[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 16928-16929]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                   SUPPORTING THE CHILDREN OF AMERICA

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)

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  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, it is important that we begin 
as a Nation to rebuild our lives and rebuild our spirit. September 11, 
2001 was a day of infamy without comparison. But as we move forward to 
acknowledge and thank and praise those heroes, those firefighters and 
police persons, we must also embrace and collaborate and love those 
families.
  Today I stand and ask the Nation to remember the children, children 
now that are left without mothers and fathers, grandmothers and 
grandfathers, aunts and uncles, children who are left without care. 
These children must be embraced by this Congress and this Nation.
  We must be reminded of the necessary resources to help them build 
their spirits, their lives, to keep them in these very cold nights, and 
to be sure that they grow up knowing that this is a Nation of freedom 
and one that will not abandon them.
  As we remember our children, remember they come in all races, colors, 
creeds and religions. Let us stand away from accusing and threatening 
different ethnic groups that we may think are involved. Let us stand 
for what is right and let us find the facts. Let us stamp out 
terrorism. Let us know what is right. Let us not attack and forget the 
Constitution and what this Nation was built upon.
  Mr. Speaker, I expect to offer a resolution that will deal with our 
children, focus on them, and help us help them by making sure that we 
have both the resources and the infrastructure to deal now with lonely 
children left all over this country because their parents have not 
returned home. Heroes that they may be, but they have not come home to 
these children.
  This Nation has higher angels and it is now time for those higher 
angels to take the realm of government, to fight to stamp out 
terrorism, but never forget our people. For this is the land of the 
brave and the free.

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