Mr. McCollum) and the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Scott), as 
we just passed out of the Subcommittee on Crime H.R. 1501, which would 
include intervention on behalf of those children at risk who need 
mental health services, who are substance abusers, and who, in fact, 
can be helped.
  We need to stop the proliferation of guns. We need to find out why 
the Internet allows us to have instructions to build bombs, and yes, we 
must teach our children not to hate. I do not think we can stand by 
idly and say we do not know what to do, we cannot do anything. We can 
lift our voices in prayer, but at the same time, we can fight against 
hatred, we can fight against the misuse of the Internet and guns, and 
certainly we can help our children who are disturbed and need mental 
health services.

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