[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 22 (Thursday, February 26, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H636]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     HELPING THOSE IN NEED IN HAITI

  (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 many of us woke up this 
morning, we saw the pending violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti; innocent 
people being subjected to murder and random and reckless violence.
  Yesterday the Congressional Black Caucus met with the President and 
asked for humanitarian assistance. I am reminded of the aid that we 
gave to Bosnia, Albania and Kosovo when refugees fled for their lives. 
I think it would be a shame that with our neighbor, just 650 miles 
away, we turn refugees back who are fleeing because they are in fear of 
their lives or persecution.
  It is time for this administration to share its humanitarian 
perspective, if you will, to those who are neighbors, who helped fight 
for our independence.
  Let me conclude simply by saying we have another tragedy in this 
country as well. For anybody to suggest that Social Security should be 
cut for those who have worked long years and hard for that benefit, 
they should take another look. I hope that we will stand up as a 
Congress against the idea of taking away Social Security for those who 
worked so very hard and have invested in this Nation, who have built 
this Nation. Social Security cannot be cut for those who have worked 
and given to this Nation.

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