[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14120]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 HONORING OUR VETERANS ON VETERANS DAY

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, on Veterans Day, I was pleased to join 
my many friends and colleagues honoring our veterans, our soldiers, and 
their families. We stood in front of the Houston City Hall with many, 
many veterans and their families, local elected officials and Members 
of Congress, United States Senate, and many, many soldiers and 
veterans. And we simply said thank you, thank you to them for putting 
on the uniform.
  A number of us mentioned that it was only days away from a 
contentious election, and I specifically said how grateful I am that I 
live in a nation that allows a contentious election but yet to have the 
right to peacefully transfer power.
  Let me also take note of some of the seismic changes that we faced in 
Texas. I am excited about the newly elected officials in Harris County, 
the new district attorney, the new sheriff, tax assessor, the new 
judges that will come, all of them elected by the people.
  To my community, from Dallas to San Antonio, Galveston and Beaumont, 
with a new sheriff, the first African American woman, I say that this 
is democracy. In an hour or two, I will discuss some of the elements 
that undermined democracy.
  But I celebrate our soldiers, Mr. Speaker. I honor them for wearing 
the uniform to give me a sense of freedom and to allow democracy to 
work.

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