[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14368]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             REJECT STEVE BANNON'S WHITE HOUSE APPOINTMENT

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I hold this dear little book with 
affection and great respect. I am so proud to be an American who has a 
country that is based upon this Constitution and, of course, the Bill 
of Rights.
  That is why I rise today to raise the question of the ugliness of 
racism in the aftermath of the Presidential elections as offered by the 
individuals who prevail. It is true that we now have in the White House 
an individual that is not befitting of the diversity of this Nation or 
my city of Houston where there are 98-plus counsel general officers and 
98 languages spoken in our schools.
  Just 2 days after Donald Trump's election, reports are coming in from 
across the Nation suggesting a sharp rise in anti-Muslim and anti-
immigrant attacks. Remember, we are a nation of laws and a nation of 
immigrants.
  We know that in the Breitbart world that Mr. Bannon has had 
headlines: Birth control makes women unattractive; hoist it high and 
proud, the Confederate flag proclaims a glorious heritage; after Pulse 
Club massacre, it is time for gays to come home to the Republican 
Party; birth control makes people crazy.
  Let me simply say it is time for Mr. Trump to do a major speech to 
reject this kind of hatred and this kind of rejection of the American 
people.
  Why is there such silence? And why is Mr. Bannon still in the White 
House?

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