[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11332]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           CHANGE IS NOT BAD

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I think it is important to again note 
what a historic day this was, with the passage of the 21st Century 
Cures Act, which opens the opportunity for billions of dollars to be 
invested in the Nation's clinics and laboratories to make America 
healthy and make America better.
  This bill is from the Energy and Commerce Committee. I am very proud 
to be one of its cosponsors. And I would like to say back to my 
constituents in Texas, the Texas Medical Center, and all of the 
research that is being done: Here is an opportunity to work on those 
unique and special diseases impacting children with lupus and other 
diseases. That is why change is not bad.
  Additionally, I join with the arguments in my district for changing 
the names of high schools that are not reflective of the Nation today, 
those named after confederate generals. The names of these high schools 
are not reflective of a unifying America.
  Frankly, I believe that the school board should address this question 
and teach the children that that is the past history that was not a 
positive history and that we should reflect positively on unifying 
America and carrying the American flag.
  Lastly, again, I say on the floor what a very special day, the 
solemnity in the way the rebel flag was finally put to rest, put to 
rest, and taken to a relic museum, where it belongs. And we can stand 
here under this shining American flag saying that we, too, are 
Americans.

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