[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5892]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 SALUTING ``HOMES FOR HOMETOWN HEROES''

  (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. Madam Speaker, I'm delighted to rise today 
to salute ``Homes for Hometown Heroes.''
  Many of us, my colleagues and myself, Members from as far away as 
California and Arizona, had the privilege of being in Houston, Texas, 
last evening at the Hyatt Regency to celebrate a very unique and 
special program where our hometown heroes, injured soldiers, were able 
to receive their own home by the largess and generosity of many heroes 
in our community.
  Madam Speaker, it's a moving experience to see our soldiers coming in 
injured but yet strong and resilient. What a privilege to be able to 
present to them a key to their own home.
  I look forward to working with this caucus, the Democratic Caucus, 
the Republican Conference, and all of our Members to spread this 
message across America. One has said that all of what they've done, 
they deserve to be respected and responded to, a home for the injured 
soldiers, brain damaged, those who cannot walk in wheelchairs, to 
simply say ``thank you.'' I look forward to announcing a posttraumatic 
stress disorder center in my own 18th Congressional District.
  Last evening reinforced the fact that nothing is too great for those 
who have put their lives on the front line. I look forward to 
celebrating the hometown heroes.

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