[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14116]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           IMMIGRATION REFORM

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, let me indicate that as our Members 
come back from the work recess--and I think it is important to 
establish that although 1 or 2 vacation days may have been taken and 
Members got a chance to see their families, they were working--and I am 
going to take the optimistic approach and say that the American people 
want to see us working over the next couple of days.
  I believe we can collectively, with the President, address the 
terrorist threat of ISIS. Those of us who had a chance to be in the 
Middle East know how serious an impact that it has on the homeland, but 
I also believe that we can put on the floor of the House a 
comprehensive immigration bill, raise the minimum wage, provide for pay 
equity, and provide for the education of our children by bringing down 
the high interest rates for higher education.
  Madam Speaker, it should be the rule of this House and the rule of 
the other body to work on behalf of the American people. Yes, we were 
working in our districts.
  Now, we need to come and work on behalf of them and to ensure that 
the national security of our homeland is protected, to be reminded of 
those lives that were lost as we approach 9/11, and to raise the 
minimum wage, and to save lives by passing comprehensive immigration 
reform.
  As a Member from the border State of Texas, I know we can do this.

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