[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25300]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, something is not right. When 
you look at the budget reconciliation act and you look at the terrible 
devastation of Hurricanes Katrina and Wilma and the impact in the Gulf 
region, and you see the impact on schools like Xavier and Dillard and 
Tulane and Loyola, and then Texas Southern University in Texas that has 
taken over 600 hurricane Katrina students, along with the University of 
Houston, and we are attempting to cause our students billions of 
dollars in aid in the Budget Reconciliation Act, something is not 
right. Something is not right when small and disadvantaged businesses 
cannot even participate in the rebuild after Hurricane Katrina. 
Something is not right when large corporations are blocking the 
opportunities for small businesses to be engaged.
  The Budget Reconciliation Act is not a problem solver. It creates 
problems. How can you put the burden of the deficits created by House 
Republicans and others on the backs of students who are attempting to 
achieve an education? Something is not right when we are cutting 
billions of dollars of student aid.

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