[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 21922]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             ISSUES FACING TEXAS CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 22

  (Ms. SEKULA GIBBS asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. SEKULA GIBBS. My name is Shelley Sekula Gibbs. I am the new 
Congressmember from Texas Congressional District 22.
  As the winner of the special election, I promise to roll up my 
sleeves and work hard over the next 2 months to move our country 
forward and to support the hardworking people in my district who have 
put their faith in me.
  Some of the key issues for my district are:
  Reducing the size of government and lowering taxes; to help seniors 
in their search for more choice and security in health care and have a 
stable source of funding for Medicare; to enhance Ellington Field as 
the linchpin of homeland security for the Houston region; to also help 
fund NASA/Johnson Space Center, the return to the Moon and onward to 
our voyage to Mars. Space is at the epicenter of our Nation's future.
  As a physician, wife and mother who respects life from conception to 
natural death, I look for ways to support the sanctity of life.
  Texas shares a long border with our neighboring country Mexico. I 
will work to honor my commitment to the people of my district by 
seeking ways to stop illegal immigration while streamlining the process 
of legal immigration.
  I look forward to serving the district and the opportunity to serve 
my Nation.

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