[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 206 (Tuesday, November 30, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H6700]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           OUTRAGEOUS SPEECH

  (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. Madam Speaker, I have been in the House for a very 
long time, and I have grown to love the dignity, the power, and the 
respect of this body, not for individuals but for the respect of the 
United States of America.
  On November 17, 2021, a Member of the House from Colorado called 
another Member the jihad squad member from Minnesota. These words have 
continued on. It is in the Congressional Record. It was when we were 
leaving for a beautiful reflection of thanksgiving. So the words were 
not pulled down.
  Over the past couple of days, it has been one attack after another, 
such as in an elevator: I thought this person, this Member from 
Minnesota, was a terrorist.
  Don't we understand that the world watches this body?
  Besides those words having needed to be taken down, and they were not 
at that time, the world wonders: Is America viewing the more than 1 
billion-plus Muslims around the world, obviously, every one as 
terrorists; the mothers and fathers, the doctors and lawyers, the 
countries that we seek to interact with, to collaborate with, and to be 
developing into democracies those that are not?
  It is outrageous when we use this place with such discourse or when 
we have a medical doctor who says the Omicron is used by Democrats. It 
is outrageous.
  Let us act as if God we trust, and let us act as if there is dignity 
in this place. Let us act as if we are leaders for the world.

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