[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 10075]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              FATHER'S DAY

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate and honor 
our fathers--fathers of this country--who have provided the stable, 
loving atmosphere for children all over the Nation.
  I thank, in particular, my late father, the first African American 
comic cartoonist, Ezra Jackson, who provided me with such stability and 
love and inspiration; my father-in-law, a Tuskegee Airman, who served 
in World War II; certainly, my own husband, Dr. Elwyn C. Lee, who 
integrated the faculty of the University of Houston and its 
administration.
  But the real tribute is to the many fathers across America who have 
taken children and treated them with love and dignity and who have 
given them, even if they did not have it, some semblance of comfort--
fathers who have adopted, fathers who have foster cared, fathers who 
are incarcerated but who still try to maintain the love and connection 
with their children, poor fathers, working fathers--those who have 
found their way to claim Sunday as the day when we say, ``Happy 
Father's Day.''
  We honor the fathers of America. We thank you for the foundation that 
you have given to this Nation.

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