[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 5 (Tuesday, January 29, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H87]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   LAID-OFF ENRON EMPLOYEES NEED HELP

  (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, today we will hear the State 
of the Union presented by the President of the United States. We all 
have collectively indicated our support for the effort to fight 
terrorism and secure our homeland.
  But coming from Houston, Texas, I would like to raise another issue, 
to put a human face on the loss being experienced by the laid-off 
employees at Enron. And add my sympathy as well to the Baxter family. 
Some of these Enron employees will be with us today. I would hope that 
the Congress would act to help to give them relief, individuals who are 
innocent and have lost much of their livelihood, the ability to protect 
and provide for their family.
  I believe that Congress can act, and Congress and the administration 
should respond to these individuals, hard-working taxpayers who now 
have found themselves without any opportunity for work primarily 
because much of what is owed to them is caught up in the judicial 
system. Our Congress and the administration can stand up and be counted 
with these families, and I hope we will do so.

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