[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 14, 2018)]
[House]
[Pages H1586-H1587]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         CHILDREN OF OUR NATION

  (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, the children of our Nation are raising 
their voices. In the last couple of days in my district, many young 
people representing the 140,000 DACA-status young people in Texas and 
800,000 in the Nation walked and shouted and asked and cajoled and 
spoke eloquently about the ridiculous malaise of this Congress, where 
we have not reauthorized DACA when there is a bill ready to move.
  Do we care about our children? Do we care about the doctors, lawyers, 
and astronauts? Do we care about the teachers? Do we care about the 
parents--mothers and fathers--all DACA-status individuals who love this 
Nation?
  And then today we heard from the voices of those who raised their 
hands

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and said: I do not feel safe in school. I do not feel safe.
  So they left their schools and honored those who died in Florida just 
a few weeks ago. They begged for this Nation and this Congress to get 
out of its stupor and to begin to pass real gun safety legislation.
  Raise the age. Ban the bump stocks. Have universal background checks. 
The children's voices are crying.
  Finally, Mr. Speaker, where in the world does General Sessions get in 
his mind that he can fire FBI Directors, Assistant Directors? And where 
in the world does the President get in his mind that he can fire the 
Secretary of State in such a disgraceful manner?

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