[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 213 (Wednesday, December 16, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H7225]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         MARKING A DAY OF HOPE

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, first of all, I want to, as a member 
of the Judiciary Committee, associate myself with the Missing Persons 
and Unidentified Remains Act of 2019, a very vital act for dealing with 
families who have lost loved ones, as well as the Crisis Stabilization 
and Community Reentry Act, S. 3312, which deals with helping people who 
are incarcerated adjust back to the community.
  I believe that we had a day of hope yesterday in Houston and around 
the world. In fact, it was not only yesterday, but it was Monday. That 
is when the first vaccines began to come to the Nation.
  I went to the public hospital system, and I became part of UPS--that 
is, Pfizer vaccines that I was able to lift at the Lyndon Baines 
Johnson Hospital and then walk that vaccine to the pharmacy so that 
people would have hope. Then, I went to Ben Taub Hospital--the public 
health system, again--and watched people from all backgrounds get 
vaccinated.
  This is a day of hope. We must continue, but we must continue to walk 
carefully. We must continue to stay distant, get testing, and wear our 
masks.
  There is hope. I am delighted to have been able to be there to say to 
our constituents that there is hope, Madam Speaker.

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