[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 33 (Wednesday, March 20, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H1009]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 ACKNOWLEDGING WOMEN FROM THE 18TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF TEXAS FOR 
                             THEIR ACTIVISM

  (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 join my colleagues in 
acknowledging that the Bush budget does nothing for Americans and it 
does nothing for women.
  This month is a month when we commemorate the history of women in 
America, and I would like to acknowledge, from the 18th Congressional 
District, women who are part of the winds of political change and 
activism: Christie Adair, Irma Leroy, Ninfa Lorenzo, Kathy Whitmire, 
Eleanor Tinsley, Helen Huey, Christian Hartung, Madge Bush, Esther 
Williams, Beverly Clark, Judge Betty Brock Bell, Sylvia Garcia, Carol 
Alvarado, Carol Galloway, Ada Edwards, and Lisa Berry Dockery, all 
women who realize that we must stand up and be counted for what is 
right in our community, and stand up and be counted to make sure that 
for all of the spoils of America, all the issues that deal with a good 
quality of life, women of this community and women that I have just 
listed have all been advocates for helping those in their communities.
  They are our heroes. They are part of America's history. They are 
part of the history of women in America.

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