[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 62 (Wednesday, April 10, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H3240-H3241]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  HONORING THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE RECENT AFGHANISTAN ATTACK

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)

[[Page H3241]]

  

  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I am reminded of the creation of the 
Homeland Security Committee and the Department of Homeland Security. It 
was in the aftermath of the heinous acts of 9/11, of which I was a 
Member of the United States Congress, and the description and actions 
are seared in my memory.
  We organized the Homeland Security Department to be the front lines 
of security, to recognize, and to determine what would be the best way 
to function.
  I will be introducing legislation about the security of the Homeland 
Security Department. The precipitous firings and resignations are 
putting this Nation in jeopardy and putting the men and women on the 
front lines for the work that they are doing, it is undermining that 
very important work.
  So today I rise as a cofounder and co-chair of the Afghanistan 
Caucus, to ask my colleagues to salute those who just lost their lives 
in battle in Afghanistan, soldiers from across the Nation. Their 
families are mourning, and we owe them a recognition that they wear the 
uniform and they are able or willing to sacrifice for us.
  I would ask my colleagues to take a moment of silence for those who 
died in the recent IED incident in Afghanistan. I ask now for a moment 
of silence for those soldiers who have fallen in battle.

                          ____________________