[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 147 (Thursday, December 4, 2014)]
[House]
[Pages H8655-H8656]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT

  (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, briefly on the floor of the House today 
I mentioned how many times I voted for the defense authorization bill 
and appreciated the underlying principles in that legislation, which is 
to wholly support the United States military and their families. Today, 
unfortunately, layered down with poisonous pills on the floor of the 
House, the majority did not give this Congress the opportunity to 
debate the questions of war and peace.
  So I ask my colleagues and the leadership to let us debate this issue 
next week, or come back, or, as we begin 2015. Whenever we put our sons 
and daughters in harm's way, it is extremely important to do so.
  Let me change to another topic very quickly and acknowledge and give 
my

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sympathy to the Garner family and indicate that I am going to begin an 
assessment of the criminal justice system that includes a review of 
training for our law enforcement across America that will include the 
utilization of stop-and-frisk citations so that racial profiling can 
stop, and it will be an overview of the grand jury system, which is 
obviously broken. My sympathy, again, to the Brown family, to the 
Garner family, Sean Bell, Trayvon Martin, Robbie Tolan, and many, many 
others.
  Mr. Speaker, let me finally say this Congress cannot turn its head 
away from a broken criminal justice system.

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