[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10944]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        IN MEMORY OF AN AMERICAN HERO, DORIS MARIE JONES HUBBARD

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Last week, Houston lost a wonderful daughter and a 
great leader by the name of Doris Marie Jones Hubbard. This morning, we 
buried her, finally, in the Houston Veterans Cemetery.
  I rise today to pay tribute to someone who truly believed in 
democracy, who was an advocate for the poor and for people who did not 
have. She shared her talents, was a pioneer in her own right by 
integrating and forcing opportunity in the Democratic Party of Texas. 
Some would think that it's party politics. I would think simply that 
that is making sure that everyone has an opportunity to participate and 
to share in the opportunities that this country gives you to have your 
voice heard. More importantly, she loved her daughter, Kqisha, and she 
was a valiant champion in the Acres Homes community.
  We will sorely miss Doris for she shared, she mentored, she gave, and 
she believed in America with her husband, Ernest, who served in the 
United States Marines. She was honored today by being buried in the 
Houston Veterans Cemetery alongside her beloved late spouse.
  Together, I call them American heroes.

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