[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6359]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                         ISSUES FACING AMERICA

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I join with my colleagues in 
recognizing the crisis that is being faced by the postal offices across 
America, both urban and rural. We look forward to bringing a contingent 
of workers and postal persons from around the country to this Congress 
to urge it to move forward quickly and utilize the Senate proposal.
  At the same time, I am deeply saddened by a reconciliation budget 
proposal by my friends on the other side of the aisle that's going to 
cut the Social Services Block Grant, it's going to cut Medicaid, it's 
going to cut Meals on Wheels. As a former chairperson of the Interfaith 
Ministries in Houston, Texas, what a sad day to cut Meals on Wheels.
  Today and this week is Teacher Appreciation Week, and I salute them. 
They are great and grand as they teach our children that they can reach 
for the sky. That is why today, the Congressional Children's Caucus 
will host Lee Hirsch, the producer and director of the movie ``Bully.'' 
Eighteen million children have been bullied, like Asher Brown, who lost 
his life, like a 13-year-old Girl Scout who said that she's been 
bullied since age 5.
  Today, I ask my colleagues to join me at 1:30 in 2237 for a press 
conference saying there should be a national call to ending bullying--
intervention, and at the same time to come at 2 o'clock to see the 
movie. Third floor, Library of Congress, Madison Building. There must 
be, and I call for, a national solution to bullying in our children's 
lives.

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