[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 16, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H663]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      DEMOCRATS STAND FOR HUMANITY

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, I think it is important for us to 
know what just happened today.
  Democrats stood on the floor, unanimously, to open the government. 
Democrats stood on the floor, unanimously, to be able to provide for 
desperate Americans suffering from devastating floods, hurricanes, and 
wildfires.
  Yes, we helped our friends in the Northern Mariana Islands for our 
good colleague to stand on the floor and to have amendments that would 
provide Medicaid for his constituents. Democrats stood for the humanity 
of Americans.
  Democrats are also standing for our Coast Guard, members who are on 
the front lines everywhere around this Nation and in our seas stopping 
drugs and saving people.
  Democrats are simply asking that there be humanity in this Congress, 
in this House, for those who understand TSAs are trying to do their job 
without food or gas.
  Democrats are asking for Senator McConnell to put our bills that were 
just passed to open the government on the Senate floor and to act like 
there is leadership in this Nation, to send them to the President.
  Mr. President, sign the bill to open the government now and stand for 
what America is: a nation that cares.

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