[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 96 (Monday, July 8, 2013)]
[House]
[Pages H4189-H4190]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        IN MEMORY OF AN AMERICAN HERO, DORIS MARIE JONES HUBBARD

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Last week, Houston lost a wonderful daughter and a 
great leader by the name of Doris Marie Jones Hubbard. This morning, we 
buried her, finally, in the Houston Veterans Cemetery.
  I rise today to pay tribute to someone who truly believed in 
democracy,

[[Page H4190]]

who was an advocate for the poor and for people who did not have. She 
shared her talents, was a pioneer in her own right by integrating and 
forcing opportunity in the Democratic Party of Texas. Some would think 
that it's party politics. I would think simply that that is making sure 
that everyone has an opportunity to participate and to share in the 
opportunities that this country gives you to have your voice heard. 
More importantly, she loved her daughter, Kqisha, and she was a valiant 
champion in the Acres Homes community.
  We will sorely miss Doris for she shared, she mentored, she gave, and 
she believed in America with her husband, Ernest, who served in the 
United States Marines. She was honored today by being buried in the 
Houston Veterans Cemetery alongside her beloved late spouse.
  Together, I call them American heroes.

                          ____________________