[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 156 (Friday, October 23, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H7168]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
WEEK IN REVIEW
(Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House
for 1 minute.)
Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, some of the good news this week is my
introduction, with 16 original cosponsors, of H. Res. 489,
congratulating Texas Southern University for 88 years. TSU is
celebrating their 88 years at their homecoming this weekend.
TSU is a school that has graduated not only Barbara Jordan and Mickey
Leland, but tens upon tens of great NFL football players. Tonight we
will honor TSU. I pay tribute to Texas Southern University by
introducing H. Res. 489.
Unfortunately, there are some bad things that have happened. Let me
cite H.R. 3762, the Restoring Americans' Healthcare Freedom
Reconciliation Act, that cuts $278.2 billion in discretionary funding
that would help many of our children and education and the environment
and health care and, as well, providing, if you will, the cuts in the
Affordable Care Act. I like the idea of the Cadillac tax provision, but
that is not the basis of the bill. H.R. 3762 is a bad bill.
Then, of course, there were 11 hours of testimony. What did we find
in the Benghazi hearing? We found that Secretary Clinton could, in
fact, present the facts to the American people and be transparent as we
knew; but we found no new facts, no smoking gun. It is time to end the
Benghazi hearings and committee.
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