[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 133 (Wednesday, September 17, 2014)]
[House]
[Pages H7627-H7628]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                PROTECTING OUR HOMELAND AND OUR HOMELIFE

  (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. Mr. Speaker, I want to acknowledge the value of our 
Constitution. I just left the Homeland Security hearing on the horror 
of ISIL and held up the Constitution to say that we will not allow 
terrorists to undermine our values, and I am grateful that we live 
under the Constitution that we do.
  With that in mind, I encourage my colleagues to join me on H.R. 5488, 
a bill that I have introduced that would call for the reviewing and 
looking at the watch list to make sure that no foreign fighters are 
left off of that list and that there is a no fly for foreign fighters, 
again, reminding us of the processes which we use, and I hope that 
there will be those who will do so.
  I also want to acknowledge the fact that we are facing economic 
growth, but we are also experiencing problems. All I hear from the NFL 
are the expression of problems. I sent a letter to Director Goodell of 
the NFL, the commissioner, to say, ``Put your resources where your 
complaints are.''
  There are so many groups that are dealing with violence against women 
and abuse of children that we need to provide the NFL the resources to 
all of those groups. We need the NFL wives to be engaged. Stop talking, 
and let's do something.
  This is disgraceful, but there is an epidemic of domestic violence, 
and the NFL can stand up and announce a major funding--as my colleague 
in the Senate has indicated--to be able to lift all of these groups 
that struggle every day to reach these women.
  I would also add to them, put a campaign: see something, say 
something on

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domestic violence. I ask the NFL to stand up and be counted.

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