ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous material on the resolution under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, i rise in support of this resolution and yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. jackson lee: i thank you. mr. speaker, house resolution 28 expresses the sense of the house of representatives that t.s.a. should increase and enhance its efforts to secure rail and mass transit systems in ways that are consistent with the 9/11 act and h.r. 2200. let me first of all say, mr. speaker, that in addition to this legislation, as we sat on the floor today and watched the actions in afghanistan and pakistan, as we see the world changing from mumbai to madrid, we recognize the crucialness of national security and homeland security. and so this legislation is to emphasize the importan

ms. jackson lee: i ask to address the house and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered, the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. jackson lee: only the lack of clarity and poor eyesight can call this the so-called jobs bill because as we looked over the last year, the american recovery and reinvestment act helps save 3.5 million jobs. they named chairman bernanke as the person of the year, but his twin was the work that was done on this floor by the democratic leadership to invest in america. my district has a 9% unemployment. on the saturdays "washington post" three parents were seen with lights out and children who are hungry. oh, yes, this sounds like spend, spend, spend. but i tell you is we can invest $1 billion in infrastructure. we create 27,800 jobs, and i'm proud to invest $35 billion of those dollars in fixing the highways and the roads of america. . i am glad that we are working on a metro system that will create jobs in our district. vote for this bill. it's jobs, jobs, jobs. get good glasses and you'll see that

ms. jackson lee: if i may. ms. moore: the gentlelady may use the rest of our time. ms. jackson lee: a word of appreciation for you and a picture is worth a thousand words. these tall bars, if they can be seen, shows what happens to upward bound participants, much higher than the little low bar here that shows students without assistance and one last point, that one in nine african-american -- african-american men are more likely to be in jail than if they have a graduate degree. we can lock up people but we can also break that chain, open the door to opportunities. the gentlelady has told and expressed to us her story, it's a powerful story and i would say we need to give everyone the same chance that so many of us have had for a great opportunity. ms. moore: well, this has been great, this has been fantastic and i would say that the importance of of this program is the diversity. it is not a program that just benefits one gripe of people. 37% -- one group of people. 37% of trio students are white. 35% are african-americans, 19% are hispanics, 4% are native americans, 22

ms. jackson lee: an additional 30 seconds. ms. pingree: 15 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for 15 seconds. ms. jackson lee: answer your question about getting loans. but the big thing is, riverside general hospital because of the astuteness of those who work on the defense bill, will get $1 million for the first time. a african-american hospital, to help our soldiers with posttraumatic stress disorder. merry christmas to america. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlewoman from north carolina is recognized. ms. foxx: thank you, madam speaker. i want to say thank you to our colleague from arizona for his very valuable input on the issue of earmarks and say that i join him in opposing all earmarks in any of our bills until we fix this broken system. i think what we need is a study of how these specific earmarks then get awarded stins there seems to be open competition. i would welcome the majority to institute such a study and just see how open the competition is. i now yield th

ms. jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. ms. ackson lee: i thank the gentleman very much. and there is nothing like delay, delay, delay in terms of helping the american people. if you would look at what the intent of this bill is, i think we would find common ground. i rise to support the rule and the underlying bill because it attacks the crises. we are ending the bailout and preventing the rise of institutions that are too big to fail. we are dismantling institutions. i'm very glad that we have a financial stability council that has been enhanced by the congressional black caucus where we will have diverse membership. executive exn sayings gives share holders a say on pay. never before we have had that. this is long overdue. investor protections and certainly to be able to respond to too big and too fat, fat cats mike madoff. and then to emphasize the importance that i have heard from so many of my constituents on the whole question of mortgage foreclosure modification. and that is, they need to have real foreclosure modificati

ms. jackson lee: ask permission to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. jackson lee: i want to acknowledge today, december 1, as world aids day when all of us focus on that devastating disease. i would like to pay a special tribute to the thomas street clinic in houston, texas, that for decades has served those who are hopeless and sometimes the helpless. i'm so very glad they are giving people life and opportunity. thank you tom at street clinic and i introduced legislation in support of them. on another topic, let me suggest that the president has been deliberative and thoughtful. it is interesting that those who criticize created the havoc that is going on now in afghanistan by taking away from our focus in afghanistan after 9/11 and focusing on iraq, a distracted war, yet we loved those who served and mourn those who loss. we want to find a way to introduce diplomacy, democracy and getting the government in afghanistan to take care of its own people. this is a war of insurgents. this is a civil

ms. jackson lee: ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. jackson lee: thank you, very much, madam speaker, and i rise with a very sad duty today as the chair woman of the transportation security committee and infrastructure protection committee on homeland security, i rise to pay tribute to the late edward joseph kelly iii who passed away, born october 1, 1942 in new york and he joined the navy and served his country and graduated from the university of scranton in 1967 and retired as vice president of emory worldwide in 2000. he is a hero. after 9/11, he could not sit still. mr. kelly left retirement to join the department of homeland security, signing on as the first general manager of the air cargo security for the federal transportation security administration, whose mission is securing the nation's transportation network. air cargo officials have gone on record to say he transform the industry. if future airline passengers feel safe about what is carried in the belly of a cargo plane, they sho

ms. jackson lee: to address the house. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman from texas is recognized for one minute to address the house. ms. jackson lee: thank you very much, mr. speaker. let me say that when democrats gather, good things happen for the american people. our health care bill is a bill that will bring down premiums, save lives, and create a magnificent reformed comparable to saving lives when medicare was passed in 1965. it is only those who are scared and apprehensive and not ready to go forward for the american people that won't allow us to move forward on the health care reform. just as when we gathered together behind closed doors, democrats again are promoting transparentp legislation and creating jobs for americans. we stand with the small businesses in providing them resources and credit because they are the backbone of america. we realize that job training and specifically a bill that i am offering that says if you are unemployed and get unemployment compensation, you can be in

ms. jackson lee: i ask to address the house and to revise and extend. e speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered, the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. jackson lee: only the lack of clarity and poor eyesight can call this the so-called jobs bill because as we looked over the last year, the american recovery and reinvestment act helps save 3.5 million jobs. they named chairman bernanke as the person of the year,@@@@@@@℠g that. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. lewis: madam speaker, by way of inquiry of my chairman, mr. chairman -- by way of inquiry of my chairman, aside, mr. chairman, from the unprecedented and secretive process by which this bill was put together and is being brought to the floor, the rule before us contains a most unusual provision to allow the chairman to submit a report explaining the legislation. it would be very helpful to all members before we vote on over $154 billion in spending to actually have the benefit of the chairman's explanation. i, for one, have not only not se

representative jackson lee from texas. ms. jackson lee: thank you very much to the distinguished congresswoman from ohio. i'm delighted to join the chair woman of the congressional black caucus who have been superb on gathering us together on what is an enormous crisis. i'm going to take the liberty of mixing a number of issues that i think are crucial to the topic that addresses this question dealing with homelessness and hunger and joblessness. so i want to let the american people know that when the congressional black caucus set out its multipoint plan, a letter that was sent to president obama, interestingly enough, the broadness of our concepts dealt with the most deprived and devastated communities. those communities are american indians, native americans, those communities are hispanics, latinos, women, and i evidence this in the "washington post," this was referred in our recent caucus, missing more than a meal, and it cites the families since they have been publicly noted of christina cox and talks about another family

ms. jackson lee: i ask to address the house and to revise and extend. peaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered, the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. jackson lee: only the lack of clarity and poor eyesight can call this the so-called jobs bill because as we looked over the last year, the american recovery and reinvestment act helps save 3.5 million jobs. they named chairman bernanke as the person of the year, but his twin was the work that was done on this floor by the democratic leadership to invest in america. my district has a 9% unemployment. on the saturdays "washington post" three parents were seen with lights out and children who are hungry. oh, yes, this sounds like spend, spend, spend. but i tell you is we can invest $1 billion in infrastructure. we create 27,800 jobs, and i'm proud to invest $35 billion of those dollars in fixing the highways and the roads of america. . i am glad that we are working on a metro system that will create jobs in our district. vote for this bill. it's jobs, jobs, jobs. get good glasses and you'll see that. i y

ms. jackson lee: i ask to address the house and speak out of order for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. jackson lee: thank you very much, madam speaker, and i join my colleagues as a member of the subcommittee on the middle east and south asia, on the house foreign affairs committee. today our committee debated a very important nirttive dealing with iran sanctions, but it is interesting that we find ourselves in one domino effect after another. iran, iraq and then by extension, afghanistan and pakistan. today i rise with a plea to this government and to the state department to save those who are now huddled at the camp in iraq. this government that we have propped up, that we have seen thousands of our treasure lost in iraq so we could have a democratic government so that it would have its own boundaries and own sovreignty and would not be a puppet of some other country. yet iranian dissidents are huddled and fearful of their lives. we are more concerned about a desire to move the camp to someplace else inside iraq. the expectation is they

ms. jackson-lee. >> mr. chairman, thank you very much. mr. sullivan, you are right. you have the responsibility of protecting our president. and you know the letter that i wrote to the secretary of homeland security which i believe should be more intimately involved in this issue as we go forward, i indicated my appreciation for the brave men and women that serve in the secret service. and i will never step back from that representation. i also acknowledge the fact that you've said there's no margin for error. i want to applaud you for the 1.2 million people that have come in securely. and i want to join you in recognizing that you staff-up, man-up, woman-up when you need to but i want to join my colleagues to say this is the time to understand what happened and what kind of resources going forward. so let me say to you that my perspective is that this is a law enforcement issue. a criminal activity that could have generated into a horrific incident at a state dinner in washington, d.c., in the white house and what has been classified as the most powerful nation in t

ms. jackson lee: madam speaker, i rise today to reinforce the call to action by the american people. as we watch the recovery grow and wall street strive, the american people need an answer to unemployment. i will be introducing legislation to provide one year training for those individuals out of work and be allowed to keep their unemployment and keep a stipend. i believe as a member of the new jobs caucus that is led by members from chicago and from ohio and members from around the nation, that we need to expand our domestic energy resources by exploring natural gas. i also believe it is important to address those individuals who have been chronicically unemployed. in addition, i support the durbin-hoyer relief to auto dealers but make sure that the arbitration is not so expensive that they can't participate. 40,000 jobs in the state of texas alone, it is important to create the opportunity for americans to work. they have me as a partner along with members of hundreds of this caucus, the democratic caucus who know that real jobs equal a great america. i yield back. the speaker pro

ms. jackson lee to suspend the rules and agree to h.res. 28 as amended, on which the yeas and nays were orderedthe clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house calendar number 135, house resolution 28. resolution expressing the sense of the house of representatives that the transportation security administration should in accordance with congressional mandate provided for and recognition of the 9/11 commission act of 2007, attend security to our nation's rail and mass transit lines. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and agree to the resolution as amended. members will record their votes the speaker pro tempore: nays are three. 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the resolution is agreed to and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. without objection, the title is amended. for what purpose does the gentleman from missouri rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to my name be removed as a co-sponsor of h.r. 1880. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so

ms. jackson lee for five minutes. >> let me thank you for the hearing.nown and have accelerated over the last year. the gunrunning, explosive violence on the mexican side of the border and spilling over into the united states, and the interest of the american people about whether or not this can be contained and what elements we are using. certainly, fbi net deals specifically with the issues of securing the border in ways that might capture the less endowed a criminal because there are other ways promulgate the violence going on. if you would give me when you think is the major achilles heel of this program, the major indictment of this program. chief, would you give me a status of the lawsuits and negotiations dealing with the defense? ÑpiÑiçóxdÑiñrÑiñri would also ly there was an extension of the boeing contract. >> with a broad stroke, getting something that works to spec has been difficult. project 28 was accepted. it did not meet all specifications but it is within the right of the secretary to accept it and he did in march 2008. it has not worked

ms. sheila jackson lee is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman.hank you for convening this hearing in the way you have done a. i appreciate your leadership. let me thank both these distinguished public servants. i have a chance to greet him and i want to thank them again for their service. and it was good to see both of you in uniform today, ambassador. it was good to see you general in iraq, and of course you know that i visited afghanistan. today the president received the nobel peace prize, and i salute him and believe in him, that he is a man of peace that he defined for those esteemed audience members a question of a just war. but let me quickly say to you that i believe we have a major dilemma, and i would call for, as i speak, right now and immediate beginning of negotiations to end this conflict. and that would be the only way that i could concede the possibility of any troops being added to afghanistan. and i will tell you why. i'd like to submit into the record very quickly, mr. chairman, an article, lessons of the soviet occupation. i a