[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16658]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          BULLYING PREVENTION

  (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. We cannot forget our children, and I ask 
that this body not close the doors on the Good Samaritan. Let that 
person in.
  I would encourage the support of H.R. 83 that has focused on 
protecting our children from bullying. I have founded and cochaired the 
Congressional Children's Caucus with my colleague from Illinois, a 
bipartisan caucus that wants to remember the children. I encourage my 
colleagues to sign on to H.R. 83 so that we can have a national 
statement against bullying and begin to fund the best practices that 
our communities can work on to protect our children.
  And then I want to ensure that the 2.5 million Americans that will 
lose their unemployment in 2012 are protected. Let's determine that 
those who have worked not be left in the cold without unemployment 
benefits.
  And as we look forward to Veterans Day, I want to stand publicly and 
say that I oppose any cuts to veterans benefits by the supercommittee. 
I stand in support of our veterans and declare that if they gave us a 
promise and their willingness to sacrifice their life, we must stand in 
promise to them to never cut their benefits. Let me say to the homeless 
veterans that I visited, we, too, respect your condition and your 
service. We will not cut veterans benefits.

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