[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 171 (Wednesday, November 18, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H13075]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  THANKING THE REVEREND JESSE JACKSON FOR HIS 1984 RUN FOR PRESIDENCY

  (Mr. RUSH asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RUSH. Mr. Speaker, I am here to congratulate and thank Rev. Jesse 
Jackson, Sr. Thank you, Rev. Jackson, for your historic run for 
President in 1984.
  But I really want to thank you for what you did for me back in the 
summer of 1969. My friend and fellow member on the Illinois chapter of 
the Black Panther party was assassinated while he slept in his bed at 4 
a.m. by the Chicago Police Department and Cook County State's 
Attorney's Office. The very next morning, at 5 a.m., they came to my 
apartment, seeking to kill me. I was not there. I was running for my 
life over the next few days, until Saturday, December 8, 1969, I turned 
myself in to Operation PUSH and the Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson.
  Mr. Speaker, if it had not been for Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, I would 
have been killed. If it had not been for Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, I 
would not be here today. If it had not been for Rev. Jesse Louis 
Jackson, I would not be representing the people of the First 
Congressional District.
  Thank you, Rev. Jackson. I love you, and you can't do nothing about 
it.

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