[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6590]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           ISSUES OF THE 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 really speak to the 
American people.
  First, let me say that I join my colleagues in standing, again, on 
Wednesday to ask to bring the girls back and to ask that the dastardly 
group of Boko Haram be brought to justice immediately and that they 
cease their violence in Nigeria.
  I also stand today to ask the incredible question: How can we put on 
the floor of the House H.R. 36, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child 
Protection Act, which is merely a disregard, disrespect for the 
Constitution and a woman's right to choice. I look forward to a 
vigorous debate, standing on the side of the Constitution.
  But as I look today, I also realize that more of Congress' work is 
not done. While we are dealing with violating women's rights, we are 
not dealing with the highway trust fund bill.
  In my own county of Harris, there are 3,616 bridges, and 1,559 of 
them are deficient. Our citizens are driving over bridges that are 
destroying the economy, destroying their cars, and stopping them from 
moving about the community in the way that they should. Mothers and 
fathers and car-poolers and workers are trying to get to work. The 
total deficiency is 43 percent.
  When are we going to get a long-term infrastructure bill? When are we 
going to stand up as Americans and not Republicans and Democrats? 
Democrats want to stand up with Americans to pass a long-term 
infrastructure bill.

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