[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17132]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   STOPPING SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas. Madam Speaker, I apologize for my raspy 
voice, but my passion for standing up overrules my voice. I am 
speechless, combined with outrage and anguish over the little boys that 
have been sexually abused. It is not a question of football and what is 
king. It is not a question of what State it is and what great 
university it is. It is a question of adults and institutions ignoring 
the pain of these children.
  It is documented that it takes 2 years before a child is willing to 
talk about sexual abuse. And in my own State today, an 18-year-old took 
her life because she had been sexually abused by a family member, and 
finally, it was investigated. I don't know how long the law enforcement 
took to investigate it, but she finally took her life with the belief 
that no one would be prosecuted.
  So I'll be introducing legislation that will immediately suspend all 
Federal funds of any institution that is found to have covered up--
employed someone who has been engaged in sexual abuse and no one 
reported it, including the prosecutor's office, who are now just saying 
that they will be looking at this in the State of Texas. It will 
exclude scholarships and Pell Grants. I intend to introduce that 
legislation and stop the funding now for any institution that thinks 
that they are above the law and will watch a grown man perform a sexual 
act on a child and refuse to do something about it. Refuse to do 
something about it. It is an outrage.

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