[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 16137-16138]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      SERVING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas. There should be one powerful driving force 
for all of us--and that is to serve the American people.
  The least we can do before December 31, 2012, is to provide the 
middle class of America--the working men and women of America, those 
who every day get up at 6 a.m., at 4 a.m., and work night shifts--a tax 
break. I am proud to commit to giving Americans making incomes of 
$250,000 and below a tax break, and I stand here today proudly in 
having signed the petition.
  Let me say what else we can do very quickly.
  As a cochair of the Congressional Children's Caucus, we have passed a 
bipartisan bill on the intervention in and prevention of bullying. 
Everywhere you go, you're hearing about the dastardly conditions of our 
children who are going to school across America.
  To our Members of the United States Congress, let's pass that 
legislation before we leave here, and let's go into 2013 with America 
recognizing that the Congress understands that the safety and security 
of our children in the schools of America are vital. That's the

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least we can do--to protect the children of America. Pass the Bullying 
Prevention and Intervention Act of 2012 now.

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