[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9346]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AMERICAN VOICES HAVE BEEN HEARD

  (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, I rise today to announce to 
the American people that their voices have been heard.
  Today, this House voted down the $180 billion war funding bill that 
the President requested. It is time now for Americans to be heard and 
for this Congress to move forward on the safe redeployment of our 
troops.
  In addition, Mr. Speaker, I offered amendments to declare the 
authorization of 2002 expired. I hope we will address that question and 
to announce or to establish a national day of honor in celebration to 
bring our troops home.
  With the utilization of the $180 billion, we can begin an economic 
stimulus package that would include the work that the Congressional 
Black Caucus and Majority Whip Clyburn and myself have been supporting, 
and that is to provide for $1 billion or $500 million for summer job 
programs.
  This is an emergency. Our young people are finding the doors of 
opportunity closed. Many of them support their families. They need 
money for books. We need a summer job program. With the defeat of this 
$180 billion spending program for the war, we can do better.
  The war should end. We've defeated the spending.

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