[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6787]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        BULLYING PREVENTION LAW

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, there's nothing more precious 
than the Nation's children. Of course, we love and respect our seniors, 
respect our families, and respect our men and women in the United 
States military. In fact, America has a great future. But all of us 
realize that that future is grounded not only on our democratic 
principles, but on what we do for our children.
  Bullying in the Nation's schools is at epidemic proportions. Two 
weeks ago, in my community, one young person took a sock with a lock in 
it and caused another young person to leave that school in an ambulance 
to go to the hospital for some 15 to 20 stitches. We've seen the 
results of bullying that resulted in the suicide of one college student 
and the suicide of a 13-year-old. And we've certainly seen the movie 
``Bully.''
  I want to thank Lee Hurst for joining me last week in listening to 
the stories of those who tell real stories. Today, I introduced H.R. 
5770, which is a bullying prevention law, including the reauthorization 
of the Juvenile Block Grant. It is imperative that this Congress make a 
national statement that bullying is unacceptable, but more importantly, 
that we give the tools to school districts around the Nation and 
communities to intervene and prevent bullying.
  Our children are precious. I ask my colleagues to join in a 
bipartisan manner on this legislation.

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