[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 136 (Friday, July 31, 2020)]
[House]
[Pages H4205-H4206]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                MOVE QUICKLY TO VOTE ON STIMULUS PACKAGE

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, for 14 years, the Texas Department of 
Transportation has been attempting to build I-45, which would literally 
destroy large aspects of my community.
  In this past appropriation, I am delighted to have had amendments 
that have indicated that you cannot use 106 funds without looking 
closely at the historic preservation impact.
  I provided $1 million extra to help impoverished communities fight 
against such construction that removes buildings like homes, 
businesses, and culturally significant structures. That is what is 
happening in Independence Heights, where

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churches, buildings, homes, and condominiums are all being lost.
  We have to realize that people control this Nation and not 
governmental institutions that would do harm when people can lose their 
homes, their churches, and their businesses.
  Finally, I am glad that as we move into the negotiation of the HEROES 
Act, we will not have the liability issue. We cannot have the liability 
issue; block the $600 that people are supposed to have; the testing 
that people are supposed to have; hospital compensation.
  We need to move quickly to vote on this HEROES Act because our people 
in Houston, Texas, and across the Nation are suffering from COVID-19, 
and I will continue to fight so they can continue to survive and live.
  Tomorrow, we open another testing site in Houston, Texas.

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