[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 67 (Wednesday, April 17, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H2486]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EMBRACING DIVERSITY

  (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, as you can see, there is just not 
enough time to speak on these issues.
  Mr. Speaker, as we go into a number of religious holidays, which 
brings us together around peace, faith, and harmony, I want us to 
recognize that racism is raising its own ugly head again. It is raising 
its head on DEI, something that most of us of a certain age have no 
clue as to diversity, inclusion, exclusiveness, and the many different 
terminologies that can be utilized. We know the question of race and 
who we are.
  It is important, as we take to our home districts, that we embrace 
the diversity that is in our districts, talk about the need for harmony 
and unity, and, as well, that we recognize that we are better together 
than we are separated.
  I want to offer a commitment that we stand against racism, that we 
acknowledge it, that we join together in supporting H.R. 40, which is a 
commission to study reparations and develop reparation proposals.
  I look forward to us ridding ourselves of the ugly face of racism as 
well as ensuring that we find a way to solve why we are divided instead 
of united.
  Racism is ugly, and we must rid ourselves of it.

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