[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 16327]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       COME HOME, GOVERNOR PERRY

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, we've been waiting for a jobs 
agenda now for as long as this Congress has been in session, and I can 
convey to my colleagues that an easy way of attending to creating jobs 
is by passing the jobs bill.
  Moving on, Mr. Speaker, let me thank Governor Perry for making a 
personal and public statement of his opposition to the State-issued 
Confederate license plate. Yet I would advise Governor Perry that his 
Department of Motor Vehicles board--nine appointed by him--have now 
scheduled that vote for November 10. All good-willed persons, all good-
willed Texans who would oppose a State-issued oppressive license plate 
reflecting upon the oppression of slavery need to show up on November 
10 in Austin, Texas, to indicate their opposition to such a draconian 
and devastating blow to the people of Texas.
  I would also remind Governor Perry that the North Forest Independent 
School District that is now leading and educating 7,500 students, a 
majority minority district, has now been given a denial on its appeal, 
meaning an attempt by the Texas Education Agency to kill a majority 
minority school district in the State of Texas.
  Governor Perry, come home. We need you.

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