[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 19, 2021)]
[House]
[Pages H2595-H2596]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         STAND UP AGAINST HATE

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, in this short period of time, I offer 
several

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thoughts. First of all, we are stronger as a country when we stand up 
against hate at all times.
  Today, in the Judiciary Committee, we saw the results of hate now 100 
years in the making, and that is the Tulsa race riots. The Tulsa race 
riots showed that attackers looted and intentionally burned an 
estimated 1,256 homes in Greenwood, America's Black Wall Street, along 
with nearly all of the district's churches, schools, and businesses.
  The testimony of yesteryear saw hundreds of men march through the 
main business section of White town with their hats off and their hands 
up. The brutality was unmentionable. Men, women, and children, driven 
like cattle, huddled like horses, treated like beasts.
  Today, we heard from Viola Fletcher, 107 years old; Hughes van Ellis, 
100 years old; and Lessie Benningfield Randle, 106 years old. We ask 
for justice for them.
  In addition, I want to take note that this is Asian American and 
Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and to be able to say that we stand 
against the horrific shootings in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 16, 2021. 
We have to stand against hate. I am glad that we passed the bipartisan 
commission on January 6 to show that America is unified.
  Finally, some good news to my constituents: We will be launching the 
child tax credit effort. We want you to get that child tax credit.

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