[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 104 (Thursday, June 20, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H4998]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        JUSTICE FOR JOSUE FLORES

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, for a very long time, the entire 
community, including his neighborhood, the Near Northside, mourned the 
loss of a wonderful little boy by the name of Josue Flores.
  We mourn with his family members and his neighborhood. What a loving 
neighborhood.
  We stood by the tree in the area in which he was murdered, stabbed 
many times. There were investigations and arrests, and then there were 
no arrests, and the community still mourned.
  I want to applaud the Near Northside for continuing to remember Josue 
Flores, as well the Safe Work Coalition, ensuring that no child would 
ever walk home to be victimized in that neighborhood again.
  Many law enforcement officers and civil rights groups and others work 
together, civic neighborhood groups--the Near Northside Super 
Neighborhood--but now there is finally an arrest. We hope that justice 
is rendered for that family and justice is rendered for this whole act 
that we hope never happens again.
  We mourn him. We want it to be fair and just. But we want Josue 
Flores to rest in peace and want this proceeding to move forward so 
that this family can have peace and this neighborhood can be assured 
that their children can be safe again.
  I will work with them continuously, as we did, to ensure that law 
enforcement is there for them and the community is there for them.

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