[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11238]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              RESTORING DIGNITY AND FREEDOM TO THIS NATION

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, last Saturday, June 19, was 
the celebration of Juneteenth. Thirty-six States now recognize that as 
a State holiday, a holiday that is not just for one narrow community, 
but in actuality, is about perseverance, determination, commitment, and 
freedom. Major Gordon Granger landed on the shores of Galveston, Texas, 
to announce that those who had been enslaved are free, 2 years later, 
past the Emancipation Proclamation of Abraham Lincoln.
  Today we have the same challenges of restoring, of being persevering 
and determined to improve education, to restore summer jobs that have 
not been voted on yet, to pass a remedies bill that I am introducing 
that is going to take a new look at the gulf oil spill and restore some 
new processes to not have this happen again. And yes, restore some 
dignity to the brass as it relates to the Commander in Chief, who 
should always be respected. Let us restore dignity and freedom to this 
Nation and include the United States military brass that have to be 
more respectful of the President than I have seen in the last 48 hours.

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