[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 194 (Wednesday, December 14, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H9843]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    TIME TO PASS CRUCIAL LEGISLATION

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, in this season of greetings and well-
wishes for holidays for Americans, I do wish them a very special 
holiday season in all the ways that we, as Americans, will celebrate 
this holiday.
  We know that it is a season of giving and good cheer as we finish our 
collective work to be able to fund the government, to keep the doors 
open, and to help the services of those who need them to continue.
  I also think it is important to say that we have crucial legislation 
that should be passed. We cannot leave without passing voting rights. 
We cannot leave with gifting to the American people oppressive voting 
laws to stop them from voting, that purge the voting rolls. We cannot 
leave without real human trafficking legislation that protects our 
children at schools.
  The No Trafficking Zones Act is in the Senate, the other body, and it 
has to be passed. It is a pathway of protecting children and families 
feeling safe when their children go to schools, that predators will not 
be able to actually recruit children for human trafficking right at the 
school and even online.
  Madam Speaker, I give good greetings, but this legislation has to 
pass, voting rights and the No Trafficking Zones Act.

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