[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 5 (Tuesday, January 15, 2008)]
[House]
[Page H6]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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     IT IS TIME FOR AN ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE TO HELP HOMEOWNERS

  (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. Today, Madam Speaker, we have the honor of 
celebrating the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King. I am reminded of 
the 40th year of his death and what he was committed to, that is, the 
equality of all people, the economic equality. And that is why in 1968 
he was bringing to Washington poor people from around America.
  It is time for an economic stimulus package, and the United States 
Congress must respond to the pain of the American people who are losing 
their homes. An immediate moratorium on those who are being foreclosed 
on, an infusion of capital to help them save their homes, and a freeze 
on the adjustable rates of these individuals who are suffering, who 
have invested in their homes, paid for their homes, and are the victims 
of scandalous and unscrupulous individuals who would take advantage of 
them.
  Let us keep the dream alive and fight for those who have invested in 
the American Dream. Let us put forward an economic stimulus package 
that will save the American people and their homes and really say that 
America is going toward the promised land.
  Happy birthday, Dr. Martin Luther King. Thank you so very much for 
all that you have done for all America.

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