ms. jackson lee: will the gentleman yield? mr. goodlatte: i yield to the gentleman -- mr. conyers: i wanted to associate myself with the gentleman's remarks and join in the support for the jackson lee amendment, number 8. it's very important. mr. goodlatte: i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from virginia reserves. the gentlelady from texas is recognized. ms. jackson lee: let me thank both the chairman of the committee and the ranking member for their kind support of this amendment. may i ask the chairman, the. a amount of time, please? the chair: the gentlelady from texas has three minutes remaining and the gentleman from virginia has 3 3/4 minutes remaining. ms. jackson lee: thank you very much. let me thank them and i just would like at the appropriate time to ask unanimous consent to insert in the record the list of inventors that are just a small measure of those coming from a wide array of diversity. and so in my closing, let me say that we're on the floor today because we do believe in innovation. i ask unanimous consent to submit these docume

ms. jackson lee, for 30 minutes. ms. jackson lee: i thank the speaker for yielding and i thank the leader, leader pelosi, for the time and as well the speaker. it is always appropriate when we rise in this wonderful holiday season to wish americans of all faith a wonderful and blessed time with their family. to wish my colleagues a wonderful time with their families. and to reflect a moment on the greatness of this country, that has experienced its challenges of which i believe the members of this body and the other body are committed to solving. but i thought it was important today, as we leave for the recess in our districts, where we will be engaging with our constituents, and this coming saturday i will hold the 19th annual toys for kids that i have hosted for the past 19 years at the george r. brown convention center, a way of giving back, but a way of hearing the joys and sounds of children enjoying themselves. so i would like to make this time that i have, these few minutes, a time of joy and happiness, but i also

ms. sheila jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: i want to thank the gentleman for his kindness in yielding. as i indicated earlier today that even the "time" magazine recognized that the better of all of us is when we extend ourselves to the most vulnerable, acknowledging pope francis. and so i want to ask the chairman of the budget committee, because he heard so many of us, indicate that there is value to this budget deal, chairman ryan. question, if se a i could, to you, if i could. you heard us say that we, too, appreciate the bipartisanship. i disagree with so much of it in terms of the sequester and what has been done as it relates for nutrition, for the unemployed, but would you not hold us back, would you not join us in putting on the floor n amendment that would provide for the extension of unemployment that will not run out december 28 for the hardworking americans, 68,000 in texas, 1.3 million, would you not do that? mr. ryan

ms. sheila jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas is recognized for two minutes. ms. jackson lee: let me thank the ranking member and the chairman of the full committee for their leadership, and also for the bipartisan leadership that is noted on the foreign affairs committee and the privilege that i had to serve some years ago, when we worked on a number of issues. let me add my appreciation to the congresswoman from california, barbara lee, who led us, during her tenure as chair of the congressional black caucus, during enormous crisis in haiti, but more importantly, as a supporter of this legislation and efforts to see haiti move into a new era of democracy and reconstruction this legislation, h.r. 3509, is long overdue and i ask my colleagues to enthusiastically support it. i've traveled to haiti on any number of occasions, visiting those who are incarcerated, in jails, even after the earthquake, to find individuals who were suffering, who had been incarcerated. seeing people who

ms. jackson's point. (calling names). this is part of the discussion we'll help frame it. >> i can assure you this won't be the end. >> and we lose another commissioner and a. >> i'm sorry i have to leave. it's been a real - an incredible experience to be here and you all talk about your concerned and history involvement this is not actually 9 first meeting of the department of the environment commission in the bayview but i can assure t you it's at the best meeting i hope it won't be the last meeting and if there's a vote taken on this measure i don't know but - >> it's a discussion. >> oh, it's a discussion. well, then i would vote if there was one >> thank you commissioner wan. >> commissioner king sorry you were going to say something. >> it looks like daniel is ready to come up to talk to us as well director hunter. >> of. since this is a discussion item what does that mean in terms of the policy role >> i can through some thoughts out there. >> basically. >> go ahead. >> basically does that mean that after we take i

ms. jackson lee. >> i want to thank the witnesses. whenever they come before our body, it is valuable and we trust your judgment. we disagree to vigorously. let me say what mr. lazarus .poke of and let me cite him makewaste is what this hearing creates. mr. turley has suggested that this body is on the verge of a basis of the relevancy. leadership,he house we have passed no legislation for the president to implement. we have not passed immigration reform and we have not dealt with the mandatory minimums. we have not dealt with the budgetary process or sequester. if we could do our job, the relevance would exceed expectations. the event a few hours ago. we had dreamers. thear as i'm concerned, duty of the president is to be the ultimate giver of relief inside of the constitution and the necessary relief of the people who were begging relief. intellectually , take care that the laws are faithfully executed and commission the officers of the united states. i can be a believer. my faith says that the president is taking, within the contex

ms. jackson lee: we cannot allow this to happen this this season of joy. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman will suspend. the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman from georgia. mr. woodall: thank you, mr. speaker. at this time it's my great pleasure to yield one minute to the gentleman from indiana, mr. messer. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from indiana is recognized for one minute. mr. messer: i thank you the gentleman from georgia for yielding his time. i rise in support of the bipartisan budget act, the underlying rule, and chairman ryan's hard work. . this isn't a perfect deal but it's better than ea the alternative. it replaces some of the cuts called for by sequestration and replaces them with smarter ones. it makes modest reforms that will reduce the deficit without raising taxes. it continue ours nation's trajectory toward a more fiscally responsible government. i agree with those critics who say that this bill doesn't solve all our nation's budget problems but no can't always be the answer. reality is that we have a democrat

ms. dr.es possible jackson >> excuse me. he has another name for me as well, i'm his baby grandmother. i want to thank you all for coming the supervisors and all the family. i want to say thank you for coming here to visit. i work for the tribe and it's a lonely land. i'd like to say that most of us who live here have gone through a lot. i've decided to make copies and 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 4, 9, 10. i've got 10 of those. would you read that. you can see that we have had many a problems in this community with the shipyard and like it was mentioned about the penciling plant there's other toxins. the news was talking about treasure island most folks don't know that it was part of the shipyard many years ago. if you don't know the history of the community your lost. and a lot of people said here she go didn't but if you don't know the history you can't build the future you'll go over the same thing. i'd like to see happen is those poor babies in treasure islands i think about our babies here in hunters point. do you know when i heard they were going to start moving on the 11 findings of ne

ms. jackson lee: let me thank the congressional black caucus and mr. fattah and our chairwoman, congresswoman fudge, or bringing us all together on this very important evening. it gives me great privilege to speak about this patriot of this human rights leader, this father nd husband, this man who experienced incarceration yet came out with limitations that would normally shackle anyone completely released. and it's important to connection nelson mandela to houston and this signifies many of us who gathered in front of the federal building just a week ago to be able to honor him and to acknowledge him. so many of us wanted to share and extend our love. we also participated in honoring him in restaurants in southwest houston and throughout the week as i go home this week, we will honor him at the georgia brown convention center. last sunday i was able to call in to a very important honoring t the roscoe chapel, celebrating dominique dimonel who invited nelson mandela to houston, texas, in 1991, one year after he was released the surprise and excitement

ms. jackson lee: i thank the gentleman from new york and it was thought-provoking to hear the gentleman from nevada offer his thoughts of bipartisanship and to listen to the gentleman from virginia on the astuteness of many issues that have been left along the highway of despair. and also to be joined by our dear friend from new york, who we will hear from shortly, congresswoman clarke. will the. let me thank you for -- let me thank you for the leadership that you've given to this special time and let me try to in the e succinct issues that have been left again along the highway of despair, again, very quickly. you started out with immigration reform and you're kind enough to note that i have served on the judiciary committee for a number of years and form early the ranking member on the imdwration -- formerly the ranking member on the immigration subcommittee. i will tell that you there have been many times that we could have come together and passed comprehensive immigration reform. but i'm going to tout as a bipartisan, legitimate expression of border security, to share with my colleagues

ms. jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas is recognized. ms. jackson lee: let me thank the gentleman for yielding and let me rise to indicate my recognition of the importance of this legislation and to support it. and to make the point simply on this bill dealing with the secretary of interior is to parks, e issue of large urban parks in our respective urban areas as being in the jurisdiction of the secretary of interior, the interior department, because we are losing that parkland because of the inability to collaborate with the federal government on the resources that are so necessary. i recognize we are in sequestration, but i believe that it is important that we collaborate. i wanted to make sure i put that on the record. let me also put on the record as a member of the homeland security committee and ask unanimous consent to introduce these into the record my support for the t.s.a. loose change act, h.r. 1095. my support for h.r. 2719, the transportation security acquisition reform act, and my special support for h.r. 1204, the aviation sec

ms. jackson lee. >> i think the majority and minority, mr. conyers, for holding is to let me thank the witnesses. whenever witnesses come before our body, it is of course valuable, and we trust your judgment. also we may disagree with you vigorously. let me say that the wasteland that mr. lazarus spoke of, and mr. lazarus, please let me cite you and indicate that i will be using this across the land, the vast lands of this nation. which is a rhetorical waste that this hearing equates, but also to suggest that the reason why this body that professor turley has suggested may be on the verge of some basis of irrelevancy, which i take issue with, is because under the president's house leadership we passed no legislation for the president to be up to implement in the first place. we have not passed immigration reform. we have not held with the question of a mandatory minimum. we have not dealt with a budget process. we've not dealt with sequester. if we would simply do our jobs, the relevance to the american people would exceed our expectations. i

ms. jackson lee. mr. plus key, you mentioned that two men were arrested for human trafficking as they tried to take a 16-year-old girl onto a flight to manila. it's an issue i've been pushing in europe, the osce, we now have an action plan which i think will be adopted promoting the idea of training flight attenabout thes, bus people, people on trains to spot a trafficker and notify the appropriate individuals. i mentioned it, we mentioned it several times during our trip to officials. i'm not sure till peen airlines -- philippine airlines has any intention on doing it. nancy resaturday has done yeoman's work as a flight attendant, and she makes the point that, you know, trafficked persons need to be moved somehow. very often internationally. obviously, it's by the airlines. and very often the you have a trained flight attendant or atten2k5b9s who can spot a trafficker and traffic people, the telltale signs, inform the pilot pilot and then when that plane lands, arrest or at least separate and find out wh

ms. jackson lee, for five minutes. ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, with a lot of enthusiasm i rise to recognize and to acknowledge a renaissance man, a man with a sense of humor, along with his wife, yvette, determined to help to make the lives of children around the world much better. yes, he had a sense of humor and he was also a musician, and he visualized a day without hunger, hoping for it to be december 31, 2013. yank berry has many sides to him, but enthusiastically he takes each challenge, some that he's overcome in life, and put on the boxing gloves and simply won. i'm excited that he joined in partnership with gary u.s. bonds and muhammad ali, formed the global village champions foundation. not just for boxing, but really to take boxers and box the troubles of the world away. the course of his work he's served almost over one billion meals, 954 million on his way to a billion. he also doesn't take no for an answer and working to release five bulgarian nurses and a palestinian in libya a few years ago, not an easy task. so along wit

ms. jackson lee: permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. jackson lee: yesterday was world aids day and before i left my home district this morning, i gathered with long tim freends and fighters against the surge and the scurge of hiv-aids. although we have come a long way and made a great difference, 50,000 people are affected each year by hiv-aids. this is the 32nd year of the establishment or the announcement of the epidemic of hiv-aids and today some 34 million-plus live with hiv-aids. 9 1/2 minutes in this country, someone is infected. stand here in salute of the of foundation one because the health care at the give and thank them for the devotion they provided to us and aids foundation, to thank them for letting people who live with aids and have a comfort. i'm wearing another button today and that is to salute those and to embrace those who are for the fast for families. we must have comprehensive immigration reform and i stand with them until we pass to save lives as well. i yield back.