[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 57 (Thursday, May 11, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H2554]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   WISHING MOTHERS HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

  (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 want to take this 
opportunity just a few days before Mother's Day to wish America's 
mothers a very happy Mother's Day.
  We realize that mothers play so many different roles in our Nation. 
They are our soldiers, our factory workers, lawyers and doctor and 
office workers. They are also the workers that make America work; and, 
of course, our mothers come in all shapes, sizes, religions and of 
course with enormous diversity.
  I wish for them a great and wonderful Mother's Day, and I hope as we 
plan our future in this Congress we realize that working women or 
mothers that stay at home care about their children, and that the work 
we will do will reflect on the goodness of our mothers, whether they 
are our extended mothers, mothers related to us by blood relationship, 
or mothers who have simply nourished us.
  And might I simply pay tribute to my own late aunt, Valrie Bennett, 
and my own mother, Ivalita Jackson. For this reason, I think the 
reasons that mothers are always mothers, it is important to wish them a 
very happy Mother's Day. To the mothers of the Nation, happy Mother's 
Day.

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