[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6768]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           HELP IS ON THE WAY

  (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, we have seen the 
unemployment numbers continue to climb in our Nation. We're watching 
the Dow tremble. But I think it is important that we understand help is 
on the way, that the American people are watching a process in this 
body and in the other body that will generate not earmarks but dollars 
for communities. For many people think that earmarks are moneys that we 
grab and put in our pocket. It is only the direction given to money 
already there to help the people in your community: rural Appalachia, 
Iowa.
  So in addition to this appropriations bill that is now in the other 
body, this Congress voted against their salary increase. And for those 
who don't understand that, as the debate is going on in the other body, 
we have already done it. We have already put forward a bill that speaks 
to the people's needs and makes sure that our salary increase is not 
there. Our leadership demanded that.
  So I ask the other body to get on with their work and vote for the 
bill.

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