[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 29 (Thursday, February 12, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H1253]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       VOTE FOR THE STIMULUS BILL

  (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. Madam Speaker, on this day of celebration 
and commemoration of the 200th birthday of Abraham Lincoln, a man of 
conviction and conscience and patriotism, I'm proud to be able to say 
that this Congress will have a historic opportunity to put their 
special interests aside and vote for the American people. Vote for the 
3 to 4 million jobs saved or made. Vote for the 269,000 jobs that were 
made in the State of Texas. Vote for the 7,000-plus jobs in the 18th 
Congressional District in Houston. Vote for the opportunity to 
modernize and repair our schools, to ensure that the broken roads and 
freeways will be repaired and to put men to work such as the gentleman 
that I met in my district in an unemployment office who had 17 years of 
experience in heavy equipment and couldn't find a job. Vote for those 
who need a more improved medical system. And vote for those who want 
extensive research in renewable energy.
  I'm proud to stand alongside of the history of Abraham Lincoln, the 
history that points to others and not to self. Voting for this bill 
recognizes the needs of Americans who are outside the Beltway begging 
for us to do something. I'm proud to stand with them.

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