[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11084]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        CHERISHING OUR CHILDREN

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise to raise the attention of my 
colleagues to several moments.
  First, I would like to celebrate the passage of my amendment that 
just passed in legislation H.R. 4899, to create a job training and 
employment department or section in the Department of the Interior for 
veterans, minorities, and women. With 800,000 jobs on the horizon in 
the energy industry, this is an American job creator. I am excited 
about that amendment.
  With sadness, Mr. Speaker, I rise to support my colleague, 
Congresswoman Wilson. We joined each other in a delegation to Nigeria, 
meeting with girls who had escaped from Boko Haram, and in the backdrop 
of the tragedy of the bombing of a mall and killing more people, it is 
time for Boko Haram to be stopped and the girls to be brought back.
  Finally, Mr. Speaker, as I go down to the valley in Texas to address 
the question of those desperate children--this humanitarian crisis of 
unaccompanied children--we introduced legislation today to create 70 
more immigration judges, so that they can be addressed. This is a 
crisis which America is dealing with, and we should recognize it as a 
humanitarian crisis.
  Finally, let me say, Mr. Speaker, bring the girls back in Nigeria. 
Help the children that are coming across our border. Let us have a 
heart when it comes to children.

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